MPs Support Increase in 2005 State Budget

The Parliamentary Committee for Finance and Budget supported on December 17 the government-proposed amendments envisaging the increase in the 2005 state budget.

According to the draft amendments developed by the Finance Ministry, both revenues and expenditures of the 2005 state budget will increase by GEL 56 million and amount to GEL 2,8 billion.

The energy, public health and security systems are expected to benefit most from the increased budgetary targets.

Recently the opposition parliamentary faction Democratic Front slammed the Finance Ministry for not funding the expenditures at GEL 455 million.

Finance Minister Aleksi Alexishvili denied the opposition?s allegations on December 17, saying that ?there are no unfunded expenditures.?

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