AMMAN — In its morning session held on
Monday, the Lower House voted to approve the supplement to the
general budget bill for the year 2021.
The House Finance Committee had earlier voted
to approve the budget supplement bill, which distributes a US grant amounting
to JD268 million to original budget law.
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MP Tamam Al-Riyati criticized the way the
grant was distributed and suggested distributing it to three projects serving
the north, middle, and south of the Kingdom. Representative Safaa Al-Momani and a number of deputies agreed with Riyati’s
suggestion.
Representative Suleiman Abu Yahya told
Jordan
News that the supplement contains current expenses and does not include
capital expenditures that establish sustainable projects and create job
opportunities for unemployed youth.
After a long debate, a majority of deputies
voted on the Finance Committee's bill and approved it.
The deputies also approved the
anti-money laundering and financing terrorism bill for the year 2020, which
was returned by the Senate. Representatives approved all of the amendments that
were endorsed by the Senate.
In the evening session, the House of
Representatives started discussions on the municipalities
and decentralization bill for the year 2021. Lawmakers approved naming the municipalities and
decentralization law to “The Local Administration Law," after it was
approved by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (legal and administrative).
The parliament approved a number of articles in
the bill as they were endorsed by the Joint Parliamentary Committee. The
discussion on the bill will be completed at the beginning of the next session
on Wednesday.
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