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After Prabowo became defense minister, Sandi still liked to criticize government policies.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, by Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Sapto Andika Candra, Deddy Darmawan Nasution, Antara
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially appointed Sandiaga Salahuddi Uno as Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf). The vice president of the Gerindra Party Board of Trustees replaced Wishnutama.
The man who is familiarly named Sandi is known to be a former deputy governor of DKI Jakarta. However, before the 2019 presidential elections (Pilpres), he resigned from that position to become the candidate for vice president of the General Presidency of the Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto.
For about a year, he became a political opponent of the Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin couple in the 2019 presidential elections. However, now he is reunited with Prabowo, who was previously appointed Minister of Defense in Indonesia’s Advanced Cabinet.
In fact, previously, it was one of the figures who wanted to be the opposition party to the Jokowi administration. Although, it was confirmed as his personal position without involving the party.
“This is my personal opinion, that there must be someone outside the government to help review (the policies),” Sandi said at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, on Thursday (8/8/2019).
In fact, he gave a message to Prabowo that the role of the opposition should be taken to correct and provide constructive comment. If everything is on the government’s side, the role of correction cannot be played optimally.
Even so, it did not prohibit the Gerindra Party from communicating with the parties that supported Jokowi. According to him, this is a form of discussion opportunity for the betterment of the nation.
After Prabowo became Defense Minister, Sandi also often commented on Jokowi’s government policies that were considered suboptimal. Especially with regard to financial problems.
“As long as we have enough time not to get caught up in the five-year political cycle of discussion,” Sandi said.
In fact, it was widely reported that the name Sandi had joined the Jokowi cabinet, after the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, who was also a Gerindra cadre, Edhy Prabowo, was captured by the Corruption Eradication Commission. (KPK). At the time, it was predicted that he would replace Edhy, given Sandi’s background as a businessman suited the position.
The appointment of a Code to the Menparekraf position is not new either. Because he is a young politician, close to the younger generation, and he is seen as understanding the problems of tourism and the creative economy.
The vice chairman of the Gerindra Party, Habiburokhman, also felt that Sandi was committed to each of his duties. Even when he is appointed by Jokowi to replace Wishnutama.
“His managerial skills are extraordinary. He is also a figure who has finished the material affairs of the world,” Habiburokhman said.
He also said that Prabowo had blessed the Vice Chairman of the Gerindra Party Board of Trustees to take over as Menparekraf. “If our cadres are elected as ministers, obviously Pak Prabowo will not object,” Habiburokhman said.
President Jokowi finally announced the reorganization of the Indonesian Advanced Cabinet, on Tuesday (12/22) afternoon. In today’s announcement, several new names have entered the government structure and there are also old names that have changed positions.
Of several new names, there are Sandiaga Uno, who is Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy replacing Wisnutama, Tri Rismaharini as Minister of Social Affairs replacing Juliari P Batubara, who is caught in a corruption case, Wahyu Sakti Trenggono, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries replacing Edhy Prabowo, who also stumbles upon corruption, and M Luthfi as Minister of Commerce replacing Agus Suparmanto.
Then there is also Budi Gunadi Sadikin as Minister of Health replacing Terawan Agus Putranto and Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, who were appointed Minister of Religion replacing Fachrul Razi.
“I would like to introduce Mr. Sandiaga Salahudin Uno, who used to be the deputy governor of DKI Jakarta and now we will give him the responsibility of heading the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy,” said President Jokowi.
Sandi was a professional banker early in her career. Sandi worked in banking from 1990, then moved to a multinational company in Singapore from 1993 to 1994. Then, in 1995, Sandi worked in Canada before finally returning to Indonesia in 1997.
In 1997, Sandi founded the financial advisory firm PT Recapital Edvisors with Rosan P Roeslani. Then, in 1998, he and Edwin Soeryadjaya founded PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya. Sandi’s accomplishments in managing her business led to her trusting him as Director of HIMPI from 2005 to 2008.
Gadjah Mada University tourism expert Muhammad Baiquni assessed that Sandiaga Uni has a qualified capacity to care for the tourism sector and creative economy. Especially in the establishment of the MSME chain in the field of parekraf, which is the basis of the community’s economy.
“I hope that tourism has its strength in MSMEs, because the chain is very powerful because it uses people as its strength,” Baiquni told Republika.co.id, Tuesday (12/22).
Baiquni said Sandiaga’s consistency in UMKM development could be evaluated by the public. The reason is that, after his defeat in the 2019 presidential elections when he became a representative of Prabowo Subianto, Sandiaga remained focused on getting involved in the world of MSMEs and in efforts to generate employment.
Therefore, it is expected that the trajectory that has been made will be implemented in the parekraf sector. Because, Baiquni said, if the subsequent tourism development is oriented more towards capitalism and global players, the local population will not enjoy the results of tourism.
“In the end, the people will only become spectators. If they are not sovereign, the efforts of the creative economy will only become servants of their own country,” Baiquni said.
Amid a pandemic in which most global investors are holding back from investing, Baiquni said, this could be the right time for Sandiaga to attract small and medium-sized companies to take a role in the product chain of the companies. MiPyME. This should be developed by improving the management skills of MSMEs to business association patterns.
If the government continues to do so, Baiquni believes that in the next two to three years the tourism sector will be sovereign, quality and sustainable. “The construction of a chain of MSMEs must be in the midst of this crisis situation when global business actors have not yet entered,” he said.
A political observer from Jakarta’s Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Adi Prayitno, said that Sandiaga Uno’s entry as a minister in the Advanced Indonesia cabinet was also part of the full reconciliation of political opponents after the 2019 presidential elections. If previously Prabowo Subianto joined the cabinet to become defense minister, now it is the turn of his former running mate, Sandiaga Uno.
“The code entry to supplement political reconciliation is actually a kampret cebong remodeling which is good for reconciliation, ”he said.
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