Agus Yudhoyono Is Asked To Use Accurate Data If He Wants To Attack His Political Opponents

The chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (Photo via Twitter @AgusYudhoyono)

JAKARTA - Political observer Pangi Syarwi Chaniago agrees that the government really needs to be criticized if it 'goes off track'. But the criticism that is thrown must be with data.

He said that the attack by the chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, on President Jokowi was more intense in order to increase personal and party electability.

Talking about data, Pangi suggested that AHY should be more careful. He also gave an example of how PDIP became the opposition in the SBY era.

"Usually when the government's 'lights' are a bit dim, of course, the lights are brighter than the opposition, of course, the opposition must criticize based on strong data. Not based on unilateral assumptions or perceptions, so far the opposition tends to have not made much progress," he said. Pangi, Monday 26 September.

He also considered that AHY should not compare the infrastructure development of the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono era with the era of President Joko Widodo. He said, each president has advantages and disadvantages of each.

"Each president has advantages and disadvantages in my opinion," said Pangi.

Based on data, SBY built 189.2 km of toll roads from 2004 to 2019. Meanwhile, Jokowi has built 1,762.3 km of toll roads since taking office in 2014. In fact, another 750 km of toll roads are targeted for completion in 2024.

Then, there were 18 dams that started construction when SBY was in charge. However, everything was resolved in the Jokowi era.

Jokowi is also known to have built 12 dams since taking office. If accumulated, there are 30 dams that were completed in the Jokowi era. During the Jokowi era, it is targeted that there will be 27 more dams until 2024.

Furthermore, it was recorded that there were 24 airports built in the SBY era. While in the Jokowi era there were 29 airports.

Jokowi is known to target 9 new airports and revitalization until 2024.

In addition, 316,590 km of village roads were completed during the Jokowi era.

Achievements of village infrastructure in the Jokowi era, including 1,597,539 m bridges; 1,474,544 units of village clean water; 501,054 village irrigation units; 12,297 village markets, and 42,357 posyandu.