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Legal Expert: Parliament Has The Right To Authorize The Caretaker Government To Approve The Budget
On September 11, 2022
The Independent - The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained that the extent of Parliament's ability to approve a budget, although the government is still managing daily matters,
pointing out the importance of having final accounts before resorting to approving the budget.
Al-Tamimi said in a press statement, which was monitored by The Independent, that
“Parliament can authorize the caretaker government the right to send the general budget law because it is related to food security, which is one of the first priorities of the caretaker government, and
this authorization needs a vote of the absolute majority of the number of members (half of the total number). plus one) and that this right be limited only to the budget law. He added that
"the mandate should include the approval of the final accounts of the previous year's budget in accordance with the Financial Management and Public Debt Law No. 6 of 2019, all in accordance with Articles 62, 5 and 61 of the Constitution and 12 and 13 of the Financial Management and Public Debt Law No. 6 of 2019 and articles 128 to 138 of the Parliament’s bylaws. Al-Tamimi indicated that
“there is no such thing as a constitutional vacuum, because in the event that the budget law is not legislated, the disbursement is carried out at a rate of 1/12 of the previous year’s budget, that is, the last budget legislated according to the Financial Management and Public Debt Law 6 of 2019, and Parliament can take the government’s approval not to challenge the budget law before the Federal Court if it is initiated in this way, as happened in the emergency support law.”
Legal Expert: Parliament Has The Right To Authorize The Caretaker Government To Approve The Budget
On September 11, 2022
The Independent - The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained that the extent of Parliament's ability to approve a budget, although the government is still managing daily matters,
pointing out the importance of having final accounts before resorting to approving the budget.
Al-Tamimi said in a press statement, which was monitored by The Independent, that
“Parliament can authorize the caretaker government the right to send the general budget law because it is related to food security, which is one of the first priorities of the caretaker government, and
this authorization needs a vote of the absolute majority of the number of members (half of the total number). plus one) and that this right be limited only to the budget law. He added that
"the mandate should include the approval of the final accounts of the previous year's budget in accordance with the Financial Management and Public Debt Law No. 6 of 2019, all in accordance with Articles 62, 5 and 61 of the Constitution and 12 and 13 of the Financial Management and Public Debt Law No. 6 of 2019 and articles 128 to 138 of the Parliament’s bylaws. Al-Tamimi indicated that
“there is no such thing as a constitutional vacuum, because in the event that the budget law is not legislated, the disbursement is carried out at a rate of 1/12 of the previous year’s budget, that is, the last budget legislated according to the Financial Management and Public Debt Law 6 of 2019, and Parliament can take the government’s approval not to challenge the budget law before the Federal Court if it is initiated in this way, as happened in the emergency support law.”
