THIS is not the first time Sri Mulyani Indrawati has been mentioned as a candidate for Minister of Finance. When President Abdurrahman Wahid was putting together his cabinet in 1999, the name of this former Head of the University of Indonesia’s Institution for Economic and Society Studies had already been “nominated.” However, Bambang Sudibyo finally became the minister.

Similarly, when Megawati replaced Abdurrahman, Sri Mulya