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DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan uploaded a photo of himself reading a book titled “How Democracies Die” on his social media accounts. Several groups highlighted the rise of Anies.
Initially, on Sunday (11/22) morning, Anies uploaded a photo of him in a white koko shirt and a brown sarong. Anies read a book called ‘How Democracies Die’ while sitting cross-legged, he sat in front of the bookshelf that became the background.
The post was uploaded on Sunday (11/22) morning and received a favorable response from 44,454 people as of 10.52 WIB. And it received more than 2 thousand comments from Internet users.
The book ‘How Democracies Die’ is the work of Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and the authors of Daniel Ziblatt. The book looks at various leaders in the world who were elected through the presidential elections but are closely labeled “dictators.”
In their book, they pointed out that the emergence of various dictatorial leaders was precisely the result of elections. Democracy dies not because the dictatorial leaders obtained power through coups, but because they won through the electoral process.
Several groups also raised their voices. There were those who joked spicy and there were those who thought that Anies published the photo because he was introspective.
Golkar: translate, not just a speech
The Golkar Party asked Anies to translate the books he read into actual works.
“It is good for a governor to be diligent in reading books, including the book ‘How Democracies Die’. The important thing is that everyone must have a strong commitment to maintain and defend democracy in the political life of our country,” he said Ace Hasan Syadzily, chairman of the DPP of the Golkar Party. reporter, Monday (11/23/2020).
“Read books, not only to read, but also to translate into concrete works and not just in speech,” he added.
Ace then briefly recounted the contents of the book. He said that all parties are committed to defending democracy.
According to Ace, democracy is not just about an institution. However, he said, it also refers to the values it contains, namely the question of tolerance and differences.
Furthermore, according to Ace, democracy is far from the politicizing values of certain groups and religions. He also referred to the violation of the agreed rules.
On another occasion, the chairman of the Golkar DPRD DKI faction Jakarta Basri Baco felt that Anies was seeking attention. “It is normal for the Governor to be like this, seeking attention or distracting attention is also possible,” said Basri.
Basri asked Anies to focus more on caring for the people of Jakarta. Also, according to him, many of Anies’ campaign promises have not been kept.
PD Compare Democracy in the SBY era
The Democratic Party (PD) referred to the current state of democracy, which is considered unhealthy.
“Surely you have to ask Mas Anies Baswedan. However, if you look at the conditions, democracy is currently not healthy,” BPOKK Democratic Party head Herman Khaeron told reporters on Monday (11/23/2020).
Herman compared the current democratic conditions to the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). Herman assessed that the democracy of the SBY era was developing well.
Herman then highlighted the current state of democracy. He considered that the current situation seemed to have lost the value of the reform.
“There are many activists who have been critically accused and found guilty, as if the values of the reform have been lost,” he added.
