The General Secretariat is the main target of this internal operation – the idea of launching this oversight caused some nervousness
Objective: reduce expenditure and ensure transparency of processes. Strategy: already spend comb spending the Presidency of the Republic (PR). Main target: the secretary-general, who manages the accounts. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wants to spend less than Cavaco Silva in the exercise of their duties and ordered a thorough analysis of all the costs of Bethlehem in order to check the areas where you can make savings if the money is always well managed and not there are abuses and irregular procedures in the purchase of goods and services. The DN knows that in the course of internal audit have been detected some problems and inconsistencies.
The audit was confirmed by an official source at the DN of the Presidency. “This is not want to fix anything in relation to coming back, but simply reduce spending wisely, reducing spending to the essentials, taking into account the current situation of the country,” he said.
the same source pointed out that the President’s decision is in line with his attitude since taking office, with regard to the reduction of expenses. “It’s been a constant of the President of the Republic, from the day of his inauguration, the concern with the expenses. Even in the recent trip to Paris his company was limited to only about 20 people,” said this door -Voice of Bethlehem.
the budget approved for PR, still prepared in the previous term, is 16.355 million euros, one of the largest ever in ten years Cavaco Silva (it was only higher in 2006, 2009 and 2010). Personnel expenses decreased between 2011 and 2015 (from 12.3 million to 10.3), but the acquisition of goods and services increased from 3.7 million to 4.6 million. And this is where everything is being spent comb
The General Secretariat is the main target of this internal operation. – The idea of launching this oversight caused some nervousness, particularly in the current general secretary. This structure is responsible for ensuring the functioning of administrative services for the entire management staff and budget. It has a high degree of autonomy and not all procedures will be the most appropriate. The internal audit is to open all the files and the report will be detailed, allowing determine errors and responsibilities.
Audit favorable, but …
Court of Auditors’ report, the disclosure was made in September 2015, she gave an opinion “favorable” to management, but is stressed, “in the sense that this expression is given in the field of financial audit.” This means that not everything was perfect. Says the Manual Audit and Accounts Court Procedures that this “judgment” is used in two situations: either when “has been no limitation of the audit” or when “the auditor in terms of legality and regularity of the transactions examined, reliability of the internal control system and consistency and completeness of the financial statements, finding errors, material omissions and deficiencies, but not so broad, deep and meaningful that call into question the reliability of financial statements. “
auditors have drawn attention to the use “frequent” of direct adjustments to the purchase of goods and services, “for security reasons”, and organized “inappropriately”. One of the recommendations made by the court was, therefore, that the PR would follow the “principle – publication of the rule of data procurement, pursuant to CCP, and only exceptionally weighted dimensions of transparency and security, restrict the publication elements that compromise the security aspects underlying the choice of also exceptional, procedure for direct adjustment. ” One of the anomalies detected tied up with the expenses related to the ex – presidents. The court found an imbalance and lack of a standard in the financing of former state chief criteria. “It was found that the regulation of the installation, composition and operation of the former presidents offices is clearly not enough, so the existing situation shows also the consolidation casuistics decisions within a framework of equal treatment to former holders.”
the auditors noted in 2014, “the most diverse situations.” For the office of Mario Soares, the foundation bearing his name, the Presidency transfers, under lease, 4,300 euros per month. Jorge Sampaio for free using a state of the property, whose works cost more than 700 thousand euros and Ramalho Eanes is only paid the condominium expense (800 euros). Cavaco Silva to settle in the Sacrament of the Convent the Presidency financed the rehabilitation works worth 500 thousand euros. “
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