On 6 October, former Hikma Movement MP Hassan Fadum told Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) that criticism of the finance minister was politically motivated. He said no legal provision required the ministry to send the budget to parliament or involve the Finance Committee in preparing it, while arguing that parliamentary access to the ministry’s work was in the ministry’s interest.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media06 Oct, 21:51
“It is in the Finance Ministry’s interest to inform parliament about its work... Criticism of the finance minister has political purposes... There is no legal provision for the Finance Ministry to send the budget to parliament... There is no law requiring the Finance Committee’s involvement in preparing the budget.”
من مصلحة وزارة المالية اطلاع البرلمان على عملها ... العتب على وزير المالية اغراضه سياسية ... لا توجد مادة قانونية بإرسال وزارة المالية الموازنة للبرلمان ... لا يوجد قانون لاشراك اللجنة المالية بإعداد الموازنة
a ministry explanation of budget-submission duties, a parliamentary legal response, or a published budget-transmission record; any of these moves this file.