PAN: President Jokowi Have Special Considerations Including Politics During A Reshuffle

Viva Yoga Mauladi. BETWEEN PHOTOS/HO-KAHMI

JAKARTA - The National Mandate Party (PAN) responded to the issue of a cabinet reshuffle that will be carried out by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in the near future. Deputy Chairperson of PAN, Viva yoga Mauladi, believes that President Jokowi must have his own considerations to replace his ministers in the cabinet, including political considerations. He reminded that as a head of state, Jokowi has the full right to reshuffle any considerations. "The president certainly has special and detailed considerations relating to the performance of the minister, which has an impact on government performance, as well as due to political considerations so that he can carry out his duties to serve the community, nation and state well," Viva said when confirmed, Friday, January 6. According to Viva, it is legal for President Jokowi to reshuffle it at any time. This is because Jokowi has the prerogative to remove ministers, both from performance and political evaluations. Viva also gave an example when the minister from PAN Asman Abnur decided to resign from his position in 2019 because he was not in line with the government coalition. At that time, his considerations were not based on performance but politics. "A time when Asman Abnur, whose PAN cadres as PAN-RB Minister resigned from the cabinet, because ahead of the 2019 PAN election, had different political attitudes from the government coalition party in terms of candidate pairs in the presidential election. Mr. Asman resigned from the minister. It's not about performance, but about ethics and political fatsun," said Viva. "Because in terms of performance, Pak Asman is considered very good in realizing bureaucratic reform programs," he continued. Therefore, Viva assessed, every period of government has different dynamics. It's just that at this time, he said, PAN will support every Jokowi policy so that government performance will increase until the end of the period. "Every phase of government will experience different knick-knacks and political configurations. In this case, PAN will still respect and support every policy of President Jokowi in improving government performance," he concluded.