Speculative expectation of who will be
eliminated from Indonesia Bersatu cabinet row on October 20 spread up as
Yudhoyono has called four ministers from
Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to hold a
meeting in the palace. The four name were communication and information
minister Tifatul Sembiring, Agricultural Minister Siswono, Social Minister
Salim Segaf Al-Jufri, and research and technology minister Suharna Surapranata.
However, all of them had same tone when
answering the press, “That is not true the President intentionally summons us
to discuss about the reshuffle,” Tifatul said. Meanwhile, like Tifatul’s
Suharna also denied it, “We just talk about our coalision bond in the
government, not about reshuffle”. Suharna emphasized.
Previously, President officially held a press
conference related to his cabinet reshuffle plan that will fall on October 20,
but due to the fact that President felt a little irritated in responsing
Tifatul’s statement recently, the tension between Democratic Party and PKS more developed and also the rumor that
Yudhoyono will reconsider PKS quota in his cabinet gets wider. (Nsri)
