No Bus Purchase This Year, Basuki Says

In order to prevent fraud practice as it occurs in the bus procurement last year involving some officials of Jakarta Transportation Department, the city administration revealed that wants to fix the system of bus purchase, from the beginning through the auction changed to use the e-catalog. Hence, Jakarta Vice Governor, Basuki 'Ahok' T Purnama asserted there will be no Transjakarta bus purchase this year.

There is no bus purchase this year. PT Transjakarta has got the PMP and can buy the bus. In APBD Amendment, we want to allocate about Rp 350 billion

Although it has been budgeted to City Budget for bus purchase by Rp 3.2 trillion, Basuki did not mind it. The prepared budget as much as Rp 350 billion will be allocated to the government investment participation (PMP) to PT Transjakarta. Later on, its allocation would be filed in the APBD Amendment which is currently being drafted.

"There is no bus purchase this year. PT Transjakarta has got the PMP and can buy the bus. In APBD Amendment, we want to allocate about Rp 350 billion. They could auction operators and corporate social responsibility (CSR)," he stated, at City Hall, Tuesday (5/13).

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According to him, the city administration had prepared the governor regulation as the legal basis for granting PMP to PT Transjakarta. The reason is to give PMP, there must be a strong legal protection, besides Jakarta Legislative Council already ratified the bylaw last year. "The governor regulation is already exist, just wait," he expressed.

Such bylaw mentions the value of venture capital companies, basic capital deposited, and assets value given to the city administration to the company. For provision of public service obligation (PSO) does not have legal basis. In the bylaw, mentioned that PT Transjakarta gets Rp 5.2 trillion as basic capital, divided into PMP by Rp 1.5 trillion.

As for the PMP consists of cash deposit by Rp 350 billion and  fixed asset for transaction mechanism or called as inbreng by Rp 1,191 trillion. Even PT Transjakarta also has a capital investment from BUMD partner by Rp 10 billion as cash deposit. Specifically, it is a permanent investment in cash and assets. If the PMP becomes BUMD, the company is required to run the business independently without government assistance. Therefore, Transjakarta management should also be good and professional thus it does not have a negative impact on thousands of buses as asset.