Erick Thohir Asks SOEs To Face Potential Recession With Investment

TANGERANG - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir asked SOEs to face a potential recession that threatens the world in 2023 by encouraging investment.

"Investasi yang didorong BUMN ini tentu bekerja sama dengan pihak luar negeri dan dalam negeri, dimana ada potensi kurang lebih Rp113 triliun untuk kamidorong," ujar Erick dikutip dari Antara, Sabtu, 14 Januari.

He explained that the majority of SOEs under the Deputy Minister of BUMN I encourage investment in collaboration with food companies, such as milk company Baladna Farm from Qatar.

Then the BUMN under the Deputy Minister of BUMN II mostly encourages investment by cooperating with companies in the logistics sector.

According to Erick, investment in Indonesia is currently starting to be balanced, when viewed from foreign and non-national portions. Likewise seen from the Java and outside Java portion.

In addition to encouraging investment, SOEs are also asked to continue to open up job opportunities in the face of the recession this year. However, the job opportunities that are expected to be opened are sustainable.

"So it's not just because of the project. Not job opportunities, for example, like PT Freeport building a smelter in East Java which will be completed in 2024," he said.

Therefore, he emphasized that he would encourage the opening of sustainable employment opportunities and empower the economy, especially through MSMEs.

This is because the people's business credit (KUR) to MSMEs has succeeded in creating significant job opportunities, such as 13.7 million customers of PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM) Mekaar, to the opening of 6,600 Pertamina Shop (Perta Shop) in villages.