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This study aims to analyze the process and implications of changes in the General Budget Policy (KUA) and the Temporary Budget Priorities and Ceilings (PPAS) on the preparation of the Revised Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) for the Fiscal Year 2025 at the Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) of Sikka Regency. The research employs a qualitative descriptive approach using secondary data in the form of planning and budgeting documents as well as internship activity results. The findings indicate that the preparation process of KUA–PPAS has been conducted in accordance with applicable regulations, starting from planning based on RPJMD and RKPD, formulation by the Regional Government Budget Team (TAPD), and discussions with the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD), supported by the SIPD system. Changes in KUA–PPAS are influenced by internal factors such as discrepancies in revenue and expenditure realization, program shifts, and the utilization of budget surplus (SiLPA), as well as external factors including central government policy changes, macroeconomic conditions, and emergency situations.

The phenomenon of Generation Z’s political electability in the 2024 Legislative Election reflects a shift in patterns of political representation at the local level. The success of Generation Z candidates in securing legislative seats in Jambi City has become a noteworthy phenomenon, particularly amid the dominance of politicians from older generations. This study aims to analyze the political personal branding strategies employed by Generation Z candidates in building their electability in the 2024 Legislative Election in Jambi City. The research adopts a qualitative approach, with data collected through interviews, documentation, and literature review. The analysis is based on Peter Montoya’s Personal Branding theory, which consists of specialization, Leadership, Personality, Distinctiveness, visibility, unity, persistence, and goodwill. The findings reveal that the electability of Generation Z candidates is influenced not only by their young age or social media presence but also by their ability to establish social closeness with the community, maintain consistency in political behavior, engage in intensive interpersonal communication, and actively participate in social and community activities. Personal branding strategies that are developed consistently and sustainably have proven effective in fostering public trust and strengthening political legitimacy at the local level. The study concludes that political personal branding is one of the key factors contributing to the electability of Generation Z candidates in the 2024 Legislative Election in Jambi City.

. The effort to re-visualize regional architectural elements combined with modern touches is known as neo-vernakular architecture. In North Sumatra, there are various ethnic groups, including Batak, Mandailing, Malay, and others, each possessing rich traditional architectural values. This study aims to identify and analyze traditional architectural elements applied to the façade of the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building. The DPRD North Sumatra building is one of the government buildings that functions as a workplace for representatives of the people, council members, and the secretariat in carrying out governmental duties and public services. The building is located on Jalan Imam Bonjol with an area of approximately 8,000 square meters. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques through direct field surveys and literature studies related to the façade design of the DPRD North Sumatra building. The results show that the neo-vernakular character on the building façade is represented through several architectural elements, such as exposed columns, sunshading, opening forms, and other supporting elements that reflect a combination of traditional and modern architectural features.  

This study aims to analyze the authority of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of Sukabumi City based on Government Regulation Number 12 of 2018 concerning Guidelines for the Preparation of Standing Orders of Regional People's Representative Councils of Provinces, Regencies, and Cities. The authority of the DPRD is a crucial element in ensuring the effective implementation of regional governance under the principle of check and balances. This research employs a normative juridical legal research method with a descriptive-analytical specification. The approaches used include the statute approach, conceptual approach, and case approach. The analysis is conducted using the Authority Theory of Philipus M. Hadjon, which classifies sources of authority into attribution, delegation, and mandate. The results indicate that the authority of the DPRD of Sukabumi City in exercising its supervisory function originates from constitutional attribution directly conferred by Article 20A paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution, reinforced by Law Number 17 of 2014, Law Number 23 of 2014, and operationalized through Government Regulation Number 12 of 2018 Articles 19, 21, and 22. Such authority is imperative in nature, not merely discretionary. Failure to exercise it constitutes a violation of the constitutional mandate, resulting in what Hadjon refers to as a legal oversight vacuum that enables systematic and recurring legal violations.

