The Brazilian Tourism Ministry, as a means of denying complicity in large scale corruption, has asked municipal and third sector entities to refund R$ 68 million.
Part of money had been transferred at the request of congressmen and senators, through Budget Amendments between 2003 and 2009. The controversy of the misuse of the amendments became public this week after the Sao Paulo newspaper “O Estado de S. Paulo”, where they reported that Senator Angelo Gin (PUB-SP) would have benefited from amendments to pass funds to non-existent entities. Angelo tried to deny his involvement by saying that the responsibility of implementing the money would be ministries.
Of the total collected by the Ministry of Tourism, at least $ 50 million funded festivals – carnival, local festivities, rodeos, June festivals and concerts. The accounting of the requests mentions 467 allotments considered delinquent by the ministry because there was no proper accountability or the events and their costs did not actually exist.
Of the total collected by the Ministry of Tourism, at least $ 50 million funded festivals – carnival, local festivities, rodeos, June festivals and concerts. The accounting of the requests mentions 467 allotments considered delinquent by the ministry because there was no proper accountability or the events and their costs did not actually exist.
Most of these transfers were made directly to false nongovernmental organizations, trade unions and civic associations. Tourism wants R$ 42 million back that was transferred to these entities through 234 projects.
The R$ 26.2 million remaining are charged to municipalities and associations representing the municipalities.
The data are part of a survey conducted by NGO "Focus in Congress" from the Integrated System Administration (Safi) and the Transparency Portal of the Comptroller General (CGU).
A collection of resources was confirmed by the Ministry of Tourism.
Money transferred to kite surfing and "Golden Muses”.
According to the "Congress in Focus", the debt of entities and municipal cooperation agreements ranging from symbolic r$ 180 to R $ 2.5 million.
The data are part of a survey conducted by NGO "Focus in Congress" from the Integrated System Administration (Safi) and the Transparency Portal of the Comptroller General (CGU).
A collection of resources was confirmed by the Ministry of Tourism.
Money transferred to kite surfing and "Golden Muses”.
According to the "Congress in Focus", the debt of entities and municipal cooperation agreements ranging from symbolic r$ 180 to R $ 2.5 million.
There are anecdotes from those who are in the crosshairs of this scandal.
For example the ministry wants the return of R$ 40,000 for a samba school for in Vitoria (ES). The money was transferred by the federal government for the Samba club to elect the” golden Mulatta” in Carnival 2007.
The ministry also claims to be trying to recover R$ 400,000 for two associations to promote a sport still relatively little spread in the country, kite surfing. The sport has been graced with resources for events all over the country between 2004 and 2006. The organizers have not made any accounting of the use of the funds.
Given the difficulty in getting the funds back, the Ministry of Tourism triggered the Court of Audit (TCU) to solve the case. The ministry tries to recover, in total, R$ 2.2 million transferred to the promotion of sporting events.
According to a survey by the NGO Open Accounts, there is an indication that the problem could get worse: there was a 2351% increase in the budget for internal tourism events in 2010, after numerous amendments proposed by politicians
According to a survey by the NGO Open Accounts, there is an indication that the problem could get worse: there was a 2351% increase in the budget for internal tourism events in 2010, after numerous amendments proposed by politicians
The planned spending was R$ 32.6 million subsequently jumped to R$ 798.8 million.
