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This question asks about the existence of Village Consultative Board (Badan Permusyawaratan Desa /BPD) in the village or Kelurahan Board (Dewan Kelurahan/DK) in kelurahan. If it doesn't exist, circle "3. No" and circle i 1 if yes
Village Representative Board (BPD or Badan Perwakilan Desa /or equivalent) is an organization assembled in response to Law No. 25 tahun 1999 about local government. In the newer version of the law, Law No.32 2004 it referred as Badan Permusyawaratan Desa (BPD)./ village consultative board which functions : to decide village regulations with head of village , collect and channel community aspiration. Members of this board are representatives of village community who are chosen through discussion and concensus.
DK or Dewan Kelurahan/ village board is an institution which functions as representative board in the kelurahan, it collects and channels community aspiration while also supervises kelurahan governance. Its members come from community figures or the community members themselves. This institution emerges as consequence of local autonomy. In kelurahan where there are no village boards, another institution is assembled, that is Community Empowerment Institution.