General elections constitute a fundamental pillar of Indonesia’s democratic system, functioning as a mechanism for the exercise of popular sovereignty and the protection of citizens’ voting rights. During the 2024 Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD) election in Tarakan City, the Badan Pengawas Pemilu Kota Tarakan recorded twelve reports of alleged administrative violations throughout the electoral stages, including during the national vote recapitulation process. Of these reports, three allegations were proven, involving violations related to the Additional Voter List, the Special Voter List, and the eligibility requirements of candidates running for the Tarakan City DPRD in 2024. Essentially, election law enforcement serves as a safeguard to ensure fairness, legal certainty, and the protection of citizens’ constitutional right to vote. This study aims to examine the implementation of legal enforcement mechanisms against administrative violations in the 2024 Tarakan City DPRD election. A socio-legal research approach was employed to analyze both normative regulations and their practical application. Referring to Peraturan Bawaslu Nomor 8 Tahun 2022 concerning the Settlement of Administrative Violations of General Elections, the findings indicate that the Tarakan City Bawaslu holds authority in adjudicating and imposing sanctions on proven violations. As a result, one candidate, Erick Hendrawan Septian Putra, was disqualified from Electoral District 1. Furthermore, sanctions were imposed on the chairpersons and members of Polling Station 88 in Karang Anyar and Polling Station 2 in Pamusian for failing to carry out their duties as voting organizing groups in the election and subsequent processes.

This study was designed to measure the extent to which employee benefits influence employee performance within the Regional House of Representatives of Mamasa Regency office environment. The research employed an associative quantitative approach and involved all 51 employees as research subjects using a saturated sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaires, direct observation, and document analysis, then processed using multiple regression analysis assisted by SPSS version 25. The findings revealed that employee salaries and benefits have a positive and significant effect on employee performance, with a significance value of 0.017 < 0.05. The regression analysis also showed that both variables provide a significant influence on employee performance, indicated by an F-count value of 67.260, which is greater than the F-table value of 3.19. In addition, the coefficient of determination value of 0.784 indicates that 78.4% of the variation in employee performance can be explained by employee income and benefits. These findings demonstrate that adequate employee compensation is a crucial factor in encouraging higher motivation, improving work productivity, and supporting better employee performance within the organization.

Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSER) plays a strategic role in supporting sustainable development through improving community welfare and environmental protection. However, the implementation of CSER in regional areas still faces several challenges, including the lack of optimal local regulations, weak coordination among stakeholders, and limited understanding among the public and business actors regarding CSER implementation. This community service activity aims to provide socialization regarding the preparation of the Academic Draft for the Regional Regulation Initiative of the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) of North Sumatra Province in 2025 concerning CSER. The activity was carried out through lectures, interactive discussions, and academic assistance involving local government representatives, academics, business sectors, and the community. The results of the activity indicated an increased understanding among participants regarding the importance of establishing the CSER Regional Regulation Draft, the mechanism for preparing academic manuscripts, and the need for collaboration between the government, companies, and the community in supporting participatory and sustainable regional regulations.

Constitutional Court Decision No. 135/PUU-XXII/2024, which separates the schedules for national elections (2029) and regional elections (2031), has the potential to create a legislative vacuum or institutional void in the Regional People’s Representative Councils (DPRD) during the 2029–2031 transition period. This is because the terms of office for DPRD members elected in the 2024 elections end in 2029, while the next elections will not be held until 2031, and there are currently no transitional provisions governing the mechanism for filling these vacancies. This study aims to analyze the legal implications of the decision regarding the potential for a DPRD vacancy and to evaluate the limits of the Constitutional Court’s authority in determining the design of synchronized elections. Using a normative legal research method with legislative, conceptual, and case-based approaches, this study identified three alternative mechanisms for filling DPRD vacancies: by-elections, term extensions, or amending the law with transitional provisions. The term extension option is deemed the most proportionate as it prioritizes legal certainty and legitimacy. This ruling has also sparked debate as it is viewed as exceeding the Constitutional Court’s authority as a negative legislator and entering the realm of open legal policy, although substantively it opens space for strengthening local democracy. The government and the House of Representatives are recommended to immediately revise the Election Law and the Regional Government Law by adding transitional provisions that explicitly regulate the mechanism for filling vacancies in the Regional People’s Representative Council (DPRD) during the 2029–2031 transition period in a careful and participatory manner.

