Tagar Uninstallbukalapak Viral Di Media Sosial Dalam Memori Hari Ini, 14 Februari 2019

Bukalapak boss, Achmad Zaky. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA Memories of today, six years ago, February 14, 2019, the hashtag Uninstallbuklapak resonates in the Twitter/X universe. The hashtag stems from criticism from the boss of the Bukalapak application, Achmad Zaki, who criticized the government for not providing funds and attention in the research sector.

Previously, it was a common secret that the government did not respect the research sector. The research budget is a big loss to other sectors. Zaky also tried to criticize the problem of Indonesia's research funds losing to other Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.

No one denies innovation is needed for the growth and development of a country. Many countries in the world are competing to get big funds out for the research and development sector. Research is used to be useful in various fields, from education to business.

The results are believed to bring great benefits. Different things in Indonesia. Research and development problems have never been a priority. The funds prepared by the government are quite limited. This condition made the boss of Bukalapak, Achmad Zaky, speak up.

He released his criticism via his Twitter account @achmadzaky on February 14, 2019. Zaky emphasized that Indonesian nonsense could reach Industry 4.0 if the research budget and development were small. Zaky also tried to collect data from 2016.

He emphasized that Indonesia's research funds were only USD 2 billion. This amount is far behind the United States USD 511, China USD 451 billion, Japan USD 165 billion, Germany USD 118 billion, Korea USD 91 billion, Taiwan USD 33 billion, Australia USD 23 billion, Malaysia USD 10 billion, and Singapore USD 10 billion.

He closed his criticism with the hope that the president who was elected in the 2019 presidential election would later increase his research budget. In fact, Zaky's criticism has brought criticism from everywhere. Many consider the criticism to be deliberately directed to reduce Jokowi's electability in political contestation.

"For the supporters of Mr. Jokowi, I apologize if there is something that is not in accordance with my words so that I can't accept it. I know Mr. Jokowi is a good person. I've even considered it like my own father (both Solo people). Yesterday I was also present at our anniversary. There is no bad intention of course from my tweet," said Achmad Zaky via the @achmadzaky account on Twitter/X, February 14, 2019.

The apology did not solve the problem. The criticism continues to flow to the boss of Bukalapak. This criticism made the hashtag #uninstallbuklapak appear and go viral. The hashtag arose because of netizens' dissatisfaction with Zaky's criticism which was deemed to have the intention of bringing down Jokowi.

Many netizens attacked Zaky. He is said to be thankless. Jokowi is considered to have helped him and Bukalapak a lot. However, Zaky is considered too arrogant. An attitude that does not show the true soul of young people.

Those who removed Bukalapak from their smartphones were hoarding. This condition made Zaky through Bukalapak's official statement apologizing. Zaky admitted his mistake. He deeply regrets his actions.

"I, Achmad Zaky as personal and as one of the founders of Bukalapak, hereby express my deepest apologies for the statement I made on social media. I deeply regret the mistake of my unwise actions and I hope to open the door of apology as much as possible," wrote Bukalapak's official statement the day after, as quoted by the BBC Indonesia website, February 15, 2019.