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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (center), accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla (left), greet heads of state institutions and ministers during an Idul Fitri gathering at the State Palace on Monday. (Photo courtesy of Presidential Bureau/Intan)
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he largest pro-government political party has said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has not yet held a meeting with pro-government parties on a possible Cabinet reshuffle, suggesting such a move is not imminent.
“Usually there is a meeting before a Cabinet shake-up. But we have not seen that until now,” Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) deputy secretary general Eriko Sotarduga said, as quoted by kompas.com on Thursday.
Eriko said the party acknowledged the President’s prerogative in reshuffling the Cabinet, but added that it was customary for the President to hold a meeting with the parties that support him before making such a move.
He added that Jokowi usually talked to PDI-P chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri prior to changing his Cabinet’s composition. “But it is up to Jokowi,” he said. “We fully endorse and support him.”
The State Palace has admitted that the President is evaluating his minsters after talks of a reshuffle began to circulate among politicians. The possible Cabinet shake-up could come in response to a changing national political constellation, after two of the largest opposition parties—The National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Golkar Party—decided to defect from the opposition group led by the Gerindra Party and pledged to support Jokowi’s administration. (ary)
