Jokowi Officially Inaugurates Supratman Andi Agtas As Menkumham To Replace Yasonna Laoly

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially inaugurated Supratman Andi Agtas as Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) today, Monday, August 19. He replaced Yasonna H. Laoly, who is a cadre of the PDI-P.

The inauguration was held at 09.30 WIB at the State Palace, Jakarta. This activity began with singing the anthem Indonesia Raya.

A number of ministers and officials were present at this activity. Among them are Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Hadi Tjahjanto, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto to Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad.

Furthermore, the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 92P of 2024 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of the State Minister of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet for the 2019-2024 period was read out. President Jokowi then led the procession of taking the oath of office of minister.

"I swear that I will be loyal to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and will carry out all laws and regulations as straight as possible for the sake of my service to the nation and state," said Jokowi, dictating the oath of office that Supratman followed at the inauguration.

"That in carrying out my duties, I will uphold the ethics of my position, work my best, with a full sense of responsibility."

Activities were then closed with congratulations by President Jokowi.

For information, the news that Jokowi will do a reshuffle has been blowing since the last two weeks. One of the ministers who will be removed is Yasonna Laoly.

Later, the chairman of the PDI-P DPP admitted that he was very ready to leave the position of Minister of Law and Human Rights which he had held since Jokowi's first period in 2014.

Supratman will only serve as menkumham for two months, before the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet ends in October 2024.

Previously, Supratman was a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives. He is a parliamentarian, he was assigned by the Gerindra faction as chairman of the Legislative Body (Baleg) of the DPR. During his leadership, he passed the Law on Job Creation which was quite controversial.

However, on August 6, Supratman's position as chairman of the DPR Baleg was replaced by Wihadi Wiyanto who is also a legislator from the Gerindra faction. The replacement of the Baleg chairman was led directly by the Deputy Speaker of the DPR who is also the Daily Chair of the Gerindra Party, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad.

Dasco admitted that there was no special reason to replace Supratman from the position of chairman of the Legislative Council. According to him, this rotation is just a refresher.