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SBY's New Cabinet Lineup Disappoints Some
Arientha Primanita, Anita Rachman & Camelia Pasandaran | October 19, 2011
A chorus of disappointed sighs greeted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's announcement of his reshuffled cabinet lineup on Tuesday, which critics said fell short of expectations.
The new lineup, which features seven new names and five ministers with new portfolios, includes two more professionals. But it also saw the president retain his close associates in new cushy — and important — positions.
"In this reshuffle, there are two ministerial seats from political parties that will be lost. … This is to accommodate professionals who do not come from political parties," Yudhoyono said.
The Democratic Party now has only three cabinet seats after losing Transportation Minister Freddy Numberi. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) also lost a seat with Research and Technology Minister Suharna Surapranata on his way out. The party now has three ministers, the same as another coalition party, Golkar.
However, eyebrows were raised at the portfolios given to the remaining Democratic ministers.
Jero Wacik, the outgoing tourism and culture minister, was appointed as the new energy and mineral resources minister, replacing Darwin Zahedy Saleh.
And outgoing State Administrative Reforms Minister E.E. Mangindaan was given the crucial transportation portfolio.
Along with the new justice and human rights minister, Amir Syamsuddin, Jero and Mangindaan are members of the Democratic Party's ethics council and are all close to the president.
Ahmad Mubarok, a member of the Democrats' advisory board, dismissed accusations of a power play by the party. "If we have to, we can remove the three from the ethics council," he said.
One welcome appointment was the transfer of outgoing Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu to the newly renamed Tourism and Creative Economics Ministry.
Yunarto Wijaya, from Charta Politika, a political research institute, said the new lineup reflected a problematic managerial style. He said it was clear the president picked candidates first and decided on their posts later.
He said the president had the right to put loyalists in the cabinet, but pointed out that they were put in important posts, such as Jero Waci, who was heavily criticized as tourism minister.
"The Energy Ministry is one of the lucrative posts. I don't want to accuse people, but it's not a secret anymore that ministries are seen as profit centers," he said.
Questions were also raised about the ministers retained. Adnan Topo Husodo, from Indonesia Corruption Watch, said the president was using a double standard by keeping two ministers tainted by graft allegations of — Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar and Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Andi Mallarangeng.
"I don't see that the president considers his ministers' integrity as one of the points in appointing them," he said. "I doubt that he has a strong will to truly eradicate corruption."
State Secretary Sudi Silalahi told reporters that the president respected the legal process and highlighted that the two were only witnesses and not suspects.
Yudhoyono also refuted allegations that the current cabinet was fatter — there are now 10 new deputy ministerial posts.
"Deputy ministers are not members of the cabinet," the president said.
Judging that the load of the Ministry of Finance was "very heavy," Yudhoyono said he had appointed another deputy, outgoing deputy trade minister Mahendra Siregar, in addition to the current deputy, Anny Ratnawati.
Education Minister Muhammad Nuh will have two deputies, one for education, Muslihat Kasih, and another for culture, Windu Nuryanti.
The new cabinet members will be sworn in on Thursday.
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