OJK selection team faces hard tests to find right candidates.

Byline: Hans David Tampubolon, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Financial Service Authority (OJK) selection committee members will carry a heavy burden as the race for the agency's commissioner posts officially begins.

The committee, which is set to open the race for the OJK commissioner job on Monday, is responsible for becoming the first filter in netting the candidates considered eligible for the job.

The OJK commissioners will hold authority in controlling and monitoring the country's financial sector. The agency is essentially a financial monitoring super body that will take over the supervisory function of banks from Bank Indonesia and insurers and stock markets from the Capital Market and Financial Institutions Supervisory Agency (Bapepam-LK).

The OJK's …