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Residents doubt elected governor can end city’s woes

Jakarta residents are pessimistic that whoever wins the July gubernatorial election will be able to immediately solve the city’s major problems, according to a survey

Novia D. Rulistia (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, April 9, 2012

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Residents doubt elected governor can end city’s woes

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akarta residents are pessimistic that whoever wins the July gubernatorial election will be able to immediately solve the city’s major problems, according to a survey.

The survey, conducted by the Indonesia Survey Circle (LSI) from March 26 to April 1, said that 52.6 percent of a total of 440 respondents did not believe that the future governor could make the city free from traffic congestion, flooding and waste problems.

“Most respondents want a governor who can address traffic problems along with flooding and waste. However, they don’t believe that the new governor can solve it all in the next five years,” director of Citra Komunikasi LSI Toto Izul Fattah said on Sunday.

Citra Komunikasi is a subsidiary of the LSI that focuses on the Jakarta gubernatorial election.

Besides the three major problems, Toto said that 18.9 percent of respondents also wanted the governor to give more attention to education, health, security and religious tolerance.

The surveyors randomly interviewed 440 respondents from across the city. The margin of error in the survey is 4.8 percent.

The survey also showed that 49 percent of respondents would choose Governor Fauzi Bowo and running mate Nachrowi Ramli in the upcoming poll, followed by incumbent Surakarta Mayor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the former regent of East Belitung in the Bangka-Belitung Islands, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama at 14.4 percent.

The third is Hidayat nur Wahid and Didik Rachbini with 8.3 percent, Faisal Basri and Biem Benjamin at 5.8 percent and Hendardji Soepandji and Ahmad Riza Patria at 1.2 percent.

Toto said that although Fauzi was still the most popular candidate, the respondents said they were dissatisfied with his performance over the past five years.

“The report highlights that 57.3 percent of respondents say they are not satisfied with Fauzi in dealing with traffic congestion in the city. This is actually a good opportunity for his rivals to reassure public that they have the capabilities to solve this problem,” he said.

Another survey released earlier by the Soegeng Sarjadi School of Government (SSSG) showed that most Jakartans preferred independent candidates over politically backed candidates.

Separately on Sunday, independent candidates retired Gen. Hendardji Soepandji and his running mate Ahmad Riza Patria, submitted nearly 30,000 supporters’ ID cards to the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) to qualify.

Another independent pair of hopefuls, Faisal Basri and Biem Benyamin, also submitted more than 350,000 ID cards from 190,756 required by the KPUD.

Both candidates were given a chance to submit the rest of the required ID cards by April 9.

Independent candidates have to gather signatures and copies of ID cards of at least 4 percent of Jakarta’s population. (cor)

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