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JUAN PABLO DUARTE: EL PODER MUNICIPAL Y LA EJECUCION PRESUPUESTARIA | Cabarete noticias
Translated:
JUAN PABLO DUARTE: MUNICIPAL POWER AND BUDGET EXECUTION
June 27, 2013 | Filed under: News | Posted by: caba8255
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Alfredo Cruz, Judge of the Chamber of Accounts
By: Alfredo Cruz Polanco - alfredocruzpolanco@gmail.com
The following reflections I have wanted to raise with the sole aim of providing some ideas to help guide all of our mayors, to create a culture of accountability, to make them aware of how they should manage the resources of our municipalities and what to do to correct distortions. They have been taken from the various audits conducted by the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic, as a contribution to the bicentenary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte y Diez, who is considered the first municipalist of the Republic.
The founder of our nation, in the draft constitution he devised, in addition to the three fundamental powers: legislative, executive and judicial, Municipal conceived as the first power of the Dominican State.
The patrician was a strong advocate of Municipal Power, as a way to contribute to governance and decentralization of the state, to facilitate and make more effective the records of works and services, boost the economy and that each citizen to be part the council, through the Participatory Budget. This whole vision was assimilated during his trips to Spain and other European countries.
Juan Pablo Duarte Municipal Power conceived of as the Economic and Political Government of the people, that they should become a counterweight to the executive branch, a model organization where resources received through the Budget of Income and Expenditure Law, were handled efficiently , neatness, efficiency, honesty and transparency, which will take an organized system of your finances, that the works and services to be undertaken were based on the priorities and demands of the communes, not based on personal whims, which then had to pay them a report of its enforceable, as he did when he had to manage scarce public resources that were accessible, no laws and no one demanded it, becoming the first Dominican to be accountable to the country.
Today, in our country there are 155 municipal districts and 232 municipalities. There are many proposals submitted to the National Congress to raise a lot of sections in this category, which often do not meet the minimal conditions for it, which has become a feast. This action has contributed to increasing bureaucracy, the public payroll, political aspirations, increasing the national budget and therefore, administrative corruption, as more and more required Mayors, councilors and therefore more and more personal administrative. Until 1996 there were only 109 nationwide municipalities and 47 municipal districts.
These institutions are governed by the law 176-07 of the National District and the Municipalities and the 170-06, Municipal Participatory Budgeting (PPM).
The law 166-03, on Municipal Budget, ordered transfer to the municipalities and District Boards, from the year 2005, 10% of the revenue of the national budget, which we identify with completely. If these resources were managed correctly this would be an important contribution to the country and to the communes themselves, since it would take a huge burden to the Central Government. According to Article 21 of Law 176-07, this budget will be distributed as follows:
a) Up to 25% for staff costs, both for permanent staff or temporary contract.
b) Up to 31% for activities and for the operation and maintenance of municipal services to the community.
c) At least 40% for infrastructure, procurement, construction and modification of buildings and purchase of property, including pre-investment costs and investment for local economic development initiatives and social.
d) A 4% for education, health and gender.
These institutions according to Article 11 of this law, are required to file a series of reports to various oversight agencies, such as:
a) The monthly and quarterly budget execution to the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic, to the Directorate General of Budget, the Comptroller General of the Republic and the Dominican Municipal League.
b) The Municipal Budget approved by resolution of the Board of Aldermen, addressed to the Directorate General of Budget, the Dominican Municipal League and the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic.
c) The Balance Sheet Annual, led to the Directorate General of Government Accounting.
d) Report Monthly Works Execution directed to the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic.
All Mayors and Boards of Directors of Municipal Districts, through the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU), which is the union that brings together, with all their rights, demanding that the Central Government delivering 10% of Budget National law that corresponds to them, saying in his speeches that the Founding Father Juan Pablo Duarte considered and raised the flag of the Municipal Power should be the "first branch of government."
But are they really our municipalities prepared, organized and trained to properly manage these resources? Do they all internal control structure established? Do you have an accounting system and a financial system organized? Do they meet budgetary execution? Do you do all your purchasing and procurement of works and services through public tenders, as provided the 340-06 and 449-06? Do they comply with the duty to render the reports for public inspection bodies, which by order of the various laws are required to do: Chamber of Accounts of the Republic (Law 10-04), the Comptroller General of the Republic (Law 10-07), the Dominican Municipal League (Act 49), Governmental Accounting Department (Law 126-01), Directorate General of Budget (LAW 423-06)? The answer to all these questions is that, except for a few exceptions, very few meet these mandates.
