Meet With Vice President Ma'ruf Amin To Discuss Plans For Merging BTN Syariah To BSI, DPP Rei: Don't Disturb The Home Procurement Program

REI DPP Board meeting with Vice President Ma'ruf Amin. (Photo: Doc. Antara/BPMI Setwapres)

JAKARTA - The plan to merge the sharia business unit of PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk or BTN Syariah into PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk has attracted the attention of Real Estate Indonesia (REI). In fact, the ranks of REI's DPP immediately met with the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma'ruf Amin to discuss the matter.

"Indeed, now from the government there is a desire to merge BTN's sharia business unit into BSI. We have conveyed the existing obstacles," said REI DPP General Chair Totok Lusida quoted by Antara, Tuesday, May 24.

Totok said the obstacle was maturity and readiness for the merger, so that there would be no bottleneck in housing procurement, especially those financed by Islamic banking.

"So, it can be maximal and stable for the Indonesian economy," he explained.

He said that before the pandemic, the target for low-income housing was 300,000 units. However, due to the pandemic, the target was lowered to 200,000 housing units.

Apart from that, REI also has a new program, namely rent to own, namely renting to own, which is intended for workers to have a place to live near the location of the company or industry.

REI hopes that the existing targets and programs will not be disrupted by the merger of BTN Syariah into BSI.

Therefore, he said, the Vice President in the meeting conveyed that there must be thorough preparation before the merger is carried out.

"So, whether the merger is postponed, the Vice President will propose later. So that there will be no stuck or a decline in the condition of property procurement, which has a very large domino effect on 104 other industries and 350 MSMEs more related to property, starting with curtains, doormats, brooms and so on." another," he explained.