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    "data": {
        "id": 1827342,
        "msgid": "prabowos-volunteer-coordinator-appointed-as-pertamina-retail-commissioner-1782557600",
        "date": "2026-06-27 16:45:43",
        "title": "Prabowo's Volunteer Coordinator Appointed as Pertamina Retail Commissioner",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID_BISNIS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Ginka Febriyanti Br Ginting, the young leader of a Prabowo-Gibran campaign volunteer group, has been appointed as a commissioner of PT Pertamina Retail. The appointment, effective since November 2025, has drawn scrutiny due to her political ties and previous allegations involving paid protests. Her role at the state-owned enterprise's retail subsidiary raises questions about political appointments in state companies.",
        "content": "<p>The name Ginka Febriyanti Br Ginting, Coordinator of the National\nObjective Strategy Intellectual Front (BISON), has recently been widely\nreported after appearing on the board of commissioners of PT Pertamina\nRetail, a subsidiary of PT Pertamina. She has drawn attention due to her\nyoung age and her leadership of BISON, a volunteer organisation for the\ncampaign team of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka. Ginka\u2019s\nappointment was actually made last year. \u201cServing as Commissioner of PT\nPertamina Retail based on a Circular Shareholders\u2019 decision of PT\nPertamina Retail issued on 21 November 2025,\u201d according to the Board of\nCommissioners profile of Pertamina Retail. Currently, three people serve\non the board of commissioners of the company, which is part of the\nSubholding of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga. The three are Lia Itok\nGarbianto, Devi Taurisa, and Ginka. According to Pertamina Retail\u2019s\nofficial website, Ginka is an Indonesian citizen domiciled in Jakarta.\nShe earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Accounting and a Master\u2019s degree in\nManagement from Esa Unggul University. It is also stated that she is a\nyoung figure active in various youth, community, and social\norganisations, with a strong interest in governance development,\nleadership, and strategic contributions to organisations. At the time of\nher appointment, Ginka was still serving as the chair of the youth\norganisation, as revealed by a post on the Instagram account <span class=\"citation\" data-cites=\"bison_indonesia\">@bison_indonesia<\/span> on\n29 October 2025. The post congratulated Ginka on her new mandate as\nCommissioner of Pertamina Retail. Recent BISON posts also still include\nGinka\u2019s name as the chair of the youth organisation. Pertamina Retail is\na subsidiary of Pertamina Patra Niaga in the retail sector, specifically\nin fuel distribution at petrol stations and the management, development,\nand marketing of fuel and non-fuel products. Ginka\u2019s appointment has\nraised questions because she is the chair of a campaign volunteer group.\nGinka was also previously implicated in allegations of paid protests on\n25 August 2025. The Fact-Finding Commission found strong indications of\npaid masses in the August 2025 demonstrations. \u201cWere there paid masses?\nYes. There were admissions from paid masses led by an organisation\ncalled the National Objective Strategy Intellectual Front or BISON,\u201d\nsaid Muhammad Isnur, Chair of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, at\nthe Indonesia Corruption Watch office in South Jakarta. Tempo has\nattempted to confirm the capacity and mechanism of Ginka\u2019s appointment\nas commissioner with the Corporate Secretary of Pertamina Patra Niaga,\nRoberth MV Dumatubun, but no response has been received at the time of\nwriting.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/prabowos-volunteer-coordinator-appointed-as-pertamina-retail-commissioner-1782557600",
        "image": ""
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