We Report That None Of The Ministers Have Been Arrested By The KPK, NasDem Dares To Achieve With PDIP

Chairman of the NasDem Party Surya Paloh during the commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the NasDem Party in Jakarta, Friday 11 November 2011. (Among)

JAKARTA - The NasDem Party does not accept that its ministers in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet are dragged along regarding the issue of cabinet reshuffle. Moreover, there is a government coalition political party that interferes with the suggestion of President Joko Widodo to evaluate the ministers of NasDem. Previously, PDIP DPP Chairman Djarot Saiful Hidayat, asked the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Environment and Forestry to evaluate his performance by Jokowi. Even Djarot's statement was supported by PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto as part of the party's stance. Chairman of the NasDem Party DPP Irma Suryani Chaniago, stated that his ministers were brave to compete with the ministers from the PDIP. Irma said that the NasDem minister had not yet been involved in corrupt practices.

"Want to compete with the achievements of the minister from NasDem? Be careful, the Minister of NasDem has not been arrested by the KPK for harming the nation and state," said Irma in her statement, Saturday, December 31.

In fact, Irma challenged PDIP to audit the distribution of social assistance (Bansos) by the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) during the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Indonesia.

"You don't have to go far to talk about achievement, try checking for social assistance, which amounted to trillions, it turns out that the distribution was not right on target, because the data was used inappropriately, the escort was weak, where was the achievement? Let's audit the Social Assistance of the Ministry of Social Affairs during the pandemic," said Irma.

The DPR member also flicked Hasto's remarks alluding to the performance of the Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. Where Hasto said Syahrul was the party that launched rice imports because the national rice reserves were lacking. Hasto accused the Mentan data of not being in accordance with the facts on the ground.

According to Irma, Hasto's statement was baseless and seemed far-fetched. Because he said, the request came from Bulog and the Ministry of Trade. On the contrary, Irma claims, the Minister of Agriculture defended farmers who clearly had sufficient grain.

"I have conveyed before, the import of rice wants Bulog and the Ministry of Trade, if the Minister of Agriculture clearly says that the grain of farmers is enough, Bulog alone cannot absorb the grain of farmers! So don't asbun (original sound)," said Irma.

Even so, Irma believes that President Jokowi understands the performance of his ministers and will not carry out a reshuffle due to political factors.

"Regarding the reshuffle, I am sure, if it is performance-based, the Minister of NasDem will not include it. Because they perform well, on the track with the presidential program and excel," concluded Irma. Previously, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto, encouraged a political party that nominated Jokowi's analytic figure to withdraw from the government coalition. This was conveyed by Hasto in response to the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle raised by President Joko Widodo some time ago. "Of course there is a constitutional basis, it should not be when nominating someone who is different and becomes antitheses with the president who is in office, political awareness arises to withdraw," said Hasto in an online year-end Reflection press conference, Friday, December 30.

"So supporting the president is not to get the good. When you have taken a different political stance, including those shown in the DPR, it should also be followed by the attitude in the executive. That's the attitude of the PDI-P," continued Hasto.

Hasto then brought up the statement by the Chairman of the PDIP DPP Djarot Saiful Hidayat, who asked President Jokowi to evaluate the two NasDem ministers, namely the Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo, and the Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK) Siti Nurbaya. Hasto said that Djarot's statement was part of the PDIP's stance that was concerned with the issue of food adequacy. According to him, the statement by the Minister of Agriculture SYL regarding rice imports is indeed far different from the facts.

"If we look at, for example, what was conveyed by the Minister of Agriculture on August 22, 2022, he said that Indonesia would export rice to China. But then it turned out that the facts were far from what was conveyed. We must import rice, which economically PDIP always provides critical notes when we want rice imports," explained Hasto.

For this reason, Hasto reminded Jokowi's ministers in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet to work hard before this period ends. "PDIP encourages that in the years leading up to 2024 all ministers really work hard to build a legacy to the ministry they lead," said Hasto. and this reshuffle does not show certain parties," said Hasto.