Mudik or No Mudik
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
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.
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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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