Quarantined reviewers finalizing Jokowi's Cabinet

JAKARTA. President-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and vice president-elect Jusuf Kalla have appointed three undisclosed experts to review and finalize the pair's 34-minister Cabinet structure.

Andi Widjajanto, one of Jokowi-Kalla's transition team's deputies, said that the three experts were "quarantined" in an undisclosed location outside Jakarta to protect them from any form of intervention.

"I myself don't know where they are doing their job. They have been given until Friday," Andi said at the team's headquarters in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.

"The identities of the three experts will be disclosed when their works have been completed and handed over to Jokowi-Kalla."

The three were tasked with scrutinizing the Cabinet proposal, down to the organizational structure of each ministry to see if there was still room for efficiencies or if there were overlapping functions, for example, said Andi.

Jokowi and Kalla announced on Monday that their Cabinet would consist of 34 ministers, the same number of ministers in the current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Cabinet.

Dozens of the ministries will be given new names and job descriptions, the details of which are included in the tasks currently being carried out by the three experts.

Jokowi and Kalla have also allocated 16 ministries to be led by politicians. (Bagus BT Saragih)