This research is motivated by the phenomenon of Izhar Majid’s election, as he successfully maintained his position as a legislative member in Jambi Province and achieved a significant victory in his constituency despite intense political competition. His success is notable because he does not come from a political family, lacks elite family connections, and was still able to maintain his voter base after switching political parties. This condition raises questions about how he utilized political capital to gain public support. The study aims to analyze the forms, strategies, and utilization of political capital in winning political contests. Using political capital theory, this descriptive qualitative research collected primary data through interviews and secondary data from documentation, literature, and official election results. The findings show that his success was driven by the optimization of integrated political capital. Social capital was built through strong networks with community leaders and voter groups. Symbolic capital emerged from his positive image and reputation. Economic capital supported structured campaign activities. Combined with direct public engagement and targeted communication media, these factors significantly increased his visibility and electability.

This study explores how young legislative candidates at the local level utilize Instagram as a campaign medium in the era of political digitalism. The focus is on two DPRD candidates in Tangerang City during the 2024 election in Electoral District 3 (Cipondoh–Pinang): Muhamad Azka Nur Fauzi from the National Mandate Party and Ashma Nafilah Maulida from the Prosperous Justice Party. Employing a qualitative descriptive approach and in-depth interviews with key informants, this research analyzes their personal branding strategies using Peter Montoya’s eight laws of personal branding.  The findings reveal that despite their relatively small number of followers, both candidates successfully built authentic and community-relevant political images. MANF emphasized UMKM development and religiosity, aligning with his personal background, while ANM highlighted humanistic social programs and her unique writing hobby. Nevertheless, both still showed weaknesses in several of Montoya’s principles, particularly distinctiveness and visibility consistency. The study concludes that Instagram is not merely a low-cost promotional tool but a strategic platform for local candidates to foster public trust, provided their personal branding remains authentic, consistent, and responsive to local needs.

This study aims to analyze the political strategies implemented by the Partai Keadilan Sejahtera faction in advocating community aspirations within the North Sumatra Provincial Regional House of Representatives. The research employs a qualitative approach using a descriptive method. Data were collected through interviews, observation, and documentation. Interviews were conducted with Hannah May Lisa as a PKS staff member and Riduansyah as a faction expert staff at the DPRD Secretariat of North Sumatra. The results indicate that the PKS faction’s political strategy in advocating public aspirations involves several stages: gathering community aspirations through recess activities and direct communication with constituents, internal faction discussions to determine priority issues, and political communication and collaboration with other factions and the regional government. In addition, the role of faction expert staff is essential in providing policy analysis and supporting data for the decision-making process. Therefore, faction political strategies play an important role in ensuring that public aspirations are accommodated in regional public policies.

The Secretariat of the Regional People's Representative Council (DPRD) of Southwest Sumba Regency plays an important role in supporting local government administration. In carrying out its duties, the Secretariat produces various administrative documents that must be properly managed and maintained. However, archive management is still conducted conventionally through physical storage, which increases the risk of document damage, loss, and inefficiency in retrieval. This study aims to develop a web-based archive management information system to improve the effectiveness of document management. The research methodology involves several systematic stages, including needs analysis, system design, development, and system implementation. Data were collected through observation and interviews to identify existing problems in archive management practices. The results show that the developed system provides significant improvements in managing archives electronically. It enables faster data access, better document organization, and reduced risk of physical damage. Therefore, the system offers a practical solution to enhance administrative efficiency and support digital transformation within the DPRD Secretariat of Southwest Sumba Regency.

