AFTER four months of contemplating on who would be the next boss of state-owned oil firm Pertamina, a final decision was made in one particular night. "The president’s decision didn’t come until last Tuesday," Fajar Harry Sampurno, the State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry’s deputy for mining, strategic industries and media, said on after the inauguration of Pertamina’s new directors, Wednesday last week.

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