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Prabowo Subianto, the president of Indonesia, has changed his first cabinet position, moving up to the position of senior secretary. &nbsp,

On Wednesday ( Feb 19 ), Prabowo announced that Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister, 69-year-old academic Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, would be replaced by Brian Yuliarto, another academic serving as a deputy rector at the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java. &nbsp,

Brian was inaugurated at the State Palace in Jakarta on Wednesday evening, local media reported. &nbsp,

He claimed that Prabowo himself offered him the place on Wednesday night before swearing the oath of office in the day.

At the State Palace’s opening ceremony, Brian said,” I received the call while I was in Bandung at around 9am.

” I was instructed to strengthen the government and maintain position with the government’s programs”, he added, as quoted by the Jakarta Globe.

On Wednesday evening, Brian declined to name his interests, saying only that he would be focusing on” strategic initiatives in Prabowo’s Asta Cita program, such as producing high-quality manpower”, according to the Jakarta Post.

The Asta Cita “eight visions” program is Prabowo’s strategy to address Indonesia’s socio-economic problems.

Satryo claimed to have written to the president before on Wednesday and that he had submitted his resignation soon after Brian was appointed as his son. &nbsp,

After submitting my departure letter, I recently left the State Secretariat. According to the original minister, who was quoted by the Jakarta Globe,” I have worked difficult over the past four weeks, but perhaps I did not match the government’s anticipation. I therefore decided to resign rather than be dismissed,” he said to the internet in Jakarta on Wednesday. &nbsp,

” I believe I have done my best and worked honestly. If that wasn’t enough, he said, noting that he had already written his resignation notice on Tuesday night and had privately delivered it to the State Secretariat the following day to be sent to the leader.

Since final month, Satryo has been under pressure to move along in the higher education ministry following allegations that he had instantly fired a civil servant, which sparked a protest by thousands of the agency’s staff on January 20 in Central Jakarta. &nbsp,

In January, a crucial staff member who had worked for 24 years at the government, Neni Herlina, claimed that she was immediately removed from her work, reportedly at the education of Satryo’s spouse.

Following Satryo’s own “reconciliatory” meet with the civil servants who organized the opposition, the cancellation was later reversed.

Suwitno, the mind of the Higher Education Employees Association, informed Tempo that Neni had been given a rotation and not fired.

Satryo added that the common restructuring of his government was “in collection with the government’s call to be more successful with the budget.” &nbsp,

The former chancellor has also been accused of repeatedly assaulting his staff, despite his denunciation. &nbsp,

A words related to Satryo’s that was heard supposedly scolding and slapping one of his agency’s vendors due to some water problems at his house was heard in a voice recording that had already been made available online in January. &nbsp,

” That is not my words”, he said in January, as quoted by local media app Tempo. &nbsp,

Additionally, Satryo was recently criticized for putting off the implementation of a law mandating reward pay for lecturers, according to the Jakarta Post. The former chancellor made the announcement in December of last year that his government would examine the rule that his predecessor, Nadiem Makarim, signed.

He claimed that this was done so that his government may examine the law as per recommendations from various stakeholders in the higher education sector. &nbsp,

However, the analysis had the potential to have delayed the payment of educators ‘ salaries, according to The Jakarta Post.

In addition to Brian, Prabowo also appointed Amelia Adininggar Widyasanti and Sonny Harry Budiutomo Harmadi as the brain and deputy head of Statistics Indonesia, as well as Muhammad Yusuf Ateh and Agustina Arumsari as the fresh mind and deputy head of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency.

Nugroho Sulistyo Budi was chosen as the agency’s fresh leader.

On Jan 23, the president ordered a 256 trillion rupiah ( US$ 15.67 billion ) budget cut for ministries and state agencies, along with a 50 trillion rupiah reduction in central government transfers to regional administrations. &nbsp,

His January law did not provide a justification for the budget breaks. However, according to reports, the savings would go toward his administration’s flagship completely nutritional meals effort as well as Danantara, Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund, which will launch on February 24. &nbsp,

Some civil servants have raised concerns about Prabowo’s budget performance travel, as staff morale has been harmed by the belt-tightening measures, which have resulted in the funding of many important programs, according to CNA.

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