History today, six years ago, July 7, 2020, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) criticized his ministers in the Indonesian Advanced Cabinet for not working optimally amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The narrative was revealed because the ministers' policy of working from home (WFH) felt like a vacation.
Previously, Jokowi repeatedly asked his subordinates to work as hard as possible in breaking the chain of transmission of the corona virus. Jokowi asked that the safety of the people be the main priority.
The task as a leader of the country is never easy. Leaders must be sensitive to the conditions of the people. Leaders must also be able to make policies that can improve the living standards of all Indonesian people.
The narrative was seen when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Indonesia. President Jokowi did not want to let go. He tried to observe the various difficulties that the people experienced during the pandemic. This observation made Jokowi move quickly to formulate policies.
Jokowi immediately asked his colleagues in the Indonesian Advanced Cabinet to care for the people. Social restrictions were imposed. Jokowi advised ministers to be more sensitive. The safety of the people must be the main thing.
Jokowi conveyed this message many times. However, Jokowi's message did not make the ministers work quickly. Many of them were considered by Jokowi to work normally.
Jokowi then became very angry. His anger was expressed in the Plenary Cabinet Meeting on June 18, 2020. Jokowi asked his ministers to be more sensitive. He asked not to regard COVID-19 as a normal thing.
The spread of the corona virus must be seen as an extraordinary event. This view is considered Jokowi will open the eyes of officials how the people must struggle to stay alive in the midst of the threat of transmission of the corona virus.
"We should also be all who are present here as leaders, as responsible parties, we who are here are responsible for 260 million Indonesian people. Please underline and feel that please be the same. There is a sense of crisis that is the same. Be careful,"
"Don't be ordinary. Don't be linear. Don't think this is normal. It's very dangerous. I see that many of us still think this is normal. I see that many of us are still like ordinary people. I'm angry there. This is what I feel," said Jokowi as quoted by CNN Indonesia, June 18, 2020.
Jokowi's anger was not expressed once. Less than a month, Jokowi was angry again on July 7, 2020. Jokowi considered that the WFH policy implemented by his ministers was not effective.
WFH actually makes his ministers work slowly. Jokowi considers his ministers not on WFH but the policy is as long as annual leave. His ministers are lazy.
"I ask that we keep the same sense of crisis. Don't let it be three months ago that we said work from home, WFH, which I see as a holiday. Don't work as usual. Work harder, faster. That's what I want when conditions are like this," said Jokowi as quoted by the President's Secretariat YouTube page, July 7, 2020.
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