Opposition: State has a deficit of R$ 3 billion.

The complaint was filed by Representative Carlos Gaban (DEM) and reiterated by the minority leader in the Legislative Assembly, Representative Elmar Nascimento, also from DEM; they say there are a series of questions "that remained unanswered or that did not convince the representatives present at the public hearing held on Wednesday morning" at the Assembly with the Secretary of Finance, Manoel Vitório, to schedule the presentation of the state government's accounts for the third quarter of this year.

October 23, 2013, 20:14 PMUpdated May 27, 2019, 08:37 AM

The complaint was filed by Representative Carlos Gaban (DEM) and reiterated by the minority leader in the Legislative Assembly, Representative Elmar Nascimento, also from DEM; they say there are a series of questions "that remained unanswered or that did not convince the representatives present at the public hearing held on Wednesday morning" at the House with the Secretary of Finance, Manoel Vitório, to mark the presentation of the state government's accounts for the third quarter of this year (Photo: Romulo Faro)

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The Minority Leadership in the Legislative Assembly claims that the State of Bahia has a current account at Banco do Brasil that once had a negative balance of R$ 3 billion. Furthermore, opposition deputies say that the Secretary of Finance, Manoel Vitório, was unable to answer the parliamentarians' questions and explain the deficit, according to an article on the Bahia Notícias website. The bank account is reportedly number 1000000-3, opened in 2010.

Due to the alleged deficit, the opposition will request from the state government, based on the transparency law, the bank statements showing the transactions of this account, so that, if irregularities are found in its operation, they can file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office for appropriate action to be taken.

The complaint was filed by Representative Carlos Gaban (DEM) - on the left - and reiterated by the minority leader in the Assembly, Representative Elmar Nascimento, also from DEM. They say there are a series of questions "that remained unanswered or that did not convince the representatives present at the public hearing held on Wednesday morning [the 23rd]" in the House to mark the accountability of the state government regarding the third quarter of this year.

Opposition parliamentarians also questioned the "low rate" of budget execution in 2013, the "paltry percentage" of only 3,77% of the budget applied to investments, the anticipation of revenues, the use of earmarked funds and others from bodies such as the Department of Motor Vehicles to pay operating expenses.

Opponents also say there is difficulty in paying service providers, especially when the Nominal Result and Consolidated Debt Statements, which reflect the State's cash availability to settle its debts, show a balance of R$ 6,2 billion, which, added to the R$ 885,6 million in receivables, reaches R$ 7 billion, amounts attributed by the secretary to an accounting error.