Conflict of Political Communication on Power between Governor Irwandi Yusuf and the Aceh Province Legislature in the Post 2017 Indonesia Local Election

Abstract

Post 2017 post-conflict local election in Aceh, the province is full of political communication conflicts. vertical conflicts in horizontal conflicts cannot be stopped anymore, after the peace agreement that was mutually agreed in 2005, the shift in conflict changed the direction to become a conflict with the former Free Aceh Movement. This study aimed to analyze political communication between governor and local parliament. This research is a qualitative research with communication and conflict approaches. The data in this study is in the form of political communication. The research data is sourced from several informants, namely informants in the field who have been determined purposively, the conditions that occur in the field, documents and related literature. The technique of collecting data is done by interviewing, observing, and documenting techniques. The research instrument used was a list of questions and a list of observations. While the data analysis technique is done by using descriptive techniques that are carried out with studies of conflict analysis and political communication. The results of the study can be concluded that political communication built between the executive-legislature tends to be coercive communication and indirect communication which is characterized by a sense of seniority and coercion. Because Irwandi Yusuf feels senior in age and experience in politics and power in Aceh.