Ahok Asked New Ministers Seriously Assist Jokowi
Reported by Erna Martiyanti | Translated by Cintya Meliza
Indonesian President, Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo announced a
cabinet reshuffle against 6 ministers on Wednesday (8/12). As for the current
Jakarta Governor, Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama has his own hope towards those
new ministers.
Hopefully, those new ministers can make Mr. Jokowi to be a successful president
"Hopefully, those new ministers can make Mr. Jokowi to
be a successful president. When I served as the Vice Governor, I assisted him
and made him succeed," said Ahok, at City Hall, Wednesday (8/12).
He had attended the inauguration of 5 ministers in State
Palace. He was just a guest.
According to him, the main duty of those ministers is for
helping Jokowi's performance. "I can't judge. But I've known most of them
for long," he expressed.
However, he did not want to comment about inaugurated
minister one by one. Considering, the election is prerogatives authority of the
President.
Those inaugurated ministers are Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan
replacing Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno as coordinating political, legal and security
affairs minister and Thomas Lemmbong replacing Rachmat Gobel as Trade Minister.
Then Darmin Nasution replacing Sofyan Djalil as Coordinating
Economic Minister, Rizal Ramli replacing Indroyono Soesilo as Maritime
Minister, Pramono Anung replacing Andi Widjajanto as Cabinet Secretary and
Sofyan Djalil serves as The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas)
replacing Andrinof Chaniago.
