What's happened with Dr Sjahrir?
April 14, 2005, economist Dr Sjahrir met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at The State Palace and confirmed his appointment as president's advisor for economic affairs. But on January 15, 2007, the Harvard-educated economist-turned-politician (he is the chairman of Perhimpunan Indonesia Baru Party) was among the group of protesters known as Gerakan Cabut Mandat SBY-JK (Movement to Revoke SBY-JK's Mandate). What's happened?
Let's refresh our memory with Dr Sjahrir's statements after the 2005 meeting with SBY. "My job will be assisting government in institutional building to achieve economic growth target, eradicating poverty, creating new jobs, and accelerating investment," he said that time.
For sure I never heard of his follow-up statements since. Especially after his long-time ally Aburizal Bakrie replaced in a cabinet reshuffle back in December 2005. Dr Boediono, Wharton School-graduated economist took the helm as coordinating minister for the economy with finance minister Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati(Illinois-graduated) as his closest ally. We could safely predict that since then President SBY might rarely listen to Dr Sjahrir's advise. But we never heard of termination of his role as president's economic advisor.
Dr Sjahrir's position has been marginalized further with the establishment of another team of advisor led by Marsilam Simanjuntak, which sparked political tension between SBY and JK.
But Dr Sjahrir quickly clarified his participation in the January 15 rally led by his old friend Hariman Siregar, as explained in his party's website. He said he was there to commemorate Malari (1974 student rally). Both Sjahrir & Hariman were key student leaders in Malari 1974.
"But when Hariman directed the rally to The State Palace, I stopped here in Bundaran HI," he said.
Still, we could sense that Sjahrir is not happy with he might have told the president. "Government is only thingking of macro-economy improvement. People need real popular policy like cheap rice, employment, and poverty eradication," he said.
So, either Dr Sjahrir's access to the president is not like when he started to 'work for government' or the president listen too many advises, all of them seems great, but consume most of his time/energy to digest and as a result very few strategic decisions have been made.
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Let's refresh our memory with Dr Sjahrir's statements after the 2005 meeting with SBY. "My job will be assisting government in institutional building to achieve economic growth target, eradicating poverty, creating new jobs, and accelerating investment," he said that time.
For sure I never heard of his follow-up statements since. Especially after his long-time ally Aburizal Bakrie replaced in a cabinet reshuffle back in December 2005. Dr Boediono, Wharton School-graduated economist took the helm as coordinating minister for the economy with finance minister Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati(Illinois-graduated) as his closest ally. We could safely predict that since then President SBY might rarely listen to Dr Sjahrir's advise. But we never heard of termination of his role as president's economic advisor.
Dr Sjahrir's position has been marginalized further with the establishment of another team of advisor led by Marsilam Simanjuntak, which sparked political tension between SBY and JK.
But Dr Sjahrir quickly clarified his participation in the January 15 rally led by his old friend Hariman Siregar, as explained in his party's website. He said he was there to commemorate Malari (1974 student rally). Both Sjahrir & Hariman were key student leaders in Malari 1974.
"But when Hariman directed the rally to The State Palace, I stopped here in Bundaran HI," he said.
Still, we could sense that Sjahrir is not happy with he might have told the president. "Government is only thingking of macro-economy improvement. People need real popular policy like cheap rice, employment, and poverty eradication," he said.
So, either Dr Sjahrir's access to the president is not like when he started to 'work for government' or the president listen too many advises, all of them seems great, but consume most of his time/energy to digest and as a result very few strategic decisions have been made.
READ MORE!!!
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