MPs calls for law to punish budget misuses
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Nay Pyi Taw - Parliament is urged to enact a new law that will be used to take legal action against ministries misusing the state budgets during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday.
Misusing the state budgets includes asking for unnecessary budget and depositing the state budgets into personal accounts to gain interests, said members of parliament (MPs) who are pushing for the law.
They also pointed out audited and inspected facts based on financial report for the second half of 2013-14 FY issued by Union Auditor General’s Office.
MP Tin Maung Oo from the Union Solidarity and Development Party said state and regional governments are not implementing many projects approved by the union government. Instead of calling for tenders to implement the project, they are depositing the allotted budgets into their bank accounts.
Moreover, 5 percent deposit cash from business owners for tender projects are also being deposited into their bank accounts which can lead to fraudulent.
“We heard that bribing gifts are needed to get approval from the ministries for projects. Plus gifts are also needed to pass through audit group,” MP Tin Maung Oo added.
MP Thein Swe from Upper House urged the parliament to take immediate action against those activities.
MP Sandar Min from the National League for Democracy said, “I feel bad for my own country when I found out the information from the report issued by Union Auditors General’s Office. It seems much more misusing of the public budget instead of cutting it down.
“The president office spent Ks 1.9 trillion to host the Asean Summit last year and the office hasn’t disbursed the remaining balance of Ks 321.8 million yet.”
“The worst is when the ministers visiting rural areas for development, they carried money bags along with them to give to their supporters. Public budgets are being misused by the ministries and action should be taken immediately,” she added.
