The Government's Power and Democracy Participation to Eradicating Inequalities in Local

¹ Department of Government Science, Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Padjadjaran, Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21, Jatinangor, Sumedang, Jawa Barat 40132, Indonesia
² Department of Government Science, Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Mathla'ul Anwar, Jl. Raya Labuan Km. 23, Cikaliung, Saketi, Kec. Pandeglang, Banten 42273, Indonesia

Corresponding author email: idil.akbar@unpad.ac.id

Abstract

One of path to implement of democracy's values to eradicating inequalities is opened widely for public participation. As democracy's value for government is how the government must present democracy participate on its people. The government must create democracy participate in every level, including in local. This part will become differentiator how is the government's run. This article purposed to description and discussion how is the government's power and democracy participate frequent contradiction complicated, full dynamics, and conflict. Despite of government has given ample opportunities for peoples, but sometimes peoples must face the policies which uncompromised with this participation. This article based on research with qualitative descriptive method and data collected by literature. Resulted that Undang-Undang (Indonesian laws) has given the amble opportunities for peoples to participate in local politics and governance. The laws also giving generous to peoples to run participation based on local's values. Nevertheless, the freedom to participate frequent confronted with government interest which dominated by elite. Thus, in fact the local's peoples truly had efforts to participate in local politics and governance actively must face with government's power dominantly and determinately.