JAKARTA — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto sacked Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa after he clashed with a top ministry official who served on Prabowo’s former special forces team, three government sources said.Analysts and investors welcomed the replacing of Purbaya as a move that would help restore confidence in the US$1.5 trillion (S$1.9 trillion) G20 economy after months of uncertain policy-making. But it was bureaucratic infighting that led Prabowo to finally oust the minister, said the people familiar with the matter.The episode is another example of Prabowo’s personal style of governance, with the former special forces commander making decisions based on feedback more from his trusted inner circle and loyalists than professionals and experts, analysts say.The three sources said a clash between Purbaya and customs and excise chief Djaka Budhi Utama erupted over the reshuffling of hundreds of officials at the finance ministry, most of them in the tax and customs directorates.
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