Jokowi Praises The Late Faisal Basri: He Is A Critical Economist

UI's alumnus economist and founder of Indef, Faisal Basri, passed away on Thursday, September 5 in the morning. (Between)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) remembers the figure of the late Faisal Basri as a critical economist and was able to correct government policies.

"Innalillahi wa innailaihi rajiun. All Indonesian citizens and I express our deepest condolences for the death of Mr. Faisal Basri. He is a critical economist," said President Jokowi on the sidelines of a visit to Surabaya, Friday, September 6, which was confiscated by Antara.

Jokowi said Faisal is an economist who is detailed in submitting field data and can also correct government policies that are not good.

"I think it's a very good thing," said Jokowi.

University of Indonesia's alumnus economist and also founder of the Institute for Development of Economics & Finance (Indef) Faisal Basri passed away on Thursday, September 5 in the morning at Mayapada Hospital, Kuningan, Jakarta.

During his lifetime, Faisal Basri was known as an economist who was critical in correcting government policies that he felt were wrong.

The nephew of the late 3rd Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Adam Malik started his career as a teacher at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Indonesia for the course of the political economy, the international economy, the development economy, and the history of economic thinking.

Faisal is also a lecturer in the Accounting Masters Program, Management Masters Program, Development Planning and Policy Masters Program, and Postgraduate Program at the University of Indonesia (since 1988).