Tuesday's People's Majlis sitting was cancelled for lack of quorum just as the government's MVR 6.5 billion supplementary budget was due for discussion. Democrats parliamentary group leader Ali Azim wrote to Speaker Mohamed Nasheed arguing the budget violates the Public Finance Act and cannot be presented until prepared in accordance with the law.
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While a parliamentary sitting was successfully conducted on Monday
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The supplementary budget was prepared and presented not in accordance with the rules set out in the law
If the supplementary budget sent by the Finance [Ministry] is presented to the Parliament, [it] will become a space for a bad habit to start and be repeated
cannot be submitted to the Parliament unless it is prepared in accordance with the laws referred to.
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the government’s proposed supplementary budget of MVR 6.5 billion
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For subsidies, an additional MVR 1.8 billion was allocated.
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For national health insurance, an extra MVR 1.2 billion was earmarked
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Public Sector Investment Projects (PSIP) were set to receive a boost with an additional MVR 1.7 billion.
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