UNAIR NEWS – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir spoke in a studium generale at Universitas Airlangga on Saturday, June 18, 2022. In the presence of students and academics, Erick conveyed the importance of morality.
“Being intelligent with no morality will be a public deception. Being wealthy with no morality will lead to greed. Power with no morality will lead to oppression,” said Erick.
In the presence of 650 students at Garuda Mukti Hall UNAIR Management Office, Erick said he will continuously strive to recover and preserve SOE. Downsizing SOE was one of the policies he made.
“For the past couple of years, SOEs have contributed 371 trillion to the state, increasing by 800 percent from the previous year,” he claimed.
Erick further stated that Indonesia has a bright future, proven by the economic growth, which increased by 5 percent post-pandemic. While the world deemed that the pandemic would clobber Indonesia. The culture of mutual cooperation (gotong-royong) proves them wrong as it protects the nation to date.
He added that Indonesia has strong bargaining power, particularly in Southeast Asia. “Indonesia lies 45 percent of its economic power in Southeast Asia,” he said.
Rector of UNAIR Professor Mohammad Nasih said in his speech that Erick Thohir had contributed a lot of progress to the country. “Indonesia needs people like Mr. Erick Thohir. His contribution brings significant progress to Indonesia,” said Professor Nasih on June 18, 2022.
Professor Nasih acknowledged Erick for his assertiveness and dedication. He also considered the former president of Inter Milan as a competent young figure.
“We see Mr. Erick’s leadership, assertiveness, hard work, and dedication. He’s still young and energetic,” the professor of UNAIR Faculty of Economics and Business commended.
Furthermore, Professor Nasih said that Erick Thohir deserved to be a professor, considering his enormous competence.
“Mr. Erick is [our] teacher and mentor. With his enormous competence and outstanding character, he deserves to be our professor at UNAIR,” said Professor Nasih.
Author: Nungky Mufarocha
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
