Jokowi Hints Cabinet Reshuffle As Ministers Want to Join 2024 Election

Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Indonesian President Joko Widodo or Jokowi has opened up the possibility of reshuffling the cabinet at the end of his period of duty. However, he has not said when a cabinet reshuffle would take place.

The president revealed his intention to do another reshuffle as multiple ministers and coalition parties openly speak of the presidential election in 2024. 

"Maybe (reshuffle). Yes, later," Jokowi said briefly to journalists in Bogor Regency, West Java, Friday (23/12/2022).

Some ministers who already show interest to run in 2024 are Minister for Defense Prabowo Subianto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, and Minister for Tourism Sandiaga Uno. Meanwhile, Minister for State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir is also seen as a potential contender.

Prabowo is backed by his Gerindra Party, while Airlangga leads the Golkar Party.

Minister for Trade Zulkifli Hasan is also planning to win in 2024 along the National Mandate Party which he leads. But Minister Zulkifli has not named any potential candidate. 

Moreover, the National Democratic Party (Nasdem) is supporting former Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for 2024. That move creates awkward position in their alliance with Jokowi's party, PDI-P, which opposed Anies in Jakarta.

Previously, the Executive Director of Charta Politika Indonesia, Yunarto Wijaya, revealed the results of the latest survey regarding the performance of Jokowi's cabinet ministers.

The level of satisfaction with the performance of ministers was reaching 60.5 percent.

"Only 32.7 percent of respondents said they were dissatisfied and 6.9 percent said they did not know or did not answer," Yunarto said during an online press conference, Thursday (22/12/2022).

Even though they were somewhat satisfied, the majority of respondents said they agreed when the survey asked about the urgency for President Jokowi to reshuffle the cabinet.