The Phenomenon of Corruption in the Local Government Administration: Study in Semarang City Government

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  • Rizari, Hariawan Bihamding, Andi Azikin, Hasdanil

Abstract

The problem of this study is related to the widespread corruption that plagued the entire order of the nation and state in this country. With the advent of the reform era and with all the accompanying change which one of them is the implementation of regional autonomy in decentralization system. The transfer authority from the center to the regions aimed at improving the welfare of the public areas causes transferring and spreading the virus of corruption in regions. Because of this phenomenon, governance in the region tend to have a lot of irregularities and fraud, especially regarding the use of budget development and utilization of potential sources in the area by unscrupulous local elites from both the executive and legislative branches, ecspecially at Semarang City Government. This study used a qualitative and descriptive approach. In collecting the data, the researcher interviewed some bureaucrat, regional legislatives, judicial officers, NGO, society leaders, etc. The findings show that the governance in Semarang City tend to show the corruptive behavior to bureaucrats and politician. This study shows that there was a tendency of corrupt behavior in the Semarang City government administration especially bureaucrats and politicians with various kinds of method that commonly applied in taking society’s right to fulfill their personal or group interests. Those showed moduses which were not only happened in Semarang City, but also pretended in various region because of the same systems and frailties that easily misused. 

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2020-05-18

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