Professor of the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia, Sri Edi Swasono asks the Court to reject the judicial review filed by the Forum and the Centre for Strategic Studies SOE UI demanding that property owned enterprises (SOEs ) are not considered as state property .

Presented as experts from government, Edi accused also filed a lawsuit by the Center for Strategic Studies at the UI is not fair and not reasonable. "I see it as strengthening cultural phenomenon of corruption is opposite to the movement against corruption," said Edi started reading his statement at the hearing that was held on Wednesday ( 16/10 ) morning.

According to him, the idea and purpose of a departed early establishment of state-owned intention is to seek profits through business entity financed by the state. But the intention was still to be accompanied by an attitude keeping the efficiency and effectiveness of the state itself. Filing a lawsuit in order to finance SOE released from state indicates that the state has been poisoned by the spirit of neoliberalism and capitalism that is contrary to the 1945 Constitution. In fact, he considers that the claim that you want to equate state with private corporations is the way to privatization and asingisasi. "We have had a lot of foreign -controlled SOEs, for example Indosat. Though the sale of state-owned enterprises such as, contrary to the constitution," he explained.

Instead, Edi dismiss the opinion of the applicant who postulated the financial separation of the country`s financial state may make state enterprises more advanced, professional, and acting freely and compete with the private sector. "As if really advanced, what I did? I guess the rapid advancement of private companies not because of high competence and professionalism of the management but in a way ignoring tax BLBI manipulation and other dirty ways that rob the state money. Of course we do not want to participate SOEs do things like that," explained Edi Swasono.

Strictly speaking, he asked the Constitutional Court rejected a lawsuit Forum SOEs and Strategic Studies Center UI is requested that state finances were separated from the state. According to him, BPK supervision is absolutely necessary to ensure accountability and minimize the occurrence of theft of money by state officials. (Julie / mh)