Ministers and DPR Members’ Salary to be Cut If Privatization Fails
19 September 2003 08:34 WIB
Laksamana said, ”We have to stop the developmentbudget from increasing. To do that, we have to makesacrifices ourselves. The salary of cabinet ministersand DPR members must be deducted. We, the stateofficials, must set a good example for the people.”
Laksamana added that the targets for BUMNprivatization represents a very important aspect ofthe 2001 State Budget. Should the government fail toachieve the set targets, they would have to revise thebudget. The revision on the budget would, in turn,bring about wide-scale impacts on many other budgetagendas.
The present budget draft lists an income target fromBUMN privatization at Rp 6.5 trillion for the year2001, but so far the government hsa not yet attainedthis target. Numerous problems have hamperedgovernment efforts to sell the shares of several stateenterprises, as can be seen in the case of PT SemenGresik and Cemex.
