President Préval wants politicians change the law of September 9, 2008 on the state of emergency in order to take into account a period of 18 months.
Presently, the September 9 act authorizes the use of state of emergency only for a period of 15 days. It can be renewed but the government has to go back to the Parliament each and every time to request it and provide good reasons for it plus account for previous spendings.
The amendment is supposed to take into account the establishment of the Interim Committee and the Board for the Development of Haiti who will manage funds for reconstruction.
Meanwhile, the Head of State also requested an extension of emergency law passed after the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
Many parliamentarians are requiring the publication of reports on expenditures during the first period of emergency in 2010. $ 169 million had been mobilized from the Petrocaribe funds during the emergency period.
The chairman of the Lower House, Levaillant Louis Jeune,
said the report published in the official newspaper The Monitor is not exhaustive.
It lacks details of expenditure incurred for the acquisition of equipment including the CNE.
He claims that the government has always refused to submit reports on emergency funds used in 2008 and 2010.
However, chances are that the bills will past due to the majority of the seats in the senate and lower house being held by the Parlamentary block called "INITE", the party of the President. Though the party would be willing to lend its support to the government, Senator Joseph Lambert would like to see more transparent management of emergency funds by President Préval.
How will the funds for the reconstruction of Haiti be used?
We will all know after the outcome of the 2-day meetings in New-York.
Why was the September 9, 2008 law put in place?
Read our previous article on corruptions in Haïti.
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