Bank Century: Astagfirullah or Alhamdulillah?

Bambang Harymurti *
*) Senior journalist.

AN intense debate continues over the bailout of Bank Century. Many, politicians in particular, charged the government with repeating the mistake of the past when more than Rp600 trillion in Bank Indonesia funds went up in smoke trying to rescue ailing banks during the 1998 monetary crisis. Why repeat the same mistake when debts owed to recapitalize the banks have not been paid off? Astagfirullah, one wo

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