Parliamentary Finance: The Federal Court will stand by the government in the event of an appeal against the budget

Parliamentary Finance: The Federal Court will stand by the government in the event of an appeal against the budget

2023-06-18

Parliamentary Finance - The Federal Court will stand by the government in the event of an appeal against the budgetA member of the Finance Committee, Mueen Al-Kazemi, confirmed today, Sunday, that the government has the right to challenge the budget law before the Federal Court, while he expected that the impact of this appeal would be “limited.”

Al-Kazemi said, in an interview with the official newspaper, “Al-Sabah”, that “the government has the right to challenge the general budget law, while the powers of parliament are limited to transfers and classification, and not to increase the financial burden on the government,” expecting that “the Federal Court will stand by the government, and it has been re- Arranging the articles, which amounted to 78 articles instead of 67 articles.

Al-Kazemi added, “If an appeal is made, this will not affect the law in general except in the contested articles, and they will be amended as the government deems.”

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