To mark the beginning of the celebration of its sixtieth anniversary, the General Directorate of the Treasury is holding two days in front of the town hall in Analakely. Yesterday and today.
Many citizens are unaware of the real attributions and vocations of the Malagasy Public Treasury. This department of the Ministry of Economy and Finance is best known to the general public for the payment of pensions and balances. It is also often singled out for each delay in payment from ordinary people to public entities themselves.
And yet, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Rindra Hasimbelo Rabarinirinarison explained on the sidelines of the official opening of the “Treasury Days” which is held to this day at the Forecourt of the Town Hall in Analakely, that the public treasury is at the last box in the expenditure payment chain. Sometimes complaints once morest the Department arise when it has just received the files. However, the personal and pecuniary responsibility of public accountants is engaged in the management of public funds in the event of irregularities on the part of public accountants. Their descendants are required to repay everything. Rigor is therefore required in the processing of files.
Faced with this lack of knowledge of the procedures and missions of the Public Treasury, the leaders and staff through its unions and associations have decided to go directly to meet the general public. All the technical departments have a stand where their activities are presented. A satisfaction survey is also organised.
According to the Director General of the Treasury Andry Nirina Rajaofetra, the objective of this survey is to collect complaints but also the aspirations of users for the improvement of the services provided to them by the Public Treasury. This event also falls within the framework of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the department with the theme “A modern public treasury working with rigor, transparency and integrity”. The Malagasy Public Treasury also plans to organize other similar events in regions other than Analamanga.
Andry Nirina Rajaofetra also explained that “the management of internal and external public debts is the responsibility of the Treasury. The same applies to the publication of related statistics”. In passing, he recalled the existence of treasury bonds by auction, BTA, and fihary treasury bonds, BFT. The latter have a medium-term maturity with more than remunerative interest rates. 6.8% in one year, 7.7 for two years and 8.5% in three years. Everyone can subscribe from one million ariary. From private citizens to businesses.
