Letter: Sri Mulyani’s departure

International financial institutions are lining up to employ Sri Mulyani Indrawati. Her high position at the World Bank is well deserved! Her reputation and credibility are impeccable.

I understand how she feels, to constantly defend her reputation and credibility in front of parliament members (who, by the way, are paid by those who are unable to steal from the country since she became the finance minister) must be so tiring.

She is fed up with the situation in Indonesia, where government officials prefer to let her down, and even SBY has let her go without a fight. The majority of the Indonesian people are shocked by her decision to resign. She has turned the bad financial situation in this country around and has paid off Indonesia’s debts to the IMF. There is more money since she took office to pay off other loans at numerous financial institutions. What will happen now?

The new finance minister must be more intelligent than Mul-yani. He/she has to prove to the nation that Indonesia is healthy financially and that investors should be happy to invest their money here. With the departure of Mulyani, investors will surely hesitate, the stock market seems shaky and corruptors are now jumping with joy because they will be able to steal again, since nobody is standing in their way now.

The incredible loss that Indonesia is suffering cannot be remedied within a short time. The new finance minister must have an impeccable reputation without any blemish, and should not be linked to any political party.
 
Lynna van der Zee-Oehmke
Bogor, West Java