Jokowi Dibela Arbi Sanit soal Korupsi Transjakarta
Indonesian Political Analyst: Jokowi Becomes Target of Rivals
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Pengamat politik Universitas Indonesia, Arbi Sanit mengatakan, ada upaya keras dari lawan politik untuk menjatuhkan nama baik Joko Widodo (Jokowi) yang maju dalam pilpres 2014. Antara lain, melalui kasus dugaan korupsi pengadaan bus Transjakarta.
"Ada permainan politik di balik pembentukan opini bahwa Jokowi terlibat kasus tersebut. Jadi saat ini ada upaya menyerang Jokowi dengan kampanye hitam," kata Arbi di Jakarta, Sabtu (24/5).
Arbi mengatakan, upaya itu terbukti setelah Jaksa Agung Basrief Arief menegaskan, Jokowi tidak terlibat dalam kasus korupsi bus Transjakarta.
Ia pun mengapresiasi pernyataan Basrief yang tegas menyatakan Jokowi tak terlibat kasus itu.
Selama ini, kata dia, segelintir orang berupaya menyeret Jokowi dalam kasus korupsi bus Transjakarta. Antara lain melalui mantan kepala Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta Udar Pristono yang kini menjadi tersangka dalam kasus korupsi pengadaan bus Transjakarta.
Ia menilai Udar sengaja menyeret nama Jokowi karena memang ingin mengorbankan mantan bosnya yang sedang maju dalam pilpres itu.
Udar telah dimanfaatkan juga oleh lawan politik Jokowi. "Saya melihatnya lebih mengarah ke sana. Ini terjadi karena pertarungan menjelang pemilu presiden semakin keras," kata Arbi.
Arbi minta kepada lawan politik Jokowi untuk berhenti melancarkan kampanye hitam. Termasuk melalui kasus korupsi bus Transjakarta.
"Persaingan politik dalam merebut kemenangan pemilu presiden harus diraih dengan cara yang sehat dan bermartabat," ujarnya.
Jakarta (B2B) - Arbi Sanit, political observer Arbi Sanit of the University of Indonesia said efforts were being made to tarnish the name of presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) through an alleged corruption case in the procurement of Transjakarta buses.
"There are political games behind the formation of the public opinion that Joko Widodo, who is running for president in the upcoming presidential elections, is involved in the corruption case," Sanit stated here on Saturday.
He noted, that efforts were being made to attack Jokowi through black campaigns. These efforts to tarnish the candidates good name became clear when Attorney General Basrief Arief pointed out that Jokowi was not involved in the Transjakarta bus procurement corruption case, adopting a firm stance that Sanit strongly praised.
So far, he added, a handful of people have been trying to drag Jokowis name into the Transjakarta corruption case, including Udar Pristono, former head of Jakartas Transportation Service, who is now a suspect in this case.
Sanit believed that Pristono was trying to drag in the name of Jokowi because he intended to sabotage the career of his former boss, who is now contesting the coming July 9 presidential elections.
On the other hand, Pristono is also being used by Jokowi´s political rivals to create a disadvantage for Jokowi as a presidential hopeful supported by four political parties.
"It is evident that some parties have tried to do this (damage Jokowis chances), and they could be successful because the competition in the run-up to the elections is getting increasingly tighter," Sanit argued.
Sanit called on Jokowi´s political rivals to stop launching black campaigns, including through the Transjakarta bus corruption case.
"Political competition in the run-up to the presidential elections should be won through healthy means and in a respectable manner," he asserted.
