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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Both PDIP and Gerindra Party denied a speculation that the relationship of Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo Subianto is breaking apart. They ensured that Megawati’s relationship with Prabowo is fine even though the two figures have not had the chance to discuss the next year’s presidential election. 

The three presidential hopefuls attended the National Working Meeting (Rakernas) of the Indonesia City Administrations Association (Apeksi) on Thursday (July 13) held in Makassar, South Sulawesi. In the event, they were given the opportunity to make a speech in front of the city mayors about their programs should they win the next year’s presidential election. It looks like the 2o24 race starts too soon.