Governor nominee

Governor nominee

From Merdeka

Nominees for Jakarta governor should be chosen among
magnanimous people who are ready to place the interests of other
people above their families' and their own personal interests.

The future governor of Jakarta must be someone who can fight
for the interests of his residents and do, among other things,
the following:

1. Prevent corruption, illegal levies, collusion, manipulation
and prostitution.

2. Provide dwellings for civilian/military civil servants and
private employees working in Jakarta. He must have houses built
for these people in Jakarta.

3. Put in order his own officials so that they will not send away
sidewalk sellers because these sellers represent the people.

On the other hand, the governor must have decent buildings
built for these sidewalk sellers to run their businesses in,
rather than allow them to occupy parts of public roads and
consequently cause traffic congestion like what we see at Tanah
Abang market.

4. Raise the dignity of tramps, beggars and prostitutes and have
decent housing built for them. And provide jobs for the jobless
and introduce welfare payments of Rp 75,000 a month for the
unemployed.

5. Find ways to prevent flood, traffic jams, fires and crime.

6. Provide elementary schooling to school-age children and
prevent management boards and teachers of government schools from
collecting any levies. In other words, elementary schooling
should be free, just as in Bung Karno's era.

7. Build decent elementary and junior high schools.

8. The governor must not seek domestic or foreign loans to
finance development in his region.

9. Nor let anybody use him as a mere instrument. The governor
must be able to stand independently and firmly to uphold truth
and justice and protect the interests of the people.

A governor who can translate into reality the nine points
above must be made a life-long governor. We propose that any
nominee who doubts he could fulfill the nine requirements should
withdraw from governorship nomination.

Surjadi Soedirdja and Lt. Gen. AM Hendropriyono are good and
noble persons who would fit the bill.

ABDURRACHMAN

Jakarta