Budi Karya Sumadi

To channel their love for music, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi and several other cabinet ministers recently formed their own band. The Elek Yo Band—from the Javanese expression elek yo ben, meaning 'if we're no good, just let us carry on anyway'—includes Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basoeki Hadimoeljono, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo.

Budi, 60, still remembers his

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