MDP parliamentary group issues three-line whip against proposed 2015 budget
02 Dec 2014, 12:28 PM
Daniel Bosley
The Maldivian Democratic Party’s (MDP) parliamentary group has decided that it will not be supporting the budget oversight committee’s version of the 2015 budget.
The opposition has issued a three-line whip compelling all party members in the Majlis – currently numbering 23 of the 85 seat house – to oppose the current version of the record MVR24.3 billion (US$1.5 billion) state budget.
A report was approved by the budget oversight committee last week for consideration of the full house, recommending no changes to the spending plans.
MDP internal committees have branded the budget “aimless”, inadequate, and conducive to corruption since it was first submitted by Minister of Finance Abdulla Jihad last month.
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