Peruri’s Extravagance at BI’s Expense
PERUM Peruri purchased three units of banknote printing machines from Switzerland in 2005 and 2006. This investment is now being brought up for discussion because the price of these new machines is twice as much as the Japanese-manufactured ones. The difference in price between the two printers reaches Rp187.5 billion. As a result of Peruri’s “royal” demands, the production cost of every single banknote has escalated. Even Bank Indonesia is upset about it.
March 20, 2007
A STACK of of documents wrapped in a brown envelope lies on Dradjad Wibowo’s desk. Someone sent it to him, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) Finance Commission from PAN (National Mandate Party). On February 26, Dradjad was in a hearing session with the Governor of Bank Indonesia, Burhanuddin Abdullah. They were discussing the central bank’s plan to order banknotes through a tender.
About a hunderd transaction papers on the
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