Errant bankers

Errant bankers

We welcome Minister of Finance Bambang Subianto's statement
that the government will be selective and prudent in barring
errant bankers from leaving Indonesia. In any case, a number of
the bankers have already demonstrated their good intentions by
issuing, through their respective lawyers, signed statements
declaring that they will not leave this country until legal
auditing of their banks has been completed.

We, on the other hand, regret a proposal that was made by a
certain Cabinet minister to publicize the names of bankers barred
from traveling abroad. To do so would not only be disproportional
(to their suspected offenses), it would also constitute a
violation of their basic human rights and at the same time invite
the question of what good would it do the nation.

It is necessary for all of us to realize that not all of the
owners, managers, commissioners and directors of the 38
liquidated banks are guilty of any wrongdoing.

-- Bisnis Indonesia, Jakarta