UN warn MPs: Two weeks left for approving the budget otherwise it will turn into electoral competition

UN warn MPs: Two weeks left for approving the budget otherwise it will turn into electoral competition
2014-04-03T09:45:35+00:00
as it must be approved within the next two weeks , indicating that the delay in approving the law would negatively affect a lot of business and investments in the country.

Mladenov said in a press statement that "the opportunity to discuss the budget must be closed during the next two weeks ," stressing that " any prolongation in its endorsement carries the risk of transforming the bill to a material for the electoral competition , and this could complicate the talks."

" what we are working on now in a very intensive way is to find a possible settlement to allow the adoption of the budget in Parliament before the election or after it immediately."

“ Almost two weeks are left to the MPs to approve the budget, otherwise they can be transformed into an election bet increases the complexity of the negotiations.

In response to a question about the impact of the postponement of the budget for a longer period or the potential not to reach an agreement about it through this year , he said that " it is bad for the business climate in unpredictable way because it will lead to the suspension of projects."

Approving the annual budget of the state has been delayed in spite of the country enter its fourth month of the current year ; due to differences among the political blocs represented in the parliament , as observers and politicians are concerned that this issue would be exploited to delay the budget as a factor in the election campaign for some of the blocs , as the general election has only a few weeks to be conducted.

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