Netray Monitoring Regarding Jokowi's Minister Resigning: Sri Mulyani Is In The Spotlight

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati gave directions on the commemoration of the 23rd DGT Anniversary which was held at the Nagara Dana Rakca Hall, Jakarta, Thursday (11/1/2024). (Between/HO-Ministry of Finance)

JAKARTA Rumors of the resignation of a number of ministers from the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet have become public talks in recent days. This issue emerged when the term of office of President Joko Widodo's era minister was only a matter of time.

It was economic observer Faisal Basri who first raised the news about the resignation of several Jokowi ministers. The Minister said Faisal would resign before his term ended, including Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono. This senior economist also said a number of other ministers would leave the cabinet because they had different political views with the president.

Seeing this issue quite a bit of attention, Netray tried to see how the news of the mass media framed this confusing news. With the keywords of the minister &&reduk on the online media channel and YouTube, this issue was apparently widely discussed at the online news agency.

"On the News channel during the period 17-23 January 2023, 602 articles were monitored from 127media reporting this issue," wrote the Netray report.

At the beginning of monitoring, the intensity of the news was still sloping with only eight articles appearing on January 17, 2024. But the intensity continued to climb and reached its peak two days later with 226 news. At the peak of media coverage, many display government responses ranging from Jokowi to ministers denying these allegations. The intensity of the news then began to decline until the end of the monitoring period.

Sri Mulyani's name was mostly highlighted by the mass media, because her name was first mentioned by Faisal Basri as a minister who would resign after the 2024 presidential election. Sri Mulyani herself was reluctant to answer clearly about the issue. He only emphasized that he would continue to work when journalists asked him.

Apart from Sri Mulyani, the wordbasuki also appears with a fairly high frequency in the ranks of popular vocabulary or top words. Faisal Basri claimed that PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono would become the second minister to leave, following in the footsteps of Sri Mulyani.

The minister, who is known to be humorous, did not give a direct answer, but through the Secretary General of the Ministry of PUPR Mohammad Zainal Fatah said that his party had not heard a direct response from Basuki. The person concerned actually seemed busy working with Jokowi from Central Java to IKN.

In addition to the two names, Jokowi, who is said to be abandoned, also dominates the news. The news about the majority of the president contained his statement overcoming the issue of his minister's departure.

The president often dismissed the issue by saying that he met with ministers every day holding meetings from morning to evening, according toNetray.

Apart from the president, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Airlangga Hartanto is also included in the top words. Airlangga denied rumors of the resignation of a number of Jokowi's ministers. He emphasized that Sri Mulyani's resignation from the cabinet was a hoax.

The media also presented the opinion of political observers, including Ujang Komarudin. According to the political analyst from Al Azhar University Indonesia, the gossip about the resignation of ministers, especially from professional circles, is difficult to materialize. Ujang assessed that the minister from among political parties who had easier opportunities to resign.

Apart from reporting on the mass media, Netray also monitors this issue through the YouTube channel. It turns out that the news of Jokowi's resignation is no less crowded on this video channel. During the week of monitoring, as many as 326 videos were uploaded to discuss the issue.

The most popular video discussing these rumors came from the Tempodotco channel, with the title "Tempo Explain: The Signal Of Sri Mulyani's Withdrawal From Jokowi's Cabinet".

This video was able to achieve 473.8 thousand views, 1.8 thousand comments and 5.4 thousand likes, according to a Netray report.

The video discusses that the issue of Sri Mulyani resigning occurred because of her dispute with Prabowo Subianto as Minister of Defense regarding the defense budget, namely the unapproved budget for the purchase of Mirage 2000-5 aircraft.

In the comments column, the majority of netizens agreed with Sri Mulyani's resignation. One of them is the @Krishna-gp4cg account, which writes that the conscience of the ministers must be disturbed due to Jokowi's behavior which perpetuates political dynasties.

In the next place, there is a video from Metro TV with the Title 'AROMA RETAKNYA KABINET PRESIDEN JOKOWI'. This upload features a talk with Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko and political observer Universitas Brawijaya Anang Sujoko.

"This video won 418.7 thousand views, 2.4 thousand comments and 3.3 thousand people from netizens," wrote the Netray report again.

Just like the previous video, the comments column for this upload was also dominated by netizens who agreed if Sri Mulyani resigned, as written by the @arismuda371 account.

In third place, popular videos come from the Liputan6 channel, with the title Isu Menkeu Sri Mulyani Cs Mundur, What Impact If It Really Happens? The video was able to reap 244.8 thousand views, 966 comments, and 1.4 thousand ASS.

The video shows discussions with political observer Ray Rangkuti. However, he stated that this was not a new issue. According to Ray Rangkuti, this news emerged because Jokowi allowed his son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, to run as vice president.

Names such as Sri Mulyani, Basuki Badimuljono, Teten Marsudi, and Retno Marsudi are rumored to have resigned from the cabinet. However, it is said that Ray's desire to resign has not been realized because of the time approaching the election.