AMMAN — A
parliamentary source said on Wednesday that the ministerial team that met with
lawmakers will respond to proposals related to the transport file, including
the price of oil derivatives, after discussing them at the Prime Ministry,
according to Al-Mamlaka TV.
اضافة اعلان
The government team
had left the
Lower House for the Prime Ministry on Wednesday, after listening
to the deputies’ proposals, without making any comment. It had held a separate
meeting at the Lower House to discuss the lawmakers’ proposals before
responding to them.
Meanwhile, the
joint governmental-parliamentary committee discussed the transport dossier and
the prices of oil derivatives in another meeting held in the presence of
Speaker of the Lower House
Ahmad Al-Safadi, members of the permanent office,
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for
Modernization of the Public Sector Nasser Al-Shraideh, Minister of Finance
Mohamad Al-Ississ, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh
Al-Kharabsheh, and Minister of Public Works and Transport Maher Abu Al-Saman.
On Tuseday, the
House of Representatives recommended that the government reconsider its
position on oil derivatives in the 2023 budget draft law, according to Deputy
Speaker of the House of Representatives Ahmed Al-Khalayleh.
The government
imposes a fixed tax on oil derivatives, starting from 165 fils per liter of
diesel and kerosene, reaching 370 fils per liter of 90-octane gasoline, and 575
fils per liter of 95-octane gasoline.
The revenue generated by the fixed tax on oil derivatives
amounts to about JD1 billion annually, according to the Energy Ministry.
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