President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that immediately create a national economic committee that will assist the government to become an institution during the crisis and solutions as a partner when the normal economy.
“In this time I will form the national economic committee that will assist the government and in the near future we will validate the form and the national economic committee, which of them [members] of the chairman and members of the Chamber of Commerce,” he said when opening a seminar and exhibition on the theme of food supply World conducted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Indonesia (Kadin) in Jakarta, today.
According to Yudhoyono, the precision of action could be the most effective solution to reduce the impact of the economic crisis that hit Indonesia. That, he continued, based on experience when facing a crisis in 1998 and 2008.
In this case, he continued, Indonesia failed to economic recovery in 1998, so the very long recovery time. Whereas in times of crisis in 2008, according to him, government is more prepared to deal with it so much faster recovery time.
“Even Indonesia is considered competent to handle crises 2008 – 2009 so that it can minimize the impact of the crisis on the Indonesian economy.”
In this case, the Head of State thanked the Chamber of Commerce and other elements that have been shoulder to shoulder with him trying to save the national economy from the crisis.
“We formed an integrated team [a crisis in 2008], governments, businesses, economists, and even some of the brothers accompanied me to attend G20 summit first in the midst of anxiety and panic at that time, it’s all history,” he said again
