THE ROLES OF POLITICAL POWER IN BUDGET PROCESS: HOW TO ACCOMODATE THEM? A CASE STUDY
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https://doi.org/10.28986/jtaken.v6i1.412Keywords:
Political power
DPRD
regional head
budget
accountability
Abstract
This research has two main objectives. The first objective is to identify the role of political power in the budgeting process, while the second is to propose a control mechanism to enable a budgeting process to accommodate political power in terms of accountability. Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission reports on the misuse of political power to manipulate budgeting in an organized manner. Execution of the budgeting process that does not follow the prevailing strategic policy constitutes fraud. The functions of budgeting are allocation, distribution, and stabilization. This study analyzes budgeting that intertwines with the wielding of political power. The study employed qualitative research supplemented by a case study to explain why and how such phenomena are occurring. The analysis was conducted using the thematic method by way of open-ended questionnaires to explain the data and information that were accumulated concerning the topic at hand and their relevance. Results show that political power plays both negative and positive roles. The positive aspect of the exercise of political power is that it is used as a public channel between society and the government, while its negative impact is the various risks that it poses, such as political power being used to advance self-interests. Political power does not share the same degree of impartiality as statutory rules. The form of politics can alter a budgeting activity or program. The application of a certain budgeting system is proposed to reduce errors and record activity history. Concerning the evaluation of APBD by the DPRD, APIP must help enforce control by reviewing budget changes against the relevant goals and objectives.
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Brandsma, G., & Schillemans, T. (2013). The accountability cube: Measuring accountability. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 23(4), 953-975. doi: 10.1093/jopart/mus034.
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Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design pendekatan kualitatif, kuantitatif, dan mixed (terjemahan). Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar.
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Koeswara, H., Liesmana, R., Hanida, R. P., & Muluk, S. (2013). Proposing an efficient and democratic policy of general election budget for promoting local fiscal autonomy. Bisnis & Birokrasi Journal, 20(2), 65-77. doi: 10.20476/jbb.v20i2.3066.
KPK. (2020a). Statistik Penindakan Tindak Pidana Korupsi Berdasarkan Profesi dan Jabatan. Retrieved March 27, 2020, from https://www.kpk.go.id/id/statistik/penindakan/tpk-berdasarkan-profesi-jabatan.
KPK. (2020b). TPK Berdasarkan Wilayah. Retrieved March 17, 2020, from https://www.kpk.go.id/id/statistik/penindakan/tpk-berdasarkan-wilayah
Krenjova, J., & Raudla, R. (2013). Participatory budgeting at the local level: Challenges and opportunities for new democracies. Halduskultuur-Administrative Culture, 14(1), 18-46.
Mardiasmo. (2009) Akuntabilitas sektor publik. Yogyakarta: Andi
Mo, P. H. (2008). Government expenditures and economic Growth: The supply and demand sides. Fiscal Studies,: The Journal of Applied Public Economics, 28(4), 497-522. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2007.00065.x
Musgrave, R., & Peacock, A. (1958). Classics in the theory of public finance. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/books?hl=id&lr=&id=XhCwCwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR8&dq=richard+musgrave+public+finance&ots=U9PeHSmAxy&sig=Uv3qtvXZ2xtVx7-8H44CEyHA5g
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Palanjian, L. (2008). Party control and budget estimates: A study of politics in the federal budget process. Berkeley Undergraduate Journal, 20(2), 1-21. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7515h7n6
Patty, J. R. (2019). Budget forecast errors and budget deviation: Financial capability index as a moderating variable. Jurnal Tata Kelola dan Akuntabilitas Keuangan Negara, 5(2), 157-175. doi: 10.28986/jtaken.v5i2.353
Pratiwi, R. N. (2012). Politisasi anggaran sektor publik. Interaktif: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Sosial, 1(2).
Schulze, G. G., & Sjahrir, B. S. (2014). Decentralization, governance, and public service delivery. In H. Hill (Ed.), Regional dynamics in a decentralized Indonesia (pp. 186-207). ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute.
Shah, A. (2007). Participatory budgeting. Washington, DC: World Bank. Retrieved from https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6640
Shopiana., & Panjaitan, I. (2017) The effect of characteristics of budgetary purposes and the application of accounting information system on performance of local government officials with decentralization as moderating variable. Jurnal Tata Kelola dan Akuntabilitas Keuangan Negara, 5(2), 157–175. doi: 10.28986/jtaken.v3i1.69
Spada, P. (2009, June). The economic and political effects of participatory budgeting. Paper presented at the 2009 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241756926_The_Economic_and_Political_Effects_of_Participatory_Budgeting
Stake, R. E. (1995). The art of case study research. London: Sage Publications, Inc.
Svaljek, S., Bakaric, I. R., & Sumpor, M. (2019). Citizens and the city: the case for participatory budgeting in the City of Zagreb. Public Sector Economics, 43(1), 21-48. doi: 10.3326/pse.43.1.4
Tsurkan, M. V., Sotskova, S. I., Aksinina, O. S., Lyubarskaya, M. A., & Tkacheva, O. N. (2016). Influence of the participatory budgeting on the infrastructural development of the territories in the Russian Federation. International Journal of environmental and science education, 11(15), 7684-7702.
UNESCAP. (2020). What is good governance? Retrieved from https://www.unescap.org/resources/what-good-governance
Vance, A., Lowry, P. B., & Eggett, D. (2015). Increasing accountability through user-interface design artifact: A new approach to addressing the problem of access-policy violations. MIS Quarterly, 39(2), 1–18. doi: 10.25300/MISQ/2015/39.2.04
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Zarista, E., & Ichsan, M. (2020). THE ROLES OF POLITICAL POWER IN BUDGET PROCESS: HOW TO ACCOMODATE THEM? A CASE STUDY. Jurnal Tata Kelola Dan Akuntabilitas Keuangan Negara, 6(1), 87–102. https://doi.org/10.28986/jtaken.v6i1.412
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