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View all search resultsPresident Prabowo Subianto has called on his ministers to maintain unity in his administration amid speculations of divided loyalties among some cabinet members and the lingering influence of his predecessor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the father of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
President Prabowo Subianto faces pressure to assert his leadership amid concerns over the persisting influence of his predecessor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, whose son and cabinet loyalists have carved for themselves a niche in the new government.
The President has installed an ITB deputy rector as science minister to replace a predecessor whose brief four-month stint in the role had been marked by notoriety through controversial policies, which at least one observer noted could have eventually led to a decline in public approval.
The first cabinet reshuffle of President Prabowo Subianto's administration saw Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro replaced by Brian Yuliarto, a deputy rector from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).
Amid speculation of an impending cabinet reshuffle, Golkar Party chairman and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said that his party’s commitment to supporting President Prabowo Subianto’s administration would prevent Golkar ministers from being ousted from the cabinet.
President Prabowo Subianto has hinted that his first cabinet reshuffle is impending, warning that he will remove any minister who fails to fall in line with his people-centered agenda and commitment to clean governance.
The series of controversies embroiling several ministers in President Prabowo Subianto’s first 100 days in office has prompted calls for the reshuffle of his bloated Red and White cabinet, although observers say it is unlikely to happen soon unless “urgent factors” arise.
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