Defending The Minister Of Social Affairs Risma, Abu Janda: Being Ridiculed Because Of The Ruling Party, Ahok Is Hated Because Of Religion

Photo collage of Ahok and Risma (Photo: @permadiaktivis2)

JAKARTA - Social media activist Permadi Arya defended the angry action shown by Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini during a meeting with Gorontalo Provincial officials regarding the distribution of social assistance (bansos) on Thursday, September 30.

Permadi Arya or who is called Abu Janda then uploaded a photo collage on the Social Minister's account Risma with the former Governor of DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok on his Instagram account, @permadiaktivis2.

What Social Minister Risma has done, said Permadi, is an attempt to straighten out the crooked (wrong) in the government.

"These two people (Ahok and Risma) are strict because they want to straighten the crooked, firmly correct the wrong," wrote Abu Janda quoted by VOI, Monday, October 4.

Only the firmness of the two is not seen as a form of professionalism in government duties. Ahok, said Abu Janda, is hated because he is in China and is a Christian.

"Another one is being criticized because he is a cadre of the ruling party..." added Permadi.

"Some of this nation is not ready to be brought forward because they are blinded by hatred and cannot see the good side of these two people," said Abu Janda.

Uploads from Abu Janda to this news have been liked by more than 10 thousand people with various comments.

"Agree...Pak Ahok & Bu Risma are my two proud figures." wrote the netizen.

"It's clear that the two of them worked in Jakarta and Surabaya," replied another.

Risma's angry actions were recorded in a video which eventually circulated widely on social media. In the video, initially a man standing on the right side of Risma is talking while occasionally holding a cellphone. Risma also occasionally responds to the man's statement. "So we don't cast, huh," said Risma while holding the mic, like in the video. However, suddenly Risma's attention was drawn to the man in the red shirt on the left side of her front. Risma then walked up to the man angrily and pointed using an object such as a pen. "Don't shoot you, you don't shoot, do you," said Risma to the man wearing a red shirt. It is not clear why Risma suddenly behaved like that. However, when Risma walked, the man in the red shirt who was originally sitting stood up. "Don't shoot you," said Risma, this time pushing the man using an object such as a pen. Suddenly the man who was previously standing when Risma was approached suddenly sat down due to Risma's encouragement. The atmosphere of the meeting became silent at that time. Risma was still standing in place for a few seconds while looking at the man in the red shirt. Not long after, Risma finally returned to her seat. Again, Risma threw a high note again. He discussed related to DTKS. Meanwhile, Head of the Gorontalo Provincial Social Service, Muhammad Nadjamuddin, said that the anger of the Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini to an official coordinator of the Family Hope Program (PKH) was initiated due to a communication error. At that time, said Nadjamuddin, Risma initially checked data on receipts of social assistance between banks as distributors and PKH coordinators in various regions. In addition, they were also asked to convey the obstacles in delivering aid to people in need. "Asked how far the realization of the receipt or submission has been," said Nadjamuddin while talking to VOI via teleconference, Saturday, September 2.

However, due to data discrepancies, a coordinator said that some people had not received social assistance because they might have been crossed out. "Well, it was the strikethrough that made Mrs. Risma angry. That's the problem," he said. "That's the problem. So this is a miscommunication about the data. That which after checking with the bank, the name is still there. What the PKH coordinator said was also immediately checked at the ministry because there happened to be an expert staff managing it and it turned out that the name was still there. there is," added Nadjamuddin. However, he did not blame the difference in the data held by the PKH coordinator. The reason is that the data is not disclosed by the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) to the coordinator but only to the bank. In fact, Nadjamuddin said that he also did not hold the data. So, this is what then causes problems and communication errors. However, he did not expect Risma to be so angry that she pointed and pushed the coordinating officer who was conveying the problems he was facing. Moreover, he considered that the officer did not know anything because he was only trying to fight for the rights of the people who needed help. "It's probably only because she said that she had been crossed out, well, Mrs. Risma got angry. 'I never crossed out I only expanded'. Then Mrs. Risma got angry, got angry, her blood pressure was high," he said.

"After that incident, after pointing it out, he immediately became angry, returned to his seat, and even chased him away. That's not good enough for us in the area," added Nadjamuddin. He also did not deny that the atmosphere of the meeting that was held that day was not good, even the PKH coordinators did not want to convey the obstacles they faced in the field. However, this atmosphere was dissolving because the PKH coordinators spoke again with Risma and finally she found out about the problems she was facing. "PKH friends still had time to tell me the truth. But I didn't follow it anymore. They said it again and then Mrs. Risma understood. That's what they told me. From there, Mrs. Risma understood what happened," he said.