COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES BETWEEN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA IN THE CASES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Currently, the outbreak of the mutated corona virus disease (Covid-19) is happening almost all over the world without exception and has caused a tremendous impact on health and economic threats in all countries in the world. This study aims to provide an analysis of a comparative study of the Government policies adopted by 2 (two) countries between Indonesia and Malaysia. This study uses a qualitative approach to find out the similarities and differences in decision making when these two countries have to handle the same case in handling cases of the corona virus mutation disease outbreak (Covid-19). Whether the existence of culture, population, government system, and geographical location will influence policy making. The results of the study found that there were differences in policies between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of Malaysia, this is influenced by the analysis of policy dimensions between the two different countries. The Indonesian government tends to make policy decisions based on considerations by focusing the analysis on the dimensions of the process, prioritizing decentralized autonomy so that policies tend to change frequently. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Government makes policy decisions based on a focus on the substance dimension, which is more centered on one control and less in making policy changes for handling cases of the corona virus mutation disease (Covid-19). The Indonesian government, with the challenges of a much larger population and a wider geographical area consisting of an archipelagic country, is considered more capable of handling cases of the corona virus mutation (Covid-19) outbreak which can run more responsively, quickly, and precisely.