Jakarta – The chairman of the human rights watchdog Setara Institute, Hendardi, has criticized the results of the Cabinet reshuffle, saying the changes were disappointing.

"The results are not impressive and are an anticlimax to a scene that has been created," Hendardi said Tuesday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

He added that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's government had not been running optimally because it was burdened by many political interests, especially those of his own Democratic Party, several members of which were allegedly involved in several graft cases.

Hendardi said the President was accommodating the chiefs of political parties as ministers in the government coalition, even though they were not functioning properly in that capacity.

"The President does not have the guts to replace them. He has added deputy ministers simply to secure his own [position]," he said.