(2016-09) Decree opening a supplementary credit advance for electoral activities, FY2015-2016
Summary — A decree signed by provisional president Jocelerme Privert on 12 September 2016 opens a supplementary credit advance of Gdes 797,006,344.00 on the 'Activites electorales' line of the FY2015-2016 budget, to finance the continuation of the electoral process. The advance is financed from dividends of modernized public enterprises, autonomous bodies and the public banking sector, not foreseen in the original 2015-2016 budget, and is submitted for ratification by Parliament under article 55 of the 9 October 2015 organic budget law decree.
Key Findings
- Opens Gdes 797,006,344.00 in supplementary credits on the 'Activites electorales' line, FY2015-2016.
- Financed from dividends of modernized public enterprises, autonomous bodies and the public banking sector not foreseen in the initial budget.
- Justified by donors' withdrawal of electoral financing and exhaustion of previously allocated electoral credits.
- Credits are made subject to parliamentary ratification under article 55 of the 9 October 2015 organic budget decree.
Full Description
This arrete (decree), signed at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince on 12 September 2016 by provisional president Jocelerme Privert, prime minister Enex J. Jean-Charles and the full council of ministers, opens a supplementary credit advance of seven hundred ninety-seven million six thousand three hundred forty-four gourdes (Gdes 797,006,344.00) on the 'Activites electorales' line of Public Interventions for the FY2015-2016 budget. The stated rationale is that the sociopolitical situation following the recent elections led donors to withhold financing of electoral activities, that the state is obligated to organize elections for the renewal of elected officials, and that the credits previously allocated to electoral activities had been fully consumed. The government decided to fund the new credits from dividends of modernized public enterprises, autonomous agencies, and the public banking sector that were not foreseen in the initial 2015-2016 budget. Article 3 subjects the opened credits to ratification by Parliament pursuant to article 55 of the 9 October 2015 decree establishing the fundamental rules on the nature, content, drafting, presentation and adoption of finance laws. The document is signed by the president, the prime minister and the full cabinet, and its execution is entrusted to the ministers of Economy and Finance and of Planning and External Cooperation.
Notes
Sibling version A of this same decree exists in the corpus; this is version B. Signature date printed is 12 septembre 2016, under Jocelerme Privert as 'President Provisoire' - later than his commonly cited provisional mandate; date taken as printed on the document, not corrected. Document does not state whether/when Parliament actually ratified the credits.