akarta ( WNAM MONITORING): President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed the newly inaugurated Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil Lahadalia, to continue optimizing the potential of Indonesia’s natural resources.
“President Jokowi has asked for acceleration in optimizing the potential and production of our natural resources to increase state revenues and open more jobs,” Lahadalia remarked after his inauguration at the State Palace, Jakarta, on Monday.
He made assurance that the earlier success programs implemented at the ESDM Ministry under Arifin Tasrif’s leadership would be continued.
“We will continue the existing successful program and fix the rest. All of these are continuous work,” he remarked.
He also ensured that his current position would not create a conflict of interest related to his background as a mining entrepreneur.
On the same occasion, Jokowi also officiated several state officials, namely Supratman Andi Agtas as Minister of Law and Human Rights, Rosan Roeslani as Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), and Angga Raka Prabowo as Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics.
Hasan Nasbi was appointed as Head of the Presidential Communication Office, Dadan Hindayana as Head of the National Nutrition Agency, and Taruna Ikrar as Head of the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM).
Meanwhile, Deputy for Administrative Affairs of the Ministry of State Secretariat, Nanik Purwanti, stated that Lahadalia’s inauguration was based on Presidential Decree Number 92P of 2024 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of State Ministers of the Onward Indonesia Cabinet for the 2019-2024 Period.
Lahadalia came from the Golkar Party as a Papuan businessman who earlier served as Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) since 2019.
The seat of Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM is now occupied by Rosan Roeslani, who President Jokowi also inaugurated on Monday.
