Jokowi Adds Wamendagri Position, Saan Mustofa NasDem: Later Will Face Heavy Burden And Huge Work

NasDem Party DPP chairman, Saan Mustofa (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - The NasDem Party does not question President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)'s decision to add the position of Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (Wamendagri). The chairman of the NasDem Party DPP, Saan Mustofa, assesses the addition of the position of Wamendagri because there is an increasing workload ahead of the 2024 General Election. have many considerations (added the position of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, ed). The first is related to the workload," said Saan at the DPR Building, Thursday, January 6.

According to the Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, the implementation of the 2024 Simultaneous Elections will be quite difficult for the Ministry of Home Affairs. "Later the Ministry of Home Affairs will face a heavy burden, a big job, there will be 2024 simultaneous national elections, there will be regional elections, there will be presidential elections," said Saan. Moreover, he continued, in the near future there will be 272 regional heads whose term of office will expire and must be replaced by the executor of the task (Plt).

"Even the Minister of Home Affairs will have to prepare officials because there will be many regional heads who have ended in 2022. There are seven governors, right, in 2022 it will end," continued Saan. is added. According to him, President Jokowi's decision makes sense if it is based on the burden that will be carried by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

"In my opinion, it is important and reasonable if the president makes, for example, establishes a Wamendagri," he said. On the other hand, Saan also believes that the addition of the Wamendagri post has something to do with the issue of a cabinet reshuffle that has been going on for so long. Considering there are 10 empty Deputy Minister seats.

"Yes, in my opinion, from everything that has been done by Mr. Jokowi related to the issue of wamen, from the past few years, many wamen have been formed but have not been filled. Well, maybe Mr. Jokowi wants all of them to be filled later together with the reshuffle," concluded Saan.