Support New Regulations Concerning SOEs Losing Responsibilities Of Commissioners And Directors, Members Of Commission VI DPR: Usually They Only Complain To DPR And Ask PMN

Member of Commission VI DPR RI Rudi Hartono Bangun. (Photo: DPR)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VI of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Rudi Hartono Bangun, believes that President Jokowi's decision to impose a rule that all BUMN commissioners must be responsible if the state-owned company loses money is a very appropriate step.

It is known that this obligation is contained in Article 59 paragraph 2 of Government Regulation (PP) Number 23 of 2022 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 45 of 2005 concerning the Establishment, Management, Supervision and Dissolution of the Agency. This regulation was signed by Jokowi on June 8, 2022.

The article explains that the commissioners and supervisory boards are fully responsible for the loss of the State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) they manage.

The reason, said Rudi, is because so far if SOEs suffer losses, the Commissioners and the President Director only report to the DPR and apply for State Equity Participation (PMN) to cover losses.

"As a member of Commission VI in charge of SOEs, I support the PP issued by the President. Because they (the commissioners and directors of SOEs) are comfortable living like that. The company is about to go bankrupt, all they need to do is ask the people for money from the DPR under the pretext of PMN. to cover the losses of state-owned companies," said Rudi to reporters, Monday, June 13.

According to Rudi, the President Director, the commissioners and their staff are the captains of an organization called the company. Therefore, the ups and downs, the black and white of a company are all due to the policies made by them and need accountability.

"All policies, starting from the recruitment of staff and investment policies, divestment, rights issues, bond sales, these are all rare policies issued by the president and his staff who cannot be careless and issue the wrong policies," he said.

With the issuance of PP Number 23 of 2022 by Jokowi, said Rudi, it will make all directors and ranks think using common sense and conscience in making policies.

"If later the policy is made carelessly, then feel the consequences. That is called punishment and there is a reward to the board of directors when the company also gets maximum profit," he said.

Previously, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) pressed Government Regulation (PP) Number 23 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 45 of 2005 concerning the Establishment, Management, Supervision and Dissolution of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN).

In the latest PP regulation, the commissioners and supervisory boards of SOEs have an obligation to carry out their duties and must be responsible if the SOEs they manage experience losses (Article 59 paragraph 1).

In that paragraph it is stated that the commissioners and supervisory boards are fully personally responsible for the loss of the BUMN if the person concerned is guilty or negligent in carrying out their duties in accordance with the provisions as referred to in paragraph (1).

"Each member of the commissioners and the supervisory board of directors is fully personally responsible for the loss of the BUMN if the person concerned is guilty or negligent in carrying out his duties in accordance with the provisions as referred to in paragraph (1)," said the statement, quoted on Monday, June 13.