Kazamias: now ‘we have the right to hope’

2011-12-18

FINANCE Minister Kikis Kazamias yesterday said that the House approval of the 2012 budget gave them reason to hope that the state would be able to sort out its finances. 

“I feel we have the right to hope that we will now be able to handle the in-house financial situation more easily,” Kazamias said. 

On Friday the House approved the budget after delaying the discussion for a day so that lawmakers could prepare amendments. 

Discussion was then originally scheduled for the morning, but pushed back to the afternoon. But with furious background negotiations and discussions as deputies scrutinised funds and amendments the plenum only finally convened at 7pm. 

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