Nearly 50 names were summoned by president elect Prabowo Subianto to sign the so-called integrity pact on Monday (Oct 14). We now have a clearer picture about his cabinet. Sri Mulyani Indrawati will be reappointed minister of finance, while Budi Gunadi Sadikin is retained at his current position (health affairs). 

By Monday (October 14) afternoon, more than 40 candidates have met president elect Prabowo Subianto at his private residence in Kertanegara, South Jakarta. They include familiar names from Jokowi’s cabinet like Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Erick Thohir, Airlangga Hartarto, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, and Zulkifli Hasan. 

Six days before taking oath, president elect Prabowo Subianto has summoned some people to his private residence on Monday (Oct 14). Those leaving the house basically confirming that they’ve been asked by Prabowo to become minister, but most of them were reluctant to talk about specific portfolios.

President elect Prabowo Subianto is reportedly starting to summon minister candidates to his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java today. This week is also the last chance to meet PDIP matriarch Megawati Soekarnoputri before he will take oath on October 20, and the last week for outgoing president Jokowi to make some manoeuvres using his executive power.

It was initially thought an easy race for Ridwan Kamil, who got support from almost all political parties joining Prabowo-Gibran coalition (also known as KIM Plus), to become new governor of Jakarta. As we’re getting closer to the election day (November 27), however, it seems Pramono Anung, an underdog endorsed by PDIP and some small parties, gained more grounds.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto met with the outgoing President Jokowi at the latter’s private residence in Solo, Central Java, on Sunday (Oct. 13). Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is Jokowi’s eldest son, accompanied Prabowo in the meeting. This is the second meeting between Prabowo and Jokowi in the past few days.

The tentative list of ministries under Prabowo administration, based on how the House of Representatives (DPR) divides sectoral supervisions to the working commissions, suggests no immediate spin-off at ministry of finance and that ministry of state-owned enterprises (MSOEs) will maintained as is.

Tubagus Ace Hasan Syadzily (Ace) is reportedly one of the minister candidates from Golkar, the largest party in Prabowo-Gibran’s coalition and the second largest party in the House of Representatives (DPR). Ace, who is one of the four new deputy chairmen of Golkar under Bahlil Lahadalia’s leadership, has been tipped as either the Minister of Religious Affairs or the Minister of Education.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto, who is also the Chairman of Gerindra Party, has recently met Muhaimin Iskandar, the Chairman of PKB, during the PKB’s event held at the Jakarta Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel on Thursday (Oct. 10). The latest report said that PKB will get two portfolios in Prabowo-Gibran’s cabinet.