JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has officially established a transition team to help him to prepare his new government, including designing the next cabinet and arranging strategic policies based on vision, mission, and programs as introduced during the presidential campaign.
Taking place on Monday (August 4) at the office of the transition team at Menteng, Central Jakarta, Jokowi introduced Rini Mariani Soemarno as the Head of the transition team.
Rini is known as an aide of PDI-P Chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri and former Minister of Industry & Trade under Megawati’s administration.
Jokowi also introduced four deputies who will support Rini. They are Hasto Kristiyanto (Deputy Secretary General of PDI-P), Andi Widjajanto (University of Indonesia’s Lecture and the son of the late PDI-P senior politician Maj. Gen. (ret) Theo Syafei), Akbar Faisal (Hanura’s politician who jumped ship into Nasdem), and Anies Baswedan (Rector of Paramadina University).
Jokowi and Kalla, as scheduled, will be sworn in as the new President and Vice President of the Republic on October 20, 2014, should the Constitutional Court confirmed the results of the July 9 presidential election announced by the General Election Commission (KPU). (haryanto@yosefardi.biz)