Bumping the Budget in Yemen 2.2 billion (US)
apparently the money is already spent, so they need 2.2 billion US to cover this years expenses.
The YO doesnt really put this in context. hmmm But the News Yemen headline is “YR 451 billion supplementary budget for 2005 passed amid opposition uproar.”
The controversial supplementary budget, which equals about %45 of the original 2005 budget, had triggered heated debates between opposition and GPC parliamentarians for the last three days.
Some of the GPC parliamentarians expressed their disappointment in the government’s proposed supplementary budget by abstaining in the voting process. Among those was Abdulkareem Jadban, who justified his abstention in the vote by the failure of the government to deliver the promises and commitments it had given in 2004. “By abstaining, I protested the way the government dealt with the parliament as it continues to take it for granted. This is the third time that it spends more than it should and then demands from the parliament to approve and validate its actions by voting for any supplementary budgets it proposes.” he said.
Opposition member Ali Al-Warifi agreed with Al-Baadani and said that those who vote for such a huge supplementary budget without questioning the government are betraying the people who voted for them and are abusing their power ‘without giving a damn about it’.
“This action by the members of the ruling party encourages the government to continue its corruption and embezzlement of public wealth.” Al-Wafiri said, criticizing many of the GPC members of initially being against the supplementary budget in discussions, but contradict this by voting for it when the moment of truth comes.
More: this could put the government in a very difficult position, particularly as it had already spent this amount on “luxurious cars, high per-diem travel allowances, financial awards and aid packages to government officials on the expense of the public”.
Observers noted that surprisingly enough, this is the first time the parliament stood up, with many members of the ruling party, against the ‘rampant’ corruption of the government, which used to take the parliament for granted when it comes to votes on budgets it had proposes.
OK a better one from the YO here, details more of the infighting among the parties.
More and more articles on this:
http://yementimes.com/newsarticle.shtml?a=20_2005_12_01_3
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http://www.yementimes.com/newsarticle.shtml?a=20_2005_11_17_7002
http://www.yementimes.com/newsarticle.shtml?a=20_2005_11_20_7001
http://www.yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=693&p=business&a=1
http://www.yementimes.com/newsarticle.shtml?a=20_2005_11_29_4
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