The right -wing majority of the Grand Vaud Council requires more efficiency on the part of the State. She accepted two UDC postulates on Tuesday, asking to limit the increase in the number of positions (EPT) within the cantonal administration and to question the legitimacy of existing positions via an external audit.
The two postulates were treated simultaneously since they approach the same subject. They passed the ramp thanks to the compact vote of the UDC, the PLR but also of the majority of the green’liberals. The ball is now in the government’s camp which has a year to present an answer in the form of a report.
The first postulate, defended by the deputy UDC Fabrice Moscheni, apprehends the question of the efficiency of the State in a quantitative way. While the canton of Vaud includes nearly 20,000 officials in its administration (ACV), the elected official recalled that between 2013 and 2022, their number increased by almost 19%, while the population increased by 14%.
Its text correlates the number of officials to the variation of the Vaud population. He asks the Council of State to give a report on the way in which it intends to limit the growth in the number of full -time (andp) employees of the public service so that it is lower or at the maximum equal to the growth of the Vaud population.
Request for an external audit
The postulate of his party colleague Cédric Weissert opted for a more qualitative approach. He asked to carry out an audit of ETP efficiency within the administration, department by department, to propose tracks in order to cover the missions of the State without going through the systematic increase in ETPs and to draw up a comparative relationship with cantons presenting the same similarities.
After examination in committee, the two postulates led to majority (for) and minority (against) reports, in a division respectively between the right and the left. Tuesday, the debate lasted at least 1:15, but practically without skirmishes.
On the right, it was repeated that the canton had a big expense problem and that these two postulates asked the right questions. Finally, you have to open your eyes, summed up the two applicants. “We absolutely have to start working on efficiency and stop veiling our face, otherwise we’re going to go straight into the wall,” said Weissert.
-On the left, we were skeptical or even very critical of the first postulate aimed at “to establish an automatic correlation rule”, “too strict”, between state work stations and demographic evolution in the canton. “Efficiency should not be a pretext for austerity. We must not confuse rigor and regression,” said the elected EP Céline Misiego.
“Gargantuan”
The UDC Philippe Jobin was surprised by the defensive posture of the minority of the Commission. He pleaded for “improving the performance” of the State, as opposed to “austerity”. He encouraged the left to “have a more constructive vision of efficiency rather than kicked” this question.
The deputy PS Arnaud Bouverat himself worried about the cost of an audit which would scan all the posts of the State. “I understand the intention, but I fear that we do not have the financial means currently for this type of external audit”. The Yannick Maury green has spoken out of “gargantuan demand”.
Minister Nuria Gorrite said that the Council of State was not opposed to taking into account the two postulates. While recalling that the government was already leaning on savings and state efficiency. She advocated an “intelligent, nuanced and balanced approach” versus measures based on “arbitrary figures”.
In the vote, the first postulate won 73 favorable votes (55 against) and the second obtained 79 yes (against 55 no).
This article was published automatically. Source: ATS
