IBRA’s role in jump-starting confidence

Laksamana Sukardi, Indonesia's state enterprises minister, spoke to Euromoney's Chris Cockerill about progress and problems in the country's bank restructuring.

Laksamana Sukardi, Indonesia’s state enterprises minister, spoke to Euromoney’s Chris Cockerill about progress and problems in the country’s bank restructuring.

Sukardi: “We need
recovery and also
justice.That might
come at the price of
recovery.”



Last month you introduced IBRA’s [Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency] seventh new chairman. Is it going to be lucky number seven?

Don’t think of it as a number. IBRA is unique and is operating in an abusive environment. It is dealing with $67 billion of debt restructuring, asset sales and thousands of cases of litigation.

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