Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...

Government and Political Legitimacy
politicians who abuse their official positions pursuing personal interest.
The mechanism to monitor the use of state power cannot function fully
due to work overload and time-consuming investigation procedures. The
decentralization to local administrations is not firmly settled and cannot
be the framework for local citizens to participate in the process of solving
their communities’ problems.
In conclusion, it takes quite a long time to solve social disunity
caused by the fact that the politicians use the people tools to negotiate
with the government. Institutions, especially organizations monitoring
the use of state authority, the new instruments designed to promote
transparency and government creditability, must work in unity and aim
for the achievement of their duties rather than their personal interests.
People must not abuse their positions to increase personal influence,
power and private interest.
The monitoring organizations prominent in the process to build
government legitimacy and credibility are the Election Commission, the
National Anti-Corruption Commission, the Constitution Court, and the
Supreme Court. If these organizations perform their duties thoroughly,
the acceptance of the government legitimacy will be restored.
It should be noted that the government legitimacy is not just about
law, tradition and charisma (supranational power) as stated by Max
Weber, the German social sociologist. It is also about the morality and
ethics of the politicians and governors. As the ancient philosophers
stated, society is in crisis because leaders abandoned morality, only
pursuing their personal interests and forgetting about the public interest.
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