We hope that there would be a chance to discuss it clearly that the changes would cause consequences in the budget of the ministries concerned,"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said the appointment of 19 would-be deputy ministers would not burden the state budget.
"The number of cabinet members will remain as it is so that it cannot be said it is inefficient in terms of salaries," the minister said here on Tuesday.
He said the appointment of deputy ministers should be seen from the aspects of effectiveness and roles that could improve the ministry`s performance.
However, he said, the change of structural positions and names of ministries in connection with the reshuffle of the Second United Indonesia Cabinet was likely to also change the budget which in administrative terms would be done by the finance ministry with the House of Representatives (DPR).
"We hope that there would be a chance to discuss it clearly that the changes would cause consequences in the budget of the ministries concerned," he said
Hatta Rajasa said that a number of ministries had a vast working areas so that deputy ministers were needed to assist the ministers.
Earlier, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at his Cikeas private residence in Bogor, West Java, summoned a number of eminent persons who are expected to occupy the posts of deputy minister. (*)
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