Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PORTAUPRINCE1880
2006-09-29 18:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Au Prince
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UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 001880
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
EB/IFD
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA (BEN-YEHUDA)
COMMERCE FOR SCOTT SMITH
TREASURY FOR JEFFERY LEVINE
WHA/EX PLEASE PASS USOAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON HA
SUBJECT: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES FY07 BUDGET
REF: PAP 1842
UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 001880
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
EB/IFD
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA (BEN-YEHUDA)
COMMERCE FOR SCOTT SMITH
TREASURY FOR JEFFERY LEVINE
WHA/EX PLEASE PASS USOAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON HA
SUBJECT: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES FY07 BUDGET
REF: PAP 1842
1. The Haitian parliament ratified the executive's FY07
budget, with some modifications per ref. The chamber passed
the budget September 27 by a vote of 40 out of 53 deputies
present; the senate passed the budget one day later with a
unanimous vote of 27 senators. At this point, parliament
passes the ratified budget to the executive, either to be
approved and published, or re-modified and returned to
parliament. According to Senator Kelly Bastien of the
finance commission, finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil is not
satisfied with the changes, but is under pressure from
President Rene Preval to approve the budget and publish it as
is, given the start of FY07 on October 1.
2. President Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told
econoff September 29 that the executive, though largely
satisfied with the budget's rapid ratification, is
disappointed with the reallocation of about 900 million
Haitian gourdes (about USD 25 million) from the public
intervention fund. The parliamentarians reallocated the
funds to the feasibility study of creating a national army
and to their own "pork barrel politics," according to Verret.
Also, Verret complained that the parliamentarians did not
specify from where the 900 million Haitian gourdes should be
removed. (The public intervention fund was intended for a
number of projects, including energy funds.) Verret
confirmed that Dorsainvil's initial reaction was to reject
the budget, but that the executive will most likely approve
it as is.
SANDERSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CAR
EB/IFD
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA (BEN-YEHUDA)
COMMERCE FOR SCOTT SMITH
TREASURY FOR JEFFERY LEVINE
WHA/EX PLEASE PASS USOAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON HA
SUBJECT: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES FY07 BUDGET
REF: PAP 1842
1. The Haitian parliament ratified the executive's FY07
budget, with some modifications per ref. The chamber passed
the budget September 27 by a vote of 40 out of 53 deputies
present; the senate passed the budget one day later with a
unanimous vote of 27 senators. At this point, parliament
passes the ratified budget to the executive, either to be
approved and published, or re-modified and returned to
parliament. According to Senator Kelly Bastien of the
finance commission, finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil is not
satisfied with the changes, but is under pressure from
President Rene Preval to approve the budget and publish it as
is, given the start of FY07 on October 1.
2. President Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told
econoff September 29 that the executive, though largely
satisfied with the budget's rapid ratification, is
disappointed with the reallocation of about 900 million
Haitian gourdes (about USD 25 million) from the public
intervention fund. The parliamentarians reallocated the
funds to the feasibility study of creating a national army
and to their own "pork barrel politics," according to Verret.
Also, Verret complained that the parliamentarians did not
specify from where the 900 million Haitian gourdes should be
removed. (The public intervention fund was intended for a
number of projects, including energy funds.) Verret
confirmed that Dorsainvil's initial reaction was to reject
the budget, but that the executive will most likely approve
it as is.
SANDERSON