JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The elected president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo considers to eliminate the position of vice ministers in his cabinet.
Jokowi said his side has still been evaluating the effectiveness of vice ministers position since there are already the positions of some director generals in each ministry which could helping the ministers.
Jokowi stressed that the position of vice ministers has a consequence for the administration in provisioning a lot of budget.
Jokowi, however, has not yet explained in details about whether or not he will eliminate vice ministers position for all ministries or certain ministries.
As you may know, the vice minister position has been established during the second term of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) which total 19 vice ministers in 19 ministries. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)