Don't let PT Dirgantara Indonesia Collapse

Don't let PT Dirgantara Indonesia Collapse

Ironic and tragic are perhaps the most appropriate adjectives
to portray the condition of Indonesia's aircraft-making company
PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI). In the first half of this week
this week or last week?, PTDI was rocked by protest rallies and
mass strikes by thousands of its own employees.

Therefore, the government must immediately find the best
solution to this problem to prevent it from dragging on and
aggravating the company's situation. It would be highly
regrettable if PTDI, whose establishment at first received a lot
of opposition and which later tended to become a beacon-like
project, were to collapse merely because of being jolted by
protest rallies.

If the State Minister of State Enterprises reaches the
conclusion that the company's board of directors should be
replaced, that should be carried out through the prevailing legal
mechanism. The new board of directors must be appointed through a
fit-and-proper test free from either vengeful elements or
political interests.

Likewise, if the results of studies on and investigations into
the employees' allegations against the board of directors cannot
be verified, the government must show a firm attitude that still
allows the prevailing legal norms to take precedence. This means
that if the findings from the employees and the accusations they
have leveled are more slanderous and baseless than true, the
government and legal apparatus must not hesitate to impose legal
sanctions on them.

-- Pikiran Rakyat, Bandung