TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Fahrurrozi Ishaq—the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)’s self-proclaimed Jakarta governor—has labeled Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama’s decision to bar motorcycles from entering Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat to Hotel Indonesia roundabout as inappropriate.
He said the policy had caused the public to suffer immense losses. “That’s stupid, he makes the people suffer,” he told Tempo in his office in Tebet, South Jakarta on Wednesday, December 17, 2014.
Fahrurrozi added the policy did not side with Jakartans and that he had received a horde of complaints against it. “These people also pay taxes,” he said.
Fahrurrozi also called on Ahok to keep his promise to become a pro-people governor and pointed out that the policy had impeded the people in doing their daily routines.
YOLANDA RYAN ARMINDYA