Attack About Jokowi 'Gunting Pit', AHY Appraised Not By Communicating, Observers: In Fact, The Head Of The Party

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

JAKARTA - Political communication expert, Emrus Sihombing assesses that the Chairman of the Democratic Association, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, must convey information objectively.

This was in response to AHY's statement which said President Joko Widodo was just a 'tire cut' for the infrastructure project under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's era.

Emrus saw AHY framed the public perception as if SBY had built a lot of infrastructure.

"AHY has committed fraud, a product that manipulates public perceptions. It is as if SBY is more great," said Emrus, Wednesday, September 28.

Emrus said AHY should have detailed in submitting the data. The former candidate for governor of DKI also needs to detail what projects SBY and Jokowi are working on.

"The views conveyed by AHY show his inability to communicate politics and inability as a political actor. Even though he is the general chairman of the party to one of the candidates in the 2024 presidential election," he said.

"If statesmen prioritize, power is not important. But gaining power must be an egalitarian. But if it's like AHY, it's not an egalitarian," said AHY.

Emrus also advised AHY to convey programs to build Indonesia. Not just comparing.

"So there is a program fight. It doesn't make dictions that are as though SBY is superior," he said.

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, 750 km of toll roads are targeted for completion in 2024.

Then, it was recorded that there were 18 dams that began construction when SBY took the lead. However, everything was completed in the Jokowi era.

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

Furthermore, there were 24 airports built in the SBY era. Meanwhile, in the Jokowi era as many as 29 airports.

Jokowi is even known to target that there will be 9 new airports and revitalizations until 2024.

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

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