The 2015 Indonesian Democratic Index of South Sumatra Province in 2015 amounted to 79.81, an increase of 4.99 points compared to 2014 which amounted to 74.82

Ø In general, the value of the 2015 South Sumatra Democracy Index (IDI) of the Province of South Sumatra is 79.81 on a scale of 0 to 100, this figure is up 4.99 points compared to the 2014 IDI of South Sumatra of 74.82. Although the South Sumatra Province's democratic index value has increased, the level of democracy in South Sumatra Province is still in the "moderate" category as in 2014. The level of democracy is grouped into three categories namely "good" (index> 80), "moderate" (index 60 - 80) , and "bad" (index <60).

Ø The aspect of Institution of Democracy in 2015 amounting to 61.0 has decreased quite dramatically by 17.53 points compared to 2014 of 78.53. But other aspects of the Civil Liberty Aspect rose 9.97 points from 86.09 in 2014 to 96.06 in 2015 and Political Rights (Political Rights) rose 15.22 points from 63.57 in 2014 to 78.79 in 2015.

Ø The methodology for calculating IDI uses 4 data sources, namely: (1) review of local newspapers, (2) review of documents (Perda, Pergub, etc.), (3) Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and (4) in-depth interviews.

Ø Please note, starting in 2015, two new indicators were applied to the component of the "Role of Regional Government Bureaucracy" variable, as an improvement step to be more sensitive to the current field situation. The two indicators are "Policy of Local Government Officials Declared Guilty by PTUN Decision" and "Efforts to Provide Regional Budget Information by Regional Governments".