The parador of local government autonomy Decentralization also aimed to allow local governments to have tasks allocated to them. owever, n this case, greater as municipalities remained restricted. The central government autonomy of the expected from local governments in eir identified the but in reality the municipalities had very attempts control illegal drugs, and mited autonomy when implementing undertaking additional measures effectively and fulfilling their This weakness restricted the ability of the municipalities to organize illegal drug control activities most suitable for specific localities. Most activities carried out by the municipalities thus did not meet local needs or demands, as these actions were commanded from central government, and seemingly municipality offcials did not want to risk violating central government rules and regulations Besides mandating local governments to complete tasks identified, the central government also indicated that every local government must spend at least five per cent of its budget on drug-control activities, stipulation municipalities' autonomy in spending. This study found that some municipalities spent some of their budget on subsidizing central government attempts to their own. Some officials participating in this study explained that even though they were some autonomy to perform certain tasks, they did not have requisite knowledge or do so, preferred to play to the central government regulations evidently restricted the extent autonomy enjoyed by local government when performing their tasks. However, without these regulations, local leaders tended to neglect illegal drug issues as the outcomes of their activities were hard to measure. Together with insufficient capacity tasks, local politicians were reluctant to undertake additional responsibilities if they were not mandated to do so. They preferred carry out tasks that could generate more tangible and guaranteed outcomes order to win extra votes from their constituents.