Many Ministers Don't Perform, Jokowi's Cabinet Reshuffle Is Important

JAKARTA - A political observer from Al Azhar University Indonesia, Ujang Komaruddin, believes that President Joko Widodo's cabinet reshuffle is important considering that many ministers do not perform their duties.

This is said by Ujang in response to the issue of a cabinet reshuffle which is rumored to be held in early October.

"Should the reshuffle be based on the evaluation of the minister's performance, it's important (to do, ed), because many ministers don't perform", said Ujang to VOI, Sunday, September 12.

However, Ujang suspected that the reshuffle was carried out not only to replace underperforming ministers but also to accommodate the inclusion of PAN in the cabinet.

"It seems that the direction is mixed, evaluating the minister's performance with the issue of accommodation for the entry of PAN, as I analyzed last time. PAN is in a coalition to get one seat", he explained.

The director of the Indonesia Political Review (IPR) said there were two interests in a cabinet reshuffle. First, it is because the reshuffle is the right of the president. Second, also to accommodate the interests of PAN who have just joined the coalition.

"But (Jokowi, ed) should be able to measure and evaluate the performance of ministers. Even though it looks like Jokowi will be more inclined to the inclusion of PAN. Even if there is a coalition in other ministries, it will not make a big change this time", said Ujang.