The Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) and the General Directorate of the Budget (Digepres) issued circular DGP-SAL-2022-00183, dated July 20, 2022, which restricts the entry or movement of personnel and wage adjustments that represent increases in the remuneration line in the institutions that make up the public administration.
The decision was taken as part of the measures adopted for the rationalization of the public spending.
“The MAP and the Digepres, in their respective capacities as Governing Bodies of the Public Function and of the Budget Systemplease inform you that as of this date, the procedures for personnel income or movement are restricted, as well as salary readjustments that imply increases in the remuneration line for the remainder of this year, and therefore that have an impact on the period 2023, except for those entities or bodies that, by their nature, merit it, and that have the proper authorization from both the MAP and the Digepres”, indicates the circular signed by the Minister of Public Administration, Darío Castillo Lugo, and the CEO of BudgetJose Rijo Presbot.
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The provision is established in compliance with the guidelines for the Formulation of the Institutional Preliminary Projects for the 2023 Budgetsent by Digepres Circular 011-22, of July 14, 2022, in accordance with the budgetary policies approved by the Council of Ministers, on July 8 of the current year.
The document is addressed to ministers, Comptroller General of the Republic, Legal Consultant of the Executive Power, National and General Directors, Administrators, and Sub-Administrators, Managers and Deputy Managers of the Central Government, Non-Financial Autonomous and Decentralized Organizations and Social Security Institutions.
“This circular enters into force as of its circulation, so any request in this regard, made after it, will be without effect”says the document.
