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Joni Laksito
Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Komputer, Semarang, Indonesia
Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Political Communication and Legal Populism in Contemporary Indonesian Governance : The Transformation of Public Trust in State Institutions Joni Laksito
Jaksa : Jurnal Kajian Ilmu Hukum dan Politik Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): APRIL: Jurnal Kajian Ilmu Hukum dan Politik (JAKSA)
Publisher : Universitas Sains dan Teknologi Komputer

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The transformation of political communication in the digital democratic era has reshaped how governments build legitimacy and maintain public trust in state institutions. Although the literature on legal populism and institutional trust has expanded considerably, limited attention has been paid to how political communication mediates the relationship between law, legitimacy, and public trust. This study examines the role of political communication in constructing institutional legitimacy through legal populism within the context of contemporary Indonesian governance. Employing a qualitative approach, the study utilizes political discourse analysis of 245 documents, including presidential speeches, government press releases, ministerial statements, strategic policy documents, official government social media content, and national media coverage published between 2019 and 2025. Data were analyzed using NVivo 14 through thematic coding and inter-narrative relationship analysis. The findings reveal that governmental political communication is structured around four interconnected dimensions: the construction of the people as the primary source of legitimacy, legal legitimacy as a mechanism for policy justification, national interest narratives as a developmental framework, and the representation of state institutions as guardians of public interests. The interaction of these dimensions contributes to the formation of public trust, which subsequently reinforces institutional legitimacy and governance stability. This study develops the concept of **Communicative Legal Populism**, defined as a political legitimation mechanism that integrates law, political communication, national interests, and popular representation in the construction of public trust. The findings extend the literature on legal populism and institutional trust by demonstrating that political communication functions as a critical mediator between law and state legitimacy in contemporary democracies.
Public Participation and Regulatory Legitimacy in Indonesia’s Strategic National Projects: Between Developmentalism and Constitutional Rights Rengga Kusuma Putra; Joni Laksito; Adi Suryo Ramadhan
Perkara : Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Politik Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): Juni : Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Politik (PERKARA)
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This study examines the relationship between public participation and regulatory legitimacy in the implementation of Strategic National Projects (PSN) in Indonesia amid tensions between developmentalism and constitutional rights protection. The acceleration of infrastructure development through PSN has strengthened centralized governance while simultaneously generating agrarian conflicts, social resistance, and criticism regarding the quality of public participation in development governance. This research employs an empirical socio-legal approach using qualitative methods. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, regulatory analysis, and documentation related to PSN implementation. The findings reveal that PSN governance is dominated by executive-driven governance in which public participation tends to operate procedurally rather than substantively. Limited transparency and weak recognition of communal rights reinforce asymmetrical governance relations between the state, investors, and local communities. These conditions contribute to increasing agrarian conflicts, declining public trust, and weakening social legitimacy within strategic development governance. This study concludes that formal legal legitimacy does not automatically produce social legitimacy when development processes remain centralized, exclusionary, and lacking meaningful public deliberation. The study contributes to socio-legal governance scholarship by demonstrating how developmentalist governance and procedural participation shape legitimacy crises within strategic national development. The research highlights the importance of inclusive, transparent, and participatory governance in strengthening constitutional democracy and sustainable development legitimacy in Indonesia
Co-Authors Adi Suryo Ramadhan Rengga Kusuma Putra