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Parliament increases its own budget

Local | By Correspondent April 11, 2022

WILLEMSTAD - Parliament will have more to spend in 2023. The Members of Parliament have increased their budget for next year by 2.4 million guilders. This has been laid down in a motion passed during a public meeting. As a result, the budget of Parliament will return to the level of 2019.

 

In other words, 21.4 million guilders. The motion was submitted by Member of Parliament Rennox Calmes of Trabou pa Korsou. It has also been decided that the political factions in the Parliament will have an extra member of staff. Parliament has also made funds available to translate laws into Papiamento.

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