Mudik or No Mudik
The ambivalent policy of the president regarding the annual exodus to villages, or mudik, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic shows a lack of resolve in dealing with the crisis.
Tempo
April 7, 2020
PRESIDENT Jokowi Widodo’s decision to not ban the 2020 end of fasting month Lebaran holiday mudik at the time when Covid-19 is spreading shows the government is lacking resolve in its handling of the pandemic. Advising the people not to return home but not banning it is an ambivalent stance: afraid of being wrong but lacking the courage to take risks.
For ordinary people, as well as it being a tradition, the mudik perhaps gives a sens
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