Otonomi Daerah

Government Regulation in Lieu of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 2014 Concerning the Election of Governors, Regents and Mayors; and Government Regulation in Lieu of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 2 of 2014 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono used his constitutional right to issue a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu). There were two Perppu issued regarding the rejection of the direct regional elections bill which was passed by the DPR last week. First, Perppu Number 1 of 2014 concerning the Election of Governors, Regents and Mayors. Second, …

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Governor-Regent/Mayor Relations Test: Welcoming the Enactment of the New Regional Government Law

“The addition of authority to governors is one of the novelties in the stipulation of the new Regional Government Law (UU Pemda). The position of the governor is getting stronger in front of the regent/mayor. However, this also serves as a new test of the relationship between the level I and level II regional leaders” …

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Policy Note #1, 2014 | Response to the Government’s ‘Ignorance’ Policy: Building a Corruption Mitigation System within the Regional House of Representatives

In Kompas Daily, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 edition, Djohermansyah Djohan, Director General of Regional Autonomy of the Ministry of Home Affairs, stated that in the last 9 (nine) years, from 2005 to 1 July 2014, 3,169 members of provincial and district/city DPRDs have been entangled in corruption . In addition, 284 regional heads and deputy …

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Policy Memo #3 | Comments on the Regional Government Bill

Decentralization in Indonesia began on May 7, 1999. The decentralization referred to here is the conception and practice of decentralization in accordance with the Reform Agenda: implementing regional autonomy as wide as possible. This decentralization milestone was marked by the issuance of Law Number 22 of 1999 concerning Regional Government. Since then, the Regional Government …

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Unresolved Decentralization Causes Public Services to Suffer

In 1999, decentralization and regional autonomy were introduced in Indonesia to improve public services and increase accountability and transparency in local governance. After over a decade, people living outside the capital, such as in Banten province, still have poor access to health care and education, for instance, despite huge budgetary allocations from the central government …

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Reformasi, Otonomi Daerah dan CSO/NGO

DINAMIKA sosial politik di Indonesia juga membawa perubahan pada peta pergerakan CSO (civil society organization) atau NGO (non-governmental organization) di Indonesia. Kejatuhan rezim Soeharto dan terbukanya proses demokratisasi di Indonesia menumbuhkan wacana tata kelola pemerintahan yang baik, akuntabilitas dan transparansi dari berbagai institusi publik. LSM (lembaga swadaya masyarakat) atau NGO yang aktif mengawasi aktivitas negara dan lembaga politis lainnya, lambat …

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