Jokowi Cabinet in focus as KPK pushes for clean line-up
[Facilitator's note: Thank you to Adhi Setyo Tamtomo, International Cooperation Specialist, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Indonesia, for sharing this information.]
Two days after Indonesia's General Election Commission announced Joko Widodo as winner of the July 9 presidential election, focus has shifted to whom the next president will select for his cabinet. Observers and analysts have urged the president-elect to appoint individuals detached from vested interest for both corporations and political parties to ministerial posts in order to create a strong and stable government. KPK deputy chairman Busyro Muqqodas has warned Joko not to include politicians implicated in graft cases in his cabinet. “Please avoid appointing dirty politicians or dirty business owners,” he said.
Read the story by Dessy Sagita in The Jakarta Globe.
Two days after Indonesia's General Election Commission announced Joko Widodo as winner of the July 9 presidential election, focus has shifted to whom the next president will select for his cabinet. Observers and analysts have urged the president-elect to appoint individuals detached from vested interest for both corporations and political parties to ministerial posts in order to create a strong and stable government. KPK deputy chairman Busyro Muqqodas has warned Joko not to include politicians implicated in graft cases in his cabinet. “Please avoid appointing dirty politicians or dirty business owners,” he said.
Read the story by Dessy Sagita in The Jakarta Globe.