EFFICIENCY FISCAL AND CONTESTATION INTERESTS: ANALYSIS POLITICAL BUDGET IN PROVINCE PAPUA MOUNTAINS AS A NEW AUTONOMOUS REGION

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the relationship between fiscal efficiency policies and the dynamics of interest contestation in the process political budget in Papua Province Mountains as area new autonomy. In condition capacity Limited fiscal resources and high priority development needs have very negative implications for the acceleration of development. regional progress. This study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive study design. case through analysis of APBD documents 2023–2026, interview deep with Team Budget Government Area, Budget Agency, and the Papua Mountains People's Assembly. The research results show that a significant decline in fiscal capacity not only has implications for adjustments shopping area with framework expenditure term medium regional, integrated budgeting and performance-based budgeting but more determined by power relations and priority of interests. Contestation of interests, reflected in the allocation adjustments regional spending based on bargaining executive interests And legislative. Occurrence budgetary slack , namely proportion structure Regional Budget more dominated by transfer funds to regions compared to local original income, the realization of which often does not reach the target, as a result of resources which has the potential to be controlled by the central government. The absence of involvement of the Mountain Papuan People's Assembly (MRPP) as an institution cultural. Recommendations study This, the need for the involvement of non-governmental actors from MRPP in stages Determination of priority for temporary budget ceiling (PPAS), especially in the distribution of sources of Autonomy Funds Special. Novelty study This, is efficiency fiscal No only It functions as a technocratic instrument for budget adjustment, but also as a mechanism that directly triggers and shapes the contestation of interests in the budgetary political process between Executive, Legislative and MRPP actors. This differs from previous research which tend separate between fiscal efficiency and budget politics, this study shows that these two aspects interact with each other. in a way dynamic, especially in condition pressure fiscal and limited institutional capacity.