JAKARTA - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) has opened its voice regarding the issue of the resignation of PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono from the cabinet of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), recently.
Secretary General of the Ministry of PUPR Mohammad Zainal Fatah admitted that he did not know about this. Because he has not met Minister Basuki.
"I don't know. I haven't met the minister either," said Zainal Fatah when met after a Working Meeting (Raker) with Commission V DPR RI at the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Thursday, January 18.
Zainal Fatah assessed that this su is common in a political year like today.
According to him, the most important thing right now is that the Ministry of PUPR continues to work on various mandated projects.
"(The issue) is normal in the political year, the important thing is that PUPR works. We are given the task of carrying it out as expected by all of our friends," he said.
When asked further about Minister Basuki's resignation before his term of office was over, Zainal Fatah again said he did not know about this.
"I have never heard of the minister. Anyway, we are committed to carrying out (the duties) according to the APBN," he added.
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Previously, senior economist Faisal Basri in a discussion event in Jakarta recently said that Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani and Minister of PUPR Basuki Hadimuljono were the ministers who were morally the most prepared to withdraw from the cabinet.
According to Faisal, the minister from the technocrats is ready to resign because of the issue of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)'s support for one of the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the contestation of the upcoming February 2024 democratic party.
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