Jokowi s volunteer, Budi Arie Setiadi, has been promoted from his previous position as Deputy Minister of Villages to become Minister of Communication and Informatics. Besides Budi, another Jokowi volunteer, Paiman Raharjo, was appointed deputy minister.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo named a new communications minister in a cabinet shake-up today after the previous minister was detained in a corruption probe linked to a project that cost the country half a billion dollars in losses.
Attorney Irwan Hermawan, the accused in the BTS 4G corruption case, Maqdir Ismail, hopes that the examination of a number of witnesses will reveal the BTS 4G case to become clearer, especially in relation to "black money hunting".
It is claimed that the procurement of 4G BTS towers was not at the wish of Johnny Plate, but President Jokowi s direction. The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, who is also Acting Menkoinfo, clarified that the directives were general in nature to ministers and not corrupt.