CURRENCY BILL
A Signatory to History
Lawmakers agreed to send the new Currency Bill for passage by the House of Representatives.
June 1, 2011
AFTER years of delay, the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government finally reached agreement on Tuesday last week on a Currency Bill that would allow the Finance Minister to also have his signature on Indonesian banknotes. The bill will be delivered to a plenary session of the DPR for passage by the legislature. “The decision is unanimous,” said Azhar Azis, deputy head of the DPR’s Finance Commission.
The bill, which was deliberat
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