Analyst Suggests Cabinet Reshuffle to Restore Public Trust
Political analyst Adi Prayitno from Parameter Politik Indonesia (PPI) has highlighted the dynamics of survey results concerning the government, including an unpublished PPI survey. He suggested the government could use the findings of various public opinion research institutions to improve its performance, one option being a cabinet reshuffle.
Speaking to journalists on Thursday (6/8), Prayitno mentioned that the unreleased PPI survey from May 2026 recorded public trust in President Prabowo as quite high, reaching 70 percent. However, he noted that the overall level of public satisfaction with the government, specifically the president’s aides, stood at around 65 percent.
Prayitno observed a phenomenon where the performance of the president’s aides is considered not yet optimal. Therefore, he believes the president could opt for a cabinet reshuffle to boost public trust.
“Public opinion surveys certainly become one of the variables for assessing government performance. And surveys are usually situational, fluctuating, dynamic, and can change rapidly. So how should the government respond to the results of public opinion surveys? First, if the survey findings make sense with the government’s data, they should certainly lead to performance improvements,” Prayitno began.
Prayitno stated that the government surely possesses comprehensive internal data regarding its performance achievements to date. He believes that external survey results should also be used as a comparison.
“Second, the government certainly has comprehensive internal data related to its performance achievements. And the government has surely made calculations and a blueprint regarding performance. So, even if there are survey results from outside the government, they can certainly be studied as comparative material,” he said.
“The point is, if the survey results align with the government’s ongoing improvement efforts, then the results should be taken as constructive input. However, if the survey results do not match the government’s data, they can be ignored. In a democracy, public opinion surveys are part of political participation in assessing government performance,” he continued.
According to him, a reshuffle could be one option for the government to restore public trust. He then brought up the PPI survey findings, which revealed a gap in satisfaction levels between President Prabowo and his aides.
“A reshuffle is one way to restore public trust. From the data I have (Parameter Politik Indonesia) from May, but not yet released, public trust in President Prabowo’s performance is still quite high at 70 percent. Although it must be acknowledged, the level of public satisfaction with the government’s overall performance (the performance of the vice president, ministers, deputy ministers, and the president’s aides) is around 65 percent,” he said.
He assessed that the performance of the president’s aides is still not optimal. At this juncture, Prayitno added, a change of cabinet personnel is needed.
“There is a gap. On one hand, the public is satisfied with the President’s performance, but on the other hand, satisfaction with the government in general is reduced. This means the performance of the president’s aides is not performing. That is where the importance of a reshuffle lies, to increase public trust,” he added.
On the other hand, Prayitno said that improvements in the economic sector and the provision of social assistance and direct cash aid could also increase public satisfaction with the government’s performance. He hopes the survey findings will become a consideration for the government going forward.
“So far, the government has not really used survey results as a parameter for their performance. The proof is that when public satisfaction reached 80 percent, the government did not take the survey results as a source of pride at all. It was just normal. Because the government has its own measuring tools for working. Especially when satisfaction with the government’s performance drops, it becomes even less of a reference,” said Adi.
“If the government considers the survey results rational for input, it should make improvements. But if the survey results are considered irrational, just ignore them,” he added.