Elections in Indonesia continue to evolve to enhance the quality of democracy and administrative effectiveness. The Constitutional Court Decision Number 135/PUU-XXII/2024 establishes the separation of national and regional elections, driven by organizer fatigue and the risk of declining political representation quality due to simultaneous elections, and demands adjustments to Law Number 7 of 2017 and Law Number 6 of 2020. This research uses a normative juridical method with legislative, conceptual, and case approaches. The research results show that the separation of elections strengthens administrative effectiveness, the quality of political representation, and government stability, while simultaneously creating two different funding cycles between the national and regional levels. The main findings emphasize the need for regulatory harmonization, cross-level fiscal coordination, and transparent oversight mechanisms to maintain fiscal legitimacy and the quality of democracy, as well as to demonstrate the structural implications of constitutional decisions on the legal system and electoral budget management.
The village food security program is a crucial strategy for supporting economic independence and community well-being. Village-Owned Enterprises (BUM Desa), as managers of food security programs, are required to possess strong administrative communication and coordination skills to ensure effective program planning and implementation. However, in practice, various problems persist, such as unorganized bookkeeping, suboptimal institutional legality, and weak coordination between stakeholders. This Community Service activity aims to provide assistance with administrative communication and coordination of the food security program at the Makmur Lestari BUM Desa in Kincang Wetan Village. The method used was a participatory approach through coordination, administrative assistance, and the review and finalization of food security program planning documents. The results of the activity demonstrated improved administrative order, clarity of planning documents, and strengthened coordination between BUM Desa management and the village government. This assistance also encouraged more systematic and well-documented institutional communication. Overall, this activity made a positive contribution to strengthening BUM Desa governance and supporting the sustainability of the village-based food security program.
Corruption is categorized as an organized extraordinary crime, thus requiring specialized law enforcement methods. Given its complex character, the role of a whistleblower as an insider becomes highly crucial as the primary entry point for law enforcement agencies to uncover such crimes. However, the high risk of retaliatory criminalization, as evidenced by the case of TY (an internal auditor at BAZNAS West Java) who was designated as an ITE Law suspect after reporting alleged corruption, reveals a significant gap in law enforcement. This study aims to analyze the strategic role of whistleblowers in disclosing corruption and the legal urgency of providing them with legal protection. The research method employed is normative legal research utilizing a statute approach and a conceptual approach. The results indicate that although the whistleblower's role is pivotal and normatively guaranteed legal immunity under Law Number 3 of 2026 concerning Witness and Victim Protection, its implementation remains ineffective due to the ongoing threats of criminalization and occupational risks. Therefore, the legal urgency for whistleblower protection is absolute, requiring the firm commitment of law enforcement officers and the strengthening of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) to prevent the criminalization of good-faith whistleblowers.
Effective local governance demands information transparency, particularly in public budget accountability mechanisms. This study aims to examine the effect of implementing an electronic parliament system on the transparency of budget management in the Regional House of Representatives of Ngawi Regency. The conceptual frameworks used in this study include good governance theory, agency theory, and e-government theory. The research method applied is quantitative with an explanatory approach through a questionnaire-based survey distributed to forty-two council members as respondents. Data analysis techniques involve classical assumption tests and simple linear regression analysis. The results show that the electronic parliament has a positive relationship direction with a regression coefficient of 0.504, but this effect is not significant because the t-statistic value is smaller than the t-table and the significance value is greater than the 0.05 threshold. The coefficient of determination indicates a variable contribution of 3%, while the rest is influenced by other factors such as organizational commitment and human resource quality. The main contribution of this study lies in the originality of the empirical testing of legislative digitalization at the second-tier local government level, proving that technology adoption does not automatically guarantee fiscal transparency without organizational readiness. Tata kelola pemerintahan daerah yang efektif menuntut adanya keterbukaan informasi, terutama dalam mekanisme pertanggungjawaban anggaran publik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh penerapan sistem parlemen elektronik terhadap transparansi pengelolaan anggaran di Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten Ngawi. Landasan konseptual yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini meliputi teori tata kelola pemerintahan yang baik, teori agensi, dan teori pemerintahan elektronik. Metode penelitian yang diterapkan adalah kuantitatif dengan pendekatan eksplanatori melalui survei menggunakan kuesioner kepada empat puluh dua anggota dewan selaku responden. Teknik analisis data menggunakan uji asumsi klasik dan analisis regresi linier sederhana. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa parlemen elektronik memiliki arah hubungan positif dengan koefisien regresi sebesar 0,504, namun pengaruh tersebut tidak signifikan karena nilai t-hitung lebih kecil dari t-tabel serta signifikansi lebih besar dari taraf 0,05. Koefisien determinasi menunjukkan kontribusi variabel sebesar 3%, sedangkan sisanya dipengaruhi faktor lain seperti komitmen organisasi dan kualitas sumber daya manusia. Kontribusi utama penelitian ini terletak pada orisinalitas pengujian empiris digitalisasi legislatif di tingkat pemerintah daerah tingkat dua, yang membuktikan bahwa adopsi teknologi tidak serta-merta menjamin keterbukaan fiskal tanpa kesiapan aspek organisasional.
Purpose: This study examines the determinants of banking profitability in Indonesia by analyzing the effects of credit distribution, capital adequacy, liquidity, monetary policy rates, and the COVID-19 shock using a dynamic time series framework.Research Methodology: Monthly data from January 2010 to June 2025 were analyzed using the Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and Error Correction Model (ECM) approaches. HAC/Newey-West robust standard errors were employed to improve estimation reliability.Results: The findings confirm a long-run relationship between the variables. Credit distribution exhibits dynamic effects on profitability, while liquidity significantly affects profitability in both the short and long runs. The COVID-19 variable negatively affects banking profitability, whereas capital adequacy and monetary policy rates are statistically insignificant. The ECM results indicate a gradual adjustment toward long-run equilibrium.Conclusions: Banking profitability in Indonesia is primarily influenced by liquidity conditions, credit adjustment mechanisms, and external shocks rather than capital adequacy or monetary policy rates.Limitations: This study uses aggregate banking industry data and has limited explanatory variables.Contributions: This study contributes to the banking literature by providing dynamic evidence using high-frequency monthly data and an ARDL-ECM framework incorporating structural pandemic shocks.
