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PDI-P respects Jokowi's decision on new Cabinet appointment: Hasto
Hasto said Cabinet appointments were the President's prerogative and that he believed that the appointment had gone through proper deliberation on the President's part.
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Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary general Hasto Kristiyanto. (The Jakarta Post/Twitter/Yusril Ihza Mahendra)
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esponding to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to name the leader of his volunteer group as the new information and telecommunications minister, secretary-general of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Hasto Kristiyanto said his party would respect that decision.
Hasto said Cabinet appointments were the President's prerogative and that he believed that the appointment had gone through proper deliberation on the President's part.
"It is a prerogative of the President and we have to respect that," Hasto told reporters on Monday evening.
Earlier in the day, Jokowi appointed Budi Arie Setiadi, who heads one of Jokowi’s most prominent supporter groups, ProJo, as the new communications and information minister
For the first time, President Jokowi also set up a deputy position for Budi and appointed former The Jakarta Post chief editor Nezar Patria for the slot.
In the past year, Nezar has served as communications adviser for State-owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir.
When asked if Jokowi's decision to appoint Budi to the Cabinet position was a reward for his support for Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto's presidential bid, Hasto said that such speculation did not hold water.
