THE ROLE OF THE VILLAGE PERMUSYAWARATAN AGENCY IN IMPLEMENTING VILLAGE GOVERNMENT IN MALUKU VILLAGE KARANG JAYA (Peran Badan Permusyawaratan dalam Pelaksanaan Pemerintah Desa di Desa Karang Jaya, Maluku
AbstractThe territory of the Republic of Indonesia is very wide covering many large and small islands, so it is not possible if everything will be managed entirely by the Government which is domiciled in the State Capital, to manage the administration of state government to all corners of the country, it is necessary to form a regional government. Local governments and village governments have shifted from a centralized system of government to a decentralized one so that providing services to the public is closer and can be done optimally. This implementation brings a lot of hope to the improvement, management, and quality of local performance. This study aims to examine the role of the Village Consultative Body (BPD) in the Village Government and what factors hinder the role of the Village Consultative Body (BPD) in the Village Government in Karang Jaya Village. This research is a descriptive type of research, namely a study that describes the phenomena of a BPD cooperation management with the village head, thus the approach used is the normative approach. The results show that the BPD in Karang Jaya village has not been able to carry out its role optimally because the human resources of BPD members are still low, especially in the education sector so that in carrying out its roles and functions the BPD does not understand what to do concerning the control and supervisory functions. becomes its authority in controlling and supervising the performance of the Village Government / Village Head.Keywords: BPD, Karang Jaya, Role