Beritasolo ■ Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly, Bambang Soesatyo, conveyed this in a meeting of the leadership of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly with President Joko Widodo at the Bogor Palace on Wednesday (07/08/2013).
In addition to discussing the plan for the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly's Annual Session and other state agendas, it also briefly alluded to the issue of reshuffle.
It was the Deputy Chair of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly, Jazilul Fawaid and Syarief Hasan who asked directly about the cabinet reshuffle issue, as was widely reported recently.
"President Jokowi only laughed and did not answer directly on the issue of reshuffle. He only stressed that Ministers must work extra hard. Apply crisis management. Make sure all programs and funds are channeled. Everyone waits. If you need to work 24 hours. I myself said to president, every day he immediately came to supervise.Now, not only the minister that I asked for, but I also chased the secretary general and director general of the ministry.That was the president's explanation.That means, the president did not want the ministers to play around. "to face a crisis. These are very difficult times," Bamsoet said.
So, the former Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament added. The President did not convey implicitly whether there would be an overhaul or not. Please interpret the president's own views, "Bamsoet said after meeting President Joko Widodo, at the Bogor Palace on Wednesday (07/08/20).
Also present were Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly, including Ahmad Basarah, Ahmad Muzani, Jazilul Fawaid, Lestari Moerdijat, Syarief Hasan, Zulkifli Hasan, Arsul Sani, and Fadel Muhammad.
Deputy Chairperson of the Pancasila Youth hopes that the cabinet reshuffle will not be counterproductive to the handling of Covid-19. The ministers must stay focused to work more effectively, not to busy thinking about reform issues. As presidential aide, the minister must be able to catch up with the president's work rhythm very quickly.
"Make a reprimand delivered by President Joko Widodo in a cabinet meeting some time ago as an encouragement to work," concluded Bamsoet.
While Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Syarief Hasan added, when he asked about the planned reshuffle, President Joko Widodo responded by stressing he wanted all ministers to work optimally.
"Implicitly, the President said that he wanted this cabinet to work optimally. Implicitly so. So please interpret," Syarief said.
