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Draft budget laws to be debated in Parliament as of Monday, final vote on Thursday

January 5, 2023

The drafts of the state budget law and the state social insurance budget law for the year 2023 will be debated by the select committees as of Monday, and the final vote on the two draft laws will be given on Thursday, the leaders of the two Chambers of the Parliament decided on Friday.The senators and deputies have until Sunday, at 6:00 p.m., to submit amendments to the two draft laws, after which they will be centralized and on Monday, at 11:00 a.m., they will enter the debate of the permanent committees for opinions.Starting from Monday, at 3:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, until the end, the debates will take place with the main credit controllers in the Budget-Finance committees. The reports of these committees will be submitted to the joint Permanent Bureaus of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies until Wednesday, at 10:00 am.On Wednesday, December 14, from 3:00 p.m., the state budget draft enters the plenary session of the Parliament, the day on which the debates will continue until completion.For the two draft laws, of the state budget and the state social insurance budget for the year 2023, the final vote will be given on Thursday, December 15.

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