State Budget 2024: Parliament completes voting on all budget “missions


The Assembly of the People’s Representatives (ARP) on Wednesday completed the voting and approval of the credits allocated under all the “missions and special missions” included in the draft State Budget for 2024.

At a plenary session held on Wednesday, the MPs had the opportunity to discuss the budget missions relating to “unallocated unforeseen expenditure” and “financing expenditure”.

For the “unallocated unforeseen expenditure”, this budgetary mission was adopted by a majority of 124 votes in favour, 7 abstentions and 7 votes against.

In figures, this collective expenditure is divided into commitment appropriations estimated at 2 billion 279 million and 884 thousand dinars, against 1 billion 680 million and 226 thousand dinars allocated as payment appropriations.

The “financing of expenditure” was adopted by a majority of 125 votes, with 6 abstentions and 8 votes against.

The appropriations under this heading are distributed as follows 6 billion and 838 million dinars in commitment appropriations an
d 6 billion and 838 million dinars in payment appropriations.

At the end of the session, Speaker of Parliament, Brahim Bouderbala, stressed the need to have the necessary majority to be able to examine the 2024 Finance Law during the plenary session scheduled for Wednesday evening.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse