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Fri, 05/22/2009 - 19:11
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KWIK CHALLENGES BOEDIONO FOR DEBATE ON NEO-LIBERALISM
Jakarta, May 22 (ANTARA) - Kwik Gian Gie, a former chief economic minister, has challenged vice presidential candidate Boediono to hold a debate on neo-liberalism and its practice in Indonesia to prove the latter's real predispositions as an economist.
"I challenge Boediono and other members of the Berkeley mafia to hold a debate about it (neo-liberalism) because I am quite convinced Boediono is in a position where he hates the state's role in the market," Kwik said in a public discussion themed "Self-reliant Economy versus Neo-liberal Economy" here Friday.
He said he had a lot of proof that Boediono, former economic affairs coordinating minister in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet and later Bank Indonesia governor, was a strong advocate of the free market and against any form of state intervention.
Therefore, he said, he very much doubted the sincerity of Boediono's recent statement that the market needed to be regulated by the state and Indonesia must be freed from IMF and World Bank intervention.
In Kwik's view, Boediono's appointment as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's running mate in the upcoming presidential election was all the more proof that the present administration was far from committed to achieving economic self-reliance, and that this would remain so if the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Boediono pair won the election.
Kwik was coordinating minister for economic affairs in the Megawati Soekarnoputri administration from 2001 to 2004.
"I challenge Boediono and other members of the Berkeley mafia to hold a debate about it (neo-liberalism) because I am quite convinced Boediono is in a position where he hates the state's role in the market," Kwik said in a public discussion themed "Self-reliant Economy versus Neo-liberal Economy" here Friday.
He said he had a lot of proof that Boediono, former economic affairs coordinating minister in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's cabinet and later Bank Indonesia governor, was a strong advocate of the free market and against any form of state intervention.
Therefore, he said, he very much doubted the sincerity of Boediono's recent statement that the market needed to be regulated by the state and Indonesia must be freed from IMF and World Bank intervention.
In Kwik's view, Boediono's appointment as Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's running mate in the upcoming presidential election was all the more proof that the present administration was far from committed to achieving economic self-reliance, and that this would remain so if the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Boediono pair won the election.
Kwik was coordinating minister for economic affairs in the Megawati Soekarnoputri administration from 2001 to 2004.
