Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has nominated Destry Damayanti, a long-time central bank deputy, as the next governor of the institution, an official announced yesterday. Perry had served as BI’s governor of the central bank since 2018 and still had three years to run on his term. There were fears that Prabowo might nominate his nephew Thomas Djiwandono, whom he appointed as a deputy governor of BI in February of this year, for the top post at the central bank. Destry has served as senior deputy governor for more than one term. However, Josua Pardede, the chief economist at Permata Bank, told Reuters that the true test of central bank independence will come after Destry is confirmed as governor.