REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, By Nasihin Masha
It's nothing wrong to call Jokowi as "Man in Action", or a person who acts. On Javanese vocabulary we called it "blusukan". The New York Times reviewed specifically Jokowi as 'A Governor at Home on the Streets”, although it hasn't yet to include the term blusukan. Diplomats and foreign researchers also have much to accompany Jokowi for blusukan. Now, at the time of routine flooding in Jakarta each January, Jokowi is more often in blusukan. His picture about crawling pedestrian bridge is installed into Facebook status of supporters. Not creeping on the side, but from above, just like climbing a coconut tree.
His spontaneity, agility, and sincerity to be in the midst of the situation on the ground as soon as possible made him stay attached in the public heart. The current Jakarta's floods not caused himself the butt. Public noticed Jokowi has done something. For more than a year of his leadership as the governor of Jakarta, Jokowi routinely dredge rivers, ditches, and lakes. There are two stories to this. First is on the issue of financing the dredging of the river. He had to fight with the World Bank. The financial institution posed many requirements, including the matter of hiring consultants as well as a number of other things which was included in the authority of the governor. On specific term, the World Bank wants lots of interventions and dictation - a reasonable and misguided habit in Indonesia. However Jokowi refused and threatened not to use World Bank funds. "The balance the previous year budget is still too much," he said, at one time.
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