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Pro-Prabowo parties united behind plan to install professionals in cabinet
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President-elect Prabowo Subianto, along with his coalition members, gestures as he delivers a speech in Jakarta on March 20, 2024, after the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced the 2024 presidential election results. (AFP/Willy Kurniawan)
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embers of the coalition of political parties supporting president-elect Prabowo Subianto appear to have thrown their weight behind his plan to form an enlarged cabinet consisting of politically aligned professionals at the start of his presidency, as the parties put forward their finest talent as potential ministers.
The Gerindra Party, the de facto leader of the coalition, has said Prabowo may install professionals who are affiliated with members of the coalition, in a bid to help him balance the need for competent governance and the pressure to accommodate allies.
Parties in the coalition now suggest that there is a shared understanding between political parties and the president-elect that professionals with political party backgrounds are fit to manage ministries.
“Clean, effective and efficient governance is a priority in [Prabowo’s campaign platform of] Asta Cita,” said Drajad Wibowo, a senior politician of the National Mandate Party (PAN), a member of the coalition.
Drajad told The Jakarta Post that there should not be a dichotomy between professionals and political parties when it comes to forming a cabinet, arguing that “there are plenty of experts and professionals who are members of political parties".
On a similar note, the Democratic Party, another pro-Prabowo party, said having professionals sitting in the cabinet would help Prabowo “produce and execute policies effectively”.
Having professionals leading the ministries would also help ensure the incoming government can “realize Prabowo’s big ideas that we have conveyed to the public in the campaign rallies,” Democratic Party spokesperson Herzaky Mahendra told the Post.
