The Role of Village Deliberational Institution in Growing Community Legal Awareness

(Study of Community Reality in Pojok Klitih Plandaan Jombang Village)

Abstract

This study aims to 1) Identify and analyze the role of the Village Deliberational Institution in fostering legal awareness of the people of Pojok Klitih Plandaan Jombang Village, 2) Identifying and analyzing what factors are behind the Village Deliberational Institution to foster legal awareness of the people of Pojok Klitih Plandaan Jombang Village. This research uses normative legal research methods in it combined with comparative methods, observations, and case studies. The research subject was the Civil servants of Pojok Klitih Village, Plandaan District, Jombang Regency. The data collection methods were observation, interview, and documentation. The data analysis technique used is qualitative analysis with three stages, namely reducing data, presenting data, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study found that 1) Village Deliberational Institution (BPD) process in the formation and stipulation of Village Regulations (PERDES) in Klitih Village, Plandaan District, Jombang Regency was not in accordance with UUD  Number 12 of 2012, 2) The factors that became obstacles in the preparation and determination of PERDES were: a) Low of public awareness of village regulations, b) Poor quality of performance of Village civil servants and Village Deliberational Institution’s (BPD), c) Lack of village budget in every legislative process, d) Low internal quality of Village Deliberational Institution (BPD).