On new Cabinet

On new Cabinet

From Media Indonesia

As a low-ranking civil servant, I would like to propose to the fifth president of the Republic of Indonesia that she should establish her cabinet in the spirit of reform and regional autonomy. She should refrain from both disbanding government agencies/ministries and setting up new agencies/ministries as either way it is the performance of the civil servants that will be harmed.

I had this experience when the ministry of tourism, arts and culture was disbanded and replaced by the office of the state minister of tourism and the arts, which was later changed into the ministry of culture and tourism.

Allow me, also, to call on the lawmakers in the People's Consultative Assembly and the House of Representatives to draft a bill on the establishment of a cabinet in the spirit of reform and regional autonomy so that every time there is a new president, there are clear references for the establishment of a cabinet.

Ministers and government officials may come and go but not the institutions.

BAMBANG WIJANARKO

Tangerang, Banten