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View all search resultsIssue of the day: Jokowi wants to start 'mental revolution'
May 12, p4Presidential candidate Joko âJokowiâ Widodo from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on the weekend outlined his vision about how he would lead the country in the next five years if elected president
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ay 12, p4
Presidential candidate Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on the weekend outlined his vision about how he would lead the country in the next five years if elected president.
Jokowi revealed his platform in an op-ed published by Kompas daily on Saturday titled 'Revolusi Mental' (Mental Revolution).
In the written piece, Jokowi said the most fundamental issue that this county was facing was a mind-set stuck in the past.
Your comments:
Mental revolution, another hoot! To have 'mental' anything there has to be some brain cells present. It's time for a Bintang and a call to bring good old Tommy Soeharto out of retirement to lead us back to the 'good old days'.
Pak Hud
Start from daily behavior. People throw garbage on the street but when the floods come, the people just point their fingers at the government as if it's merely the government fault.
Fun Lady
Most parents don't teach their children because they don't know littering is wrong, because (a) Nobody taught them so when they were kids. (b) Nobody fines them for littering. So you can't rely on these parents.
Discipline can start at school. When I was with Tarakanita School drumband, the punishment for littering was running around the stadium. Once somebody littered in Senayan and nobody owned up, so all of us girls were punished. It happened again during a march in Puncak; the entire drum troop was punished again. Now that I'm a mother, out of habit I make sure my kids pocket their wrappers. (And in Sydney I've seen people getting A$200 fine for littering).
Iauaro
Can Indonesia learn from China's economic progress in the last 20 years? If Jokowi teams up with the current government, he has the advantage of a smooth flow of policies.
Tantkt
My nephew recently applied to join the police force. He was told that in order to guarantee a position he would have to pay Rp 175 million (US$15,288). There's a long way to go to end corruption!
BB
I think the most important factor is development, be it infrastructure, rural areas, farmers businesses, education, health, etc. The government should put the framework in place, thus, the people will participate and their livelihoods will progress.
Mohd Luqman Abdullah
