Calls grow for Indonesian President Prabowo to end deputy ministers’ dual roles


President Prabowo Subianto greets Red and White Cabinet members ahead of a plenary cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Jan 22. - Photo: Antara file

JAKARTA: Pressure is mounting on President Prabowo Subianto’s administration to remove more than two dozen deputy ministers from their roles as commissioners of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) after the Constitutional Court maintained its position that cabinet members can not hold dual appointments.

Out of the 56 deputy ministers in Prabowo’s Cabinet, the largest since the Reformasi Era, at least 30 are currently serving in concurrent roles as SOE commissioners.

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