Slips and Slackers

PRESIDENT Joko Widodo's plan for an imminent cabinet reshuffle is the most logical option, given that several polls had shown the people's dissatisfaction with the government's performance. Most people believe that legal issues and the economytwo aspects that impact directly on people's liveshave been badly managed.

Right from the start of the presidency, Jokowi had ordered his ministers to follow his vision and mission, notwithstanding their own respective view of the world. This instruction was seen as a desire by the president to ensure his ministers' complete loyalty. In his view, the cabinet members are extensions of his arms, or executors of the technicalities of his policies. Through this order, the president underlined the importance of integration in governance.