Jokowi’s New Cabinet
THE composition of the forthcoming cabinet is a gamble for president Joko Widodo. As the driving force for the realization of the elected president’s promises, the performance of the cabinet will determine how Jokowi is remembered in the future: as a successful leader, merely average or even a failure.
Tempo
August 27, 2019
THEREFORE, the president should show caution in deciding on his cabinet. So far, he has only announced that the composition will be 55 percent of ministers with a professional background and 45 percent from the political parties. With 34 ministries, at present 18 ministers are from non-party backgrounds while 16 are from the political parties.
This composition is good because the president cannot simply end the role of political parties in
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