The Minister Of Communication And Information Targets The Position Of President Director Of Bakti Kominfo To Be Filled In August 2023

Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi. (Between)

JAKARTA - Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi targets the President Director (Director) of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti) of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) to be elected in August 2023.

"This is being accelerated again because I ask to be accelerated. I hope that in early August there will be a definitive president director," said Budi at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, July 25, confiscated by Antara,

Kominfo reopened registration and selection for the position of President Director of Bakti Kominfo in May 2023, because in the first period selection which took place since April 2023, none of the participants passed.

Participants during the registration period in April 2023 did not qualify when undergoing an assessment examination in terms of behavior profile, managerial competence, socio-cultural competence, and additional competencies.

During the selection process for the President Director of Bakti in the second term, Inspectorate General of the Ministry of Communication and Information Arief Tri Hardiyanto was assigned to fill the vacancy as Acting (Plt). Director of BAKTI Kominfo.

In a meeting with the President, this Tuesday, Budi Arie also reported that the BTS 4G tower construction project will be completed in 2023.

"So the President ordered me to immediately be serious, focus, complete the completion of the BTS project construction and we report the progress of our coordination yesterday to the Attorney General's Office," said Budi.

Budi explained that his party hopes that all BTS towers planned by the government can be built entirely.

Budi has also met with Attorney General ST Burhanuddin regarding the completion of the 4G BTS project. He and the Attorney General agreed that the legal issues in the BTS project would be resolved by the Prosecutor's Office, while the progress of BTS development would still run in all regions in Indonesia.

"Optimistic (completed in 2023) with our cooperation, Bakti, the Attorney General's Office in assisting BPKP as well as in audit matters," said Budi.

The BTS 4G tower construction project and supporting infrastructure consist of five packages carried out by the Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti) of Kominfo for the 2020-2024 period. The project value reached Rp28 trillion.

In the implementation of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, law enforcement officials found indications of alleged corruption in the 4G BTS project which allegedly caused state financial losses of up to Rp. 8 trillion and involved former Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G Plate as a suspect.