It would now be up to the DPR to accept me or not"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has expressed his readiness to undergo a fit and proper test by the House of Representatives (DPR) for central bank governorship.
"Under the current situation, the focus of the government and BI (Bank Indonesia) must be put on how to maintain the financial system to remain stable and so I accept the assignment well and will do my best in the test and hope the result will be good," he said here on Monday.
Agus said he had no hesitation to take the test despite his failure in 2008.
"I am trusted by the president now to become a BI governor and so I will carry it out as best as I could. It would now be up to the DPR to accept me or not," he said.
Agus said he was ready to continue reform efforts in BI, carry out BI`s main duties to control inflation, keep monetary conditions healthy and improve harmonization of fiscal and monetary policies.
He said he was also ready to deal with the transfer of banking supervision from BI to the Financial Service Authority (OJK) and convince the role of the Indonesian monetary authority in international forums and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the national payment system.
As has been reported so far present governor of Bank Indonesia Darmin Nasution would end his term of office on May 22, 2013.
Darmin was inaugurated as BI governor in 2009 to replace then governor Boediono who became the running mate of currently President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the 2009 presidential election.
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Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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