The incoming Rakhine State parliament will have only half the funds it needs to develop the state, a local MP has complained. The state parliament adopted the 2016-17 budget on January 25, days before it rose to give way to the new parliament elected last November.
But independent MP U Aung Mra Kyaw said the K145 billion budget the outgoing members passed would cripple the state’s attempts at development. MPs had voted down proposals for a K300 billion budget.
At the same time, he said, members had voted nearly K10 million for improvements to the residences of the chief minister and chair of the state parliament and other ministers.
MPs supporting the budget said the cuts were justified because of inflation and the need to balance expenditure and income. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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