Indonesia: Prez Widodo's new Cabinet Ministry to focus on job creation

Indonesian President Joko Widodo recently inaugurated ministries in his second term-cabinet and ordered his new cabinet ministers to simplify country's regulatory framework within ir first month in office. He stressed how new ministration's priority should be to create new jobs in Souast Asia's biggest ecomy. He furr ded that ministers should work as a team to identify Central and regional government regulations that overlap and are complicated. He furr ordered to identify anything that hampers nation's services to people or anything that hampers investment by business community. 

President Widido has also ordered to revise 74 laws by applying 'omnibus laws', or legislation that encompasses diverse and unrelated issues. Indonesian president has reportedly complained that country has t attracted much investment from manufacturers trying to move out of China compared with or Souast Asian countries. According to international reports, Widodo has kept some ecomic ministers including Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrwate and his longtime ally Pandjaitan in his new team. 

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Rival elected as defence minister

On October 23, President Widodo chose his election rival Prabowo Subianto as his Defence Minister. Subianto was Opposition leer in Widodo's first term who was defeated and served as a former general allegedly involved in cases of human rights abuse. Widodo h to face a bitter campaign plagued by online fake news and claims from Subianto that government std a massive, systematic and fraudulent election. On Wednesday, October 23, he ded a total of 34 entrepreneurs and techcrats to his Cabinet to dress slowing growth in country. 

58-year-old was sworn in as President on October 20, for his second and final five-year term. He reportedly pledged to champion democracy and take bolder actions against poverty and established corruption in Indonesia. Widodo asked his Cabinet and institutional hes to fight graft by creating a system to close off any chances of corruption. Speaking on appointment of new Defense Minister, President said that he kws his job well. 

“Don’t be corrupt! Be serious at work, and for those who are t serious, I would take m out of this (Cabinet)”, Widodo warned. 

(With ncy inputs)

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