Muhammadiyah & the Next Cabinet
Another interesting news regarding Prabowo-Gibran’s cabinet came from Muhammadiyah, the second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia. Muhammadiyah claimed that they will likely get one minister and two vice minister positions in the next cabinet.
Prabowo’s Triumvirate
The Minister of Home Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Defense are known as the triumvirate in the cabinet. Three trusted and closest aides to President-elect Prabowo Subianto have been tipped for becoming the triumvirate in the next administration. Who are they?
Gubernatorial Elections: Latest Polls
Some pollsters have released their survey results, respectively, regarding this year’s gubernatorial elections in some major provinces. Among the major provinces, it seems that the tightest battle is in Central Java, the third most populous province in Indonesia.
1991 Class & Police Job Rotation
General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the Chief of the National Police (Kapolri), instituted another major job rotation that affected 310 high-ranking and middle-ranking police officers. Among them are former classmates of General Sigit at the Police Academy (Akpol) of 1991 class who are promoted as provincial police chiefs. Police, by far, is widely considered the strongest ‘political organization’ in the country.
Prabowo-Gibran’s Cabinet: Power Sharing
Everyone knows that President-elect Prabowo Subianto loves number eight. He is known as 08 in his inner circle and he will soon be sworn in as the eighth President. So, when Bambang Soesatyo a.k.a Bamsoet, a senior Golkar politician and the Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), said he heard a rumor that the number of ministries under Prabowo’s administration will be 44, don’t ask where Prabowo got the number.
SBY’s Meeting with Prabowo
The sixth President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), who is also the supreme leader of Democratic Party, met with President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who is also the chairman of Gerindra Party, at the latter’s private residence in Kertanegara, South Jakarta on Thursday (Sep. 19). The meeting is truly worth highlighting in relation to power sharing in the next administration.
As you please President Prabowo
The House of Representatives (DPR) have just deliberated two important laws about ministries and the president’s advisory council, which basically gives the president a ‘flexibility’ to accommodate as many allies as possible in getting a piece of the power.
New Ammunitions for Muhaimin’s PKB
Muhaimin Iskandar, the chairman of PKB, the fourth largest party that is strongly affiliated to the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Islamic organization in the country, introduced some young figures to the press on Wednesday (Sep. 18). Among those young figures was Ais Shafiyah Asfar, who has been appointed as the daily chairman of PKB, a new key position in the PKB’s lineup for 2024-2029 period.
Jakarta Election: Newest Poll
The latest survey result from LSI found Ridwan Kamil-Suswono leading the race with significant margin far above the other two contenders. Ridwan-Suswono is backed by the KIM Plus coalition, which consists of 15 political parties, including Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra Party.
Prabowo’s Potential Alliance with PDIP
The potential alliance between President-elect Prabowo Subianto and PDIP, the largest political party in the country, in the next administration is truly interesting to watch. PDIP continues to send more signals that the Party might join Prabowo’s administration.