ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL HEAD LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN SIJUNJUNG REGENCY, WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE

This study aims to analyze the leadership of regional heads in holistic community empowerment through
two different points of view: the government as a subject and the community as an object to be
empowered. This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive analysis to measure the leadership
of the regional head of Sijunjung Regency, West Sumatra Province, in community empowerment.
Primary data collection in this study was through focus group discussions (FGD),and open
questionnaires with research objects, including low-income families in target households (RTS)
empowered in 8 sub-districts and 61 villages. In addition, the researcher collected data through
interviews, observations, and documentation with a total of 40 informants, including the Regent and
Deputy Regent of Sijunjung, the Chairman of the DPRD, Regional Secretariat, DPRD Secretariat, 25
Regional Apparatus Organizations, eight sub-districts, Religious Leaders and parties involved with one
representative each.The results showed that the government, as one of the implementing stakeholders
of empowerment for the community, often does not have a solid commitment to the empowerment
process.Meanwhile, in the community, researchers found that there are still people who are not
empowered because of the atmosphere or climate that allows the potential of the community not to
develop, the weak potential or power possessed by the community, and the occurrence of unbalanced
competition in society.Thus, from the government's point of view, through the dimensions of vision,
discipline, passion, and conscience, the Leadership of the Regional Head is good enough. Furthermore,
from the perspective of the community through the dimensions of motivation, responsibility, way of
working, contribution, and goals, it is concluded that the process of community empowerment in the
government system is getting better through various government programs.