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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-12-11
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[01] PASOK proposals on budgets
[01] PASOK proposals on budgets
Main opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) head of the
party's economy department Vasso Papandreou on Monday presented the
department's proposal on how state budgets should be drafted and
implemented.
"The current procedure has problems of effectiveness, transparency and
the checking of the budget. The Greek Parliament usually votes one
budget, while another budget is implemented. And the way with which a
budget is drafted and implemented is of great importance for the
utilisation and effectiveness of the state's expenditures," Vasso
Papandreou said during a special event.
She noted that "we should pass from the budgets which are passive tools
and simply finance certain activities, in programme budgets, which
means that clear targets and indexes of evaluation of the result are
given."
Papandreou added:"It has been proven from the countries which implement
this system, that this way is very important for the confrontation of
bureaucracy and introversion of the public sector, because at the same
time the fiscal discipline is secured more effectively, and the social
responsibility on all levels of public administration is strengthened."
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