Congressional intervention in the modifications of the budget

Abstract

This paper examines the modifications to the budget law which are not approbed by the National Congress. As became usual, many congressional decisions during the legislative process of the budget are changed by the Treasury with no congressional intervention. This paper analyses the debate and the practice of budget modifications. Then it goes deeper on normative issues and comparative perspective in order to find other experiences where legislative intervention is reinforced. All this critic scrutiny of the current system give room to changes in the legal framework.