Prabowo coalition downplays Jokowi’s lingering influence over ministers

President Prabowo Subianto (centre) and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (third right) greet Red and White Cabinet ministers on Dec. 2, 2024, before a plenary cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan) This article was published in thejakartapost.com with the title "". Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2025/04/15/prabowo-coalition-downplays-jokowis-lingering-influence-over-ministers.html. Download The Jakarta Post app for easier and faster news access: Android: http://bit.ly/tjp-android iOS: http://bit.ly/tjp-ios

JAKARTA: Members of the ruling Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) have dismissed concerns of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s lingering influence over some of President Prabowo Subianto’s ministers following their occasional display of loyalty to the former president.

In two separate occasions on Friday (April 11), Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono and Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin visited Jokowi at his house in Surakarta, Central Java as part of the Aidil Fitri tradition of extending communal bonds, also known as silaturahmi.