Prabowo chooses to have 3 deputy finance ministers, will BPN be cancelled?

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President-elect Prabowo Subianto chose to appoint three deputy finance ministers in his cabinet. The three deputy finance ministers are Suahasil Nazara, Thomas Djiwandoni, and Anggito Abimanyu.

With three deputy finance ministers present, will Prabowo stop creating the Ministry of State Revenue or what used to be called the State Finance Agency?

The Coordinating Minister of the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, whom Prabowo also called last night to be his ministerial candidate, was reluctant to answer the question. He confirmed that the Ministry of Finance is currently one of the ministries with a clear structure in the Prabowo era before his inauguration on October 20, 2024.

“I will not answer that (formation of BPN), but the structure is clear from the three people who were given to the public,” said Airlangga when met in his office, Jakarta, Tuesday (15/10/2024).

As is known, when he called his 49 ministerial candidates yesterday, Sri Mulyani Indrawati was one of those Prabowo asked to come. Prabowo said Sri Mulyani and other ministerial candidates had expressed their willingness to join his cabinet.

In this way, in the future the Ministry of Finance will again be led by Sri Mulyani, with the support of three deputy ministers of finance who were called directly by Prabowo this afternoon, namely Suahasil Nazara, Thomas Djiwandoni and Anggito Abhimanyu.

“Well, it is clear, at the Ministry of Finance, if we look at the structure, the structure is clear,” Airlangga emphasized.

At that time, Airlangga also admitted that he did not know the truth of the matter which said that the separation of the Director General of Taxes from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise to join BPN was postponed because it was one of the conditions. from Sri Mulyani to Prabowo.

“Wow, I don’t keep track of it,” said the former General Chairman of the Golkar Party.

(wur)