The Archipelago Regional Government Policy Reformulation in Indonesia

Abstract

The Republic of Indonesia is a country which has a characteristics archipelago. Hence each region boundaries and the rights distribution are regulated and stipulated through the local government laws. Nowadays, the regulatory has been being a multiple implications include the authority, borders and rights problems, challenges and also the obstacles. This phenomenon occurs because the continental paradigmatic model has been being chosen for regional development than its application to the regional regions which should be more ocean government or archipelagic government comprehensively. This research used a literature study method which has collected then analyzed systematically based on documentation and the various official reports which have significantly relevance to the research problem. The results of the study explain that both of the described regions (which has an archipelagic characteristic) shown the restructuring format and regional government laws reformulation. This suitable for catching up to the regional development achievement or performance. The arrangements means for reformulating the new different policy and also the government technical procedures either (Republic of Indonesia’s Law Number 23 year of 2014 which concerning to the regional governance)