Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman, Jakarta – A Golkar Party official has called on the president to use the upcoming annual evaluation of the cabinet as an opportunity to implement a reshuffle.

Golkar's secretary general, Idrus Marham, criticized the cabinet's performance as "unsatisfactory" on Monday, adding the party wanted a "more dynamic, harmonious and productive" cabinet.

"This year marks the best opportunity for the president to use his prerogative to form a better cabinet," Idrus said. "If any of the current ministers are delaying the president's efforts to improve the country, then a reshuffle is called for."

Saan Mustopha, a deputy secretary general of the president's Democratic Party, responded by questioning Golkar's motives for calling for a cabinet revamp.

"A reshuffle may be good for Golkar, but who's to say they want it for the reasons they've given?" he said. "I don't know what Golkar is playing at with such statements, but we hope they don't raise a political ruckus."

The National Mandate Party (PAN) said that it would support an evaluation of the cabinet, but not a reshuffle.

Tjatur Sapto Edy, the PAN chairman at the House of Representatives, also criticized Idrus's call for a reshuffle, saying no party had the right to judge the performance of ministers. "The decision to replace a minister is the president's to make," he said.

Anis Matta, the secretary general of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), agreed that only the president could decide who served in his cabinet.

The PKS appears likely to lose a minister in any reshuffle. Analysts have said Tifatul Sembiring, the controversial minister of communications and information technology, is likely to be dropped from the cabinet.