Electability Of Anies Who Was 'washed Away' Due To Flooding

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan at AIr Manggarai Gate. (Photo: Pemprov DKI Jakarta)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is in the spotlight due to flooding that inundated a number of areas in the province he leads. Floods are considered ready to wash away his electability when he is unable to handle it.

Meanwhile, Anies' dropping electability was the result of a survey from Indonesian Political Parameters (PPI) and Politika Research and Consulting (PRC). These two institutions have just released survey results related to political projections in 2024.

According to the Executive Director of Indonesian Political Parameters, Adi Prayitno, said in the survey Anies received an electability of 7.8 percent from the survey conducted in February 2020.

The PPI survey used the multistage random sampling method through face-to-face interviews with 2,197 respondents spread across 34 provinces. The survey was conducted with a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of 2.13 percent.

Adi noted, this figure actually decreased when compared to Anies's electability figure in early January 2020. From the results of this survey, Anies's electability was in fourth position. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was in first place with an electability figure of 17.3 percent.

Then the second position is occupied by politician Gerindra Sandiaga Uno who is also the former deputy governor of DKI Jakarta with an electability figure of 9.1 percent and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo in third place with electability reaching 8.8 percent.

According to Adi, the drop in electability experienced by Anies was due to the problem of flooding that has often hit DKI Jakarta every time it rains heavily.

"In our reading, why is Anies under Sandiaga and Ganjar maybe because of a big storm in Jakarta, the exposure to floods from early January to now has effectively made Anies' electability freefall," Adi said in the Cikini area, Central Jakarta, Sunday, February 23.

Meanwhile, other issues, such as chaotic circuits and Formula E races and incorrect input of the budget for glue up to billions of rupiah, actually did not really disturb the electability of the former minister.

"This shows that the more Anies is being bullied and criticized, Anies is getting more sympathy. But when the floods in early January until now, even without being bullied, Anies went down in an orderly manner, slowly going down," Adi explained.

Regarding floods, DKI Jakarta has been inundated by water every time heavy rains have hit. It's just that on Saturday, February 22, yesterday, Anies, who did not immediately make improvements to prevent flooding, uploaded a number of photos via his Twitter account @aniesbaswedan with the hashtag #WajahBaruJakarta.

There are four photos he uploaded and one of them is the bus stop on Jalan Sudirman, Jakarta which is beautifully immortalized. These four photos have also undergone an editing process in such a way that the sky looks unnatural blue.

These four photos were uploaded via his Twitter account with a text inviting residents to enjoy the beautiful sky of Jakarta and the fresh atmosphere. Understandably, since it rains frequently, the air pollution that has made the sky grayish and the flying dust has disappeared.

"Look at these photos, there is blue in the sky of Jakarta. That is a routine sight in Jakarta in recent weeks. Invite friends, neighbors and relatives ... to walk, bike to enjoy #WajahBaruJakarta. Have a good weekend, hopefully always in His blessings, "wrote Anies in his account.

Look at these photos, there is blue in the Jakarta sky. That is a routine sight in Jakarta in recent weeks. Invite friends, neighbors, and relatives .... walking, cycling to enjoy #WajahBaruJakarta. Enjoy the weekend, hopefully always in His blessings. pic.twitter.com/xNQqu7iVcd

- Anies Baswedan (@aniesbaswedan) February 22, 2020

As a result, instead of receiving praise, Anies received many replies containing photos of the state of Jakarta during the floods after heavy rain fell on Saturday morning, February 22 to Sunday morning, February 23.

His Twitter account was actually invaded by the public. Anies was asked to reduce the image of Jakarta, which is now claimed to have a new face through his social media accounts. Moreover, the problem faced by Jakarta is still the same, namely flooding.

According to urban planning observer Yayat Supriatna, Governor Anies should not only focus on polishing the beauty of the area he leads or limited to beautification. He assessed that Anies was only doing beautification without thinking about solving the substance of the flood problem that the community is waiting for.

"Don't just focus on beautification. Beautiful polishes. I mean, beautification is just beautification, but what is the substance of the problem," said Yayat when we contacted him by telephone.

He said, Jakarta needs readiness to handle floods considering that this disaster is prone to occur. Yayat also touched on the discourse of installing TOA for early detection of disasters. According to him, instead of building the TOA system, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government should build something more useful to deal with these seasonal disasters.

In addition, Yayat also considered that Anies did not need to show off or use social media to show his self-image and achievements. Remember, what is shown on social media should be in line with what is happening in the real world or in the field.

"If you want to be good, for example, Jakarta Baru, in that context it should be neutralized. What is being said is that I can solve problems faced by residents including floods," said Yayat.

"So in my opinion, if, for example, something you want to convey to the public, at least it shows something with a big problem level, it can be reduced. Not showing something that doesn't need to be done is also good," he added.

It is known, due to this heavy rain, a number of areas in Jakarta experienced flooding including the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM), Jakarta and inundated several rooms. As a result, a number of medical equipment such as MRI and CT scans belonging to the hospital were also submerged.

Not only that, a number of public transportation, such as TransJakarta and Commuter Line, were also disrupted on several travel routes due to standing water due to heavy rains.