Gerindra Politician Criticism To Anies, Defended By Riza Patria Because Of Wrong Target

JAKARTA - The criticism of the East Jakarta Gerindra DPC chairman, Ali Lubis, to the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan regarding the handling of COVID-19 was defended by his Deputy Ahmad Riza Patria. Even though Riza is Ali Lubis' party friend.

Then why did Riza and a number of Gerindra Party leaders choose to defend Anies Baswedan over his party friend Ali Lubis?

University of Al-Azar Political Observer Ujang Komarudin assessed that Ali Lubis' criticism was not objective and did not match the facts. So, Riza chose to defend Anies.

"It seems that the criticism was misplaced, so that party leaders including the vice governor, etc., defended Anies," Ujang told VOI, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 27.

Then, he suspected, Gerindra as the party that supported Anies Baswedan gave criticism because there was a conflict within the party. Because, if there is no conflict, there will be no criticism.

"This indicates that there is an internal conflict in Gerindra DKI. Perhaps those who criticized it felt that Anies was not being taken care of," he said.

"Maybe he needed something but Anies didn't respond, usually that way. Usually there are things that criticize the party itself which Anies doesn't take care of," he said.

Previously, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, admitted that he disagreed with the criticism from his one party cadre, Gerindra, namely the Chairman of the East Jakarta Gerindra DPC, Ali Lubis.

Ali Lubis' harsh criticism was made at the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan. Where Anies was asked to resign from his position because he submitted the handling of COVID-19 to the central government.

Riza said, all handling of COVID-19 carried out by Anies in the capital city during the pandemic had been running optimally. Moreover, Jakarta is a center of community interaction and mobility.

"What Pak Anies has done as the Governor regarding the handling of COVID-19 has been extraordinary. Jakarta is extraordinary against the strong spread of the virus in Indonesia. Jakarta is a place of interaction, a place for people to enter and exit from within and outside the country, but we can control it well. , "said Riza at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, January 26.

Riza outlined the data proving that Jakarta is capable of handling COVID-19. He said, the cure rate for COVID-19 in DKI currently reaches 89.2 percent. Then, the death rate was 1.6 percent.

Then, the number of corona virus testing or examinations in DKI has reached 13 times the WHO standard. The contribution of testing in Jakarta also reached 43.3 percent of all testing in Indonesia.

For information, Chairman of the DPC Gerindra Party Ali Lubis criticized DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan for asking the central government to take over the coordination of handling COVID-19. Ali Lubis asked Anies to resign.

"If you are unable to, you should just resign from the position of governor. It's simple, right," wrote Ali Lubis via his Twitter account.