Why is Karen quitting pertamina

KAREN Agustiawan's meeting with the head of the United Federation of Pertamina Labor Unions (FSPPB), Ugan Gandar, was supposed to deal with a cooperation agreement. Then the subject shifted to a hotter topic. "Is it true you're going to resign?" Ugan asked Karen, CEO of Pertamina, the state oil and gas company.

Karen did not deny it. The 56-year-old woman confirmed her plan to step down. At first, she said she wanted to focus on her family and give lectures at Harvard University in the United States. Unsatisfied with that answer, Ugan pressed further. "Finally she admitted she was resigning because she refused to be victimized," Ugan told Tempo.

August 26, 2014