Road repairs

Road repairs

From Warta Kota

It has always been the case in Jakarta and surrounding areas that when government officials appear, all roads they pass will be in good condition and none will be in disrepair. The following two cases may serve to illustrate this.

A road in Tangerang had been in very poor repair for many months. It was not repaired until there were reports that Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri was going to pass that road. Earlier many protests had been made to local public officials but they fell on deaf ears.

A similar case occurred in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. A road had been in very poor condition for many months but, strangely, on June 24 the road was repaired and paved with asphalt. How could it be? It turned out that in connection with the 474th anniversary of Jakarta, there was a planned celebration nearby and the mayor of South Jakarta municipality was scheduled to attend this celebration. No wonder the road was paved early in the morning on the day when the mayor was slated to visit the place.

As a good citizen, I'm curious why our public officials prefer to serve their superiors rather than the thousands of local residents who need their services every day. Local residents need a good road every day, while high-ranking government officials will only pass the road very briefly.

ATTAR MOHEDE

Jakarta