PLN's bonus distribution

PLN's bonus distribution

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It is unreasonable for state electricity company PLN to distribute bonuses, though PLN's loss decreased by over half from Rp 5.9 trillion in 2003 to Rp 2.02 trillion in 2004, which was a very big success.

But the question is whether PLN booked a profit or whether it just managed to cut its losses. It makes sense for a company to hand out bonuses if it books a profit. But in reality this was not the case with PLN.

Even if PLN's performance was good in that it was able to cut its losses, instead of handing out bonuses the company should have used the money to improve its infrastructure to provide better service to the public.

PLN's power supply has to be rationed in several regions as a result of its inadequate infrastructure. Therefore, in my view, these bonuses are mere camouflage to hire graft at the state company.

REZA PRATAMA Bandung