Indonesian President Joko Widodo has threatened to sack the ministers if they let the elections get in the way of their work.
Jokowi, as the president is known, directed his warning to ministers running for parliamentary seats in the 2024 elections, including Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo and Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah. These are crucial positions in his attempt to ensure food sufficiency and improve labor productivity to transform the country into a high-income economy.
There are no rules that prohibit ministers from aspiring to become legislators. Still, Jokowi’s warning shows how the upcoming elections are already dominating the government’s focus and narrowing the window for him to move forward with ambitious plans like the new $34 billion capital city in East Kalimantan.
The agriculture minister post is key to ensuring a sufficient supply of affordable groceries across the country’s thousands of islands, and food costs are likely to be a central issue in the election. Meanwhile, the role of the labor minister is vital to ensure Jokowi’s Job Creation Law can turn investments into high-quality jobs, even as unions argue the bill erodes worker protections. .
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