“We are very disappointed as this is a very serious matter. Dahlan Iskan is the former state power firm PLN chief and that is why we need him to be present. We did not summon him in his capacity as a minister,” said Effendi Simbolon of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) who chaired the hearing session.
Effendi said the next hearing would not be until the House completed its recess period from Oct. 25 to Nov. 18.
The legislators, he added, would summon Dahlan for a third time with a copy of the summons letter being sent to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to ensure the minister shows up before the
lawmakers.
An official with the State-Owned Enterprises Ministry public relations director, Faisal Halimi, confirmed separately that Dahlan was visiting a cattle project in Jambi.
Previously on Monday, legislators at the House Commission VII overseeing energy scheduled an impromptu hearing session to demand answers from Dahlan in regards to a report by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) on PLN’s performance.
Dahlan led PLN from 2009 until 2011.
The minister failed to attend the meeting as he accompanied President Yudhoyono in Yogyakarta for a microfinancing event.
The BPK report shows that Dahlan was responsible for PLN purchasing diesel-powered electricity generators following its inability to meet deadlines on the construction of coal-powered generators in the 10,000 megawatt projects.
The report concluded that the decision, which led to soaring electricity subsidies, was a result of poor management of the company’s energy mix.
Separately, another legislator, Teuku Riefky Harsya from the Democratic Party, said that the meeting could have gone on in the absence of Dahlan as the legislators could hear answers from other parties
mentioned in the BPK report.
“However, as most members of the commission wanted to postpone the meeting, then we must delay it,” he said.
Current PLN president director Nur Pamudji, who previously served as the state power firm’s primary energy director under Dahlan’s tenure, said that he was optimistic he could explain the alleged mishaps as reported by the BPK.
“At the time, PLN did not get enough gas supplies, hence we used diesel to provide electricity,” he told The Jakarta Post.
“Thus, PLN did not suffer losses, we just lost a chance to save as much as Rp 36 trillion. Those were not losses.”
Dahlan was not available for comment on Wednesday evening, but tempo.co quoted Dahlan in Jambi as saying that he would explain the BPK report to the legislators as soon as possible.
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