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Sri Mulyani appointed to improve tax amnesty
The reason President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called back Sri Mulyani from Washington DC is to improve the implementation of the tax amnesty program, a senior economist has said.
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Sri Mulyani speaks at an international event of the National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO) (Flickr/Sebastiaan ter Burg)
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he reason President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called back World Bank managing director Sri Mulyani from Washington DC is to improve the implementation of the tax amnesty program, a senior economist has said.
The President appointed Sri as finance minister to create policies that would ease the implementation of the newly passed Tax Amnesty Law and convince those with assets abroad to repatriate them, Indonesian Business Data Center founder Christianto Wibisono said.
“President Jokowi believes that Sri Mulyani can provide a guarantee to people that overseas assets will be returned without risks, because she is trustworthy,” Christianto told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
(Read also: Sri Mulyani returns)
Sri has announced her acceptance of the President’s offer to take on the position of finance minister to continue the ongoing reform program.
“I will dedicate all my efforts to accelerating Indonesia’s development agenda with the goal of providing more and better services, particularly to the poor, and ensuring that all citizen will be able to participate in the benefits of a thriving economy,” she said. (dan)
