Budget tables… hostage to election campaigns and the struggle between the executive and legislative authorities
Budget tables… hostage to election campaigns and the struggle between the executive and legislative authorities
7-1-2025
Al-Maalouma/ Follow-up..
Member of the Coordination Framework, Ali Al-Fatlawi, ruled out on Tuesday the possibility of approving the budget schedules during the new legislative session, due to the escalation of electoral activity and the lack of coordination between the executive and legislative authorities.
Al-Fatlawi said in a statement to Al-Maalouma Agency, that “the approval of the budget schedules faces major obstacles, especially with the approach of the parliamentary elections scheduled for next November,” indicating that “the preoccupation of political forces with election campaigns will directly affect legislative work.”
He added that “there is an urgent need to approve these schedules due to their impact on infrastructure projects, government spending, and the operating expenses of ministries and governorates,” calling for “a unified parliamentary position to pressure for their passage.”
Al-Fatlawi pointed out that “the lack of coordination between the government and parliament has led to clear confusion in the management of the financial file, as each party works separately, which has contributed to the disruption of the budget schedules and the delay in the allocations reaching their beneficiaries.”
He warned of “the repercussions of the continuation of this stagnation,” stressing that “the failure to approve the schedules will cast a shadow over various aspects of life, economic, service, and social.”
It’s worth noting that the executive government had previously announced a redraft of the budget schedules and sent them to Parliament, but those schedules have yet to reach Parliament.
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