Financial Risk:
Moderate
Score:
54/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
58/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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The sale of assets in the private domain of the State is allowed under Art. 235 of the Civil and Commercial Code. [1] Although…
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The disposals of state assets are known in the first instance from the presidential decree published in the official bulletin, in which the reason…
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The financial results of the disposals are available on the COMPR.AR website, however, and in accordance with exceptions to the regulations, not all of…
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Q25
33/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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The disposals of assets of the National State that are carried out through the AABE (Governing Body of all the real estate activity of…
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There is no evidence regarding undue influence of the executive or military brances found in the scrutiny around the disposal of assets which is…
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Audit reports regarding disposals were only found within the framework of the UAI of the AABE, and only in 2017. This is available to…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
75/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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With respect to the budgets in the area of intelligence, there is on the one hand an item that is known within the jurisdiction…
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Q27
NEI/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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There is Not Enough Information to score this indicator. By the National Intelligence Law, [1] the Bicameral Commission of Inspection of Intelligence Organisations and…
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Q28
NEI/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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There is Not Enough Information to score this indicator. The Control of Intelligence Organisations and Activities is exclusively in charge of auditing the intelligence…
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There is Not Enough Information to score this indicator. The Bicameral Commission has the exclusive task of overseeing the agencies that make up the…
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Q29
58/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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A recent Law 27565 from September 2020 establishes a National Defence Fund, with the purpose of providing additional funds to the army/defence under broad…
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Money for the aforementioned National Defence Fund is to be obtained for specific purposes, and in accordance with a Plan Submitted to the National…
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Unbudgeted expenses are rare. In the 2018 budget for the defence jurisdiction, expenses have not exceeded the budget, so it is unlikely that non-budgeted…
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Q30
50/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Law 27.275 of 2016 establishes the right to access information in several sectors, including from the Ministry of Defence. The law, as well as…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Although the law establishes the principle of transparency and maximum disclosure, in its article…
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Although the public can access the information, the mechanism presents flaws that are observed in the delay of the responses, missing information, judicialisation against…
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Q31
50/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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Defence institutions do not own commercial companies whose value exceeds 10% of the annual defence budget. Within the sources of financing of the defence…
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These companies are declared public, but the details of their operations and finances are not transparent or easily recognisable. The data mentioned above are…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
50/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Q33
50/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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In Argentina there is currently no legislation that prohibits private companies of military composition. Nor is there evidence of the existence of private companies…
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There are currently no unauthorised private companies operating in the Argentine territory. Even so, there may be cases where ex-military and ex-members of the…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
63/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The expenses during the budget year are published in the main official bodies with specific responsibility over those budgets, but only in general cases…
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The vast majority of actual expenditure executed is published in the official pages mentioned previously. However, there may be exceptions, as is the case…
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The executed expenses are visible in real time (in greater or lesser detail) on the website of the National Budget Office of the Ministry…
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The difference between the initial budget and the executed budget can be seen on the websites of the aforementioned agencies. However, it is not…
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