Indonesia’s new Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo on Wednesday declared his commitment to continue his predecessor Susi Pudjiastuti’s much-praised hardline stance against illegal fishing.
Edhy, a politician from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), said illegal fishing remains the country’s “enemy number one.”
The former personal assistant of Prabowo Subianto, the chairman of Gerindra and now Indonesia’s new Defense Minister, came into the cabinet right on the heels of the highly popular Susi, who almost single-handedly transformed Indonesia’s handling of illegal fishing from meek to gung ho.
The chain-smoking, tattooed high school dropout was known as “the minister who blows up illegal fishing boats,” and became famous for her catchphrase “Tenggelamkan!” (“Sink it!”), now the subject of thousands of internet memes.
Edhy said under his leadership the ministry will continue working with other organizations to continue Susi’s policy.
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