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.

Pretty much as predicted, Anies Baswedan won’t announce his running mate for the next year’s presidential election this weekend during an event hold at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Stadium that is organized by Nasdem, a political party led by media mogul Surya Paloh. It is likely that Anies’ camp will first wait for the announcement from the ruling party PDIP on who will become Ganjar Pranowo’s running mate.

We’ve talked about some figures who have the potential to become the new super-minister in the next administration just like Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan under the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Now, let’s talk about another potential figure that could play Luhut’s role in the next administration.

The running mate might be a determinant factor in the next year’s presidential election with various polls pointing to a tight race between Ganjar Pranowo and Prabowo Subianto. Therefore, it is important to highlight the survey results on the potential vice presidential candidates and to monitor the maneuver from these potential candidates. In that regard, it is interesting to see that Erick Thohir and Ridwan Kamil were accompanying President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during the President’s working visit in West Java on Wednesday (July 11).

Two pollsters, LSI and LSI Denny JA, released the results of their respective electability survey in which both of them found Prabowo Subianto leading the poll with a razor-thin margin above Ganjar Pranowo. Anies Baswedan, on the other hand, was left behind with a significant margin.