Optimalisasi Pelaksanaan Mediasi di Pengadilan Agama Gorontalo

This study aims to determine the optimization of the implementation of mediation in the Gorontalo Religious Court. This research is a field research with data collection methods in the form of observations, interviews and documentation. Data’s were analyzed using qualitative descriptive. The results of the study found that the implementation of mediation in the Gorontalo Religious Court was not yet fully optimal. Based on the cases decided by the Gorontalo Religious Court in 2016 totaling 1524 and entering the mediation process as many as 87 cases and only 1 case that was successfully mediated (0.1%). Factor failure of the mediation process because the mediation room facilities are still not efficient enough, because the parties to queue, even some mediator judges carry out mediation in the judge's room itself, there is no certified mediator as explained in the Minister of Religion Regulation (PERMA) Number 1 of 2016 about Procedure for Mediation at Court.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui optimalisasi pelaksanaan mediasi di Pengadilan Agama Gorontalo. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian lapangan dengan metode pengumpulan data berupa pengamatan, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa pelaksanaan mediasi di Pengadilan Agama Gorontalo belumlah optimal secara keseluruhan. Berdasarkan kasus yang diputus oleh Pengadilan Agama Gorontalo tahun 2016 sebanyak 1524 dan masuk proses mediasi sebanyak 87 perkara dan hanya 1 perkara yang berhasil dimediasi (0,1%). Faktor gagalnya proses mediasi dikarenakan fasilitas ruangan mediasi masih belum cukup efisien, menyebabkan para pihak mengantri, bahkan ada beberapa hakim mediator melaksanakan mediasi di ruangan hakim itu sendiri, belum adanya mediator yang bersertifikat sebagaimana yang diterangkan dalam Peraturan Menteri Agama (PERMA) Nomor 1 Tahun 2016 tentang Prosedur Mediasi di Pengadilan