Women’s representation in legislative institutions is an important indicator for assessing the quality of democracy and gender equality in a political system. Indonesia has implemented an affirmative policy requiring a minimum quota of 30% female candidates in legislative elections. However, its implementation at the local level still faces various challenges. This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of tokenism and the forms of women’s political representation in the nomination and election process of members of the Cilegon City Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) for the 2024–2029 period. This research employs a qualitative method with a descriptive approach using literature review and secondary data analysis. The analysis is based on Hanna Pitkin’s theory of political representation, which categorizes representation into four types: formal, symbolic, descriptive, and substantive. The findings show that only 4 out of 40 seats in the Cilegon City DPRD are occupied by women, representing approximately 10% of the total membership, and this figure has remained unchanged compared to the previous period. This condition indicates a gap between the fulfillment of the female candidate quota at the nomination stage and the low level of electoral success. Furthermore, the political recruitment process within parties also reflects indications of tokenism, where female candidates are often included merely to fulfill administrative requirements without sufficient political support. As a result, women’s representation in the Cilegon DPRD tends to remain at the formal and descriptive levels, while substantive representation remains a challenge in local political practice.

In the Minangkabau social system, women hold a crucial position as owners of lineage and inherited property. However, in formal political practice, women's representation in legislative institutions remains relatively low. This study uses a qualitative approach, collecting data through interviews, documentation, and literature review. The results indicate that despite the affirmative action policy of a 30 percent quota for women in legislative candidacy, the representation of elected women remains limited. This is influenced by several factors, including patriarchal culture in local politics, limited political resources for women, and low political party support for female candidates. These findings suggest that the matrilineal system does not automatically result in equal political representation for women in legislative institutions. Therefore, strengthening women's political capacity and ensuring political party commitment to encouraging increased women's representation in legislative institutions is necessary. This study aims to analyze the low political representation of women in the West Pasaman Regency legislative institution in the 2024 General Election.

Regional Regulations (Perda) constitute a fundamental legal instrument in the administration of regional autonomy in Indonesia. This study aims to: (1) analyze the judicial review mechanism for laws that harm individuals or legal entities within Indonesia's constitutional system; (2) examine procedures for reviewing Government Regulations with implications for harm to individuals or legal entities; and (3) evaluate Perda formation procedures of the West Java Provincial Government and DPRD from the perspective of the State Administrative Court (PTUN). The study employs a normative-empirical method with a descriptive-analytical juridical-normative approach, supplemented by semi-structured interviews with representatives of Bapemperda DPRD West Java Province. Findings indicate that the Constitutional Court's judicial review mechanism is insufficiently responsive to individual remediation; judicial review of sub-statutory regulations by the Supreme Court is not optimally integrated with PTUN mechanisms; and Perda formation in West Java faces procedural constraints including budget limitations, shortage of legislative experts, inadequate substantive public participation, and institutional political dynamics. The theoretical implication affirms the need for incidental review reform within PTUN as a complement to judicial review.

This study aims to analyze the authority of the governor in proposing regional regulation drafts (Raperda) in Bengkulu Province from a constitutional law perspective. Such authority constitutes an essential part of the executive function in the regional legislative process, reflecting the principles of decentralization as well as the relationship between the regional government and the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). This research employs a normative juridical method with statutory and conceptual approaches, supported by an analysis of governance practices at the regional level. The results indicate that, normatively, the governor’s authority in proposing Raperda has been clearly regulated by prevailing laws and regulations. However, in practice, several issues persist, including overlapping authority between the executive and legislative branches, the dominance of local political interests, limited institutional capacity, and weak inter-agency coordination. From a constitutional law perspective, these conditions demonstrate that the implementation of checks and balances and good governance principles in the regional legislative process has not been fully optimized. Therefore, strengthening regulatory frameworks, enhancing institutional capacity, and improving coordination mechanisms and public participation are necessary to ensure the effective exercise of the governor’s authority in proposing regional regulations..

