To determine how our money will be spent, there’s the Annual Budget Law (LOA). It specifies how much will go to education, public security and health care policies, for instance.
Every year, the State Governor presents a budget proposal, the deputies at the Legislative Assembly debate and amend this proposal before it is passed into law. That's how the state budget is established for the next year.
Both the Federal and São Paulo State Constitutions are very clear: any change on what the Annual Budget Law (LOA) has determined must go to the Legislative Assembly. That's the rule of the game!
But, actually, in practice it hasn’t been like that. Every year, the Budget Law has allowed the Governor to allocate more money than planned, without debate at the Assembly.
If the Government decides on its own when and how to allocate the additional credits, there’s no public debate: negotiations are conducted behind closed doors by the few who were invited in, without the accountability required by the game’s rules.
And when it involves the Justice System, it’s even more alarming: the Government gives more money to those that are supposed to oversee and judge excesses and omissions of the Government itself.
Learn more at Justa.org.br
Негізгі бет Additional Credits on the Annual State Budget Law
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