CIDISS. If we talking about Jokowi-JK Government, certainly the first thing people remember about is hard work. It certainly has positive results for the community.
At the age of three years of his reign, Jokowi-JK has accelerated for development in various fields. Jokowi-JK Government managed to make positive moves that can build Indonesia. According to a survey conducted by one of the survey institutions, for three years, the government of President Joko Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla most visible from infrastructure development to be faster.
Of the respondents who answered, 51.3 percent answered the success of President Joko Widodo’s leadership is in the field of infrastructure, then the citizens become more prosperous 6.3 percent, corruption is reduced by 4.9 percent. After infrastructure, people’s satisfaction under Jokowi-JK’s leadership is to eradicate corruption. A total of 63.1 percent agreed and there were 23.6 percent who disagreed in that regard.
Over the past three years, many changes have been felt by people outside Java, especially in eastern Indonesia. Papuans who once had to buy fuel oil (BBM) with fantastic prices, are now able to enjoy fuel at the same price with Java through the BBM program one price. People on remote islands such as Miangas Island or Liran Island that live in the dark for decades, are now brightly lit.
Economic equity promoted by the government, is inseparable from the continuous development of infrastructure. The domino effect of infrastructure projects built by the Jokowi-JK government is huge, especially to boost the economy.
In addition, Jokowi-JK has built many new roads, be it non-toll road or toll road arteries. This government also has a development program of 35 thousand megawatt (MW) plant and a number of other development sectors such as airports, toll boats, to housing. That’s from the infrastructure side. From the macro side, Jokowi-JK has also done many things. Simply put, Jokowi-JK government mentions economic growth, poverty rate, unemployment rate, income gap of poor and rich (gini ratio), as well as inflation recorded to achieve positive results.
Jokowi also known dare to take a phenomenal decision. Not even a year of lead, Jokowi-JK revoke fuel subsidies for Premium. In addition, Jokowi also revoked electricity subsidies for several classes of capable customers. Although the policy reaps the pros and cons, Jokowi-JK allocates a subsidy budget amounting to hundreds of trillions rupiah for more productive things.
By: Mirwan Achmad*)