JAKARTA. In the wake of the resignation of North Jakarta mayor Rustam Effendi, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has challenged any city officials who dislike him to resign to make way for "more competent" civil servants. He made the public challenge to senior city officials through a live broadcast on Kompas TV, urging any who opposed him to step down from their positions no later than Monday. The remarks came on the heels of the resignation of Rustam the previous week, which reportedly caused quite a stir at the Jakarta administration. "If civil servants feel they are too rich and no longer want to serve the administration, because now they cannot 'play' with the administration's projects, it would be better for them to resign. We have a lot of civil servants who can perform well," Ahok told journalists on Monday.
My way or the highway, Ahok tells civil servants
JAKARTA. In the wake of the resignation of North Jakarta mayor Rustam Effendi, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has challenged any city officials who dislike him to resign to make way for "more competent" civil servants. He made the public challenge to senior city officials through a live broadcast on Kompas TV, urging any who opposed him to step down from their positions no later than Monday. The remarks came on the heels of the resignation of Rustam the previous week, which reportedly caused quite a stir at the Jakarta administration. "If civil servants feel they are too rich and no longer want to serve the administration, because now they cannot 'play' with the administration's projects, it would be better for them to resign. We have a lot of civil servants who can perform well," Ahok told journalists on Monday.