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Text your say: Governor Ahok
A serious moment: Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki âAhokâ Tjahaya Purnama (right) sits next to Jakarta Governor Joko âJokowiâ Widodo at an event to commemorate their year in office on Oct
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span class="inline inline-center">A serious moment: Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaya Purnama (right) sits next to Jakarta Governor Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo at an event to commemorate their year in office on Oct. 18, last year. Ahok is now acting as governor as Jokowi has officially been declared as a presidential candidate. JP/P.J. Leo
Your comments on the takeover of Jakarta's governorship by Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama as Governor Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo takes a leave of absence to focus on his presidential campaign:
It is a new era for Jakarta.
Jody Manuju Polskat
Ahok must be ready for his new position and new responsibilities.
Many programs have been properly designed to make Jakarta better, although now Ahok is solely in charge.
Anggied Pramudhito Aryadi
We often heard that Jakarta was different from other provinces, therefore, the city needs a governor who is excellent. The city leader should introduce traffic management to make the city like Singapore.
Jakarta also needs a good drainage system like Holland. Ahok could do this.
Bahar Nelson
Let us nominate Ahok as bureaucratic reform minister. We need a mechanism to fire civil servants who have low performance and do not want to keep learning.
Ferril Irham Muzadi
There is no other choice than to do it this way, so I think that this is good.
Taco de Vries
He is an experienced leader. However, he must make impromptu visits as Jokowi did.
Sinaga Harbili
As acting Jakarta governor, Ahok will be able to do more for the people. He has a lot to do to improve the life of his people.
He is right; only healthy and smart people will be able to pay the appropriate taxes for the welfare of the nation. We need more people like Ahok.
Ahok is not just an honest guy. He works hard and cares for the forgotten and the very poor in Jakarta.
Ahok is a friend and a partner for those who dedicate themselves to the long-suffering forgotten people.
The Jokowi/Ahok partnership echoes Pancasila and Bhineka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity).
Ahok went to the extent of mobilizing his own family (free of charge) to help the very poor.
This hasn't happened before ' government officials used to only think of what and how much they could steal for their own pockets.
Moeljono
Jakarta
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Three incidents occurred in Yogyakarta recently ' two in Sleman and one in Gunungkidul ' where radical groups attacked a church and other worshippers, causing a number of injuries. Why do such incidents recur?
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