Jurnal Syntax Transformation Vol. 1 No. 9, November 2020 p-ISSN : 2721-3854 e-ISSN : 2721-2769 Sosial Sains POLICY CONFLICT BETWEEN PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO AND GOVERNOR OF DKI JAKARTA ANIES BASWEDAN IN FIGHTING THE SPREAD OF COVID -19 Auderey G. Tangkudung dan Agus Sugiharto Institut Bisnis & Multimedia (IBM) ASMI Jakarta Indonesia Email: [email protected] dan [email protected] INFO ARTIKEL ABSTRACT Diterima 2 Agustus 2020 The spread of COVID-19 in Jakarta and Indonesia is very fast, Diterima dalam bentuk revisi especially in Jakarta and its surroundings. The central 15 Agustus 2020 government led by President Jokowi has policies to combat the Diterima dalam bentuk revisi spread of COVID-19, while Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan 20 Agustus 2020 also has separate policies to combat the spread of COVID-19. Keywords: There are two different policies, and both have their own view Conflict, Policy, Leadership, in combating COVID-19. This paper discusses these policies Power. differences, the motives behind these differences, and how this policy conflict end. Further, this paper also analyzes whether or not this policy conflict represents both sides political view, and whether or not this policy conflict is related to the 2024 Presidential Election, and also which policy will be the best option for the people of Indonesia. The research methodology used is a qualitative methodology based on researching social media coverage and analyzing the news and writings contained in these media. Introduction States as the country with highest confirmed Corona virus has been known for a COVID-19 cases, followed by Italy, China, long time. However, the Corona Virus this Spain, Iran, England, Germany, France, the time has become an outbreak of an infectious Netherlands, and Turkey (Shalihah, 2020). disease called COVID -19 or Corona Virus Indonesia has become one of the Disease 2019. It was first discovered in country infected with COVID-19 after the Wuhan in December 2019, thenceforth President of Indonesia announced it publicly infected around 80,000 residents in Wuhan, on March 2, 2020 (ABC, 2020). The COVID- Hebei Province, China. Several researchers 19 case was started by two patients infected found that the COVID-19 has natural origin with COVID-19 reside in West Java, from animals, namely bats or bats. The spread specifically in the Depok City (Fadli, 2020). of COVID-19 disease was expected starting Both patients has family relationship as the from the culinary tradition of Wuhan child and the mother. The child named Sita residents who own bat menus as food. The contracted the CVID-19 from a Japanese Chinese government itself said that this virus citizen while visiting a café in the Kemang, was spread by American soldiers who were Jakarta. The Japanese citizen was tested athletes at the November 2019 world positive for COVID-19 when he was in Kuala championships in Wuhan China. History of Lumpur, Malaysia at the end of February. its spread. (Ani Mardatila, 2020). Recently, Afterward, the tracing was immediately 10 countries have been ranked in relation with conducted and the tracing arrived at Sita. Sita the spread of the Covid-19 with the United herself had experienced COVID-19 580 Policy Conflict Between President Joko Widodo And Governor Of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan In Fighting The Spread Of Covid -19 symptoms and was seeking treatment at Mitra (PSBB). In this paper the author wants to Depok Hospital. However, it was later discuss the conflict between the President and referred to RSSPI Kemayoran, Jakarta. The the Governor of DKI Jakarta in determining two patients were finally declared cured a few policies, especially policies in overcoming days after being treated. and combating the spread of COVID-19, both On the other hand, The Governor of in the capital city of Jakarta and Indonesia. DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, stated that Research question: 1) The author wants to COVID-19 had existed and was known since understand the background of the differences January 2020. Anies Baswedan said at the in policies between the President and the Indonesia Lawyers Club event as follows Governor of DKI Jakarta? Is it a political (Sari, 2020): issue? Or is it personal? 2) Was there any “COVID-19 is no longer news of involvement of individual supporters? 3) distant events, it is now among us, no longer What is the right and best policy that must be transmitted from foreigners to residents of taken for the good and the safety of the Jakarta, but among residents of Jakarta. We citizens of Jakarta and Indonesian in relation have been monitoring this since January, on action for combating the spread of COVID- January 7 we conducted socialization, when it 19? 