Decentralization in the Wearing of Face Mask Policy in Indonesia’s New Normal Condition

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.066How to use a DOI?

Keywords

COVID-19, decentralization, new normal, public policy, face mask

Abstract

Facing COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia today has come to phase of new normal by applying health protocols advised by World Health Organization (WHO), such as wearing face mask, social distancing, and washing hands. In supporting the policies, Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) has launched campaign especially in giving face masks, policy socialization in formal and informal aspects, and law enforcements. The campaign then reflects how central and local government should work together in the sense of decentralization to habituate the wearing of face mask in public sphere. The question is, how may decentralization take roles in the wearing of face mask policy in Indonesia today? This paper would use qualitative method by asserting data from recent news while analysing them within decentralization and other public policy theories. Three main ideas of decentralization in political, administrative, and fiscal aspects would be explained to show how initiatives from local governments, roles from other institutions, and law enforcements are needed to support central and local connections in this decentralization. While other countries may use centralization to face COVID-19, Indonesia still holds its core in decentralization since it has become such spirit in public matters. Besides, since it has come to the phase of new normal, then speaking of new faces of decentralization is required to realize future policies towards this pandemic situation. From socializing the policy to giving sanctions are attained to show how decentralization is not just about central or national, but also local issues as reflected in today’s local autonomy in public sphere affairs.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hirshi Anadza
AU  - Rommel Utungga Pasopati
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/30
TI  - Decentralization in the Wearing of Face Mask Policy in Indonesia’s New Normal Condition
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Public and Business Administration (AICoBPA 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 352
EP  - 355
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.066
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.066
ID  - Anadza2021
ER  -