Financial Risk:
Very High
Score:
27/100
24
50/100
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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There is an internal unit responsible for advising and supervising the procedures regarding asset disposal processes, information on these disposals and the proceeds from…
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In Mozambique, according to the Law on the Organisation and Functioning of Public Administration, the Public Administration must operate based on the principle of…
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The financial results of the sales are regularly available to the public in the General State Account [1], which is sent to the Assembly…
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25
25/100
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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According to the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic, the Parliamentary Committee for Defence, Order, and Public Security is responsible for…
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There is no effective external and independent scrutiny of the defence sector [1]. While the Parliamentary Committee for Defence, Security, and Public Order is…
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The audit reports on asset disposals are not made available to the public, because of the State Secrets Law that sanctions the classification of…
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26
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 percentage is not available to the public, or the information that is published is considered unreliable, because ussually this type of information are…
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27
0/100
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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The legislature is provided with no information on spending on secret items because the Information from the Defence and Security Forces to the Legislature…
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28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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Legislators are not provided audit reports on the security sector and secret items.The law on state and military secrets is clear and peremptory, and…
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The audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (military and intelligence services) are not subject to parliamentary debate, because they are…
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29
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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The off-budget expenditures are not permitted by law. Article 130(1) of the Constitution of the Republic establishes that the State Budget must be prepared,…
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Off budget expenditures are hardly made public, except through general pronouncements in which round figures are provided without breaking them into budget lines [1].…
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There has been some off-budget military expenditure, but this involves legitimate economic activity, such as personnel expenditure and the acquisition of defence products, especially…
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In terms of legal framework, access to information is governed by the Right to Information Law [1], which establishes all the principles; and information…
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There is an Information Classifier that guides the classification of information in the Public Administration Sector and in the Defence and Security Sector, governed…
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The citizens are unlikely to access defence sector information, even when requested in accordance with the access to information law. Current legal framework (i.e.,…
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31
13/100
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 defence institutions have interests in businesses and commercial activities such as private security services, civil construction, demining, explosives manufacturing, among other activities [1].…
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The national defence and security institutions have properties and commercial businesses, through companies under their tutelage. While transparency is plausible, because these businesses are…
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32
25/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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The military-owned companies, such as Monte Binga Company, are subject to some scrutiny and even publish their apparent financial statements in newspapers, but such…
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Although information is available, the audit details may be incomplete or abbreviated, as these companies have ties to the Defence and Security Sector, where…
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33
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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The government does not outlaw private enterprise under the umbrella of the state’s defence and security operations [1]. In the Defence and Security Forces,…
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For legal and institutional aspects, in the Defence Sector, there is no private initiative not authorised by the General Staff of the Armed Forces,…
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77
63/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Details of actual expenditure on defence and security In the General State Account and in the General State Budget Implementation Instruments are proactively published…
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The Ministry of Economy and Finance publishes economic and social management instruments that disclose the vast majority of actual defence expenditure [1,2,3]. However, for…
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The General State Account is the main document used to present the State’s financial statements [1]. According to Law No. 9/2002, the SISTAFE Law…
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In terms of comparison against budget, despite the variations between the published budget and actual expenditure, detailed data on general expenditures are provided throughout…
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NA/100
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Asset Disposals
Q24
NA/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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Q25
NA/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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Q26
NA/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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Q27
NA/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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Q28
NA/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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Q29
NA/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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Q30
NA/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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Q31
NA/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?
View QuestionMilitary-owned Businesses
Q32
NA/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
View QuestionIllegal Private Enterprise
Q33
NA/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?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
NA/100