Khalil: Truthful Intentions Will Facilitate Budget Approval

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Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said that Lebanon’s state budget, which he referred a day earlier to the cabinet, will be approved by the government if the intentions of political factions were truthful, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

“I referred the state budget for the year 2017 to the cabinet within the constitutional due date, that is before August 30, to pave way for discussions and hence its referral to the parliament before the normal legislative session opens in October,” Khalil told the daily in an interview.

“If the intentions inside the cabinet were sincere, then all political parties must shoulder the responsibility and approve it before the due date,” he added.

“It would be an unprecedented step in Lebanon’s history,” Khalil remarked.

The Minister referred the state budget to the cabinet on Friday.

Due to conflicts between the rival political parties, Lebanon has not approved a state budget since 2005 and its public debt has amounted to around $70 billion.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 2
Missing humble 27 August 2016, 10:00

But who in the Government has truthful intentions ? Who is an honest man? Who can give a list of the very few honest ones?

Thumb ex-fpm 27 August 2016, 10:07

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