Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition representing the families of the victims of the May 1998 tragedy is calling on the president elect not to include cronies and alleged perpetrators of gross human rights violation in 1998 in the next cabinet.
Cabinet & The Presidency
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May 2019
July 2016
Man: Meaning less talk, more work... (Music sheet reads: 'Working Cabinet II')
June 2016
Jakarta – The presence of activists and academics within Presidential Palace circles are often considered an opportunity to push for democratic reform in the bureaucracy.
March 2016
Public bickering and poor coordination between members of President Widodo's so-call 'working cabinet' (Kabinet Kerja), which many are blaming on the president's weak leadership over his ministers, the majority of which are appointees from the political parties that backed his election campaign who are pursuing their own personal and political i
October 2015
Man: How come they’re all singing a different tune? (Song sheet reads ‘Work’)
April 2015
Man: You’re in a really big hurry to become a minister aren’t you? (wheels read ‘problems inherited from the past’, ‘political uproar’)
Kid: Mr, are you a party official or...
Man: A state official stupid!
October 2011
Man: This isn’t RBT. Rencana Bangun Tidur!
Kid reading book titled Indonesian Acronyms: RBT: Ring Back Tone: Something that happens suddenly upon waking up.
Man: The “motor” has been enlarged so it runs faster, yeah?
As President Yudhoyono (holding woman with ‘political parties’ written on dress) begins short-listing the names of new ministers for his first cabinet reshuffle during his second term in office, political analysts warn that it is critical for the president to resist the political pressure or horse-trading that characterised his first cabinet lin