By: Hanif Nurcholis, Postgraduate Lecturer at the Open University, Secretary General of the Association of State Administration Scientists. The politics of local government in our country always go back and forth, from decentralized to centralized and vice versa (Bhenyamin Hoessein, 1993). At the beginning of independence, our country adopted a decentralized model (Law No. 1/1945, …
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 …
Policy Memo #3 | Comments on the Regional Government Bill Read More »
At the beginning of November 2013, the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Gamawan Fauzi again released sad news. Mendagri mentioned, currently, 309 Regional Heads are involved in legal problems. At the end of 2012, the Minister of Home Affairs also stated that there were 290 regional heads who were caught in (legal) corruption cases. This …
The prevention effort of corruption at region must be started with the synchronizing the rules and regulations relating to regional autonomy. Regional government bill that is being discussed by central government and the House of Representatives considered potentially “encourage” the spreading of corruption at region. One of them appears from provisions of article no. 47 …
Regional Government Bill (RUU Pemda) potentially “nourish” Corruption Read More »
In accordance with the 2013 National Legislation Program, currently Commission II of the DPR RI is discussing several draft laws, including the Pilkada Bill, the Regional Government Bill, the Village Bill and the State Civil Apparatus Bill. In addition, the 2013 Prolegnas priority list contains the Bill on Regional Central Financial Relations which is a …
Policy Memo: Harmonization of 5 Draft Laws Related to Regional Government Read More »
Now days parliament is discussing the various drafts of the law (bill/RUU). There are five bills related to the implementation of the decentralization policy. Namely, the local government bill, village bill, the election bill, bill of financial ties between regional and center (HKPD), and Bill of civilian state apparatus (ASN). Ideally, those five bills run …
Draft of Local Government Act (RUU Pemda) potentially against the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK). In the decision of the Court in 2011, is mentioned, the investigation officer who lodged the law does not need written approval from the president. But, the government bill is being discussed in the Parliament, the Constitutional Court returned …
Metrotvnews.com, Jakarta: House of Representatives and the government urged to change the substance of Article 74 of Local Government bill which is related to the investigation action toward regional head and deputy regional head that violate the law as an act of corruption. This article was impeded law enforcement because it requires the approval of …
Rancangan Undang-Undang Pemerintahan Daerah (Pemda) terus jadi sorotan sejumlah kalangan. Pasalnya, RUU itu berpotensi jadi celah kepala daerah menyalahgunakan kewenangan dalam APBD. DIREKTUR Eksekutif Pusat Telaah dan Informasi Regional (PATTIRO) Sad Dian Utomo kepada Rakyat Merdeka, mengungkapkan, peluang kepala daerah untuk merancang dan mengesahkan RAPBD sangat terbuka. Sebab, dalam RUU Pemda Pasal 202 dan 207 …
Special Committee (Pansus) for the Village Bill began to take steps by making several agreements with the government, including making a classification of villages. “The DPR and the government have agreed to classify villages. There are villages and traditional villages,” said F-PAN Special Committee member Totok Daryanto to JurnalParlemen, Wednesday (10/4). Totok said, the inclusion …
Special Committee for the Village Bill Agreed on Two Types of Villages Read More »
The draft law on local government that is being discussed in the House of Representatives is considered to still provide opportunities for the emergence of discriminatory regional regulations (Perda). This point emerged in a focus group discussion held by the Regional Research and Information Center (PATTIRO) at the Ibis Hotel, Friday (15/3). “Because from the …
Draft Local Government Bill Provides Loopholes to Discriminatory Bylaws Read More »
