2024 allocations for security services, army are highest, Minister says
20-12-2023 11:43 AM
Ammon News - Finance Minister Mohammad Issis delivered the 2024 public budget speech on Wednesday before the Lower House of Parliament.
In the speech, the minister said that financial allocations to the Security Services and Jordanian Armed Forces will reach their highest level in the year 2024.
Political and economic harmony is a national demand and duty necessitated by the circumstances the country is going through, resulting from the Israeli aggression against the people in Gaza, he added.
"Harmony means a stable and flexible financial performance that keeps pace with the high diplomatic performance of the Jordanian state and constitutes a lever for it" the minister noted, stressing that the 2024 budget confirms that the financial position will only be supportive of the political position.
Issis continued, "There are difficulties and challenges brought about by the current crisis, but our budget hedges, anticipates options, deals with reality, and is characterized by flexibility so that it is a tool of strength for the political position, and will not be flaccid or weak."