What are the similarities
of the three ministers? Firstly, the three respected ministers seem to have no political interest or least they do not
admit to becoming member of certain political parties. Another similarity is
that the three have never joined in bureaucracy, except Agus Martowardoyo, former president
director of Bank Mandiri
mostly owned by the Indonesian government. Secondly, viewed from media
reportage, the three ministers record the best performance. If the parameter is
measured from media reportage, they are very rate to encounter negative issue
in either performance or deviating behavior, such as corruption issue.
Minister Dahlan is
the most eccentric one, cleaning toilet at airport, opening toll gate so that
cars could come into toll road quickly without paying ticket, selling E-Toll
card of Bank Mandiri as
if he complains about the action of the boss of the bank deemed less active in
selling and promoting the toll card.
Minister Agus is
more than eccentric. He was determined to buy Newmont share for the government,
bring the case to the Supreme Court and declare his readiness to resign unless
he lost and failed to purchase the share. Mr. Agus also hit table because he felt
dejected at legislators delaying the legalization of assumption in Draft State
Budget of 2013, complicating budgetary talks thus impeding substantial
discussion.
On contrary, Mr. Gita is
far from eccentric, even very polite. However, when he was assuming the Head of
the Investment Coordinating Board, he was very active to promote investment opportunities
in Indonesia and design advertisement not less attractive than Malaysian
tourism advertisement.
Yet,
each shares the most important character, nothing to loose. As if they do not
care whether they would be dismissed or not and they axe cute their tasks even
though they must be in opposite to the will of legislative deemed unethical.
It
may be a result of their personal development for years. Mr. Dahlan and Mr. Pak Gita are businessmen and they have been
accustomed to preparing work plan at the beginning of working period, prepare
indicators of performance, abide by business rules internally and externally.
Both are also successful to build their business without loan, namely media
business by Dahlan
and financial business by Gita. Mr. Agus constitutes the most conservative
figure among the ministers because a banker is basically risk averse, and
principally bank provides credit for the lowest risky business. Therefore, his
action as minister should have considered all risks, including condemnation and
dismissal.
Agus, Dahlan and Gita become a concrete evidence negating
dogma saying that non-political minister won’t perform effectively because the
minister has no foundation of political party support in the legislative. Even
though they are appointed by President SBY and secure votes in the parliament
in every budgetary debate, the Democrat Party is not majority in parliament,
which is sufficient to secure the government vote in the parliament.
It’s
not the point. The ministers could perform effectively because their action is
strengthened by logic and rational arguments, far from hearsays behind the
scene. In addition, they have character, nothing to lose, so that the
ministerial post is far from effort to seek wealth, because their income in
private sector is bugger than salary of minister plus the facility. If they
stop assuming ministerial post, they could earn bigger income in private sector
at anytime.
If
Vice President Budiono
disclosed recently in his address in University of Gajah Mada that public position in administration
is dedication, not aiming at seeking wealth, the three ministers may become
reference. They work solely for the people.
In
view of the performance of the three ministers, President SBY should replace quickly
his ministers with the figures sharing of the same criteria as by three
ministers. In addition, ministers consigned by political parties would be busy
to hold campaign for General Election 2014. The president should be carried
over by character “no-thing to lose”.
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