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Deliberations over 2021 state budget law continue
By JT - Feb 16,2021 - Last updated at Feb 16,2021
Lawmakers are seen during a Lower House session on Tuesday (Petra photo)
AMMAN Lawmakers on Tuesday continued deliberations over the 2021 state budget law and budgets of independent public institutions.
During the Lower House session, headed by Speaker Abdulmunim Oddat, MP Firas Qudah said that the 2.5 per cent growth rate mentioned in the budget is “exaggerated”, criticising the government’s reliance on the sales tax and high share of pensions and general debt that both combined comprise some 30 per cent of the budget.
Deputy Zeid Otoum said that the difficult financial situation in the Kingdom is a result of successive governments’ failure to implement a fiscal policy instead of only relying on taxes and “citizens’ pockets”, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.