His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Dr. Mohammad Al-Ississ, issued the General Financial Order No. (1) for January of 2021 to the Ministries and Government Departments, and due to the delay in approving the draft general budget law for the year 2021 until after the beginning of the fiscal year and based on the text of Article (113) of the constitution, the spending will be from the budget allocations with monthly financial orders (1/12) from the appropriations of the fiscal year 2020 to cover the current expenditures and liabilities resulting from the capital expenditures until the issuance of the General Budget Law of 2021.

His Excellency also issued the financial order No. (1) for January of 2021 for the Government Units to cover their current expenditures and liabilities resulting from the capital expenditures until the approval of the Government Units' Budgets Law for the Fiscal Year 2021.