Legislator Urges Comprehensive Enforcement in Senayan Area to Protect State Assets
The government has been urged not to cease its efforts in regularising and evaluating state assets within the Senayan area, ensuring the process is not limited to a single specific asset. This includes the Senayan golf course, which continues to be managed by private parties. The government has already demonstrated a firm stance by executing the land and buildings of the former Hotel Sultan in the Blok 1s Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) area.
“I say not only the Hotel Sultan, but also other parties who still control government property, state rights, or other assets in the Senayan area that are still being used or owned by the private sector, where their rights may have expired; the government must be brave enough to take them back,” said Member of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Rudianto Lallo, in Jakarta on Monday (22/6).
He emphasised his support for the government’s efforts to ensure that state assets are utilised according to their intended purpose and provide benefits to the community. According to him, the state must be firm in managing assets that constitute public rights. “The state must not lose when discussing assets that are the rights of the state or the government,” he stated.
Rudianto expressed hope that the government’s actions regarding the former Hotel Sultan could serve as a momentum for reorganising state assets that have long been managed by third parties after their management periods have ended.
“Hopefully, this serves as an alarm for the return of all government-owned assets that have been controlled by private parties where the management contracts have expired,” he concluded.
Previously, several academics from various fields have urged the government to evaluate the utilisation of several state assets in the Senayan area to ensure they provide greater benefits for the public interest.
In line with this, the Deputy Minister of State Secretariat, Bambang Eko Suhariyanto, emphasised that state assets must be utilised to the greatest extent for the prosperity and welfare of the people. “These assets must be utilised to the greatest extent for the prosperity and welfare of the people,” said Bambang.
He added that the government is interested in ensuring that state assets are under appropriate management and can be utilised for public interests. According to Bambang, the land of the former Hotel Sultan is a state asset that was liberated by the government during the 1959–1962 period to support the hosting of the IV Asian Games in Jakarta.
The government is being pressured to regularise state assets in the GBK area, including the Senayan golf course, to be converted into Green Open Spaces (RTH) or public facilities.