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Lawmakers start to interview candidates for OJK commissioner positions
Members of the Financial Commission of the House of Representatives on Monday began interviewing candidates for Financial Authority Agency (OJK) commissioner positions, who had passed the initial process by a selection team chaired by Financial Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati
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An employee working at the Financial Services Authority's (OJK) integrated financial consumer services center at the Bank Indonesia (BI) building in Jakarta. (Antara/Fanny Octavianus)
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embers of the Financial Commission of the House of Representatives on Monday began interviewing candidates for Financial Authority Agency (OJK) commissioner positions, who had passed the initial process by a selection team chaired by Financial Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
Among the candidates are Wimboh Santoso and Sigit Pramono, who are competing to win the position of OJK chairman as well as Agus Santoso and Riswinandi, who are competing to win the position of deputy chairman and head of the OJK ethic committee.
They interviews are expected to continue until Thursday.
Commission chairman Melchias Marcus Mekeng said previously that the lawmakers would assess, among others, the programs, visions and missions that would be offered by the candidates. “We will ask questions about many things, including their leadership skills,” he said as reported by tempo.co.
The lawmakers has also sought input from other parties, including from the insurance industry, the banking industry and the stock exchange about the track records of the 14 OJK candidates submitted by President Joko “Jokowi” Widoodo.
The House also invited officials from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) during the selection process.
“OJK commissioners have to master various financial issues, including in the stock market. They have to be able to prevent fake investments, an issue which has currently failed to be addressed [by the current OJK commissioners],” Melchias added.
