Parliamentary standing committees continue with budget review

2018-11-22 0

Parliament is back running as normal.
With the agreement between floor leaders on Wednesday, the parliament now returns to its task of reviewing the government's 420 billion U.S. dollar budget proposal for 2019.
Later this afternoon, several standing committees including the environment committee and intelligence committee are expected to question officials from the labor ministry and the national intelligence agency regarding the departments' proposed budgets for next year.
Meanwhile, seven parliamentary standing committees including the state affairs and welfare committees have begun discussions over several pending bills.
The floor leaders of five major parties agreed on Wednesday to vote on the bills during a plenary session on Friday.