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Anies no better, no worse than Ahok: Survey
In the survey, it was more apparent in how the respondents differed in their opinions on various city policies.
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Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (center) along with PT MRT Jakarta president director William P. Sabandar (right) observe the progress of the first line of the city's subway on April 12, 2018. The project, which was pioneered by then-governor Fauzi Bowo, came into full operation during Anies' tenure. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)
W
hile people are still largely polarized after the 2017 gubernatorial election, a survey has found that Jakartans, despite their approval of Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, consider several policies of his predecessor to have been better.
The survey, conducted on Sept. 9 to 18 by pollster Populi Center, questioned 600 people in six Jakarta municipalities, comprising 300 “experimental respondents” and 300 “control respondents”.
The division of respondents was aimed at gaining unbiased responses caused by biased perceptions of Anies and his predecessor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who competed against each other in the bitterly contested election that was largely influenced by sectarian rallies against Ahok, a Christian of Chinese descent.
Those in the experimental group were asked for their opinion of policies of the two leaders, while control group respondents were asked about city policies without mentioning Anies, Ahok or words related to them.
The survey revealed that Jakartans are mostly satisfied with Anies’ performance in the last two years, but in a modest way. In the survey, 41.5 percent of the respondents said Jakarta had seen only "a few improvements", more than those felt there had been “a lot of improvements” at 31.7 percent.
Jakartans are generally satisfied with Anies’ performance, with 7 percent saying they were very satisfied, 58.5 percent saying they were satisfied, while 26.8 percent said they were not satisfied and 1.3 percent saying they were dissatisfied.
Populi researcher Jefri Adriansyah said the survey aimed to gauge the level of satisfaction with Anies’ tenure despite the polarization caused by the 2017 election.
