President Lula and Minister Rui Costa, of the Civic House, during the National Front of Mayors; Ministerial actions must pass through the duo before they are announced
Inspired by initiatives adopted in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, the opposition parliamentarians created what they called the “Specialized Inspection Officeto monitor behaviour Lula’s government 3. The group’s mission is to examine bank accounts and public policies applied in the country. And no fewer than 26 parliamentarians, both federal MPs and senators, will be part of the group. Members of Congress will serve on a voluntary basis. Federal MP Chris Tonito (PL-RJ) is one of the group’s members and will accompany the MWA. You appreciate that initiative is a way to ensure that the opposition also acts in a meaningful way: “What we have noticed is the use of public administration to promote ideologies. Even ideologies that are contrary to the aspirations of the population. Our role as a parliamentarian is to ask the ministry to act in accordance with the thinking of the majority of the population of Brazil.”“, He said.
Federal deputy Luis Lima (PL-RJ) will be in charge of the Ministry of Sports. “It is a group of about 30 deputies with the intention of supervising, pointing out what is effective, which decisions are ineffective in our view, what should be stopped, what should be called attention, and what should be criticized. It is a firm group, not a destructive group, but it will play its specialized role and is well specialized in what related to inspection in ministries.According to the statute created to guide the work of the group, the aim is to “bring together parliamentarians willing to unite efforts to carry out the legislative function of inspecting the executive authority in relation to each ministry, in an organized and specialized manner, with accountability and community participation, in order to contribute to Improving public policies and government integrity and crafting a legislative agenda for an independent government.” Parliamentary advisors and specialists will also be part of the cabinet to ensure technical performance.
The supervisory parliamentarian will monitor activities and evaluate public policies and expenditures by ministries, regulatory agencies and public corporations. The group should make, where appropriate, suggestions for improving issues or even alternative public policies. Every three months, the group must release a report of all assessments. Still within the scope of the group’s activities, parliamentarians can hold public hearings and press conferences; Comply with public notifications to register professionals and citizens interested in participating in public policy oversight boards or contracts and expenditures; requiring information; send applications to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Federal Police, the Controller General of the Federation, the Court of Accounts of the Federation, the judicial authority and other bodies; Conduct exchanges with thematic committees of the National Congress relevant to the ministry ultimately being investigated.
*With information from reporter Jasmine Costa
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