Illogical! Reducing the budget for national education and public health to reallocate it to the hemicycle. The initial finance bill submitted to the National Assembly for 2025 contains a series of incomprehensible measures. The text was drafted and reviewed in record time, just after the popular movements in October. It was submitted to the National Assembly on short notice to ‘avoid administrative paralysis,’ as it was explained.
The deputies, visibly caught off guard, reportedly did not have time to examine the thorny issues during committee sessions.
The end result: a rectificative finance bill that is sparking controversy. Between the motor vehicle tax, which was aborted at the last minute, and the flawed redistribution of the budget, there is an increase of over 13 billion ariary for the National Assembly at the expense of credits allocated to education or agriculture.
In other sectors, it is even worse. Expenditures allocated to presidential security could increase in the draft rectificative finance bill currently under examination in Tsimbazaza.
‘An additional envelope of 6.8 billion ariary intended to revise the functional allowances for military personnel of the National Police and attached civilian staff. More broadly, the Presidency’s budget allocated for allowances could increase by 10.5 billion ariary,’ Midi Madagasikara indicated today. These are additional budget increases, again at the expense of a vital sector: the environment.
Funding allocations for combating climate change have been revised downward, dropping from 15% to 11% in the draft rectificative finance bill. This is an incomprehensible decision for a segment of public opinion connected on social media. What motivates these new priorities? There are no clear answers for now; the authorities remain evasive. It is a blow to the fervent defenders of these causes, particularly for national education, the environment, and agriculture.
These sectors are vital; they constitute the very foundation of a country’s social and economic development. No politician would have emerged without teachers who, despite their meager salaries, continue to practice their profession. The same goes for agriculture: without it, no one will be able to eat their fill. Although the Great Island is the land of all possibilities, and this works in both directions, it is also the land of lost causes and dreams buried under the rubble.
Itamara Otton
Captured & Published at: 2026-06-18 21:00:04 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
Original Source: https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/06/causes-perdues.html