Reconstruction on the Regulation of Governor Role in Regional Government Operation System in Indonesia

The position and the role of governor as regulated in Law No. 22 of and subsequently revised with Law No. 32 of 2004 has such problems related to the position and the role of governor that in one side is as regional chief and in the other side is as central government representative in the region. Governor as government representative in province area has no adequate supervision power. From the result of this study shows that problems in the position and the role of governor are caused by: First, Law No.22 of 1999/Law No. 32 of 2004 clarified that the focus of regional autonomous operation is in regency and municipal. Second, because the law also clarified that there is no hierarchical correlation between province government with regency and municipal. Third, although later the government issued the government regulations that govern on the position also the role of governor especially as the central government representative in regional that given power to give sanctions and rewards to regent/mayor, yet the government regulations are not adequate because the problem is not the explicit of legislations regulation. Reconstruction in the regulation of governor role in the regional government operation system in the future should be based on the consideration of Indonesia upright as unitary state, globalization demand, good governance demand, problem solutions for coordination, development and supervision also the increment of society welfare. This reconstruction also has effect to the governor and vice governor election system. If the reconstruction on governor role more focused on the governor and vice governor as central government representative in regional, then, the government election is directly not relevant or consistent with the role. Normatively, authorities regulated in Law No. 19 of 2010 also the regulation of sanctions as represented in Law No. 23 of 2011 has clarified the governor authority. Strengthening the governor authority is not only by government regulations, but also through legislations; it is by changing Law No. 32 of 2004.