Legislative Assembly approves budget cuts to infrastructure, child welfare and public health

For the second time this week a group of lawmakers broke the quorom at the Legislative Assembly session and automatically allowed the approval of the National Budget 2017 without a voting at around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The unusual aproval of the country’s expenditure plan followed a session where legislators again failed to agree on the figures allocated for public agencies and programs.
The government’s approved budget of ₡8,9 trillion ($15.9 billion) is ₡22 billion ($39 million) lower

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