"I thought Mr. Anies came here ..."
JAKARTA - The presence of the Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan to the village of Aquarium, Penjaringan, North Jakarta on Saturday (14/4/2018) was awaited by the residents there. Not only from residents who live in shelters but also tents.
"I think Mr Anies will see, maybe from a distance 'there is still a tent' or there is a curious what it is, it is only in block A, yes," said Upi (39) at the location.
During his visit, Anies visited several houses that lived in block A shelters for about 15 minutes. It was not done to residents living in blocks B, C and tents.
Upi said he and 16 other families who settled in the tent were natives of Aquarium village. However, when the sharing of shelter and other he did not get the space.
Though he continued, he had lived for 39 years in that place. According to him, residents who live in shelters are not all native villagers of Aquarium, aka contractors. "Why is there no justice (for) being in the tent," he said.
The same is also stated by Laila (40). He thought Anies would also come to his current location. "The man had just packed Anies just to block A," Laila said.
He claimed to have been born in the village live Aquarium continue to live in the home of his parents. His old house has now been occupied as a shelter while he lives in a tent.
In the Aquarium village there are two large dark green tents near shelter B. They divide the spaces with bulkheads made of plywood as a barrier between families.
The use of resident bathrooms that are in the tent was different from the shelter. They built a bathroom with a 1 x 1 meter tarpaulin.
On different occasions, when asked about the existence of residents who live in tents. Anies said she would check the status of his residence whether or not the original citizens.
"Nantu checked the status.You can check whether residents here or not, from the flat or not," said Anies.
Previously planned to be built 120 shelters for villagers Aquarium. However, the shelter currently only accommodates 90 families, 16 families in tents and others no longer live there post-eviction in April 2016.