JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Governor of Jakarta (DKI) Province Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has appointed a top official of listed car rental provider PT Citra Maharlika Nusantara Corpora Tbk (IDX: CPGT) Budi Kaliwono to replace former Transjakarta President Director Antonius Kosasih, following his claimed poor performance.
“In almost 2 years, he [Antonius] still does not understand what I want,” Basuki Purnama, who is also popularly called Ahok, said.
Under Antonius, he added, Transjakarta was not able to attract other bus operators to join the firm in a bid to help improve Jakarta’s public transportation. Moreover, Antonius also did not show strong intention to boost bus procurement for Transjakarta.
Basuki installed Budi as a new president on Thursday after securing approval at the company’s extraordinary shareholders meeting. Budi, 49 years old, also has a long experience in the financial field which seems to usher him into the Cipaganti.
Budi, born in Jakarta in 1966, graduated from Mechanical Engineering from Trisakti University, and science in Economics from the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.
Basuki expressed that he had urged Antonius to ask bus operators to join Transjakarta so that the firm could control all bus routes in the city and implement the rupiah-per kilometer payment scheme. However, many medium buses such as poor-condition Metro Minis continue to roam the capital’s streets.
Ahok has said that he aims for Transjakarta to control all city routes and to expand its services to Greater Jakarta. (*)