7/27/2019 Essay Lia Puti Hafsah
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New Hope for Jakarta
Last September, Jakarta elected a new governor, Joko Widodo or
known as Jokowi for the next
five years. He had won against the incumbent Fauzi Bowo. Jokowi
is a rising politician in Indonesia. He
is a former mayor of a Central Java city, Solo who became famous
because of his outstanding
performance as a charismatic and down-to-earth leader. Many
media, not only national but also
international, put great expectations on his shoulders, because
in a country like Indonesia, where many
citizens are used to the underperformance of the government,
Jokowis record of accomplishment is
considered remarkable. Simply put, Jokowi is a ray of hope and
the leader of change for the citizens of
Jakarta. As we all know, Jakarta -- the capital city of
Indonesia has many multidimensional issues that
need to be fixed. So, In order to solve them, the revolutionary
policies in limiting the number of private
vehicle and fighting against corruption by public official
should be implemented by the new leader of
Jakarta because the city is still lacking in two main aspects:
transportation and bureaucracy.
One of the main issues of a big city like Jakarta is
transportation. Despite various types of public
transportations offered by the government, a lot of people still
wont use it no matter what because it is
not managed well. Its lacking safety, its dirty and a lot of
facilities are broken.That is why most people
prefer using their private transportation. This is worsening the
problem of traffic jam because the large
number of private vehicles makes the streets in Jakarta really
crowded. The government should take
concrete action to discourage private car usage. It should be
made more expensive and inconvenient to
take a car out on the road. For instance, government could
increase taxes on the sale of luxurious vehicles,
so the government only burdens the upper class.
In bureaucracy sector, the citizens main concern is corruption.
It is not a new phenomenon in
Jakarta. Somehow, it has become a culture. Corruption has severe
negative effects on economy and
human development in Jakarta. When corruption is everywhere, we
will see the gap between the poor and
the haves, and we will certainly see the social inequality
because of this issue. Even though we see thosethings crystal
clear, the previous government doesnt seem to understand or even
care about this problem.
In order to fix this, the current government has to make the
civil servants in the provincial administration
refrain from doing corruption, starting from the simplest and
the smallest thing. The making of Identity
Card should be made totally free from illegal charging. Illegal
charging should be annihilated step-by-
step. Thus, the act of corruption can be reduced gradually in
the future.
Therefore, there are tons of other lingering issues that need to
be solved, and the citizens have
been waiting too long for changes to happen. Jakarta new
Governor, Jokowi needs to solve the Jakartas
on-going problems even though there is still no clear solution
for all of them. In order to fix those
problems he should not spend too much time researching and
holding discussions. The revolutionary
policies in order to build the new and better Jakarta need to be
implemented as soon as possible. Thecitizens want to see the plan
drawn up and changed into real action because the most important
and
hardest thing is to keep his campaign promises to Jakarta
inhabitants.
