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3:25 CAT | 17 Apr 2020
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The Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique (AR) yesterday suspended plenary sessions indefinitely, in the context of mitigating the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Speaker Esperança Bias communicated the decision to the deputies at the end of the plenary session for the debate and approval of the Economic and Social Plan proposal and the 2020 State Budget 2020.
As part of the Covid-19 prevention measures, the Assembly of the Republic had been holding its meetings in the Joaquim Chissano Conference Centre, to allow for the necessary distance between deputies.
In yesterday’s session, parliament approved the 2020 Plan and State Budget, both of whose targets saw last-minute changes in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Both instruments were approved in general and specialty, with 179 Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) votes in favour. The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), with 54 votes, and the the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) with six votes, both voted against.
The anticipated impact of Covid-19 cut the forecast for gross domestic product growth from 4.0% to 2.2%, and state revenues from 261 billion meticais (€3.54 billion) to 235.5 billion (€3.2 billion), while the annual inflation rate was revised upwards from 4.4% to 6.6%.
The Plan and Budget approved yesterday set total state expenditure at just over 345.3 billion meticais (€4.7 billion).
Meanwhile, the number of officially registered cases of infection with the new coronavirus in Mozambique has risen from 29 to 31, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday.
Source: Lusa
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