Kelembagaan dalam Kerja Sama Antar Daerah: Pengawasan DPRD Kota Serang atas Implementasi Kebijakan Pengelolaan Sampah di TPAS Cilowong

Abstract

This study aims to analyze how the Serang City Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) exercises its oversight function regarding the inter-regional cooperation policy on waste management with South Tangerang City at the Cilowong Final Waste Processing Site (TPAS). It also seeks to identify driving and inhibiting factors and formulate optimization strategies. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, the study gathered data through in-depth interviews with eight informants selected via purposive sampling, as well as through observation, documentation, and triangulation; the data were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman interactive model. The analysis utilized George Edward III’s Policy Implementation Model (communication, resources, disposition, and bureaucratic structure) alongside theories of legislative oversight. The findings reveal that Articles 16 and 17 of the Cooperation Agreement (PKS) textually mandate only horizontal reporting of activity and budget realization between executive agencies, with no clause requiring periodic reporting to the DPRD. This closed institutional design constitutes the structural root of a legislative oversight pattern that tends to be reactive ("fire-alarm oversight") rather than preventive; initial DPRD recommendations regarding the Environmental Impact Assessment (AMDAL) and TPAS capacity were not fully acted upon by the executive, triggering an ecological crisis and resistance from residents of Taktakan District—issues to which the DPRD subsequently responded through unannounced inspections (*Sidak*) and public hearings. The study recommends an addendum to the Cooperation Agreement mandating periodic reporting to the DPRD, the institutionalization of a cross-sectoral participatory evaluation forum, and the strengthening of substantive public consultation.