Bahlil Asks The Entire Community To Pray For The Late Faisal Basri

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia. (Photo: Aris NurjaniVOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia said senior economist Faisal Basri was a national economist who loudly criticized the government and Indonesia for losing major economists. In addition, he considers Faisal as a senior at HMI.

"Innalillahi wa innailaihi rajiun, we lost one of the nation's leaders, Bang Faisal Basri I know him as my senior at HMI. In 1999 I once invited Bang Faisal to fill an economic seminar at Irian Jaya at that time, I happened to be the chairman of the senate," Bahlil said at the funeral home, Thursday, September 5.

According to Bahlil Faisal Basri, he is a humble figure with very extraordinary, constructive critical thoughts, and Indonesia has lost a fairly extraordinary economist figure.

In addition, Bahlil invited the entire community to pray for the late Faisal Basri.

"In order to be given forgiveness from Allah and all deeds of worship are accepted by Allah and may Allah accept it at the very beginning, and to all relatives who have made a mistake, my word as a junior, please forgive," he said.

On the other hand, Bahlil also remembers Faisal Basri as a person who was able to put the brakes on officials like himself.

He admitted that he did not know who else the economist could replace Faisal Basri until now.

"So his thoughts are very critical but some of his thoughts are correct. So his social control is good, I don't know who else after Bang Faisal who dared to speak loudly, but it was a flood and I really appreciate it," said Bahlil.

According to Bahlil, he often discusses with Faisal Basri, even though he has different thoughts but respects each other.

Moreover, he continued, the figure of the deceased was a teacher and had good data that could be a challenge for him and others.