2023-05-04 09:43:08
The Minister of Finance, Ilídio Vieira Té, acknowledged this Tuesday, May 2, 2023 that the salary paid to civil servants is unrealistic, because “the executive has a clear notion of people who have lived outside the country for several years, even deceased”. , but who continued to receive their salary after death. The official said that no country in the world progresses only by paying salaries with tax revenue, without saving to invest.
ilídio Vieira Té was speaking to the press after a meeting between the government, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the diplomatic corps accredited in the country, having recognized that the wage bill represents a weight in the general budget of the State.
“Only by carrying out a census or census of employees can the situation be resolved, which is why an IMF mission came to the country, exclusively to analyze the wage bill and support the implementation of the “Blockchain” program in public administration.
ilídio Vieira Té pointed out that Guinea-Bissau is a pilot country in the “Blockchain” process, serving as a model for other countries, which will help fight corruption and improve the wage bill.
“It is a program that detects various irregularities that a person can try to introduce into the system itself, as well as helping with the admission of personnel into public administration and audits of the Court of Audit. it is a comprehensive element that will contribute to the reduction of the wage bill and discourage practices that do not support the functioning of the Guinean public administration,” he stressed.
Asked about the holding of the legislative elections scheduled for June 4 of the current year, Ilídio Vieira Té said that the legislative elections will only fail if it is the will of God, and not the human will, because “since the democratic history, the country has never invested so much in legislative elections as today, assuming 80% of the total costs inherent in the electoral process, through the tax instituted since 202”.
“Guinea-Bissau is part of the concert of nations and the partners understood that they had to assume the other part that was missing”, he indicated, before stressing that the government was not in a position to take on this part.
“I could assume it, I tell you this firmly, but the partners have understood that they have to help, to contribute and the process is on the right track. We are not affected by this situation. The legislative elections will take place on June 4. the parties can start going down to the ground to do their job,” he added. IMF mission is in the country to move forward with the implementation of a “Blockchain” solution, an assured system that makes it possible to control the transparency of the wage bill and the management of human resources in Guinea-Bissau, of which the ministries are part. finance and public service.
Concha Verdugo said that the project has several applications that allow institutions that work in payroll to be connected so that they can receive authorization or approval from the Court of Auditors in order to plan and carry out payments to officials.
the head of the International Monetary Fund’s Africa department said she hopes the technological innovation introduced will start working in September this year.
He said he was satisfied with the collaboration of several institutions, namely the Ministry of Finance, the civil service and the Court of Auditors.
“We hope he will play a bigger role in establishing accountability. Now, the Minister of Finance can inform the Executive, the Council of Ministers, civil society and the general population on how the new system can work to allow financial flow to the country,” he informed .
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