Tidak puas menguras uang negara melalui BI, para konglomerat kembali dimanjakan oleh Menteri Keuangan JB Sumarlin dengan mengeluarkan Pakto 88 yang menjadi awal liberalisasi sistem perbankan Indonesia.
As not satisfied to exploit state money via Indonesian Bank, the conglomerates were pampered by the Finance Minister JB Sumarlin whom issued Pakto 88 that became the initiation of liberation of banking system of Indonesia.