Imperative for the transparent selection of SOE commissioners
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A student presents Deputy Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Stella Christie (right) with a traditional Dayak headband on June 18, 2025, at a visit to SMAN 10 Samarinda senior high school in the East Kalimantan capital, which has been designated Garuda Transformation School. (Antara/ M Risyal Hidayat)
Agus Riwanto (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Surakarta, Central Java Fri, July 25, 2025)
The practice of appointing SOE commissioners from an arbitrary pool of public officials and political loyalists has become tradition, and requires urgent reform lest it undermine public trust, investor confidence as well as the very purpose of state-owned entities: to serve the public.