The governments of Coahuila, Colima and Guerrero received federal resources to invest in health services, but they have not justified the destination of one thousand 732 million pesos they spent during 2021, as detected by the Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF) in the Public Account report delivered this Friday.
Of the total resources not justified in the review of “Compliance with the Provisions Established in the Law of Financial Discipline of the States and Municipalities (State Health Services)”, 74%, that is, one thousand 291 million pesos, corresponds to Coahuila, governed by the PRI Miguel Ángel Riquelme, who will conclude his administration in 2023.
It is followed by Colima, which did not justify the expenditure of 344 million pesos and which until October 2021 was governed by José Ignacio Peralta.
In Guerrero, during the administration of PRD member Hector Astudillo, they did not justify the destination of 89 million pesos.
In Coahuila, the Ministry of Health “did not prove the origin and destination of the budget increase of 824 million pesos.” It also reported a 37% increase in personal services, that is, payment to personnel, compared to the previous year, but “resources paid in excess of the limit allowed in the global allocation of personal services of 442 million pesos were identified.”
The Audit also detected 23 million pesos for freely available income for fiscal year 2021, of which “no evidence was presented that they were destined for the early amortization of public debt, the payment of debts from previous fiscal years, current liabilities and other obligations.”
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health of Colima “did not provide supporting documentation” of the destination of 48 million pesos or the destination of surplus income of free disposal that amounted to 295 million pesos.
In Guerrero, the Superior Audit Office of the Federation made a request for the State Health Services “to clarify and provide the additional supporting and supporting documentation of 89 million pesos assigned to the Chapter of Personal Services that exceeded the maximum limit established in the regulations.”
Irregularities in the Health Sector
The Audit reviewed the health secretariats throughout the country that received federal resources and detected three main irregularities:
The lack of documentation proving the destination in accordance with the Financial Discipline Rules of the liquid increases granted by the Ministry of Finance for 878 million pesos, which represented 50% of the amount pending clarification.
The second irregularity is the amount paid in personal services that exceeded the parameter established in the financial discipline rules by 532 million pesos, which represented 30% of the amount pending clarification.
There was also a lack of documentation proving the destination according to the rules of financial discipline of the surplus income derived from freely available income for 321.3 million pesos, which represented 18% of the lack to be clarified.
When comparing the expenditure of federal resources by entities for the health sector in 2020 and 2021, the Audit detected recurring irregularities, such as that payments for personal services exceeded the parameter established in the financial discipline rules; Such irregularity accounted for 68.2% in 2020 and 30.8% in 2021.
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