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INDONESIA POLITICS
Gibran claims more professionals will sit in Prabowo’s cabinet
Gibran, the eldest son of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo also added that
Prabowo had the full prerogative to pick candidates for ministerial positions in the upcoming
administration.
News Desk (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta Tue, May 7, 2024

President-elect Prabowo Subianto and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka

gesture before delivering their speeches at the General Elections Commission (KPU)
headquarters during the official announcement of the presidential election winners in
Jakarta on April 24, 2024. (Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
Vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka has hinted that professionals will make
up the majority of cabinet ministers under the administration of president-elect
Prabowo Subianto, who will be inaugurated on Oct. 20.
Gibran, the eldest son of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo also added that
Prabowo had the full prerogative to pick candidates for ministerial positions in the
upcoming administration.
“There will be a lot of professionals. But please wait because any decision regarding
cabinet ministers will be in the hands of Pak Prabowo as the president-elect,” Gibran
told reporters in Surakarta on Monday.
President-elect Prabowo is currently engaged in negotiations with major political
parties in his coalition over which cabinet positions will be available to them.
Prabowo has also been in close communication with President Jokowi, who has
privately asked the president-elect to allow some ministers in the current administration
to remain in their positions.
Prabowo is looking into adding new portfolios to accommodate demands from leaders
of political parties who are eager to get more seats in the cabinet.
On Tuesday, however, Jokowi brushed off speculation that he had given input to
Prabowo with regard to the vetting of individuals considered for cabinet positions.
“There’s no such thing. If you want to ask about the cabinet please ask the president-
elect,” Jokowi told reporters during a visit to Depok, West Java, on Tuesday morning.