SOE Boards of Directors: Outsiders Welcome
The nomination of Merpati's and Garuda's boards of directors is being colored by the interests of the political elite. Agum rejects candidates from political parties. And what about the candidacies of Samudera and Hotasi?
March 12, 2002
No less than 10 candidates for Merpati's board of directors sat waiting to take the fit-and-proper test one afternoon in February. One of the candidates, Hotasi Nababan, said, "the fit-and-proper test was like an examination I once sat for a university degree." For nearly one hour, Bacelius Ruru, Secretary of the State Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), and his team hurled question after question at Hotasi. Questions rang
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