POLITICAL CONFLICT AROUND THE POLITICAL POLICY OF THE DKI JAKARTA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE THE ALEXIS HOTEL

Abstract

The DKI Jakarta Regional Government's policy to stop the activities of the Alexis Hotel has resulted in political conflict. This conflict is filled with elements of interest groups in Jakarta. This article discusses how this policy was created by the DKI Jakarta Regional Government, and how political conflicts occurred around this policy. Frank R. Pfetsch's theory is used to read how this policy was made, and Maswadi Rauf's political conflict theory is used to read how political conflict occurred around this policy. The findings of this research are as follows. The policy of stopping Alexis Hotel activities was influenced by factors: the 2017 Jakarta Regional Election campaign promises, the Regional Government's perception of what an ideal Jakarta would be, the existence of applicable laws, support from promotional interest groups and the press, support from parties supporting the Regional Government, and the small number of challenges from local government opposition parties. This policy then reaped conflict. Promotional interest groups that base their ideas on religious values support the Regional Government's policy, protective interest groups that protect Alexis' businessmen oppose this policy. This conflict was also accompanied by conflict between political elites in Jakarta. Two factions in the Jakarta DPRD are arguing with each other regarding regional government policies, the pros and cons of policies. This argument occurred around the local government's procedures for implementing this policy. This conflict between political elites is a continuation of the political conflict in the 2017 Jakarta Regional Election. This conflict is also part of the national conflict between the two camps of the Great Indonesia Coalition against the Red and White Coalition, considering that the DKI Jakarta Regional Election is also part of the conflict between these two national coalitions. This political conflict is also a reflection of the conflict between people's worldviews in Jakarta. Each opposing political elite uses arguments from conflicting interest groups with opposing views on life. This conflict of views on life takes the form of a religious view of life facing a secular view of life in the form of hedonism.