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Analysts have suggested that Jokowi’s cabinet shake-up is part of an effort to consolidate power in his final year in office, particularly given concerns about cracks having formed in the cabinet before the election.
Democratic Party chair Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono finally ended his nearly 10-year journey in the political wilderness on Wednesday when he became the new agrarian and spatial planning minister in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s outgoing administration.
Deputy secretary general of the Democratic Party Ossy Dermawan said that although the elder Yudhoyono did not join Agus’ swearing in ceremony as the new agrarian and spatial planning minister and head of the National Land Agency (BPN), he had given his full support for Agus to assume the position.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promoted on Wednesday one of his loyalists, Hadi Tjahjanto, to a senior post in the cabinet and also welcomed Democratic Party leader Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono as the newest member of his outgoing administration.
The Democratic Party chairman has credited the presidency of his father Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the originator of the downstreaming policy, while giving a nod to the current administration's intensified efforts and expressing his belief that if elected, Prabowo-Gibran would continue the program.
Vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka visited Cikeas to meet SBY and AHY to discuss election matters. After the visit, AHY expressed his hopes that Prabowo-Gibran would win the upcoming election.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is planning to make new appointments to strategic positions this week, a Palace official has said, a move analysts say could shift the balance of power between the popular outgoing leader and his Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) amid frayed ties.
The opposition Democratic Party is seeking to explore its alliance options, particularly with the largest pro-government party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), ahead of what is expected to be a fast-tracked deadline for the registration of presidential candidate pairs next month.
