New financing mechanism for the national defense strategic capabilities

Abstract

The financing of the strategic capacities required by the Armed Forces for the fulfillment of the obligations that Political Constitution of the Republic and the laws indicate to them, it’s materialized in accordance with the provisions of Law 13.196 of 1976 –Reserved Law of Copper– and law 20.977 of 2016 –which updates the previous and leaves its secret or reserved character–. On the other hand, Law 20.424 of 2010 established the new Organic Statute of the Ministry of National Defense, reaffirming that the con- duct of defense is exercised by political authority, as a public policy that allows to Armed Forces its professional and effective in the development of versatile capabilities, that is, for employment in the five mission areas established in the 2017 National Defense Book, with new standards of probity and trans- parency, incorporating the National Congress in the discussion and decision on financing matters of the Armed Forces, and the Comptroller General of the Republic in control aspects. The purpose of this article is to analyze Law 21,174 of September 2019, governing January 1, 2020, establishes the new mechanism for financing the strategic capabilities of national defense and repeals Law 13,196.