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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.
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Outline
Transportation Sector- The Quality of Public Transportation- The Large Number of Private Vehicle- The TaxesBureaucracy Sector
- The Act of Corruption- The Illegal Charging
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