Democrats Vow to Block Supplementary Budget Amid Nasheed Impeachment

MP Ilyas Labeeb of The Democrats has declared that his party will block the government's MVR 6.5 billion supplementary budget, amid tensions over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, a Democrat. Ilyas accused the outgoing MDP administration of theft and corruption, highlighting that national debt surged from MVR 48 billion to MVR 113 billion under the current government. He claimed the budget aims to add MVR 6 billion more to the debt just before the term ends, and urged Parliament to stop it. The Finance Ministry resubmitted the budget after failing legal requirements initially. The revised budget includes MVR 3.1 billion for recurrent and MVR 3.3 billion for capital expenditure, which would bring the total 2023 budget to MVR 49.3 billion if approved. Ilyas's warning coincides with MDP's threat to abstain from all parliamentary activities until the no-confidence motion is resolved.

MP Ilyas Labeeb of The Democrats has declared that his party will block the government's MVR 6.5 billion supplementary budget, amid tensions over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, a Democrat. Ilyas accused the outgoing MDP administration of theft and corruption, highlighting that national debt surged from MVR 48 billion to MVR 113 billion under the current government. He claimed the budget aims to add MVR 6 billion more to the debt just before the term ends, and urged Parliament to stop it. The Finance Ministry resubmitted the budget after failing legal requirements initially. The revised budget includes MVR 3.1 billion for recurrent and MVR 3.3 billion for capital expenditure, which would bring the total 2023 budget to MVR 49.3 billion if approved. Ilyas's warning coincides with MDP's threat to abstain from all parliamentary activities until the no-confidence motion is resolved.

MP Ilyas Labeeb of The Democrats has declared that his party will block the government's MVR 6.5 billion supplementary budget, amid tensions over the no-confidence motion against Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, a Democrat. Ilyas accused the outgoing MDP administration of theft and corruption, highlighting that national debt surged from MVR 48 billion to MVR 113 billion under the current government. He claimed the budget aims to add MVR 6 billion more to the debt just before the term ends, and urged Parliament to stop it. The Finance Ministry resubmitted the budget after failing legal requirements initially. The revised budget includes MVR 3.1 billion for recurrent and MVR 3.3 billion for capital expenditure, which would bring the total 2023 budget to MVR 49.3 billion if approved. Ilyas's warning coincides with MDP's threat to abstain from all parliamentary activities until the no-confidence motion is resolved.

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