Jakarta Floods and NasDem’s Support to Anies Baswedan
NasDem party is continuously opposing President Joko Widodo’s policies lately. Last year, its higher-ups’ meeting with the opposition party, Prosperous Justice Party, drew a lot of criticisms and cynicism, even the president at one point poked fun at it. Recently, Nasdem’s politicians hit back at the current administration by vividly criticizing it about the Jakarta floods.
On Wednesday, January 22, 2020, the NasDem’s floor leader in Regional Representatives Council for Jakarta, Wibi Andrino, regarded the president as incompetent during his years as the governor of Jakarta. However, he touted Governor Anies Baswedan’s approach in handling Jakarta floods as the best. “The floods receded in four days,” he added. On the other hand, Jokowi previously criticized Anies for his unwillingness to implement the 1973 masterplan to handle the floods.