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Transformation of Civil Servant Loyalty Post-Regional Election: From Personal-Political Monoloyalty to Professional-Institutional Multiloyalty in Jayapura City Muhdiarta, Untung Anangkota, Muliadi Werimon, Billy Piter Muttaqin, Muhammad Zaenul The transition of local political leadership after an election may reshape power relations, career security, and civil servants' loyalty orientations. This study examines post-election civil-service loyalty and identifies institutional mechanisms that can shift personal-political monoloyalty toward professional-institutional multiloyalty in Jayapura City. A qualitative case-study design was employed. The primary data came from in-depth interviews with eight informants at different levels of the local bureaucracy and were analyzed through thematic coding and cross-informant comparison. The findings reveal a stable-adaptive bureaucracy: public services continued, while rotation, promotion, and acting appointments became sites of career uncertainty. Civil-service loyalty was layered and situated on a continuum encompassing personal, official, institutional, professional, legal, and public-service commitments. Procedural uncertainty, perceived political intervention, organizational culture, superior-subordinate relations, and career security may strengthen personal loyalty. By contrast, a transparent and credible merit system shifts civil servants' dependence from political figures to competence, performance, and institutional procedures. The study argues that merit operates not only as a personnel-management instrument but also as a mechanism for depersonalizing loyalty. Such transformation requires six mutually reinforcing pillars: auditable merit, career protection, continuous ethics and neutrality development, transitional leadership, competence and welfare development, and public-service accountability. Keywords: ASN loyalty, Merit system, Bureaucratic neutrality, Regional elections, Bureaucratic politics. Institute of Multidisciplinary Research and Community Service 2026-10-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://imrecsjournal.com/journals/index.php/bsscd/article/view/555 10.61436/bsscd/v5i4.pp471-484 Bulletin of Social Studies and Community Development; Vol 5, No 4 (2026): Bulletin of Social Studies and Community Development; 471-484 3025-6798 eng https://imrecsjournal.com/journals/index.php/bsscd/article/view/555/213 https://imrecsjournal.com/journals/index.php/bsscd/article/downloadSuppFile/555/416 Copyright (c) 2026 Untung Muhdiarta, Muliadi Anangkota, Billy P. Werimon, M. Zaenul Muttaqin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0