On 7 October, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) attributed a forecast of a 43-trillion-dinar budget deficit to Parliamentary Finance Committee member Ahmad Hama Rashid. The channel presented the figure as his forecast, not an announced government budget total.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media07 Oct, 09:40
“Parliamentary Finance Committee member Ahmad Hama Rashid: The budget deficit will reach 43 trillion dinars.”
عضو اللجنة المالية النيابية احمد حمه رشيد: العجز في الموازنة سيصل الى 43 ترليون دينار
publication of budget tables carrying the figure, or a clarification by the MP identifying its calculation; any of these moves this file.