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‘It’s the next govt’s business’, Jokowi says of Prabowo's presidential advisor lineup
The outgoing President is rumored to be considering taking a position on the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres), following the House of Representatives' swift revision of a law regulating the body last week.
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President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (center) greets people on a visit to Dukuh Kupang Market in Surabaya on Sept. 20, 2024. (Antara/Rizal Hanafi)
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he lineup of the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) is the business of the administration of president-elect Prabowo Subianto, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said.
“That’s a matter for the upcoming administration. I don’t want to comment,” Jokowi said on Tuesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
The President dismissed recent rumors that he would hold a position on the board following a swift revision of the Wantimpres Law by the House of Representatives last week, only a month before his decade-long presidency will end on Oct. 20.
The amendment removes a limit of nine on the number of council members and allows the sitting president to determine who sits on it “in accordance with his needs”. The board’s chairmanship will also rotate between board members, according to a provision in the revised law.
Prabowo’s camp previously floated a plan to establish a so-called president’s club consisting of the country’s sitting and living former presidents as a forum for them to exchange views and ideas on strategic national issues.
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Many speculate that the swift revision of the law was to pave a way for Jokowi to secure a seat on the board, allowing him to remain in the government as one of Prabowo’s advisors.
