The President and the vice president had deliberately isolated themselves from the coalition with regard to producing the best decision.
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is currently formulating a cabinet reshuffle plan with Vice President Boediono, a spokesman said.

Presidential special aide for political communication Daniel Sparingga said here on Tuesday, the president had not yet involved political parties in the process at this stage but would do so later on.

"Until now, the president has not yet involved anyone except the vice president but in time, he will also involve political parties and political parties also understand that the success of the government will also be their success," he said.

He said the president and the vice president had deliberately isolated themselves from the coalition with regard to producing the best decision.

"So, there is a new spirit. We change from what in the past used to be called "being held hostage" to the brotherhood spirit," he said.

Daniel said President Yudhoyono would conduct a cabinet reshuffle to speed up the implementation of the government`s plans and programs over the next three years.

He declined to disclose the new composition of the cabinet including if there would be new names in it. "In essence, we are preparing a team ready to carry out a new task, namely accelerating the government`s efforts in the next three years," he said.

He said the change was expected to produce a new way of managing the government at the presidential, ministerial, institutional, gubernatorial and district head levels.

"The president`s most important message to the people is that they should be more optimistic, think more positively and critically. That is the combination we wish to bring about," he said.

Asked about the cabinet reshuffle plan here on Tuesday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would not speak much but only said "just wait and see."

A ruling Democrat Party executive, Saan Mustopha, meanwhile said that now was the right time to conduct a cabinet reshuffle if the president really wished to do it.

"The ministers have worked for two years so far and the President`s Working Unit for Supervision and Control (UKP4) has also given its evaluation on the ministers` performance," the deputy secretary of the executive board of the Democrat Party said.

He said the people had also spoken in favor of an immediate cabinet reshuffle.

Talk about a cabinet reshuffle has been a major news reporting topic for the past two weeks.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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