Didik Rachbini Reminisces Christianto Wibisono: During The New Order And Reformation He Was Still Active In Writing His Thoughts In Books

Christianto Wibisono. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - Senior economist Didik J Rachbini said the late Christianto Wibisono was someone who continued to be productive and tireless in dedicating himself as a scholar, thinker and book writer.

"During the reformation period or after the New Order, Christianto Wibisono remained active in expressing his thoughts in various media and writing books," he said in an official statement, quoted from Antara, Friday, July 23.

Didik said that Christianto is an expert in political economy who is very diligent in writing books and is quite critical of his writing in the form of articles in various mass media.

Even in Sjahrir's article entitled Expert on Economics, Economic Policy and Political Economy in 1994, Christianto was recognized as one of the top 25 political economists during the New Order era.

The size of the expertise of Christianto and 25 other peer experts is narrowed down to economists who diligently write and express their thoughts, especially in the Kompas newspaper, which is read by millions of Indonesians.

Christianto's name is recognized as belonging to the club of 25 economists and acts as an analyst in the fields of business and political economy despite graduating from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia and not the faculty of economics.

During the New Order era, Christianto established the Indonesian Business Data Center (PDBI) which not only provided business data through the institution but also actively held seminars with descriptions of quantitative business data.

"At the same time the political economy analysis of Indonesia's business environment is complex and even contains mysteries that are difficult to guess," said Didik.

What's more, Didik said that last month Christianto was still in contact with him and at the same time received a shipment of Christianto's book entitled Dating the Menteng Dynasty which has a thickness of 362 pages.

"Until he died I never discussed this book except in some parts of his thoughts in the Whatsapp group of KEN members during SBY's period (2009-2014) where we were both there," he explained.

Didik said that during the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, he and Christianto had been members of the National Economic Committee (KEN) who was appointed by the president to provide advice and advice in economic policy.