Regarding The Reshuffling Issues, Erick Thohir: I'm Ready To Be Promoted, Or Replaced

BUMN Minister Erick Thohir (KemenBUMN via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Minister Erick Thohir responded to the ministerial reshuffle news in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet. Erick Thohir admitted that he was not anxious and was ready to accept any decisions made by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

According to him, this cabinet reshuffling is the same as the election of the board of commissioners and directors of a state-owned company, which is carried out not because they like it or not.

"Of course I am as an assistant to the president, I am ready to be appointed, I am ready to be removed. It is the president's decision to reshuffle", Erick told reporters in Lampung, Thursday, April 15.

He believed that this reshuffle was not due to the will of the president personally but for the good of the people.

"(Reshuffle, red) is not due to the will of the president himself. But of course, it is good for the people so that during this administration, the assignments carried out must have results for the people themselves", he said.

The issue of changing the cabinet became hotly discussed after the Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office, Ali Mochtar Ngabalin, explained that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) would immediately remodel his cabinet, Tuesday, April 13.

"The President, God willing, will inaugurate a new minister. (1) Minister of Education and Technology (2) Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM. Are there any other ministers who will be inaugurated, when, and who are they? God willing is the prerogative of the President and us. Just wait", wrote Ali Ngabalin on Twitter @AliNgabalinNew, Wednesday, April 15.

VOI editorial confirmed that Ngabalin confirmed that President Jokowi was ready to replace the 3 ministers. Among them are Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Nadiem Makarim, Minister of Research and Technology/National Agency for Research and Innovation Bambang Brodjonegoro, and Head of Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia.

However, Ngabalin asked the public to wait for President Jokowi's official decision in the near future.

"We'll wait for this week or maybe next week because usually, the President is not slow in making decisions, especially when the ministers have said goodbye", he said.