Empty MenPAN-RB Seats, PDIP: Ganjar, Olly, Hasto And Basarah Can Replace Tjahjo Kumolo

Ganjar Pranowo/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The seat of the Minister for Administrative Reform Bureaucratic Reform (MenPAN-RB) is vacant after being left by Tjahjo Kumolo who died on Friday, July 1. Currently, the position of MenPAN-RB has been temporarily replaced by the ad interim Menko Polhukam Mahfud Md.

Regarding the replacement for Tjahjo Kumolo, PDIP said it would hand over the matter to President Joko Widodo.

"The PDI-P is still in a state of mourning. Whoever the successor is, we will leave it to Mr. Jokowi," said PDIP DPP Chairman Djarot Syaiful Hidayat at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, July 4. Questioning the seat of MenPAN-RB will be filled by PDIP or others, Djarot asserted, it depends on Jokowi's decision and the assignment from PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.

The most important thing, said Djarot, is that Tjahjo Kumolo's successor is a figure or cadre who has experience in governance.

"It depends on Pak Jokowi as well as the chairman for the assignment. The nature of the assignment is, if you ask whether the PDIP has cadres? Many, it means they have to understand and have experience in governance," explained Djarot. Djarot mentioned a number of names. who has the opportunity to replace Tjahjo Kumolo in the cabinet. From the governor level, there are Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and North Sulawesi Governor Olly Dondokambey.

"We have a lot of stock, Pak Ganjar, Pak Olly, as governor. So we have a lot of good stock, not to mention our regional heads in districts/cities and provinces and so on," said Djarot.

"So the stock of cadres in PDIP is sufficient, because we routinely systematically continue to hold party schools and regeneration, one of which is this," continued the former DKI Governor. could replace Tjahjo Kumolo in the MenPAN-RB position.

"Pak Hasto can do it too. It means do we have a lot of stock, Mr. Basarah too, we have a lot of stock, yes, from PDIP, there is a lot of stock, Mr. Basarah is okay, Mr. Hasto is okay, depending on the assignment," he continued.

However, Djarot reiterated that the matter of replacing Tjahjo Kumolo was under Jokowi's authority and Megawati's assignment.

"The one who has the authority is Mrs. Ketum, but who determines who is the president because it is the president who decides. What is clear is that the party will fully support the tasks of the president and make his programs successful until the end of his term of office," he concluded.