Tomorrow, Tito Karnavian will be active again as Minister of the Interior

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Interior Minister Tito Karnavian confirmed that he would be active again as Interior Minister, on Monday (8/31/2020).

Previously, Tito’s post was temporarily replaced by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD as an official ad interim because he was on an official trip abroad.

“Tomorrow I have a zoom meeting with the Minister of Education and Culture and all the regional heads,” he said, in a written statement on Sunday (8/30/2020), according to press reports. Between.

In a virtual meeting with the Minister of Education and Culture, Nadiem Makarim, tomorrow, the Joint Decree of the four ministers on Guidelines for the Implementation of Learning in the 2020/2021 Academic Year and the 2020/2021 Academic Year during the Covid Pandemic will be discussed. 19.

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Tito’s presence at the coordination meeting also answered questions from the media team about Mahfud’s appointment.

According to him, it is natural for President Joko Widodo to appoint a replacement when the minister in question is unavailable because the president has been assigned elsewhere.

“Actually, the appointment of the Minister of the Interior ad interim it’s normal, like the usual leadership assignment, ”he said.

He also said that he had also been appointed by the President as Minister of Communication and Information ad interim Last March.

At the time, the appointment was for Johnny G Plate, the Minister of Communication and Information, on an official trip abroad, attending the ASEAN Economy Minister’s Roadmap Meeting with ASEAN Digital Ministers to the United States.