Reflection on the First 100 Days
Politics is about tradition. Every time a new administration is inaugurated, there is a tendency to evaluate its performance in the first 100 days.
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President Joko Widodo (center left) and Vice President Ma\'ruf Amin (center right) pose with the new Cabinet on 23 Oct. 2019 on the front steps of Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta.
Politics is about tradition. Every time a new administration is inaugurated, there is a tendency to evaluate its performance in the first 100 days. Despite President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s insistence that there will be no 100-day work program. The public still awaits policy breakthroughs in the first three months. In this case, politics is about expectation.
Other than about tradition and expectation, politics (public policy) is about execution. Despite the Indonesia Onward Cabinet’s work programs being continuations of those of the Working Cabinet, the government’s performance in the next five years will be highly determined by program executions in the first three months. As a matter of fact, it is not that the government does not care about its performance assessment in the first 100 days. The omnibus bills on taxation and job creation are seemingly the delivery targets in the first 100 days.