ARCANDRA TO BE REAPPOINTED MINISTER?

  

By Andi Abdussalam

Jakarta, Sept 12 (Antara) -  President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during his second cabinet reshuffle on July 27, appointed Arcandra Tahar as energy and mineral resources (ESDM) minister, replacing Sudirman Said.          However, he dismissed the new minister on August 14 after it was revealed that Arcandra had foreign citizenship.          Yet on September 1, 2016, Justice Minister Yasonna Laoly reinstated Arcandra's Indonesian citizenship.          After the restoration of his Indonesian citizenship, legislator Masinton Pasaribu of Commission III on legal affairs of the House of Representatives (DPR) said that Arcandra now meets the conditions needed to be reappointed minister.          "Based on the law, a person could be appointed minister if he or she has Indonesian citizenship. Pak (Mr) Arcandra's citizenship has been restored and has officially been registered in the State Gazette," said Masinton in Jakarta on Friday.