Jodi explained that the company was formed in the context of an initiative to help provide COVID-19 tests. He said the GSI was formed at the beginning of the pandemic when the provision of COVID-19 tests was a big obstacle in Indonesia. COVID-19 with a large test capacity. Because this used to be an obstacle in the early days of this pandemic, it was one of the obstacles," said Jodi, Monday, November 1. Jodi explained that there are nine shareholders in GSI. The Indika and Adaro business groups are the majority shareholders in GSI. Luhut has ties to GSI because his company Toba Bara Sejahtera also has a stake in a COVID-19 test company. So far, Jodi said, there has never been any profit sharing in the form of dividends from GSI. Both for Luhut and other shareholders. In fact, according to him, GSI's profits have been used a lot to provide free tests to underprivileged communities and health workers on the front line. There have been more than 60,000 tests that have been carried out for the benefit of helping the community, including helping at the athlete's house. "Until now, there has been no distribution of profits in the form of dividends or other forms to shareholders," said Jodi. once an attempt to make a profit from GSI. According to him, what GSI is doing is social entrepreneurship. Moreover, all business groups that oversee GSI are considered to be well-established and have more profitable businesses than trading COVID-19 tests. Even the GSI office building, said Jodi, was given free of charge by one of its shareholders. This was done so that GSI could quickly operate in the initial period and help carry out COVID-19 testing. "So the goal of this GSI is not to seek profit for shareholders. As the name implies, GSI is Genomic Solidarity Indonesia, indeed this is social entrepreneurship," said Jodi .
Jodi stated that Luhut had been constantly voicing for the price of PCR tests to be lowered and accessible to the public. Therefore, according to him, it is impossible for Luhut to want to look for business from COVID-19 test kits. "So there is no business intention in Toba Sejahtra's participation in GSI, moreover Pak Luhut himself has always voiced that the price of this PCR test can be lowered so that become more affordable for the community," said Luhut. Jodi also regretted the issue of the COVID-19 test kit business. He is worried that no one will lend a helping hand if a crisis suddenly occurs because it is called profit-making from COVID-19. Jodi.
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