The New District of East Belitung: The Review Poliferation Process

• Main Author: HENDRI YANI
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2013-02-01
• Series: Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan
• Online Access: https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/jsp/article/view/122

The regional autonomy conducted in many functions of government. One of its forms is<br />proliferation of region. The aim of this study was to overview the proceed of proliferation in<br />East Belitung District. This research was a qualitative research consisted of two main<br />techniques to collect the data; they were interview and secondary data from documentations.<br />The findings show that there were ten steps to create the new East Belitung District. The<br />steps started from the preparations of local’s planning and administration to the final steps in<br />the hand of national parliaments. This study found that the number of local government in<br />Indonesia has increases, and the process at the central government level seem relatively easy.<br />But, the eligibility criteria being compromised. Then, the political will from communities<br />were not clear mention. Also there was a conflict interest between local government and<br />central government in the feasibility study for proliferation in Belitung District. It concluded<br />that we could not deny that political intervention in the bureaucracy has facilitated the<br />formation of East Belitung districts.<br />Keywords: proliferation, East Belitung