Timses Calls Pramono-Rano Ready To Absorb Ahok-Anies Era Middle Class Strengthening Program

Member of the winning team Pramono Anung-Rano Karno, Prince Siahaan in the Kebayoran Baru area, South Jakarta, Friday, November 1, 2024 (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Member of the winning team Pramono Anung-Rano Karno, Prince Siahaan, confirmed that the candidate for Governor-Deputy Governor of Jakarta number 3, Pramono-Rano is ready to absorb the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's policy in favor of the middle class in the leadership of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and Anies Baswedan.

This was revealed by the Prince after a discussion entitled "The Transition of Leadership of the Governor of Jakarta after Ahok-Anies".

"What is already good in Jakarta, both in Pak Ahok's era, in his era, Mr. Anies, of course, will continue. If for Mas Pram he wants to put aside his ego," said Prince in the Kebayoran Baru area, South Jakarta, Friday, November 1.

Pangeran assessed that residents who belong to the middle class group have their own problems.

On the one hand, they are not the target recipients of social assistance (bansos) because they are considered not poor people.

However, they also do not easily improve their welfare because they have an obligation to pay taxes and do not get many incentives. Their welfare can also be threatened with going down to the lower class.

"What exactly is the need for the middle class? It's a matter of work, about education, the unemployment rate has increased," said Pangeran.

"So, how about the Mas Pram and Bang Rano programs, for example, there will be training, there will be job fair every 3 months will be carried out at village levels," he added.

On the same occasion, former Anies Baswedan staff while serving as Governor of DKI Jakarta 2017-2022, Usamah Abdul Aziz explained a number of policies for the middle class in the Anies era.

One of the programs implemented is increasing the affordability of public transportation. One of the goals is to reduce the cost of living for middle class citizens in carrying out their daily lives.

"The largest of them is in transportation. Finally, at that time we committed to building good and cheap transportation. So, Jaklingko was born, we made it integrated," said Usamah.

Meanwhile, Ahok's former staff who led Jakarta for the 2014-2017 period, Michael Sianipar, explained that Ahok's main thing in strengthening the middle class was to prioritize the quality of government services, including regional budgeting.

"What Pak Ahok managed to do was straighten out the bureaucracy so that officials and all derivatives down to the village head and sub-district head have community orientation, making licensing easier," explained Michael.