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(Reuters) President Jokowi plans powerful 'kitchen cabinet' to bolster reforms

12/12/2018



Indonesia's new president, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, aims to tighten his control over a potentially unruly cabinet with the introduction next month of a "kitchen cabinet" of trusted aides to help him push through reforms in South-east Asia's biggest economy.

Widodo, who won an election on promises to clean up corruption seen as deeply entrenched in political and commercial life, will give the four-member team extensive powers including designing key policies and setting targets for ministries.

The move follows Widodo's potentially unpopular decision on Monday to impose fuel price hikes to balance the budget, and is a further sign he wants to stamp his authority on a country whose economy is growing at its slowest pace in five years.

"The presidential office will be a channel for managing the cabinet," Andi Widjajanto, cabinet secretary and one of the members of the so-called presidential office told Reuters.