Politics of the Week: Cabinet Reshuffle to International Labour Day

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Various political news has been reported by the ANTARA News Agency. Here we summarise the five most popular political stories of the week, worth reading again as a source of information to fill your weekend.

Prabowo Rumoured to Reshuffle Cabinet, Bahlil: We’ll See Later

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia commented on reports that President Prabowo Subianto will reshuffle the Merah Putih Cabinet today, Monday.

Bahlil asked journalists to wait for further developments regarding the issue.

“Yes, we’ll see later,” Bahlil said at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, on Monday.

President Ensures Train Accident Victims in Bekasi Receive Compensation

President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto has ensured that all victims of the train accident in Bekasi receive maximum medical treatment and compensation guarantees from the government.

“Everything has been handled, what I saw has been handled well,” President Prabowo said at dr. Chasbullah Abdulmadjid Bekasi Hospital, Tuesday, after visiting the victims of the electric train collision with the commuter train.

The President directly checked on the condition of the injured victims undergoing intensive treatment at the local government hospital.

Yusril Proposes Number of DPR Commissions as Parliamentary Threshold

Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra has proposed that the number of commissions in the DPR RI be used as a threshold for legislative election participating political parties to sit in parliament and form factions.

He explained that the meaning of the number of commissions is that each political party must obtain at least 13 seats in the DPR RI because the current number of commissions in the DPR RI is 13.

“For example, what is used as a reference is actually how many commissions there are in the DPR. That is now regulated in the rules of procedure, it should be regulated in the law,” Yusril said after attending a Technical Guidance event for DPRD Members in Jakarta, Wednesday.

DPR Legislation Body to Form Labour Omnibus Law

Chairman of the DPR RI Legislation Body Bob Hasan said his side will form a sweeping or omnibus law for the labour cluster, in response to the Constitutional Court (MK) ruling regarding comprehensive improvements to labour regulations in Indonesia.

According to him, the Labour Omnibus Law will cover work safety regulations, contracts, determination of whether the outsourcing system is appropriate or not, including dynamisation after the ratification of the Domestic Workers Protection Law, as part of the labour scope.

“The preparation going forward will no longer be hampered by methods like before. So we will form one like an omnibus. Labour omnibus,” Bob said at the parliamentary complex, Jakarta, Thursday.

Labour Day, President Ensures Continued Defence of Workers’ Interests

President Prabowo Subianto has ensured that he will continue to defend the interests of workers, including when there are threats of termination of employment (PHK) as part of steps to guarantee public welfare.

According to a statement received in Jakarta, Friday, the President announced that he has ratified Presidential Decree Number 10 of 2026 on the Establishment of the Task Force for Mitigating Termination of Employment (PHK) as a concrete government step in continuously protecting workers.

“Don’t worry, we will defend workers’ interests. Those threatened with PHK, we will defend and we will protect you all,” President Prabowo said at the International Labour Day commemoration at Monas, Jakarta today.