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This study aimed to answer problems related to: 1) How is the implication of the Government Administrative Law on the functions of the State Administrative Court (PTUN), does the existence of the Administrative Law weaken or strengthen the functions of PTUN as an oversight body? 2) Are there any needs to reinforce the functions of PTUN as the absolute competences of PTUN are increasing after the Administrative Court of the Government is applicable? This study was a normative legal research by analyzing primary, secondary, and tertiary legal materials using qualitative juridical approach. This research concludes that: 1) An increasing absolute competence of PTUN might weaken or strengthen the functions of PTUN, depending on the integrity of human resources, including judges; and 2) There is a need to strengthen the functions of PTUN as the absolute competence of PTUN is increasing based on the Administrative Law of Government by: a) immediately amending the Administrative Law in accordance with the Administration Law of Government and increasing the force to execute decisions by establishing an executive body to execute PTUN decisions; b) increasing the independence of PTUN judges in examining, deciding and resolving any disputes or petitions.

The 1945 Constitution of Republic of Indonesia states that it is mandatory for government to ensure all of citizen life and well-being in any conditions and to protect them. This mandate take its concrete form by constructing the relevant National Development Plan. The government responsibility in disaster management is in the hands of central and local government—it is supposedly in well-planned and integrated manner. However, in reality, there is still a lot of overlapping authority and bureaucracy from both the central and local or regional governments in disaster management. The harmonization is needed between the central and regional governments, with the basis of granting the widest possible autonomy within the framework of a unitary state. The purpose of this research is to identify the central and regional relationship arrangements in disaster management in the prevailing regulations and to identify steps that must be taken to realize the harmonization of regulation arrangement between the central government and the regions in disaster management. This research is a normative juridical research and uses a basic, systematic approach and the law synchronization approach. From this paper, it is found that the legal politics of central and regional relations in the planning document have been designed to always be synchronous and consistent and have a high level of harmonization, but in the implementation stage it still needs to be reviewed because there are still disharmony caused by the lack of involvement of local governments as partners and communication between the central government and the local government.