The author is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic
JUAN PABLO DUARTE: EL PODER MUNICIPAL Y LA EJECUCION PRESUPUESTARIA | Cabarete noticias
Translated:
JUAN PABLO DUARTE: MUNICIPAL POWER AND BUDGET EXECUTION
June 27, 2013 | Filed under: News | Posted by: caba8255
Alfedro-cross-300x295
Alfredo Cruz, Judge of the Chamber of Accounts
By: Alfredo Cruz Polanco - alfredocruzpolanco@gmail.com
The following reflections I have wanted to raise with the sole aim of providing some ideas to help guide all of our mayors, to create a culture of accountability, to make them aware of how they should manage the resources of our municipalities and what to do to correct distortions. They have been taken from the various audits conducted by the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic, as a contribution to the bicentenary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte y Diez, who is considered the first municipalist of the Republic.
The founder of our nation, in the draft constitution he devised, in addition to the three fundamental powers: legislative, executive and judicial, Municipal conceived as the first power of the Dominican State.
The patrician was a strong advocate of Municipal Power, as a way to contribute to governance and decentralization of the state, to facilitate and make more effective the records of works and services, boost the economy and that each citizen to be part the council, through the Participatory Budget. This whole vision was assimilated during his trips to Spain and other European countries.
Juan Pablo Duarte Municipal Power conceived of as the Economic and Political Government of the people, that they should become a counterweight to the executive branch, a model organization where resources received through the Budget of Income and Expenditure Law, were handled efficiently , neatness, efficiency, honesty and transparency, which will take an organized system of your finances, that the works and services to be undertaken were based on the priorities and demands of the communes, not based on personal whims, which then had to pay them a report of its enforceable, as he did when he had to manage scarce public resources that were accessible, no laws and no one demanded it, becoming the first Dominican to be accountable to the country.
Today, in our country there are 155 municipal districts and 232 municipalities. There are many proposals submitted to the National Congress to raise a lot of sections in this category, which often do not meet the minimal conditions for it, which has become a feast. This action has contributed to increasing bureaucracy, the public payroll, political aspirations, increasing the national budget and therefore, administrative corruption, as more and more required Mayors, councilors and therefore more and more personal administrative. Until 1996 there were only 109 nationwide municipalities and 47 municipal districts.
These institutions are governed by the law 176-07 of the National District and the Municipalities and the 170-06, Municipal Participatory Budgeting (PPM).
The law 166-03, on Municipal Budget, ordered transfer to the municipalities and District Boards, from the year 2005, 10% of the revenue of the national budget, which we identify with completely. If these resources were managed correctly this would be an important contribution to the country and to the communes themselves, since it would take a huge burden to the Central Government. According to Article 21 of Law 176-07, this budget will be distributed as follows:
a) Up to 25% for staff costs, both for permanent staff or temporary contract.
b) Up to 31% for activities and for the operation and maintenance of municipal services to the community.
c) At least 40% for infrastructure, procurement, construction and modification of buildings and purchase of property, including pre-investment costs and investment for local economic development initiatives and social.
d) A 4% for education, health and gender.
These institutions according to Article 11 of this law, are required to file a series of reports to various oversight agencies, such as:
a) The monthly and quarterly budget execution to the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic, to the Directorate General of Budget, the Comptroller General of the Republic and the Dominican Municipal League.
b) The Municipal Budget approved by resolution of the Board of Aldermen, addressed to the Directorate General of Budget, the Dominican Municipal League and the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic.
c) The Balance Sheet Annual, led to the Directorate General of Government Accounting.
d) Report Monthly Works Execution directed to the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic.
All Mayors and Boards of Directors of Municipal Districts, through the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU), which is the union that brings together, with all their rights, demanding that the Central Government delivering 10% of Budget National law that corresponds to them, saying in his speeches that the Founding Father Juan Pablo Duarte considered and raised the flag of the Municipal Power should be the "first branch of government."
But are they really our municipalities prepared, organized and trained to properly manage these resources? Do they all internal control structure established? Do you have an accounting system and a financial system organized? Do they meet budgetary execution? Do you do all your purchasing and procurement of works and services through public tenders, as provided the 340-06 and 449-06? Do they comply with the duty to render the reports for public inspection bodies, which by order of the various laws are required to do: Chamber of Accounts of the Republic (Law 10-04), the Comptroller General of the Republic (Law 10-07), the Dominican Municipal League (Act 49), Governmental Accounting Department (Law 126-01), Directorate General of Budget (LAW 423-06)? The answer to all these questions is that, except for a few exceptions, very few meet these mandates.
The author is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic
