Presidential spokesperson Johan Budi confirmed on Tuesday that a Cabinet reshuffle may take place “sometime after the Idul Fitri holiday in June”. Idul Fitri is expected to fall on June 4.

“There is a possibility [of a Cabinet shake-up]. After Idul Fitri. There is a possibility,” Johan told The Jakarta Post.

Jokowi, who will end his first term in October, is believed to be planning a reshuffle for a number of reasons: to address concerns about a number of Cabinet members currently under investigation by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), to accommodate members of the opposition camp who wish to join the ruling coalition and to provide a glimpse of his new Cabinet.

If the reshuffle did take place, it would be the fifth over the course of four-and-a-half years of Jokowi’s administration.

Reorganizing his Cabinet members was the President’s own prerogative, Johan asserted, adding that the reshuffle would be based on the result of evaluation of each minister’s performance.

“If [Jokowi] concludes that a number of his ministers are not capable or are caught in criminal cases, the President would not even consider the fact that his administration would end within months to decide [on a reshuffle],” said Johan, a former KPK spokesman who is also seen as a potential Cabinet member.

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