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Behind the Desperate Cabinet Reshuffle

Monday, September 15, 2025

This week’s cover story examines what lies behind Prabowo’s cabinet reshuffle. A prerogative is not a license to push through unimportant programs.

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President Prabowo Subianto offers congratulations after inaugurating several ministers and deputy ministers from the Red and White Cabinet reshuffle at the State Palace, Jakarta, September 8, 2025. Tempo/Imam Sukamto. tempo : 177101950335.

THE word “prerogative” has been inflated in Indonesia’s politics. Politicians often use it to refer to privileges that come with office. When appointing ministers, for example, they like to say, “That is the president’s prerogative.” Yet behind the scenes, deals are struck over who gets what.

In ancient Rome, the term referred to the privileges of certain tribes or groups in casting votes at assemblies. Rooted

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