After the waves of local democratizations over the past decade, the current mayor of Bandung city and Jakarta, introduced a new way of CSO or citizen participation in local governance through social media. By using ARVIN (association, resources, voice, information, negotiation) framework, the aim of this paper is to investigate and compare the social media initiative as a new model of electronic citizen association in Jakarta and Bandung. By connecting via social media, the governor or mayor encourages the creation of citizen associations based on common interest in public deliberation. Legal citizen engagement in political affairs creates a new model of governance which acts as a low-cost two-way interactive platform with the governments through a common infrastructure of ICTs, and is the backbone of a networked government. Although the role of social media in local governance is not a legally established space for dialogue or a public forum by local regulations, the Governor of Jakarta and the Mayor of Bandung city have introduced a new model of free public deliberation, publishing and distributing views on what subject in what context and when.