Social protection programs in Indonesia play a strategic role in poverty alleviation and supporting economic development. One form of social protection implementation at the regional level is the Depok Prosperity Card (KDS) Program, implemented by the Depok City Government as a means of ensuring food security for underprivileged communities. However, the program's implementation has been deemed incompletely transparent and poorly targeted, as expressed by several members of the Depok City Council (DPRD). Therefore, this study aims to analyze the implementation of the city's food security policy through the Depok Sejahtera Card Program in Tanah Baru Village, Depok City. This study uses Charles O. Jones's policy implementation theory, which encompasses three main indicators: organization, interpretation, and implementation. The research method used is descriptive with a qualitative approach. The results indicate that, from an organizational perspective, the Depok Sejahtera Card Program has been implemented quite well, characterized by a clear division of tasks among relevant stakeholders. From an interpretive perspective, the program has a strong legal basis through Depok Mayor Regulation Number 79 of 2022 and aims to reduce poverty. However, various obstacles remain in the implementation aspect, resulting in program implementation not being optimal and efficient. Nevertheless, the program is considered beneficial for recipient communities, although an increase in the amount of assistance is still needed to meet food needs for a period of one month.

This study aimed do analyse the level of effectivenss of thr budget planning process at the Secretariat of the Regional House of Representatives in Sikka Regency for the year 2024 and to assess the extent to which the budget planning prepared through the Work Plan and Budget Document (RKA) and the Budget Implementation Document (BID) proves effective. The research employed a descriptive qualitative method, with data collected through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentary study. The findings indicated that the budget planning process at the Secretariat of the Regional House of Representatives in Sikka Regency can be classified as reasonably effective. This effectiveness is evidenced by: (1) the alignment between planned programs and organisational needs, (2) the systematic preparation of budget documents, and (3) the existence of a verification process conducted by the Regional Government Budget Team which ensures that the planned budget is more target-oriented and accurate. Furthermore, the RKA and DPA documents have effectively served as operational guidelines for activity implementation and budget utilization throughout the fiscal year.

Budget planning and realisation constitute cricital components in ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of public financial management. This study aims to evaluate the planning and realisation of expenditure budgets at the Secretariat of the Regional House of Representatives in Sikka Regency. The research adopted a descriptive qualitative approach, with data collected through observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. The findings indicate that the budget planning process at the Secretariat of the DPRD in Sikka Regency has been carried out in accordance with applicable procedurse. However, during the realisation phase, several challenges persist, including administrative delays and technical obstacles in activity implementation. Overall, the realisation of the expenditure budget has proceeded with reasonable effectivenees, although improvements are still required in coordination and planning accuracy. Therefore, enhanced planning and optimal supervision are necessary to ensure optimal budget execution.

This internship report aimed to describe the results of the analysis of employee performance at the Secretariat of the DPRD of Sikka Regency, particularly in providing administrative support for the budgeting function and achieving organizational accountability. The internship was conducted for four months, from August 11 to December 12, 2025, and took place in the Budgeting and Oversight Division. Data collection methods used in preparing this report included participatory observation of bureaucratic activities, structured interviews with the Head of the Budgeting and Oversight Division, and review of internal documents such as the 2024 Performance Report (LAKIP). The analysis focused on identifying operational obstacles and formulating effective problem-solving strategies.The results of the analysis showed that although administrative governance had generally been implemented in accordance with procedures, significant constraints were still found, including limited human resource competencies, low levels of work discipline, and inadequate facilities and infrastructure. These issues affected delays in the completion of financial accountability reports (LPJ), which in turn influenced the credibility of budget accountability. As a solution, this report formulated optimization strategies through strengthening periodic technical guidance (Bimtek), increasing staff supervision, and improving the effectiveness of internal communication patterns. The implementation of these strategies is expected to ensure the creation of work efficiency and sustainable budget accountability within the Secretariat of the DPRD of Sikka Regency.