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Saudi King Honor Row About Good Governance, Professor Says
Ismira Lutfia | September 05, 2011

Prof. Emil Salim on Monday criticized University of Indonesia rector Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri for the granting of an honorary doctorate to Saudi King Abdullah, and called for more transparency in the university system. (AFP Photo) Prof. Emil Salim on Monday criticized University of Indonesia rector Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri for the granting of an honorary doctorate to Saudi King Abdullah, and called for more transparency in the university system. (AFP Photo)
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notreadeeyet
8:45pm Sep 5, 2011

More sucking up and pandering to Indonesia's future Arab masters? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?

benjol48
8:19pm Sep 5, 2011

it's ironic for the country like Indonesia who has been trying to be one the example and saying that democracy are working well is giving DHC to the monarch of Saudi who do not want any democacry in their country.

DrDez
5:16pm Sep 5, 2011

back tracking already... wonder what he has promised

Awarding the honorary doctor is just the tip of the iceberg of the mess on this campus,” Maman said. THAT IS INDONESIA@S PREMIUM UNIVERSITY BTW no wonder those who can afford it including most politicians and University owners send their kids abroad to be educated


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An economics professor at the University of Indonesia said on Monday that the growing dispute between the institution’s rector and a group of professors following the controversial honorary doctorate awarded to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah was about good governance.

Speaking at the UI’s School of Economics, Emil Salim, a former environment minister and a UI professor, said rector Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri and members of the university’s alumni association had agreed on Sunday to establish a team to enforce good governance practices throughout the institute of higher learning.

Emil, however, did not specifically call for the resignation of Gumilar as expected. Instead, he addressed the need for more transparent management.

“I don’t intend to shame UI by speaking publicly about this matter, but my previously existing channel of grievances is closed because the university’s board of trustees is considered defunct,” said Emil, who is a member of the board.

Maman Abdul Rahman, head of the student executive body, also gave a speech saying the centralized financial system, managed by the rectorate, had created difficulties for students asking for funds to finance their activities.

“We are always faced with lengthy bureaucracy. We sometimes end up financing our activities with our own money,” Maman said.

He added that the growing dissatisfaction voiced by many on the campus was not intended to impeach the rector but to call for good governance at the country’s oldest university.

“Awarding the honorary doctor is just the tip of the iceberg of the mess on this campus,” Maman said.