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    ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES FAIL TO HINDER PASSING OF BUDGET

    Vestnik Kavkaza
    Dec 5 2012
    Russia

    71 Armenian MPs voted for passing the budget for 2013 and 37 voted
    against, News Armenia reports.

    Tigran Urikhanyan of the Prosperous Armenia Party and former Prime
    Minister Grant Bagratyan of the Armenian National Congress say that
    the budget does not improve the life of Armenians. Bagratyan added that
    the income part of the budget had not been discussed by the parliament.

    Budget income and expenses increased by $3 million to $2.5 billion
    and $2.8 billion respectively with a deficit of $300 million. The
    parliament proposed 406 changes to the budget for 2014.

    The legislatives proposed increasing income of the budget by $340
    million and expenses by $1 billion. Official grants were to become
    the main source of income. The highest increase of expenses by $3.7
    million will target improvement of accommodation for families of
    killed soldiers. Other expenses dropped by $3.2 million.

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