BSI Will Become A BUMN Bank, Here's Erick Thohir's Response

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir raised his voice regarding the plan for PT Bank Syariah Indonesia (Tbk) to become a state-owned bank. But unfortunately, Erick was reluctant to comment in more detail on this matter.

But what is certain, said Erick, is that the government has one red and white stake in PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk (BSI).

For your information, red and white shares are privileged over ordinary shares. The privilege in question is that the state has control over Bank Syariah Indonesia.

"BSI already has a red-and-white stock," said Erick when met by reporters at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, quoted Wednesday, September 21.

The share ownership was confirmed by the President Director of BSI, Hery Gunardi. He said the government has one red and white share.

"I'm just talking about performance, now we already have a red and white stock, so one BSI ownership, the Ministry of SOEs through the government of a piece of stock, the rest from public shares," he said.

For your information, the composition of Bank Syariah Indonesia's share ownership is held by the Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara), namely BNI, BRI, and Bank Mandiri. Where, Bank Mandiri has a stake of 50.83 percent.

Then, Bank Negara Indonesia or BNI 24.85 percent, Bank Rakyat Indonesia or BRI 17.25 percent, and other shareholders, including the public 7.08 percent.

Because the share ownership made BSI not a state bank, the option emerged if BSI had to be used as a state-owned company.

The option to make BSI a state-owned bank emerged when Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin reminded BSU to be converted into a state-owned company.

He hopes that in the future BSI will become one of the Himbara banks and enter the ranks of SOEs.