Focus on Cabinet Duties
No one can prohibit the eight Cabinet ministers from running for the legislature. The General Elections Law also does not require a minister to resign in order to become a legislative candidate.
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President Joko Widodo giving an opening speech when leading a plenary cabinet meeting at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday (2/10/2017).
The 2019 general elections have entered the campaign stage for legislative candidates. At least eight ministers of the working Cabinet have been nominated.
No one can prohibit the eight Cabinet ministers from running for the legislature. The General Elections Law also does not require a minister to resign in order to become a legislative candidate. Law No. 7/2017 on the general elections makes an exception for ministers that register as candidates. The General Elections Law mandates that regional leaders, active members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police, the directors, commissioners and employees of state-owned/regionally owned enterprises (BUMN/BUMD) and other entities that receive state funding must resign. Essentially, the article mandates that those "whose sources of finance come from the state" must resign.