Circular No. 004 on the Use of Resources and the Solicitation of Funds by Public Institutions

Primature d'Haïti • 2017 • 1 pages

Summary — Dated 15 May 2017, this Prime Minister's circular bars ministries and public institutions from seeking or soliciting funds outside the channels established by the budget law and forbids autonomous agencies from responding to such off-budget requests. It grounds the rule in the 4 May 2016 organic budget-process law.

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All state and public-agency resources must be established by law and recorded in the general budget under Article 22 of the 4 May 2016 finance-law-process act.
Ministers and state officials are formally barred from seeking additional funds outside legally established channels.
Autonomous agencies are instructed to refuse funding requests from ministries or institutions that do not conform to the law.
Enforcement responsibility rests with the Minister of Economy and Finance and with each supervising ministry.

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Circular No. 004, signed by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant on 15 May 2017, cites Article 22 of the 4 May 2016 law (replacing the 16 February 2005 decree) on the preparation and execution of finance laws, which requires that all state and public-agency resources be established by law and recorded in the general budget. On that basis, the circular declares it formally prohibited for any minister or other state official to seek or solicit additional funds outside the norms and procedures set by law and regulation, and instructs autonomous agencies to refuse any request from a ministry or public institution that does not conform to those legal prescriptions. It charges the Minister of Economy and Finance and all supervising ministers with ensuring compliance across the agencies under their tutelage.

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lo .4*rrr*, o'/{o:*u/o CIRCULAIRE NO OO4 Retative d I'utilisation des ressounces et d la recherche de fonds par les institutions publiques Le Premier Ministre A Mesdames et Messieurc les Ministtes, Secrdtaires d'Etat et Directeurc G6niraux dOrganismes Autonomes Conform6ment a l'article 22 de la loi du 4 mai 2016 remplagant le ddcret du 16 f6vrier 2005 sur le processus d€laboration et d€x6cution des lois de finances, les ressources de l'Etat ou de tout organisme public sont dtablies par la loi et tous autres moyens licltes qui y sont pr6vus. Elles sont inscrites dans le budget 96n6ral de la Rdpublique. Tous les besoins suppl6mentaires d'une institution publique doivent suivre les voies trac6es par la loi. En aucun cas, un Ministre ou autre responsable de I'Etat ne peut rechercher ou solliciter des fonds en dehors des normes et procddures dtablies par la loi et les rdglements. Aussi, est-il formellement interdit i tous les organismes autonomes de donner suite i des demandes de ministdres ou d'autres institutions publiques qui ne cadrent pas avec les prescrits de la loi. Le Ministre de l'Economie et des Finances ainsi que tous les Ministres assurant la tutelle sur les Organismes Autonomes veilleront au respect des principes et des normes ci-dessus rappel6s. Port-au-Prlnce, le 75 mai 2017 f ? eftl Jack Guy UFONTANT

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