'No new candidates for BI governor'

'No new candidates for BI governor'

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri will not add any
names to the list of candidates for Central Bank governor given
the absence of an official request from the House of
Representatives (DPR).

State Secretary Bambang Kesowo said on Wednesday that the
presidential office would only respond to an official request
from the House.

"To my knowledge, additional candidates can only be requested
by several legislators and not the House," he said.

The President has nominated Miranda Goeltom, Burhanuddin
Abdullah and Cyrillus Hernowo as the next Bank of Indonesia
governor to replace Sjahril Sabirin.

Several legislators said that none of the three were qualified
enough for the respected position and asked the government to add
more names to the list of candidates.

The House is now in recess and no schedule has been set for
the election of the new BI governor in the upcoming session,
which will start late this month.--JP