The Odd Man Out

President Joko Widodo's cabinet reshuffle two weeks ago prompted a few questions. Among them, why weren't the non-performing ministers replaced? What was the President's reason for retaining ministers who held positions that did not match their competence and their academic backgrounds?

Another peculiarity about the reshufflewhich Jokowi calls a 'government consolidation'is the choice of controversial Rizal Ramli as coordinating minister for maritime affairs. That he made critical statements about government policy is not the issue but Rizal stand in opposite view of the also newly-appointed Economic Coordinating Minister Darmin Nasution.

August 25, 2015