TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The president-elect Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo said to have established a team to select personnel for his cabinet, adding that the cabinet selection would be in several stages.
"There will be a team formulating the criteria. Then [the criteria] will be discussed by the supporting parties to be given back to the team. The final decision will be in my hand. It's not necessary for me to mention who are in the team to prevent people approaching them," Jokowi said yesterday at the City Hall.
The cabinet would be filled by professionals and Jokowi asserted party figures to be selected were professionals.
"Many politicians are also professionals. Don’t dichotomize the two," he said.
Jokowi said to consult President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in relation to the government transition. President SBY would be transparent in discussing the transition, he said.
The two will meet after the Eid holiday.
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