(1995-09) Decree Opening Supplementary Budget Credits for Fiscal Year 1994-1995
Summary — Signed by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on 28 September 1995 and published in Le Moniteur, this decree opens 991,071,481.25 gourdes in supplementary credits across sixteen ministries and public bodies to cover unforeseen 1994-1995 budget obligations tied to post-crisis reconstruction, financed from a fiscal-revenue surplus, public-enterprise contributions, and donations. The same Moniteur issue also carries a separate decree, signed four days earlier, regulating the cremation of human remains in Haiti.
Key Findings
- Opens Gdes 991,071,481.25 in supplementary credits across sixteen ministries and public bodies for fiscal year 1994-1995.
- Largest allocations go to the Presidency, Public Interventions, Public Debt, and Public Works/Transport.
- Financed via fiscal revenue surplus, public-enterprise contributions, and donations rather than new taxation.
- Signed by President Aristide amid post-crisis reconstruction needs and rising education spending pressure.
- The same gazette issue separately regulates cremation of human remains, requiring municipal authorization and medical certification.
Full Description
This decree, issued by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on the report of the Minister of Economy and Finance after Council of Ministers deliberation, opens supplementary budget credits totaling 991,071,481.25 gourdes for fiscal year 1994-1995. The preamble cites the need to relieve the suffering of the Haitian people worsened by prolonged crisis, revive a depleted economy, restore Haiti's place in the international arena, prevent the total collapse of dilapidated infrastructure, and intensify schooling, alongside a recognition that budget lines previously allocated to certain articles were insufficient to execute programmed actions. Article 1 distributes the supplementary credits across sixteen institutions, with the largest shares going to the Presidency (Gdes 395,147,239.60), Public Interventions (Gdes 200,181,915.55), Public Debt (Gdes 100,667,326.80), and Public Works, Transport and Communications (Gdes 110,195,405.55), alongside smaller allocations to Planning, Economy and Finance, Agriculture, Information, Foreign Affairs, the Provisional Electoral Council, the Prime Minister's Office, Interior, National Defense, Social Affairs, and Culture. Article 2 finances these credits from a surplus of fiscal revenue collected above initial projections, contributions from public enterprises, and donations.
The same Moniteur edition (Lundi 2 Octobre 1995) also carries a second, unrelated decree signed by President Aristide four days earlier, on 22 September 1995, on the report of the Ministers of Justice, Environment, and Interior: it regulates the cremation of human corpses in Haiti, requiring municipal (mairie) authorization analogous to burial procedures, a sworn physician's certificate of natural death, authorization from the deceased's representative or funeral authority, and, in cases of violent or sudden death, written agreement of the Ministère Public accompanied by an autopsy report, plus municipal licensing of crematoria and columbaria.