The Normalization Of Anies' Age Stalled Not Like Ahok, Gerindra: Now Humanist, Used To Use Violence

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (Photo: Instagram @aniesbaswedan)

JAKARTA - Anies Baswedan has not worked on the river normalization program for four years as Governor of DKI Jakarta. This is different from the time of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) when he was governor of DKI.

A member of the DKI DPRD from the Gerindra faction, Syarif, explained the method used by Anies to take care of land acquisition for river normalization using the humanist method.

"The current approach is humanistic. Humanists don't use coercion," Syarif told reporters, Wednesday, November 24.

Meanwhile, when Ahok carried out the normalization of land acquisition in the Bukit Duri area, Syarif said it was done by forced eviction.

"Ahok can only be evicted. In the past, violence was used. I refused at that time," said Syarif.

Moreover, said Syarif, actually Anies through the Water Resources Service has prepared a budget to pay for residential land for residents to be acquired.

However, the thing that becomes an obstacle in carrying out this program is that there are still residents who have not completed the administrative affairs of land acquisition.

"The problem is that there is a land problem for residents who are difficult to administer. There is money, but apparently what we imagine is not as easy as land matters," said Syarif.

Syarif gave an example, there are residents who cannot acquire their land because they are still in arrears in paying the land and building tax (PBB) for years.

Meanwhile, the DKI Provincial Government cannot bail out the citizens' tax payments to speed up the land acquisition process. "Residents cannot pay PBB. If they want to be paid (land acquisition), the PBB must be paid off first. We can't call, the BPK is prohibited," said Syarif.