Refleksi : Selalu legal! Ayo jangan ragu-ragu sembah sejut kepada sang penguasa neo-Mojopahit dan konco-konconya, supaya sendiwara ini ditutup dengan "Happy End" [tanpa ada yang dihukum karena bersalah]!
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/sri-mulyani-to-lawmakers-prove-bank-century-bailout-was-illegal/360670 February 25, 2010 Yessar Rossendar & Muhamad Al Azhari Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, right, defending her decision to bail out the troubled Bank Century at a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday. (Antara Photo) Sri Mulyani to Lawmakers: Prove Bank Century Bailout Was Illegal A day after four party factions named Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati among those most responsible for the "illegal" bailout of PT Bank Century, the minister defended her decision and said it should not be linked to crimes committed by the bank's former owners and management. "We took the decision to prevent a crisis - don't connect it with the crimes engaged in by some people unless it is proven that when I made the policy decision, I was colluding with them," Sri Mulyani told a news conference on Wednesday. Sri Mulyani and Vice President Boediono were accused of being ultimately responsible for the bailout by four factions, including two from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ruling coalition - Golkar Party and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). The finger-pointing came as the factions on the House of Representatives special committee investigating the bailout presented their final conclusions. Sri Mulyani said her decision was not linked to the crimes committed by former Bank Century owner Robert Tantular, who is now serving a five-year jail term for embezzling money from the bank's customers. Two other former owners, Rafat Ali Rizvi and Hesham al Warraq, both foreign nationals, are on the run and could soon be tried in absentia. Sri Mulyani said that as finance minister, she headed the Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) and that it was her job to prevent a possible repeat of the 1997-98 currency and banking crisis. She said she believed she had carried out her duties according to the law. She also stressed that officials were supposed to be protected by the state when carrying out their duties. "If we make policy, within our authority, and we are criminalized," she added, "people would not see anything getting done in Indonesia." The minister, who in 2008 was named by Forbes magazine as the 23rd most powerful woman in the world, said she believed she and the KSSK team had never strayed out of their legal parameters. Any problems, she said, would have been in documents that, in hindsight, could have been improved. "If there were any [violations] they would be merely administrative or human error, but not major sins," she said. The PKS named Sri Mulyani, along with Boediono, who was central bank governor at the time of the 2008 bailout, and other officials from the KSSK, the central bank and the Deposit Insurance Agency (LPS), as being responsible for what it said was the improper bailout of Bank Century. While lawmakers do not have the power to prosecute state officials, the PKS and Golkar have called on the police and the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) to investigate possible graft related to the case. Asked if she felt the House special committee was targeting certain officials, Sri Mulyani said "each party has different goals, rhetoric, approaches, but it is the public who will judge." Related articles Century Bailout Strife Creates Policy-Making Worries for Indonesia 9:30 PM 24/02/2010 Indonesia Lawmakers Protest Sri Mulyani Golkar 'Insult' 11:53 PM 10/12/2009 Sri Mulyani, Boediono To Face Indonesia's Audit Agency Over Bank Century 10:04 PM 15/09/2009 Bank Century: Will Indonesia's Top Officials Survive the Fallout? 9:55 PM 06/09/2009 Sri Mulyani: I Go Totally Blank Over Bank Indonesia Rumors 12:24 AM 12/02/2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
