Penyelesaian Sengketa Informasi Publik Dikomisi Informasi Provinsi Sumatera Barat

Abstract

According to Public Information Disclosure Law Act number 14 year 2008 about the Transparency of Public Information, a Public Agency was obliged to supply, to provide and/or to publish the Public Information under its authority to the Public Information Applicant, except information that was classified in accordance with the provision. But in its implementation, many public agencies were reluctant to provide public information resulting in public information disputes. There were 38 cases of public information disputes submitted to the West Sumatra Provincial Information Committee from 2015 to 2018. The purpose of this study is to find out the mechanism for settling public information disputes at the Information Commission of West Sumatra Province. This was a qualitative research with a descriptive approach. Data in this research were obtained through key informants (key person) who were determined intentionally. The key person was the commissioner who was at the Information Committee of West Sumatra Province. Documentation and observation studies were also used to capture the relevant data. The results of this research showed that the mechanism for resolving public information disputes in the West Sumatra Provincial Information Committee consisted of 6 stages, starting from the submission of information requests to the issuance of decisions. In the period of 2015 -2018, 95% of information dispute cases were settled by the West Sumatra Information Committee. PendahuluanKeterbukaan penyelenggaraan pemerintahan pada masa sekarang ini sudah menjadi sebuah kebutuhan yang harus dipenuhi. Penyelenggaraan pemerintahan seharusnya mampu menciptakan kepercayaan masyarakat terhadap pemerintahan. Kepercayaan ini timbul karena pemerintah mampu memenuhi informasi yang dibutuhkan oleh masyarakat. Selama ini, keterbukaan informasi dianggap penting bagi beberapa orang saja, sedangkan masyarakat biasa terkadang kurang mempedulikan hal tersebut. Kesadaran masyarakat secara keseluran akan kebutuhan informasi perlu dibangun, tidak hanya konteks pemahaman terhadap undang-undang keterbukaan informasi saja, melainkan juga pada bagaimana pembentukan persepsi dalam memanfaatkan informasi yang diberikan pemerintah.