"Yes, Pak Ical (as Aburizal is popularly called) and the president who is concurrently the coalition chairman will meet this afternoon," Agung said at the presidential palace compound on Tuesday morning.
The coordinating minister for people`s welfare explained that the meeting would be attended only by President Yudhoyono and Ical without the presence of other Golkar officials.
Agung made no mention of a specific time of the meeting but asked if it would be held at 4 on Tuesday afternoon, he did not deny it.
Asked what was probably going to be discussed at the meeting, Agung said, "It certainly will not deviate from current issue related to government coalition and cabinet reshuffle but I know nothing about the real substance."
Agung said earlier on Monday that a cabinet reshuffle could be done if the political contracts agreement were no longer valid.
"It is the President`s prerogative to conduct reshuffle," Agung said on Monday.
In addition, he said there was no discussion yet in the coalition about the replacement of Aburizal Bakrie as chairman of the coalition`s joint secretariat.
Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Economy Hatta Rajasa who is concurrently National Mandate Party (PAN) general chairman confirmed that President Yudhoyono was scheduled to meet with the chairman of all political parties.
Hatta said he had met with the president, but he could not make sure when the head of state would meet the leaders of the other parties.
President Yudhoyono has earlier met with a number of political parties top officials alternately in the past few days at state hall at presidential palace complex.(*)
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Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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