Laksamana reshuffles management of SOEs
Laksamana reshuffles management of SOEs
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Although his days in office are numbered, State Minister of State
Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi looks as busy as ever.
Despite calls for the current government not to introduce
strategic policies before its term ends on Oct. 20, a major
management shakeup in slew of state-owned transportation firms
was made on Friday by Laksamana's office.
The reshuffle at four state owned enterprises (SOEs) --
dredging firm PT Pengerukan Indonesia (Rukindo), shipping firm PT
Pelayaran Bahtera Adhiguna (BAG), bus operator Perum Damri and
Jakarta bus operator Perum PPD -- was confirmed by Bonar
Manurung, an assistance to the deputy minister in charge of the
transportation sector.
"We inaugurated them (new board of directors) this morning at
the office," Bonar told Antara.
The shakeup follows a similar move less than three weeks ago,
when some members of the board of directors of state fertilizer
producer PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja and a number of its subsidiaries
were also replaced.
Laksamana's office oversees hundreds of state-owned companies
across the country.
While the move is in line with prevailing regulations, it
still raised eyebrows given the time the current administration
has left in power. Some critics say that such a move could prove
to be a time bomb specifically designed to hurt the credibility
of the next government.
Top government officials, however, have denied the allegation.
"This has nothing to do with the new government. It was simply
because their (former directors') tenures had expired," explained
Bonar.
Bonar also did not rule out other reshuffles in other state-
owned enterprises in time to come.
He said the swearing-in of the new executive of state PT
Merpati Nusantara Airlines would take place on Monday. "But it is
only the company's finance director, Budiman Farioedin, who will
be replaced by Prasetyo A. from the banking sector."
He refused, however, to say whether Merpati president Wahyu
Hidayat would also be replaced.
Friday's reshuffle saw Rukindo's president Wahyu Bimarso
replaced by Risnoe Wardhono, a former director at Surabaya's
cargo terminal. The firm's business director Soeprapto was
replaced by Tahan Sibuea from the firm's Jakarta branch office.
As for BAG, president commissioner will be Hasudungan
Aritonang replacing Sri Diharto, while Sri Untung and Woro
Muljani Pudjiastuti replaced two other members of the firm's
board of commissioners, M. Irsan Nasarudin and Abdul Razak Manan,
respectively.
Damri president commissioner Suhardo was replaced by Sulaiman
Ahmad Basjir, while president commissioner of PPD Aji Komaruddin
made way for Bambang Susantono.
PPD's president Bilkio Marbun, director for financial affairs
Hendarko and director for business operation Hendarko all
retained their positions.