Law Politics of North Borneo Province Act Establishment

Abstract

One of the reformation spirits applied by the Indonesian Republic is “Central government has the authority to hand over some of its power to the regions based on the autonomy rights (Negara Kesatuan with desentralisation system).

The autonomy rights are applied in the form of Regional Redistricting or new autonomy region. Legally, the redistricting requirements or the establishment of a region to be a new autonomy region like towns/cities or provinces are not that difficult. That is why the discourse about new Province Establishment in Inland Frontier Area is a discourse which must be done to shorten the control span and to give welfare to the regions, like the establishment of North Borneo Province which borders with Malaysia. However, there are still many problems seen from Juridical Review in Laws No. 20, 2012 about the Establishment of North Borneo Province because it is felt that it is not relevant with the reformation spirit, in which there is an obscurity in Article 19. Thus, a strong legal reasoning of Law Politics is needed to understand the Legality of North Borneo Province Establishment wisely.

Keywords: Regional Autonomy, Law Politics, Frontier and Inland Area