'SBY weakness is his indecisiveness'
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Makmur, sells pirated textbooks at Borobudur University:
For us in the lower income bracket, there is no difference whether it is the New Order, reform era, or Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration. When the president changes it doesn't affect us directly. However, of the promises I heard made on TV, I don't think Susilo has fulfilled even one during his first 100 days.
What matters to us is stability of the economy and prices. The economy has not improved, the prices of daily needs are even starting to creep up. I just hope things will improve.
Yuli, is a a housewife living in Cipinang Melayu, East Jakarta:
I think so far only a few have benefited from the new government. A new president means that new people, who are owed favors, will get projects and appointments. Those of us in the middle to lower class don't feel that anything has changed. My husband, who lost his job in 2002, still can't find a job.
The most important thing is the economy. I just hope things will be better for my eight-year-old son.
Rahadian, 22, produces radio and television commercials for an advertising company in Central Jakarta. He lives in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta:
Changes or improvements in the first 100 days of SBY's Cabinet have not materialized. If the quake and tsunami disaster hadn't happened, those changes may have been visible. I would say that he has made 10 percent of the improvements he promised.
If he would just have ordered Sutiyoso to go on with former governor Ali Sadikin's idea about organizing traffic and provide sufficient transportation in Jakarta, I wouldn't have to be late all the time for my appointments.
Samlami, 54, is a fruit vendor in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta:
SBY has not fulfilled his promise to overcome flood problems or corruption, collusion, and nepotism in this country. Even now, city officials are taking advantage of the aid.
However, I feel safer now than during the leadership of Megawati Seokarnoputri. Crimes in my neighborhood are not as frequent or as violent as before. Still, people in my neighborhood believe that Soeharto's era was better.
Asrofuddin Nur Widodo, 42, is secretary to the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) and a postgraduate student of a private university in South Jakarta. He lives in Cipayung, East Jakarta:
One good side of SBY that I can immediately see is his honesty. He admits that his government has not been able to live up to the promises he made during the election campaigns.
But I am pessimistic that SBY will be able to fulfill all of the promises such as fighting against corruption, creating good governance and improving people's welfare.
I do not think that SBY has taken significant actions to eradicate corruption in the bureaucracy. It seems that his threat to impose tough measures on corruptors means nothing to bureaucrats. Corruption takes place as usual.
His biggest weakness is that he is indecisive. It can be seen from the sluggish distribution of aid to victims of the quake and tsunami in Aceh and North Sumatra. The Vice President is more active in this area.
In the future, SBY must be more decisive.