Week from June 25 to 29, 2018 - The Prime Minister and members of his government came to the Lower House on Thursday, June 28, 2018 to participate in the interpellation session. The first roll call was attended by 107 deputies. This represents the record of presence in the lower house for the 2018 legislative year. Following the unanimous adoption of the agenda, the session began with the reading of a responsive correspondence from the Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Litigation (CSC / CA) attesting that 4 of the five 5 new ministers integrating the government Jack Guy Lafontant, did not have discharge for have been authorizing officers of the public funds https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24812-haiti-flash-4-illegal-ministers-in-the-lafontant-government.html

Faced with this situation, the deputies questioned the participation as well as the presence of these illegal ministers. Unable to find a consensus for the continuation of the meeting, the president of the office, Gary Bodeau, decided by putting the session in continuation and forming a special commission to investigate the situation of these ministers...

In the Senate, since the plenary session of June 12, 2018, no other meeting could be carried out, for the analyzed week no attempt to carry out a meeting was reported.

Also note Thursday Jude Alix Patrick Salomon, the Minister of the Economy has tabled in Parliament the draft budget law 2018-2019, the bill of regulations 2016-2017 and the amending budget 2017-2018.

The 2018-2019 finance bill is 175 billion Gourdes, while the 2017-2018 amending budget increases from 144 billion to 156 billion Gourdes https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24810-haiti-economy-next-budget-175-billion-gourdes-up-21.html

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