Members of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina are scheduled to vote today on the 2025 Budget Proposal, which amounts to 8,248,547,700 BAM.
By submitting 41 amendments, the members of the House of Representatives concluded the debate on the Budget Proposal at an emergency session yesterday, and the Government of the Federation of BiH said that they would express their views on the amendments submitted by 9:00 a.m. today.
During the debate, the opposition claimed that the Government of the Federation of BiH was acting arrogantly because it gave the members of the House a short deadline to consider the budget and that they did not see any essential solutions for pensioners and oncology patients.
They also appealed for the adoption of the Forest Law in order to resolve the huge money leakage. They claim that they do not see any reason why the budget was not proposed in the regular procedure, and that they expect the fiscal reform to finally be completed.
Total expenditures and expenditures of the 2025 Budget Proposal amount to 8,248,547,700 BAM, which represents an increase of 773.7 million or 10 percent compared to the previous year. Cultural tours of BiH
When it comes to the state of public debt in the Federation of BiH, according to available data, the total debt in the Federation of BiH as of December 31, 2023 amounts to 6,593.46 million BAM, which represents an increase of 118.45 million BAM or 1.8 percent compared to 2022.
The external debt in the Federation of BiH as of December 31, 2022 amounts to 5,166.67 million BAM, and has decreased by 243.82 million BAM or 4.51 percent compared to 2022.