The Chairman of Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto and the Chairman of PKB Muhaimin Iskandar agreed to form a coalition for the 2024 elections. It’s not a surprising development for us because we’ve been writing extensively about the potential of the said coalition in the previous articles. The question remains, however, regarding whether or not Prabowo will run altogether with Imin in the 2024 presidential race. They have yet to determine the matter.

There has been a discourse on the prospect of pairing the Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo and the Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in the 2024 presidential race after both governors received the majority support from the provincial chapters of Nasdem Party in the Party’s National Working Meeting (Rakornas). Let’s talk a bit about this potential pairing.

Media mogul Surya Paloh, who is also the chairman of Nasdem Party, dismissed speculation on the possibility of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to make another round of cabinet reshuffle in the near future after the changes made into the cabinet yesterday (June 15). But we cannot discount that possibility because there are nine vice minister positions in Jokowi’s cabinet that are still vacant.

Zulkifli Hasan, chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), has on Wednesday (June 15) been sworn in as trade minister to replace M Lutfi, who was in that post in less than two years. That means only two political parties with seats in the House of Representatives (DPR), SBY’s Democratic Party and Islamic party PKS, are outside the government. 

Apart from Hadi Tjahjanto and Zulkifli Hasan that reportedly will be sworn in as new ministers this afternoon, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is said appointing three new vice ministers this afternoon (June 15). But why only three? We all know there are ten vacant vice minister positions in the cabinet.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will reportedly announce the cabinet reshuffle this afternoon (June 15). The latest report said the President will announce two new ministers and three new vice ministers. Who are they?

Some people have been summoned by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in the past few days reportedly related to a cabinet reshuffle. The hottest seats include state-owned enterprises (SOEs), health, land/agrarian reform, trade, agriculture, and transportation.

The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Erick Thohir was seen on Monday (June 13) accompanying the fifth President Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is also the chairperson of the ruling party PDIP, at the historic Sarinah building in, Menteng, Central Jakarta. The scene is worth highlighting because Erick has been mentioned as one of potential running mates for the Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, who is also a PDIP politician.