BCA Boss Pede Pemerintah Baru Bakal Support Sektor Perbankan

BCA President Director Jahja Setiaatmadja. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - BCA President Director Jahja Setiaatmadja expressed his confidence that the new government will provide fresh air for the banking world.

Of the ministers appointed by President Prabowo Subianto, said Jahja, it is not foreign names in the financial sector.

Prabowo maintains Sri Mulyani as Minister of Finance, Suahasil Nazara as Deputy Minister (Wamen), followed by Thomas Djiwandono and Anggito Abimanyu who once served as Head of the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Ministry of Finance.

"So this is a very positive thing in the glasses of foreign investors," said Jahja, Wednesday, October 23.

He considered that investors tend to 'go away' if they see foreign names.

According to Jahja, investors will generalize shares and take a stand to wait for the good policies and performance of the new ministers and deputy ministers.

"But if it is people who have been trusted, who have given good performance so far, maintaining our past GDP growth in difficult times, up to 5 percent of inflation is also investigated. Now, I think with a new team, this is enough to make confidence and confidence from investors not to take action carelessly in terms of new government," explained Jahja.

Regarding optimism about the 8 percent economic growth target from the new government, Jahja admitted that he still had to see performance over the next year.

This is because economic growth involves many factors, one of which is in terms of people's purchasing power and programs in the APBN.

"Because they believe that the APBN programs, if they do work, will greatly encourage our economy in the future. But this has not yet entered that era," continued Jahja.

Jahja said that the performance of this new government will only be seen next year, which is reflected in its effectiveness in holding back inflation and encouraging economic growth from here.

"So I didn't directly say yes or no or anything, but yes we will see together, but I'm sure it's good. Our economic team is good, and also with enough ministers, it means that the focus of each of them is sharper to their respective fields," said Jahja.