JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Vice President Jusuf Kalla stated on Tuesday (Oct. 21) that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will likely announce the line-up of the cabinet tonight or tomorrow morning.
Andi Widjayanto, Deputy of President Jokowi’s transition team and one of President Jokowi’s close aides, also confirmed Kalla’s statement.
Jokowi himself, meanwhile, earlier said he will announce his cabinet line ups as soon as possible. Jokowi also revealed that all of ministerial candidates have been summoned to the State Palace since last night.
The former Jakarta Governor, however, is reluctant to reveal the ministerial candidates but makes sure that he has eliminated troubled candidates based on assessment conducted by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Anti-Money Laundering Agency PPATK.
As reported earlier, President Jokowi has submitted 43 ministerial candidates to the KPK and the PPATK. The President asked the KPK and the PPATK to cross check the track record and the wealthy of each ministerial candidate. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)