- tugu.com
VIVAnews - Anny Ratnawati, a doctor of agricultural economy from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, appeared as a candidate for the Indonesian Finance Minister replacing Sri Mulyani Indrawati. She is seen as a fine figure which may balance the ongoing political conflicts in the country.
"Her name is often mentioned in the presidential and finance minister's offices," said Marsuki, an economist from Hasanuddin University, in Jakarta, May 18.
Marsuki had been in a team with Ratnawati for three years in the Bank Indonesia Monitoring Agency.
According to Marsuki, according to the information he obtained, Ratnawati has been the strongest candidate because the Presidential office prefers woman as the Minister of Finance to maintain the proportion of women's representation in the cabinet. Ratnasari was also known as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's promotor when he took his doctoral degree in the Bogor Institute of Agriculture.
In addition, Ratnawati is considered the balancer between those economists from two opposing blocs: neoliberalism against people's economy. "Anny [Ratnawati} posites herself in the middle. In fact, she is, pardon my statement, notable for her modesty," she said.
In various articles that Ratnawati published, the doctor often delineate issues on national economic development basing on domestic finance.
Besides Ratnawati, Chief of the National Development Planning Agency, Armida Alisjahbana, was also mentioned for the position.
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Translated by: Bonardo Maulana W
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