Canden District, Bantul, ended the first round of Datun Suluh Praja Legal Counseling of the collaboration of Faculty of Law UGM and DIY High Prosecutor’s Office in 2023. The topic that brought at Canden Village was about the Tourism Development and Corruption Crimes. With approximately 20 participants from the village civil service and the people of the district, the speaker that was invited are Dr. Supriyadi, S.H., M.Hum and M.Fatahillah Akbar, S.H., LL.M., lecturer from Criminal Law Department, along with Rizky Septiana Widyaningtas, S.H., M.Kn.
After the opening remarks and presentation from the DIY High Prosecutor's Office regarding the Authority and Duties of the Indonesian State Attorney for Civil Affairs and State Administration, the presentation began with material on Tourism Development. The Bantul government themselves had provided the vision included in the Bantul Regional Tourism Development Master Plan for 2015-2025, namely 'Bantul Regency as a Culture-Based, Leading, World Class, Competitive, Sustainable and Prosperous Tourism Destination for the Community'. In addition, for Tourism Development, it is necessary to pay attention to the 4 aspects of development, namely the destination development, marketing development, industrial development, and tourism organization development. During the process, it’s important to Canden, to build the potential map, empower the remaining resources, and take the proactive action from the village government in becoming the initiator and mediator between the Canden people and external parties or certain stakeholders during implementation.
Meanwhile, regarding the subject of criminal acts of corruption, it was explained that the Village has a large influence because it is the smallest unit and is directly involved with the people. Therefore, it is very possible and prone to corruption. Misappropriation of office also needs to be watched out for and avoided. The way to avoid criminal acts of corruption is to implement the principles of good governance and minimize the occurrence of conflicts of interest. Thus, activities related to funds or financing should be carried out based on existing legal grounds, at least at the level of village regulations or even legislation.
Finally, the activity continued with a discussion and question and answer session, as well as joint documentation.
