Cabinet Affected

The 2019 election has affected the Cabinet. Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Asman Abnur has submitted his resignation to President Joko Widodo. His move follows the National Mandate Party’s switch to the Prabowo-Sandiaga camp in the 2019 election.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The 2019 election has affected the Cabinet. Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Asman Abnur has submitted his resignation to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. His move follows the National Mandate Party’s switch to the Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno camp in the 2019 election.

According to information Kompas received as of Tuesday (14/8/2018) night, National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Syafruddin will be inaugurated on Wednesday to fill the post left vacant by Asman. Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Idham Azis will be inaugurated as National Police deputy chief.

At the same time, six other ministers in the Cabinet will also run as legislative candidates. This will make them very busy in the 2019 election, campaigning for themselves, their parties and Joko Widodo-Ma’ruf Amin. Several of them will likely join the Jokowi-Ma’ruf national campaign team.