Ancol And Tanah Abang Are Evidence Of Bad Management Of Anies Baswedan, Faldo Maldini: Please, Don't Be Busy With Electability

PSI politician Faldo Maldini (Photo: Screenshot of Cokro TV)

JAKARTA - The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, has been criticized for doing a lot of acrobatics amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta. This was most obvious when Anies invited various stakeholders to hold a standby call at night.

Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI) politician, Faldo Maldini, said the quality of a leader should be able to work hard, anticipating a spike in COVID-19 cases. Moreover, DKI Jakarta is a world-class city with a myriad of awards that Anies has won internationally.

"So this is a real face of leadership that is shown. Those who have worked hard all this time will appear strong when this happens. And those who have not done anything, yes, there will definitely be a lot of acrobatics. Including making apples at night, just cafes You can't open at night in Jakarta", explained Faldo via CokroTV's YouTube channel, Tuesday, June 15.

It feels strange when Anies Baswedan has just been busy talking about tightening in the midst of a significant spike in COVID cases. The bed occupancy ratio (BOR) has touched approximately 50 percent in Jakarta.

"It should have been strict from the start, our name is that we live by health protocols. If the number goes up, it means the protocol is not running, there is something wrong with the implementation and supervision. So please, don't think about electability all the time", Faldo quipped.

Several indicators can be used to measure Anies' unpreparedness in tightening health protocols. First, the problem of the abundance of visitors at Ancol Beach during the Eid holiday some time ago.

According to Faldo, Anies Baswedan should be able to make regulations or standard operating procedures (SOPs) to control crowds. Starting from the number of tickets sold, or management in and out of Ancol.

"So it's not because of the impact of the Idul Fitri holiday, but because of the very bad crowd management in DKI Jakarta", explained Faldo.

Then the crowd at Tanah Abang Market. It has become a habit, the largest wholesale market will be crowded ahead of the Eid holiday. The funny thing is, Anies even dodged by saying he did not predict the number of visitors to surge.

"It seems that from the early days of independence, the Tanah Abang Market was already very busy when it came to Eid, how come it was not predictable. In an era that is very sophisticated like now, there must be data from the previous year, right how many spikes it must be very crowded and then the solution what", said Faldo.