After long midnight debate, Parliament accepted at first reading the budget
After more than 4 hours of midnight debate, at exactly 02.46, the National Assembly adopted at first reading the draft budget for this year. The GERB deputies voted in favor, « there is such a people », the BSP, the faction of Ahmed Dogan in the MRF, as well as the « New Beginning » by Delyan Peevski – exactly 152 MPs. There were 73 MPs from « We continue the change-democratic Bulgaria », a sword and « Revival ».
During the debate in the hall, the government continued to call the budget « possible », and the opposition gave him many definitions, including the « budget of the greatest spending » and « the budget of the inheritance of the political crisis ».
“We have suggested the possible budget During this period of time and in this situation we are in, « said the Minister of Finance Temenuzhka Petkova at the beginning of the debate while presenting the parameters of the state budget. » It can certainly be thought of as a much better version of the budget law, but that requires time, stabilization of public finances, a change in public finance policy, « said more. »
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Later, the chairman of the parliamentary group of « There is such a people » Toshko Yordanov also called the budget « the possible ». « We had no choice, » Yordanov said, adding: « I am sorry that the BSP managed to try some things in this budget, But these are the compromises in management. «
