An Unexpected Close Race

June 13, 2017

The House of Representives (DPR) finally selected Wimboh Santoso as the new Financial Services Authority (OJK) Chair, on Thursday last week. In one of the very closely watched fit-and-proper tests, the DPR also selected six new Commissioners to lead OJK for the next five-year term. One of the surprises in the unfolding drama late last week was the tight race between Wimboh, a senior Bank Indonesia (BI) official, and his opponent for the number on

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