Wednesday 28 March 2012

FNC protest over financial waste - The National

The FNC refused to pass the annual official report on federal spending yesterday, in protest at a catalogue of irregularities in government spending.

Members complained that the Federal State Audit Institute, which prepared the 2010 report, found the same problems year after year, with no clear mechanism to force ministries and other government entities to follow the law.

They said there was misuse of the national budget, with money being distributed apparently at random. For instance, the federal court in Umm Al Quwain continued to send fees to the emirate's local government, notto the federal court as it has been legally required to since 1991, leading to the court's being recorded as having no income at federal level.

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