The Movement for Quality in Government announced that it would file a Supreme Court suit if the Knesset does not immediately withdraw its decision to increase its own budget. The Knesset decided yesterday to allocate itself a budget of 311 million shekels ($73 million) for the coming year - a jump of almost 3% (3 million shekels) over last year, and 20% more than the Finance Ministry\'s proposal. The government is attempting to cut 4-6 billion shekels from the national budget.
Clauses in the Knesset budget include the following: 500,000 shekels for learning languages (as opposed to only 123,000 last year); 7.8 million shekels for renting offices for MKs to \"maintain ties with the public (7.344 million last year); refreshments - 950,000 (917,000); trips abroad - 2.33 million (1.99 million); sports and recreation for workers - an increase of 9.7%.
Clauses in the Knesset budget include the following: 500,000 shekels for learning languages (as opposed to only 123,000 last year); 7.8 million shekels for renting offices for MKs to \"maintain ties with the public (7.344 million last year); refreshments - 950,000 (917,000); trips abroad - 2.33 million (1.99 million); sports and recreation for workers - an increase of 9.7%.