INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for Marine Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said President Jokowi asked some airports in Indonesia submitted to the private sector.

"I was yesterday called at 11 am by the President," It's an airfield, Mr. Luhut, just love it, like Silangit, Jakarta, Bangka Belitung, privatization only, whoever comes in, as long as the count is clear, "he said as he briefed the meeting Coordination of Budget Requirement for Work Plan and Budget (RKA) of Ministry of Transportation 2019 in Jakarta, Thursday (1/2/2018)

Luhut explained that the President had also told him about Pakistan getting China investment through One Belt Road for 60 billion US dollars.

The president also said that the airport in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad was even built by China and will be named after Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"He said, 'Gila, the airport in their capital Islamabad was built in China, made famous by the name of Xi Jinping Airport, I am surprised that Xi Jinping Airport can be like this.' I asked how could it be, but the President said 'Yeah just let it be, because he said it belongs to them, later 10 years later can be renamed.' That's clever, "he said.
 

Luhut said the extreme concept may not be applicable in Indonesia. However, he insisted that Pakistan's classmates could do the idea cleverly and be able to build an international-class airport.

"We have not got anything crowded, about workers like this," he said.

The former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs said that the plan to hand over infrastructure management such as airports to the private sector will be done soon.

"We will do it soon, our spirit will be so, we will do it, so the private can live," he told the media crew.

However, he insists that there is no misperception that there is an asset sale to the private sector. The reason, APBN will not be able to work on existing infrastructure projects.

"So if for example has been working together 30 years, the airport was so, he funded, he can profit, 30 years to us it's baseball problem," he said.

Examples of infrastructure projects submitted to the private management of Jagorawi Toll that has been depleted concessions can be returned to the government.

"If you can launch an incoming investor, it can contribute to the inflow of foreign investment, which goes into the real sector, if it is real, it can not be transferred, they will remain in Indonesia, so do not worry about how to manage an international airport."