Africa-Press – Angola. The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights introduced new measures for the attribution of the status of public utility, informed this Monday, in Luanda, the Secretary of State Orlando Fernandes.
Speaking at the opening of a seminar on such measures, aimed at representatives of civil society, the Secretary of State for Justice said that the new regime brought some innovative solutions.
Among the innovations, he highlighted the definition of lines for analyzing the information submitted by the applicants, the duration of the public utility statute and its subjection to evaluation, determination of the reasons for rejection, rendering of accounts, subjection to inspection by the Court of Auditors, direct financial support or indirect by the State, through the signature of program contracts and the causes of termination of the Statute.
Among the structuring axes, there is also the adequacy of the weight of the State to the limit of the country’s financial possibilities. According to Orlando Fernandes, this is a regime that forms part of the roadmap for state reform, approved by Presidential Decree nº 105/19, of 29 March.
He clarified that the previous regime was more permissive and did not present clarified limits for the inspection, design, maintenance and suspension of the Public Utility Statute, as well as for the prescription of accounts by the organizations that used it. The weaknesses of the previous regime, he said, were harmful to the beneficiary, as well as the State itself, which is why the change was made, thus providing more certainty and legal certainty.
He recognized that the realization of these innovations is challenging and innovative but will involve the participation of all. He invited civil society organizations to reflect on the new regime.
Felizandro Muzi, Technician at the Legal Office of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, said that the previous regime did not set deadlines for the termination of the Public Utility Statute. The new one establishes three years, after which an evaluation of all the activities carried out by the organization must be carried out, in order to decide on their continuity.
As for the requirements, he explained that the previous regime was more comprehensive. The current one is more simplified and a little more rigid, because “it requires a proven activity of the institution during the three years of validity in the community”.
“After receiving the Public Utility Statute, the association cannot carry out the same activity performed by another institution with Public Utility Statute that operates in the same district. In addition, it must present its human resources and updated accounts”, he clarified.
Orlando Fernandes also said that the list of benefits of the new regime includes the tax exemption and budget allocation from the General State Budget (OGE).
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