Abuse of Village Fund (Vf) in Indonesia: Case Study of Vf Corruption in East Java

Abstract

The Indonesian government in the JokoWidodo-JusufKalla era (2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019) accelerated welfare in the village by launching the Village Fund (VF) program in accordance with Law Number. 6 of 2014 concerning Villages. However, since the VF was rolled out in 2015, cases of misuse of funds have continued to spread, mostly involving village heads and village officials. To minimize irregularities in the VF, the Ministry of Villages from Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Ministry of PDTT) established the Village Fund Task Force (VFTF) at the central level. Responding to the high case of corruption in the VF, there are two objectives in this research, namely analyzing the communication policy of the Ministry of PDTT organization by forming VFTF, as well asanalyzing ccommunication on Village Fund organizations in Dasok Village and constraints faced.This research uses a case study approach in Dasok Village,

Kepemimpinan Kepala Desa dan Pengawasan Masyarakat dalam Mewujudkan Akuntabilitas Pengelolaan Dana Desa

“…Namun demikian, terdapat hambatan yang muncul terkait akuntabilitas pengelolaan dana desa (Rahmatulloh et al, 2019). Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) pada tahun 2018 menyebut 181 kasus korupsi dana desa sejak periode 2015-2018 melibatkan 184 tersangka, termasuk 141 Kepala Desa dan 36 perangkat desa yang merugikan negara Rp40,6 miliar (Siregar & Aminudin, 2020). Dari data tersebut peneliti ICW menyimpulkan bahwa terdapat isu terkait pengelolaan anggaran desa sering diselewengkan oleh oknum perangkat desa itu sendiri (Guritno, 2021).…”