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Policy Brief | Empowerment of BPD to Strengthen Village Democracy

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Through the principles of recognition and subsidiarity, Law No. 6 of 2014 on Villages (Village Law) carries the spirit of strengthening the village as an independent entity, which is an entity that can organize its own affairs without excess interference from the government structure above it (supra village government). In managing its own affairs, the …

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Ordering the Village Governments to Use the Village Fund Only for Infrastructure Development, PATTIRO: The President to Harm Villages’ Democratic Spirit

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Jakarta, 15 January 2016 – President Joko Widodo ordered the village governments to use the 2016 village fund disbursed by the central government only for infrastructure development[i]. PATTIRO regards the president’s statement as something that has harm villages’ democratic spirit. “The decision has violated the Village Law mandate which has provided more democratic spaces to …

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