Ahmad Sahroni Asks Erick Thohir To Sponsor Formula E From BUMN

Chairman of the Organizing Committee (OC) Formula E Jakarta, Ahmad Sahroni (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Organizing Committee (OC) of Formula E Jakarta, Ahmad Sahroni admitted that his party asked the Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir to provide sponsorship from state-owned companies for the implementation of Formula E.

"My team and I really hope that BUMN will provide sponsors," said Sahroni at a press conference in Ancol, North Jakarta, Thursday, May 19.

Sahroni sees that this state-owned company needs to participate in the financing of Formula E. This is because the electric car race is an international event broadcast in various countries.

Sahroni also admitted that he had met Erick Thohir directly after President Jokowi's review of the Formula E circuit some time ago.

"On May 9, after the president came on Thursday, Monday I went to Mr. Erick to submit a proposal. But to this day there has been no feedback," said Sahroni.

Regarding the certainty of sponsors, the organizers and the organizing committee of the Jakarta E-Prix have never announced who will finance the Formula E race.

According to Jakpro's Vice Managing Director of Formula E, Gunung Kartiko, several parties have agreed to become sponsors, ranging from banks to digital companies. However, Gunung did not mention who the parties were.

"From the industry side, I can say that we have quite a variety of sponsors. The first is from local banks, private banks, national, digital companies, electricity companies, food and beverage companies. We also have hospitality, hospitality, then from the health side. , telco companies, and automotive," said Gunung.

Gunung said that the explanation of who the sponsors were could not be announced at this time because they were still waiting for a contract agreement between Formula E organizers and FEO approval.

"We will convey the details at a separate time because in a few moments we will still have another contract signed," said Gunung.

"So, God willing, we will update later in the next week, but we can say that these are industries that have sponsored us," said Gunung.