Suara.com – TOTAL minister in the government cabinet President Elect Prabowo Subianto is predicted to be fatter than President Jokowi's cabinet. Several sources said that the new government will likely have 44 ministries. A significant jump compared to 34 ministries in the Jokowi era.
Increasing number of Prabowo's cabinet This was conveyed by Golkar Party elite Bambang Soesatyo alias Bamsoet when opening the Badminton Tournament for the leaders of the DPR and MPR RI at the GOR Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, on Tuesday, September 10. This was also acknowledged by PAN General Chairman Zulkifli Hasan some time ago.
Of the 44 Ministries, there are six coordinating ministries. In addition to the addition, the names of the coordinating ministries are also likely to change.
The large number of ministries is thought to be able to accommodate political parties supporting Prabowo-Gibran in the 2024 presidential election.
The background of the ministers who will fill Prabowo's fat cabinet is questionable. It is feared that the decision-making is only to share the 'cake' of power, not for the benefit of the people.
Efforts to form Prabowo's fat cabinet were detected from the revision of Law Number 39 of 2008 concerning State Ministries in the Indonesian House of Representatives. In its revision, the House of Representatives changed the phrase that the number of ministries was limited to a maximum of 34, to unlimited, according to the president's needs.
Researchers from the research and policy advocacy institute, The PRAKARSA, Bintang Aulia Lutfi assessed that the formation of Prabowo's fat ministry has the potential to create overlapping authority.
Currently, he said, environmental sustainability issues involve at least three ministries, namely the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas.
"Well, what if it turns out that these ministries are increasing? This becomes a challenge in coordination," Bintang said to Suara.com.
The fat ministry is considered not in line with the spirit of bureaucratic reform that has been campaigned intensively by the government. With the increase in the number of ministries, it automatically creates a number of rules or regulations. The risk is the creation of new layers of administration because several ministries are divided.
"Although the government is currently making many efforts, such as integrating data and information using digitalization, its progressiveness is still questionable," he said.
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