The Constitutional Court has admitted for processing the conflict raised by the Senate against the Government due to the lack of presentation of the General State Budgets bill. The decision means that the high court will analyze whether the Executive has failed to comply with its constitutional obligations by not registering the public accounts.
The Upper House maintains that the non-presentation of the budget project violates the constitutional framework and alters the institutional balance between powers. In its initiative, the Senate demands that compliance with the procedures provided for in the Constitution regarding budgetary matters be guaranteed.
The admission to proceedings does not imply a pronouncement on the merits of the matter, but opens the door for the Constitutional Court to study the scope of the Executive's obligations in this matter. From now on, the court must gather submissions from the parties before deliberating and issuing a judgment.
The conflict adds a new chapter to the institutional tension surrounding budgetary policy and places the debate in the legal-constitutional arena, where it will be decided whether the Government's action conforms or not to the mandates established by the Constitution.
