Parliament has approved the completion of the supplementary budget presented by the Government to the Parliament for the upcoming fiscal year within a day.

When Finance Minister Moosa Zameer presented the supplementary budget, Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla, who presided over the meeting, said that the rules of the parliament do not have the procedure to proceed with the presentation of a supplementary budget. He, therefore, opened the door for members to propose a set of rules for the implementation of the budget.

Speaking on the occasion, ruling PNC leader Ibrahim Falah proposed that the budget debate be started in the parliament at 1330 hrs today. After giving five minutes to each member in the preliminary debate, the budget should be sent to the committee for review at the end of the debate.

Once the committee reviews the budget within a day and sends it to the House, it will give two minutes to each member to speak on the budget report and pass it in parliament.

Falah's proposal was supported by PNC MP from Baarah constituency Ibrahim Shujau and minority leader Ibrahim Nazil of MDP from Hithadhoo South constituency.

Falah's motion was approved by a vote of 69 of the lawmakers present in the house. None of the members voted that they did not see the motion passed.

The government has presented a supplementary budget of MVR 5.1 billion for the upcoming fiscal year to meet the government's expenses.