The public and media have once again given mixed reviews to the Cabinet of President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo, with some ministers praised for progressive initiatives and others slammed for controversial statements and policies, a recent survey has revealed.

The survey, released on Thursday by the Political Climatology Institute (LKP), showed that Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti and Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan received positive reviews.

'€œSusi, who gets the most media coverage, also received a good approval rating. It'€™s the same for Anies, who is in the top five [ministers in terms of performance],'€ LKP founder Usman Rachman said.

The survey, with a 3.5 percent margin of error, ran from Nov. 1, 2014 to Jan. 31 this year.

The LKP conducted the survey via monitoring the 10 leading national dailies and the 10 most popular online media outlets, as well as the quick polling of 600 respondents with random sampling in 10 major cities.

In terms of media exposure, Susi was the most reported minister, with a staggering 2,522 news items covering her statements and activities, followed in distant second by Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan with 1,675, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said with 1,476 and Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi with 1,270.

Susi was also the new media darling, with 49.34 percent of the news casting a positive light on her, followed by Yuddy with 48.41 percent and Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar with 43.52 percent.

Trade Minister Rachmat Gobel and Anies came in fourth and fifth with 43.28 percent and 39.77 percent, respectively.

However, according to the survey, the media had been unkind to Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani, who received 26.96 percent in terms of positive media coverage.

Many respondents said her privileged position as the daughter of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri had lead to Puan being given a seat in the Cabinet.

The bottom four in the survey were Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno; Technology, Research and Higher Education Minister Muhammad Nasir; Industry Minister Saleh Husin and Sudirman Said.

'€œBut this doesn'€™t mean that these ministers have the most negative media exposure. It means that their ministries are lacking in programs that have positive value that can be communicated through the media,'€ Usman said.

In negative media exposure, Tedjo was on top with 19.27 percent, followed by State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini M. Soemarno with 16.2 percent, Jonan with 12.28 percent, Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo with 10.8 percent and Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly with 10.65 percent.

As for the individual performance of ministers, Susi once again received the highest approval rating from respondents, with 62.6 percent saying she had done a good job.

Second was Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa with 51.4 percent, then Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin with 50.3 percent, Anies with 50.1 percent and Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek with 49.2 percent.

At the other end were Marwan with 39.7 percent, Manpower Minister Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri with 39.9 percent, Tedjo with 40.5 percent, Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Ferry Mursyidan Baldan with 40.9 percent and Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono with 41.1 percent.

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