Monday, April 09, 2007

Cabinet reshuffle updates

Latest rumor: Cabinet reshuffle will be announced on Thursday with the following line-up: Ryaas Rasyid to replace Mar'uf as home affairs minister; Kemal Stamboel (profile at yosefardi.com) to replace Sugiharto as SOE minister; Hamid Awaluddin will be out of the cabinet to be replaced by Andi Matalatta (Golkar politician from South Sulawesi;

Purnomo Yusgiantoro to replace Aburizal Bakrie as coordinating minister for people's welfare (???); Luluk Sumiarso (director general for oil & gas) to replace Purnomo as energy minister. Well, bear in mind, I got the information not from president SBY. Make sure you check to SBY himself.
But a politician at Golkar doubted the rumor. "Golkar wants Fahmi Idris (currently the minister of industry) to be the SOEs minister and Professor Muladi as minister for home affairs," he said.
Other rumor: Djoko Suyanto (military commander) to replace Mar'uf, while Djoko Santoso (army chief of staff) to be promoted as military commander.
"Kemal is close to PKS, so SBY doesn't want to let PKS down," another source said.

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