FOR the past few weeks, Boediono has not appeared at any of the speaking engagements to which he was invited. According to a Tempo source in the government, the silence of this former Minister of Finance during the Megawati Sukarnoputri administration may be connected with his preparations to enter the President Yudhoyono cabinet.

In Medan, on Thursday of last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) personally announced that Boediono would