Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Good names picked in Indonesia's new Cabinet

Mari Pangestu retains her Trade portfolio.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati retains her Finance portfolio.
Women - including those in Malaysia and Singapore - have shown they are better at work and study (men are better in playing politics and talking cock, and starting wars), and Indonesia is also showing the way, it seems.
Mari, so the rumour went, did not get along with Malaysia's own Trade Minister then, Rafidah Aziz. Both are of course very capable trade ministers.
And Sri Mulyani, some thought would've been dropped due to her work to clean up graft in some government agencies including customs.
Add Wapres (deputy president) Boediono, former Bank Indonesia Governor, and you have a powderful team.

Bloomberg:
"Moody´s Investors Service last month raised its rating on the country´s debt to the highest in more than a decade after the government steered the economy through the global downturn that dragged Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore into recession."

Indonesia's newly-installed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono late last night named his Cabinet, and there are big names who are expected to take the country to a higher level, a decade after the end of strongman rule under Suharto.
This is because SBY went way beyond the politicos and picked technocrats.

Though there could be criticisms too, because many in the Cabinet list are also his buddies.
"Kabinet pekoncoan" (buddy Cabinet).
1Malaysia in Putrajaya?
SBY named his Cabinet 'Bersatu Kedua' - Second United, not to be confused with Manchester United. Total 37 people, a few more than earlier expectations of 34.
39 people if you include SBY himself and his deputy Boediono.

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