Vice Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat has been second-in-command to Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for a month now. While Ahok has so far been satisfied with Djarot’s work, he feels there is one area the former Blitar mayor can work on: popularity.
“I want Pak Djarot to be like me when I was [vice governor to] Pak Jokowi [when he was governor]. If people knew Jokowi, they’d know Ahok. Now if people know Ahok they must know Djarot. Now, not everybody knows who Djarot is, right?” Ahok said yesterday, as quoted by Merdeka.
Ahok feels the quickest way for Djarot to get noticed is to do more impromptu field visits, or blusukan.
“We want Pak Djarot to go [blusukan] more often so the people can remember him fondly,” Ahok said.
“I’ve delegated the task of attending official events to Pak Djarot. I want more Jakartans to know Pak Djarot. Eventually he’ll be as popular as I am.”
