The New Territorial Commanders
The Military Commander (Panglima TNI) Admiral Yudo Margono instituted another round of job rotation, which affects 96 high-ranking military officers, including seven territorial commanders. This rotation is truly worth highlighting in light of the next year’s elections and, perhaps, the upcoming succession of the Military Commander as well.
Ganjar-Airlangga Meeting
A number of important meetings in the last few days are worth highlighting in relation to the next year’s presidential election. Other than President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s meeting with Prabowo Subianto and Erick Thohir, there was also a meeting between Ganjar Pranowo and Airlangga Hartarto, the chairman of Golkar Party. Let’s talk a bit about Ganjar’s meeting with Airlangga.
Prabowo-Erick’s Meeting with Jokowi
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo held a meeting with Prabowo Subianto and Erick Thohir at the Bogor Presidential Palace. Many speculate that Prabowo and Erick were seeking for the President’s blessing to run together in the next year’s presidential election.
The New Vice Ministers (1)
Other than inaugurating the new Minister of Communications & Informatics (ICT), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo also appointed four new vice ministers, including Rosan Perkasa Roeslani and Pahala Nugraha Mansury. Compared to Rosan and Pahala, the two other new vice ministers may not be as well-known, but they’re actually worth highlighting in regard to the next year’s presidential race. The two vice ministers are Saiful Rahmat Dasuki and Paiman Raharjo. Let’s talk about Saiful Rahmat Dasuki in this article.
Golkar, 2024 Race & Airlangga’s Future
On July 16, Nasdem, a political party led by media mogul Surya Paloh held an event at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium. Paloh and his presidential nominee, Anies Baswedan, both gave a speech in the event. What’s more interesting to highlight, however, is the presence of some politicians from the Golkar Party in there. The presence of Golkar politicians in the Nasdem-Anies event is truly worth monitoring in relation to the recent situation within the Golkar Party.
Jokowi-Paloh Meeting
Media mogul Surya Paloh, who is also the chairman of Nasdem Party, finally met with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in a one-hour meeting at the State Palace Jakarta on Monday (July 17). The meeting was held a few hours after the President swore in his loyalist, Budi Arie Setiadi, as the new Minister of Communications & Informatics (ICT) replacing Johnny G Plate, former secretary general of Nasdem who is now a graft suspect.
Those elected
President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has on Monday morning (July 17) sworn in new minister, vice ministers, and members of the president’s council of advisors (Wantimpres). Budi Arie Setiadi has finally been confirmed new minister of communications and informatics to replace Johnny G Plate (politician from NasDem Party).
Mini Cabinet Reshuffle: Implications?
This morning (July 17), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is scheduled to swear in the new Minister of Communications & Informatics (ICT) to replace Johnny G Plate, the disgraced politician from Nasdem, a political party led by media mogul Surya Paloh. The President is also scheduled to swear in four new vice ministers and one new member of the Presidential’s Advisory Council (Wantimpres). Unfortunately, there’s no official press release from the State Palace on who will get which position.
Pressure on Airlangga
Some senior politicians of Golkar Party are pushing the Party to hold an extraordinary congress (Munaslub) in order to replace Airlangga Hartarto and cancel his nomination for the next year’s presidential race. Meanwhile, the others ask them to stop the maneuver.
A mini cabinet reshuffle
President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is scheduled to install new minister of communications and informatics to replace the disgraced NasDem politician Johnny G Plate Monday (July 17) morning. Budi Arie Setiadi, former politician from PDI-P and chairman of Projo (volunteers organization pro-Jokowi), is widely tipped as the new minister.