The nation is unfeasible ', says Nardes, from TCU, on fiscal framework
Minister of TCU warns about the problem of public accounts and defends the governance of public spending, in an event of the Correio
One of the main measures to solve the problem of public accounts, which, according to the speakers, has never been as serious as it is today, is to improve the governance of expenditures, according to Nardes. And, in this sense, he suggested measures not only to increase the efficiency of civil servants with a smaller staff, but also to create mechanisms to avoid wasting taxpayer money.
“We have more than 15 million people working in governments, without governance, without evaluation and without adequate training. We have to start with a transformation of the nation and governance is the great background for this change ”, he said. “Raising we know, but spending, we don't know. Throwing money in the gutter and in the wind is the simplest and easiest thing in the Brazilian state ”, warned Nardes.
Minister was the rapporteur of the TCU who rejected the accounts of ex-president Dilma Rousseff of 2014, paving the way for the impeachment of PT. He cited as an example of the disregard for public money by government officials “the thousands of day care centers and UPAs (Emergency Care Units) abandoned in Brazil that consumed billions of public investment”.
Incompetence of government officials
Nardes also argued that incompetence is the hallmark of the country's rulers, who spend a lot and badly. “The nation is unfeasible”, he criticized, pointing out that, between 2014 and 2015, the Federal Executive had expenses of R $ 365 billion.
The minister pointed out that there is widespread disorganization in the state, because there is no good governance and performance evaluation of public policies and employees. “Collect, we know. Spending, we don't know, ”he said. "Throwing money in the wind is simple and easy," he added.
Nardes stated that, according to the audits carried out at TCU since 2014, incompetence is what is most characterized. He exemplified excess spending in city halls, refineries and construction of daycare centers. “Fighting corruption without governance is not going to change anything. Everything remains the same, because nobody controls where the money goes, ”he said.
"We have to decrease spending, and certainly not increase taxes, but increase efficiency," he argued. “We are in a situation of economic impossibility for the nation. The time has come to transform ”, concluded Nardes. The minister closed the seminar by highlighting the need for debate by praising the initiative of the Mail Braziliense.
R $ 4 trillion
In Nardes' assessment, the next president needs to be aware of these problems and candidates need to debate this problem, as well as pension reform, and not just attack one or the other. “Leaders need to be aware of this role. It is worth provoking the discussion that is the background of the situation of collapse if the reform (social security) is not carried out now ”, he highlighted. According to the minister's accounts, the size of the Social Security gap in the states is R $ 2,8 trillion and that of the Union, including the public and private systems, R $ 1,2 trillion, in actuarial values brought to the present that together add up R $ 4 trillion, more than half of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). "We are unable to pay those who have the prospect of retiring in the future because we are in a situation where the nation is not viable," he warned, adding that he maintains the optimism that something needs to be done and soon.
Source: Mail Braziliense
07/03/2018
