Financial Risk:
High
Score:
40/100
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 disposal of assets in the armed forces is regulated through the Law on Acquisitions and Disposals of Tangible and Intangible Assets and Services…
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Disposals of assets through the “public proposals” mechanism are published on the army website. For each proposal, the institution designs bidding rules with detailed…
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Resolutions of public bindings are published on the websites of the branches of the armed forces. Resolutions specify the bidding process and the assets…
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Q25
75/100
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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Each year, the branches of the military and their associated organisms, in coordination with the sub-secretary for the armed forces, provide information about the…
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There is no evidence of the exercise of undue influence in the audit processes carried out by the CGR. Despite its lack of assets,…
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Comprehensive audit reports produced by the General Comptroller are available on the transparency platform of the armed forces [1]. For each institution, the final…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
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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The budget for national defence has two components that are treated differently. On the one hand, resources that belong to the Annual Budget Law…
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Q27
25/100
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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According to the Organic Law of the Ministry of National Defence (MDN), the MDN, in coordination with the sub-secretary for the armed forces and…
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Q28
38/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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The evidence suggests that legislators do not receive detailed audit reports regularly. According to the legislation [1], the Ministry of National Defence (MDN) shall…
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In specific instances, such as Special Investigatory Commissions, legislators have been able to require documentation and testimony regarding processes of internal control and audit…
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Q29
25/100
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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Legislators have had some opportunities to review and comment on processes of control and audit in the armed forces, but these instances The fundamental…
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Off-budget operations that belong to the Reserved Law of Copper and interest accrued on bonds have been integrated into the public budget documentation and…
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Off-budget military expenditure constitutes an institutionalised source for the acquisition and maintenance of war materials and the development of the military capacity in the…
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Q30
75/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Comparative studies of the legal and institutional frameworks for accessing information indicate that the Chilean model is aligned with the best institutional practices and…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Public agencies have to maintain updated systems of acts and documents classified as secrets…
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The system for assessing information seems to operate reasonably well, although there are restrictions in the access to information considered secret, which is broadly…
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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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The armed forces are linked to a commercial business in the military industry, but there is almost no information on the insertion of these…
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While the ownership of commercial businesses and the sale of services are publicly declared, the details of transfers that these businesses could make to…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
13/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Formally, the external audit and financial scrutiny of the organisms of the military industry and other businesses related to the defence sector can include…
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There is little evidence of the existence of external audits of companies in the military industry. Audits are conducted in specific cases, are ad…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
38/100
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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There are dispersed legal prescriptions that refer to the duties of public servants and the ethics of the members of the military forces, but…
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Unauthorised private companies have been reported in several cases in the armed forces, particularly in the army. The cases are mainly related to the…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
44/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The Ministry of National Defence (MDN), through the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance (DIPRES) of the Ministry of Finance, publishes monthly reports…
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In the Public Budget Proposal, some items are only mentioned in vague terms, as is the case with “reserved expenditures” in each branch of…
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The MDN, through the DIPRES of the Ministry of Finance, published reports of budget spending within less than six months of the end of…
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Budget executions of each branch of the armed forces and other institutions of the defence sector are published monthly [1]. Each report contains accounting…
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