Abstract

Why Haiti Has No Budget

This article presents information on international relations. At the session of the Haitian National Assembly on August 4, the President of the Republic of Haiti and the Haitian Minister of Finance laid before that body the course of the American Financial Adviser which had made it impossible to submit to the Assembly accounts and budgets in accordance with the Constitution of Haiti and the Haiti-American Convention. In a message to Gentlemen of the Council of State, President of the Haiti said, "On account of unforeseen circumstances it has not been possible for the Government of the Republic to present to you in the course of the session of your high assembly which closes today the general accounts of receipts and expenditures for 1918-1919 and the budget for 1920-1921, in accordance with the Constitution."