REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Vice President Jusuf Kalla confirmed here on Monday that the government will reshuffle its current cabinet in a bid to improve its performance.

"Yes, it will be done as performance needs to be improved, and it will need people with the required capabilities," he stated at his office.

He declined to divulge further details regarding the criteria to replace or reposition ministers in the cabinet.

He also did not reveal when it will exactly be carried out.

"We have not yet discussed it, including the date. Certainly, it will be carried out in time if it is considered necessary," he remarked.

Kalla had earlier noted that the performance of current ministers will be evaluated, and if a reshuffle is required, it will be done.

"The ministers will be evaluated. A cabinet reshuffle will be done depending on the needs, and it is the government's affairs and not that of the survey institutes," he clarified.

Rudy Harold, a political sociologist from state Gorontalo University, noted that President Joko Widodo will have to conduct a cabinet reshuffle to optimize the government's performance.

"Looking at the cabinet's performance in the past six months, there are only several ministers that have really been active and played a role in implementing the tasks and programs assigned by President Joko Widodo while some others seemed to work on their own will," he stated.

One of the ministers who has performed well and must be retained is the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Susi Pudjiastuti as so far she has implemented changes, which were better than others, he pointed out.

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