P Papua province is a region with special autonomy that grants broad authority to its regional head to independently manage the region\\\'s domestic affairs, supported by special autonomy funds. in practice, the implementation of special autonomy by the regional head of papua province has not been carried out properly. this is evidenced by the case of abuse of authority by governor lukas enembe in infrastructure development projects for several regions in papua province. this study employs a normative juridical method with a descriptive approach. it primarily utilizes secondary data, supported by primary data, which is analyzed qualitatively, with conclusions drawn using deductive logic. the research problem is formulated as follows: (1) has the governor of papua province properly exercised his authority in the road infrastructure development project in papua province during the period 2019–2022 in accordance with the special autonomy law for papua province? (2) what are the legal consequences of the aforementioned development project for lukas enembe as governor of papua province? the research findings indicate that governor lukas enembe did not exercise his authority as mandated. he violated the provisions of article 14 letter (j) of the papua special autonomy law (uu otsus papua) for personal gain. this violation resulted in legal consequences for breaching the principle of non-abuse of authority as stipulated in the regional government law.