Indonesia: No Immediate Plans to Fill Vacant Deputy Minister Posts Amid Corruption Cases

Indonesia's government currently has no plans to immediately fill the vacant posts of Deputy Minister of Manpower and Deputy Minister of Immigration and Penitentiary. These positions became available after the previous officeholders, Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan (Manpower) and Silmy Karim (Immigration and Penitentiary), were named suspects in corruption investigations.

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For the time being, there are no plans to fill the positions left by the two deputy ministers who are undergoing legal processes.

Ministerial Secretary of State Prasetyo Hadi stated on Saturday, June 6, that the government is not rushing to appoint replacements. He explained that the day-to-day operations of both ministries are being managed effectively by the respective ministers. Therefore, the government does not perceive an urgent need to appoint new deputy ministers at this time.

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Because the positions are deputy ministers, the activities or tasks of the ministries carried out by the ministers can still run normally.

Prasetyo indicated that the government will first conduct an organizational needs assessment. This evaluation will determine whether appointing new deputy ministers is necessary to strengthen the ministries' functions. The decision to fill the vacancies will be made only after this assessment is complete. Until then, the existing ministerial leadership will continue to oversee the ministries' affairs.

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Later, we will see if the needs are calculated, we must strengthen by appointing deputy ministers, then we will see after we evaluate. I don't think there are any problems.