Sri Mulyani: ethics, integrity should never be compromised

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 11/27/2010 10:02 AM

Former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says that ethics and integrity are values public officials should never compromise.

“I believe that gripping tightly ethics and integrity is an uncompromised requisite [for public officials],” Sri Mulyani said in her written speech being delivered during the book launch titled Mengapa Sri Mulyani (Why Sri Mulyani) in Jakarta on Friday evening.

Sri Mulyani said that Indonesia should learn to uphold ethics that put the public good in the top priority.

“It [Indonesia] needs to develop policies that hold responsible of the public in its nation building efforts,” she was quoted by Metrotvnews.com.

She added that compassion and persistence are other valued principles to develop for a country to move forward and gain respect.

Sri Mulyani, well known for her impeccable integrity in bureaucratic reform and international experience, has resigned in May to take the World Bank managing director post hot on the heels of a political crisis which centers on the House of Representatives’ demand for legal measures against Sri Mulyani and Vice President Boediono in connection with the Bank Century bailout in November 2008.