President Reshuffles Ministers This Week: Definition And Purpose Of Cabinet Reshuffle

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YOGYAKARTA - The news of the cabinet reshuffle in the Indonesian government measures the public's attention. Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office, revealed that President Joko Widodo will change the cabinets this week.

The public is also wondering who and what Jokowi will overhaul. But regarding this matter, Ngabalin did not want to convey. This issue immediately drew responses from many parties.

Immanuel Ebenezer, Chair of Jokowi's Volunteers, visited that there were five Ministers of the Forward Indonesia Cabinet who needed to be replaced. Meanwhile, Johnny G. Plate, Minister of Communication and Informatics (Menkominfo) said that the reform is done the sooner the better. Deputy Chairman of the DPR, Azos Syamsudin, suggested that the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education and Culture be held for Research.

Of course, all decisions are in the hands of the country's leaders. President Jokowi will consider kenirja to the roles of his cabinet so far, to see the needs of his future leadership. So what and the purpose of the cabinet reshuffle itself?

What is a Cabinet Reshuffle

Cabinet reshuffle is a structural activity that includes certain events, citing the Cambridge Dictionary page. In the event of a resuffle, there is a change or change in the position of people or other things in an organization or group.

The term reshuffle itself is used in a very broad scope, not only in the government sector. Merriam Webster's site fills in, the activity of rearranging the deck of cards also has the term reshuffle.

According to Meriam, webster reshuffle is generally used to refer to reorganization activities carried out by a management or structure to re-optimize its role. The reshuffle can be minimal or massive.

In Indonesia, cabinet reshuffle is the preorogative right of the leader of the country or the president. This reshuffle can be carried out by the president at any time. The president needs a reshuffle to improve the performance of his cabinet or to improve the ministry's lacking role.

Not only that, cabiner reshuffling can also occur due to other causes. For example, there is a minister who resigned because he was caught in a legal case. In addition, reshuffling can also occur because of the lack of dissatisfaction from the public with the work of the government.

Objectives of the Cabinet Reshuflle

The cabinet reshuffle during Jokowi's administration has been carried out five times. Of course this was done for a specific purpose to get a state. Following are the objectives of the cabinet reshuffle:

1. Work management

When reshuffling the cabinet, the president will carry out the role and performance of his ministers. Ministers who have a good performance will receive more mandate. Meanwhile, those whose performance will not be minus will be overhauled or replaced. Substitution is not done randomly or randomly, but has been corrected beforehand.

2. Signs of Change in Policy

When the president reshuffles, usually there will be new policies or changes to old policies. This change can be a sign that the government has a new priority program. The elected cabinet is expected to realize these priorities.

3. Events occur out of control

Reshuffles can also be caused by events that are out of control. The incident, for example, was when a person was caught in a corruption case. As happened in the fifth reshuffle of the Forward Indonesia Cabinet. President Jokowi has reshuffled the social affairs minister and the KKP minister because of corruption entanglement.

Causes beyond other control due to causes of illness, death, and resigned for certain reasons.

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