{"id":3243,"date":"2019-04-03T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T14:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/seac\/?p=3243"},"modified":"2019-04-03T21:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T21:51:07","slug":"the-vp-candidates-battle-of-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/csead\/news\/the-vp-candidates-battle-of-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"The VP Candidates\u2019 Battle of Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: kompas.id
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\nPublished: March 18, 2019<\/p>\n

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The vice-presidential candidate debate between Ma\u2019ruf Amin and Sandiaga Uno presented some quality in terms of their ideas. In the midst of the \u201ccalm\u201d debate, each candidate explained current problems and ideas explicitly.<\/p>\n

From their debate performance on Sunday (3\/17\/2019), both VP candidates, Ma\u2019ruf Amin and Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, did not really attack each other directly, except on the last session. However, battles of ideas between them took place almost in the whole debate.<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019ruf Amin expressed statements based on Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla\u2019s achievements and policies, while Sandiaga Uno targeted loopholes of the current administration\u2019s policy elements.<\/p>\n

There were 17 data-based statements that Ma\u2019ruf presented, while Sandi delivered 32 statements. Statements that contained criticism or attack were comparable, which were seven statements for each the candidate.<\/p>\n

Human development <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ma\u2019ruf\u2019s main focus was education. He is determined to build a healthy, productive, intelligent, and noble Indonesian society.<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019ruf explained a number of efforts, including scholarships to college and increasing the use of research findings in universities. He emphasized the strengthening of the Kartu Indonesia Pintar Kuliah<\/em> (Indonesia Smart College Card), Kartu Sembako Murah<\/em> (Affordable Staple Food Card), dan Kartu Prakerja<\/em> (Pre-Employment Card).<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Sandi stated that education of entrepreneurship is the key to expand the job market. He is committed to increasing nonpermanent teachers\u2019 welfare, improving the education curriculum, emphasizing complete education with quality, and abolishing national exam and replacing it with talent and interest assessment.<\/p>\n

In the health sector, Ma\u2019ruf highlighted the importance of first-rate health services starting from primary levels to hospitals. A number of programs to improve health services include continuing the Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional <\/em>(National Health Insurance), Program Keluarga Harapan <\/em>(Family Hope Program), <\/em>redistributing medical personnel, establishing healthy community movements, and reducing the number of people affected by diseases.<\/p>\n

As for Sandi, he pointed to a number of policy loopholes, such as increasing the treatment facilities, quick access to health services, reducing expensive health costs including medicine, paying medical personnel on time, and creating a 22-minute every day exercise program. Those programs are considered lack of implementation.<\/p>\n

The demographic dividend \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indonesia is projected to achieve its demographic dividend in 2020-2024. This means, any elected running mates elected in the 2019 election will face a challenge of turning the demographic dividend into economic dividend.<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019ruf saw the demographic dividend as an opportunity to encourage mastery of digital technology especially for young people in every land, air, sea, and even \u201csky\u201d infrastructure. Meanwhile, Sandi considered the demographic dividend as an opportunity to expand entrepreneurship, such as the OK-OCE program that he initiated during his time as the deputy governor of DKI Jakarta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Campaign Platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Ma\u2019ruf Amin<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sandiaga S. Uno<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Health <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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  • National Health Insurance and Family Hope program.<\/li>\n
  • Comprehensive and affordable health centers.<\/li>\n
  • Healthy Community Movement and Healthy Indonesia programs.<\/li>\n
  • Maternal and Child Health programs including giving staple food, sanitation, water, and breast milk to reduce stunting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Resolving the root problems of the National Health Insurance in the first 200-day.<\/li>\n
  • Promotional and preventive programs, including 22-minute exercise\/day and giving healthy snack for kindergarten students.<\/li>\n
  • Improving health services.<\/li>\n
  • Indonesia Emas <\/em>(Indonesia Gold) and Sedekah Putih <\/em>(White Alms) programs to provide nutritional intake for pregnant women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Education <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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  • Giving scholarships and Kartu Indonesia Pintar <\/em>(Indonesia Smart Card) until college.<\/li>\n
  • Forming National Research Body and national research master plan.<\/li>\n
  • Providing endowment research plan.<\/li>\n
  • Developing research between business and industrial sectors.<\/li>\n
  • Regional education scale and basic education data to measure the effectiveness of the use of the education budget in the regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Improving teachers\u2019 welfare.<\/li>\n
  • Curriculum focusing on character-building.<\/li>\n
  • Replacing the national exam system talent and interest assessment program.<\/li>\n
  • Increasing the research funding and technology, along with research funding collaboration with the business sector.<\/li>\n
  • Consolidating academics, businesses, and the government so that research can be implemented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Employment <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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  • Pre-Employment Card and giving incentives in the early days of work.<\/li>\n
  • Revitalization of SMK (Vocational Schools), polytechnics, academies, and developing cyber universities.<\/li>\n
  • Job training centers as free practice sites toward entrepreneurship.<\/li>\n
  • Mastery of digital technology.<\/li>\n
  • Developing 3500 start-ups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Link and match between the world of education and work.<\/li>\n
  • OK OCE program for 2-million new entrepreneurs<\/li>\n
  • Rumah Siap Kerja <\/em>(Ready-to-Work Houses) that provide integrated services for job seekers.<\/li>\n
  • MSMEs as the solution to provide jobs.<\/li>\n
  • Accessibility to licensing and capital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Socio-Cultural<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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  • Kartu Sembako Murah <\/em>(Affordable Staple Food Card) program.<\/li>\n
  • Providing cultural endowment.<\/li>\n
  • Cultural advancement strategy through cultural conservation and globalization.<\/li>\n
  • Maximizing the Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy\u2019s functions.<\/li>\n
  • Developing local wisdoms in order to build values, identity, and tolerance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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