Parliamentary rules changed to expedite budget approval
02 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Following delays in submitting the 2016 budget to the People’s Majlis, a parliamentary committee has changed the rules of procedure to expedite the process of approving the annual state budget.
Finance Minister Abdulla Jihad had told local media that the budget has not been finalised as President Abdulla Yameen and senior government officials have been preoccupied after an alleged attempt to assassinate the president with a bomb on his speedboat on September 28.
The finance ministry was planning to submit the budget last Thursday, but Jihad said the date has been delayed to November 12.
President Yameen’s administration has been plunged into turmoil and uncertainty with the arrest of Vice President Ahmed Adeeb on suspicion of links to the explosion on the “Finifenma” speedboat.
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