Rabu 12 Aug 2015 17:03 WIB

Luhut: Ministries must speak same language

Red: Julkifli Marbun
Luhut Binsar Panjaitan
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Luhut Binsar Panjaitan

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs Luhut Panjaitan stated here on Wednesday that he will immediately coordinate with the relevant ministers after his inauguration here on Wednesday.

"I hope that all the ministries under my coordination would speak the same language," he informed newsmen after his inauguration at the state palace.

President Joko Widodo inaugurated six new ministers, including Luhut Panjaitan, who replaced Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno.

Other figures installed as ministers were former central bank governor Darmin Nasution as coordinating minister for economic affairs, economist Rizal Ramli as coordinating minister for maritime affairs, Thomas Lembong as trade minister, former coordinating minister for economic affairs Sofyah Djalil as minister of national development planning, and former legislator Pramono Anung as cabinet secretary.