Ahok's Response To Him Being Considered Better Than Anies In Handling Floods

Former Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahok (Diah Ayu Wardhani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Former DKI Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) responded to the results of the Indobarometer survey regarding Jakarta's classic problems. In his survey, it was found that Ahok was the Governor of DKI who was the most successful in dealing with floods.

Ahok looked proud when he found out that he was considered more reliable in overcoming Jakarta's floods than Joko Widodo and Anies Baswedan while leading Jakarta. Because, Ahok admits that the method he uses is not new and is the result of imitation.

"We just follow the existing rules. (The flood prevention program) has been inherited from the Dutch (era)," said Ahok when met in the South Jakarta area, Monday, February 17.

Ahok continued, when the Dutch government was still colonizing Indonesia, it had made a scheme regarding water drainage programs, both rivers and rainwater. The scheme is used as a foundation for constructing 1300 connected waterways such as Cengkareng Drain, Cakung Drain, West Flood Canal, and East Flood Canal.

The scheme also concerns the provision of water pumps and river dredging. "It's not strange, because (the program) was not from me, but from the Ministry of Public Works, from the Netherlands, that's the consultant," said Ahok.

As previously reported, the Indo Barometer survey institute released the results of public opinion regarding the success rate of the three governors of DKI, namely Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) and Anies Baswedan in overcoming floods.

This survey used a multistage random sampling method with 1,200 respondents. The margin of error is ± 2.83%, at the 95 percent confidence level. The data collection technique used was face-to-face interviews with respondents using a questionnaire. The survey was conducted in the period from 9 to 15 January 2020.

It is known that each individual Jokowi and Ahok did not lead Jakarta by even 5 years. Jokowi only served as Governor of DKI for 2 years, namely 15 October 2012 to 16 October 2014.

Ahok has been the number 1 person of DKI for 2.5 years, from 19 November 2014 to 9 May 2017. Meanwhile, Anies has been serving as the Governor of DKI for 2.5 years, namely since 16 October 2017. As a result, 42 percent of the people consider Ahok the most managed to alleviate floods, followed by Jokowi 25 percent, and Anies 4.1 percent.

Furthermore, as many as 61.4 percent of the public stated that the DKI Jakarta provincial government was more responsible for solving the flood problem in DKI Jakarta. Meanwhile, those who stated that the central government was more responsible for solving flood problems in DKI Jakarta was smaller, namely 26.2 percent.

There are still many people who believe that the Jakarta flood problem can be resolved, namely by reaching 60.3 percent. Meanwhile, 27.3 percent stated that the flood problem in DKI Jakarta could not be resolved.