Chairman Of The House Of Representatives With Fair Values There Is A Political Party Adding Jokowi About Cabinet Reshuffle

Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani (Photo: DOK DPR RI)

JAKARTA - The Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, responded to the encouragement for President Joko Widodo to reshuffle his cabinet. He considered it natural for political parties to provide input to Jokowi to overhaul ministers who did not help his government. "As a political party or as an individual, of course we can remind, or voice things that are considered not to really help the performance of the government and so on," said Puan at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, January 19. However, Puan was reluctant to mention which ministers were less helpful in the performance of the Jokowi government cabinet. Because he admitted that he was not invited by Jokowi about the discourse on the reshuffle of this cabinet. "Wow, I can't say that, because that's the prerogative of the president, and I'm not spoken to by the president, so ask the President," said Puan. The chairman of the PDIP DPP reiterated that the cabinet reshuffle is the prerogative of the president. "So of course the president will determine when the good day will be, when to do it, whether it needs to be done or not," said Puan. Previously, the chairman of the PDIP DPP, Said Abdullah, suggested that NasDem immediately say goodbye to the Jokowi government coalition as a form of political ethics. Said said this was in the middle of the issue of President Jokowi's rift and NasDem General Chair Surya Paloh after declaring Anies Baswedan as a presidential candidate (readpres). "We respect NasDem's autonomous right to make political choices. If you choose someone who is against President Jokowi, then his political ethics should immediately say goodbye from the cabinet," Said told reporters, Wednesday, January 18. According to him, NasDem should not be allowed to do whatever it wants while still in the cabinet in collaboration with the opposition. "I don't want to be delicious alone, I want power cake, but at the same time I join parties who are oppositional and opposite to President Jokowi. Political behavior like this is not an example of good political civilization," he continued.