Artikel The Jakarta Post NAMA : YUGI SUSANTI NPM : 27211635 KELAS : 3 EB18 Ahok vows to continue Jokowi’s programs ...
Artikel The Jakarta Post
NAMA : YUGI SUSANTI
NPM : 27211635
KELAS : 3 EB18
NAMA : YUGI SUSANTI
NPM : 27211635
KELAS : 3 EB18
Ahok vows to continue Jokowi’s programs
Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama says in the event he
becomes governor because Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has won the presidency, he would continue the
city’s current and priority programs under the New Jakarta
paradigm.
“I will continue the existing programs according to the
vision and mission we formulated when we first took the office,” he was quoted as saying by news
daily Kompas recently.
He said that with political support from the City Council
and residents, he would continue
flood mitigation programs — namely, the
ongoing revitalization of Pluit Dam in North Jakarta, dredging waterways,
relocating riverbank squatters to low-cost apartments and the development of
new reservoirs — and public transportation projects aimed at
mitigating Jakarta’s notorious traffic congestion.
Though the agenda might be
the same, the style of an Ahok-led administration would diverge from Jokowi’s. For instance, Ahok said he did not think it was
necessary to conduct blusukan, the impromptu visits that have become Jokowi’s trademark, on as frequent a basis.
Political analyst from the University of Indonesia
(UI) Donni Edwin said on Tuesday that Ahok, with his direct, coarse
leadership style and minority background, would face attacks from political
enemies were he to become governor.
“There will be political pressure, and resistance will
come from people who have been disadvantaged by the policies of Jokowi and Ahok. These people
may use his ethnicity, religion or temperament to try and influence public
opinion,” he said.
He said businesspeople, thugs, squatters or old-time
bureaucrats who held a grudge against the two might be able to mobilize people
better than the silent majority that supported Ahok’s leadership and programs.
Donni added that the City Council would blow with the
political wind while gauging public response in determining its support for
Ahok’s putative governorship.
Meanwhile, political parties have voiced mixed
reactions to the possibility of Ahok becoming governor.
Jakartal City Council Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI-P) faction chairman Boy Bernardi Sadikin played down speculation
that Ahok would face attacks for his ethnicity, religion and leadership style.
“It is not the right time to have such a
perspective. Those holding onto such a political horizon are not ready for the
New Indonesia. All leaders are the same regardless of their religion or
ethnicity,” Boy said.
City Council deputy speaker Abraham “Lulung” Lunggana from the United Development
Party (PPP) said his party would have no choice but to accept Ahok.
“They were
chosen by the people and it’s in accordance with the law that Ahok
replace Jokowi if the latter is elected as president. We just expect less
controversy and more substance from Ahok,” he said.
Lulung pointed out, however, that politesse was
necessary to maintain political stability.
According to the 2004
Regional autonomy Law, Ahok will be immediately sworn in as governor to replace
Jokowi if the latter, who was recently nominated by the PDI-P as
its presidential hopeful, won the rxace.