The Political Communication of Executive, Legislative and Religion Institution in Improving Religious Development in North Sumatra, Indonesia

This study aims to find out and analyze the political communication of legislatives and executives and the research paradigm used is phenomenological paradigm. The subject and the object of the research obtained in the field on the research to the data burnout. The data collection technique used is interviews and observation. Data analysis according to Miles and Huberman is the data reduction, data display, and conclusion. For understanding, the theory used is the theory of relational dialectics of Baxter. The results showed that the political communication of legislatives and executives performed by the dialogue communication approach and transactional communications. The dialogue is to equalize their ideas, opinions and attitudes about the use of budgets and expenditures in order to improve development, especially the development of religion in North Sumatra. Transactional communication is a communication that directly creates actions and reactions political communication which is raised by the members of the legislature both formal and informal meetings with the executives. The actions and reactions are verbal and non-verbal. The relationship built by religious institutions with the executives and legislatives is harmony in structural relationships. However, if in view of the implications of religious institutions relationship with the executives and legislatives at the practical level, it can be said not harmonious yet. This can be seen from the number of fund receivers from religious institutions and the amount of the funds given by the government in order to help the development of the religious institutions in North Sumatra especially Majelis Ulama Indonesia Sumatera Utara (Indonesian Ulema Council of North Sumatera) and Aljam’iyatul Al-washliyah Sumatera Utara