Creating Professional Officials Through the Application of The Merit System in Filling Primary High Positions in West Sumatra

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10.2991/978-2-38476-164-7_11How to use a DOI?

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ASN Management; Merit System; Job Filling; KASN

Abstract

This study aims to obtain certainty for filling primary high positions which is carried out through open selection to obtain officials who have competence in the positions occupied. According to the ASN Law and PP on ASN Management, to get professional and competent civil servants so that they can run a good and clean government is carried out with a merit system. One way to fill primary high positions in local government organizations is through an open selection of positions carried out by provincial and district/city governments. To obtain the purpose of this research, this research method uses empirical juridical research, namely research conducted by reviewing the provisions of laws and regulations related to filling positions and then seeing how the implementation of these regulations. Furthermore, find solutions and formulate policies so that the selection results carried out by the Committee are in line with the wishes of the Regional Head. This research is in line with the theme or research policy roadmap determined by Andalas University and the Faculty of Law in 2020 – 2024 related to the theme of Law, politics, and civil society. The results showed that the filling of the position of Primary High Leader in West Sumatra was carried out through the Merit System with the principles of qualifications, competence, openness, and fairness.2) The authority of the KDP has no regulations that regulate what benchmarks must be used by the Mayor / Regent in choosing candidates for one another whether based on loyalty, structural or managerial of the candidates so that there is no legal certainty for the benchmarks in determine 1 person to be selected. 3) The application of the Merit System in Filling the Primary High Leadership Position in West Sumatra is still not optimal in terms of qualifications, competence, openness, and fairness because there are no competency standards applicable to the nation, there is no career development for civil servants shown, there is no regional policy on the career pattern of civil servants, and there is no openness of values at each stage of selection.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sri Arnetti
AU  - Khairani Lubis
AU  - Gusminarti
AU  - Saufa Atika Ulya
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/21
TI  - Creating Professional Officials Through the Application of The Merit System in Filling Primary High Positions in West Sumatra
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Law, Governance, and Social Justice (ICoLGaS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 111
EP  - 120
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-164-7_11
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-164-7_11
ID  - Arnetti2023
ER  -