Give new Cabinet a chance

Give new Cabinet a chance

From Media Indonesia

The lineup of the reshuffled Cabinet has been announced. New
names appeared and the new Cabinet has sparked positive and
negative responses among the political elite and observers. Some
mass media publications have voiced unfavorable opinions about
this new Cabinet. Various arguments have been made and all point
to a single question: Are the ministers, especially in the
economics portfolio, really capable and credible? They also argue
that the Cabinet lineup does not meet the expectation of the
people and the market. One may enquire at this point, which
particular ministers are meant.

As an ordinary person in the community I wish to call on the
political elite and observers not to express their ideas on
behalf of the people. I would also like to appeal to them not to
criticize the new Cabinet yet but to give the newly appointed
ministers a chance to solve the problems that the nation is
encountering now. Whether or not some of the ministers are well-
known does not quite matter, because the most important thing is
that they perform their tasks in a responsible way.

I believe the ministers in the new lineup of the Cabinet are
the President's best choices.

May the ministers in new Cabinet receive good cooperation to
lead the Indonesian people to a state of prosperity. As for the
political observers, they must stop criticizing and start doing
something for the benefit of the country.

ENDANG SUHENDAR

Bogor, West Java