Didik Economist Rachbini: No State Budget Guard Like Hamzah Haz

Former Vice President (Vice President) Hamzah Haz. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Didik Economist Rachbini assesses that there is no state budget guard (APBN) such as Hamzah Haz.

"Goodbye Mr. Hamzah Haz. We have lost another statesman politician, as well as writer, thinker and columnist who are diligent in providing enlightenment to political economic problems, state matters, especially budget politics and the state budget," he said in a written statement, in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Wednesday 24 July.

According to him, Hamzah Haz was a diligent politician in writing the political problems of the state budget in the mass media in the late 1980s and 1990s, and was involved in state practices during discussions at the House of Representatives (DPR), where he was the leader of a loyal opposition party.

The politician is considered a mature leader, statesman, thinker, and likes the nation's ideas in politics and the economy.

What can be imitated from Hamzah Haz? Commitment to national interests as a whole without leaving any aspect of reality and rationality. In contrast to a leader who is an utopian idealist, who does not stand on reality," said Didik.

For example, during the 20 years ago State Budget crisis, Hamzah Haz was declared to have come down the mountain to participate in solving the problem. The pros and cons regarding the increase in fuel oil prices (BBM) peaked which could lead to a political crisis.

The attitude taken by Hamzah Haz as the former Vice President and General Chair of the United Development Party (PPP) is to be directly involved in lobbying to overcome the APBN crisis as well as the potential political crisis.

Subsidy to goods is a waste and must be changed to subsidies to people. Haz Hamzah helped cool the atmosphere, although it was not popular then agreed to increase fuel prices on the grounds that the increase was a rational choice," he said.

In this case, he said again, Hamzah Haz is classified as a pro-policy leader who must be based on evidence (evid based policy). If anti-rational populist politics is run by political parties, it is said that the pros and cons will lead to a political crisis and will create new problems in the combined APBN crisis, a political crisis, to become a people's economic crisis.

"There are no more APBN guards like Hamzah Haz," said Didik.

The 9th Vice President (Vice President) of the Republic of Indonesia Hamzah Haz passed away, Wednesday morning, at 09.30 WIB at the Tegalan Clinic, Jakarta.

PPP Secretary General Arwani Thomafi, when confirmed in Jakarta, Wednesday, confirmed information regarding the passing of the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2001-2004 period.