SPECIAL AUTONOMY FUND BUDGETING PROCESS DYNAMICS: STUDY AT DISTRICT LEVELS

The issue of managing the special autonomy fund has become one of
the important issues that have always been the public's attention in the
implementation of asymmetric decentralization in Indonesia, one of
which is in Papua Province. In interpreting the management of special
autonomy funds in Papua, it is also very important to understand the
dynamics of actor behavior in the regional special autonomy fund
budgeting process to provide an overview of the perspective of
interests that need to be addressed in order to create an effective
budgeting process. This journal aims to answer how the dynamics of
the special autonomy fund budgeting process in the field, especially at
the district level. This journal uses a qualitative approach based on
research conducted in Yalimo Regency, Papua Province between
November 2019 and June 2020. Data collection was carried out both
on primary data which was supported by secondary data. From the
various dynamics, it is illustrated that there is a common thread in the
problem that there are still deficiencies in the special autonomy fund
budgeting process, among others: the inadequate planning of policies
and programs; high political interest in the budgeting process;
incomplete guidelines (there is no ASB in the Regional Head Circular);
the discussion process that does not involve other regional officials; the
process of discussing the RAPBD that does not comply with the
principles of governance; and the use of the special autonomy fund
SiLPA has not been regulated.