WILLEMSTAD - On Tuesday, Parliament approved the budget of the country of Curaçao for the year 2023. The thirteen members of parliament of the coalition MFK and PNP voted in favor and seven opposition members voted against. Only opposition member Michelangelo Martinez of the KEM party did not vote.
The government has taken the uncommitted refinancing of old debts as a starting point in order to balance the budget. A step that the Financial Supervision Board usually does not agree with. The risks in healthcare, including the Curaçao Medical Center CMC, are also not included.
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Expenditure on the regular service has been set at just over 1.7 billion guilders in the new budget, while expenditure on the capital service amounts to just over 1 billion guilders.
Investment expenditure for goods that serve a sustainable purpose is allocated to the capital service. The whole of the country's current income and expenditure falls under the ordinary service.