4) How will the policy conflict between was still known as the Wuhan Memorial, and President Jokowi and DKI Jakarta Governor urged hospitals to prepare PPE. January 22, Anies Baswedan end? a special circular was made urging all hospitals to anticipate if there were patients Method with signs ... at that time, the name had The author uses qualitative research changed to the 2019 corona virus novel. It's methods with literature studies, such as all January, this is all I call phase one. (ILC, collecting interview data published on social March, 2020). media, such as Google and Youtube; From this statement, the Governor of conducting in-depth interviews with relevant DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, would like to sources; conducting focused discussions express that COVID-19 had spread in the (FGD) and finding other data. The theoretical capital city of Jakarta since January. framework that can be presented by the Meanwhile, the new President of Republic of author in this paper is the issue of policy Indonesia, Joko Widodo, announced conflicts, leadership conflicts, and the right regarding the spread of COVID-19 on March and best decisions. Making decisions and 2, 2020, as follows: policies is a leadership duties. However, in "We in Jakarta want to always be this case, conflicts of leadership and conflict vigilant, take measurable steps, for example, of policies are oftentimes occurred. Conflict today the number of people under may occur because of a struggle for influence, surveillance has increased from February 29 a struggle for power or a struggle for natural to 115, February 29, there are 32 people resources or natural resources (Winardi, under surveillance today to 374 people 2006). Competition or conflict according to currently being treated, currently the number Pondy 2002, has several stages, benign is increasing. very significant. " (ILC, 2020). stages, at this stage, the conflict is still in the The conflict between President Joko form of policy competition using social Widodo and the Governor of DKI Jakarta, media. The next stage may have been the Anies Baswedan has re-emerged in regard stage of insubordination, and the next stage is with a statement of implementing policies the mobilization of force, and the last stage is related to Large-Scale Social Restrictions the stage of confrontation between supporters, Syntax Transformation, Vol. 1 No. 9, November 2020 581 Auderey G. Tangkudung Dan Agus Sugiharto it could also involve armed supporters. The policies because in that period, there were next stage is the resolution stage. differences in decision making. According to Robert K. Yin, it is not Robert K. Yin also suggests the sufficient just to ask the word "what", (what) following case study report procedures: (1) to carry out the case study research process, when and how to start writing; (2) but also with "how" (how) and "why" (why), identification of cases: real or reported; (3) so the question "what" is meant to obtain review the text of case study. Case studies descriptive knowledge (descriptive knowledg may be conducted by: 1) Proves a description e), "how" (how) to obtain explanative of the problem, a detailed description of the knowledge (explanative knowledge), and observed context or setting and process, a "why" (why) to obtain explorative knowledge discussion of the essential elements and at (explorative knowledge). According to Yin, last, structuring the research results through research should emphasize the use of "how" “lessons learned”. 2) After introducing a case and "why" questions. These are two words for study (e.g. the problem of violence on enhancing and gaining in-depth knowledge of campus), further, the writer provides a the phenomena ensue in the field. In addition, detailed description of the setting and the form of the question is determining the chronology of the event. Thenceforward, strategy applied to obtain data. proceed to the important themes that emerged Yin description above becomes the in the analysis. 3) Data collection through author's reference in formulating the interviews with informants, observation, statement of this research study, particularly documentation, and audio-visual materials. "why" the conflict that occurs due to the By asking the following questions: What implementation of different policies from the happened? What involved as the response to leaders of DKI Jakarta and Indonesia. Robert the event ?; What response themes emerged K. Yin divides three analytical techniques for during the 6 (six) months ?; What theoretical the case study approach, namely (1) pattern constructs are developed uniquely in this matching, by using pattern matching logic. case? 4) The Narrative describes events by This logic compares a pattern based on correlating the context to a broader empirical data to a predicted pattern (or with framework. 5) Case verification using several some alternative predictions). If these two data sources for a theme through triangulation patterns are similar, the result will be able to and member checking. confirm the internal validity of the respective According to (Moleong, 2013) case studies; (2) Constructing an explanation, descriptive research accurately describes the which aims to analyze the case study data by nature of individuals, circumstances, constructing an explanation of the case in symptoms, and certain groups, determine the question and (3) time series analysis, which is frequency of certain relationships between widely used for the case studies that apply one symptom and another within society.