With the supplementary budget, approved by the Cabinet on May 27, the government plans to roll out a new package of programs focusing on support for small firms struggling since stay-at-home requests were imposed in April and medical staff at the forefront of the battle against the virus.
The second extra budget for the fiscal year, which started April 1, is expected to be approved by the lower house on Wednesday and enacted Friday after its passage in the House of Councillors, since the ruling and opposition parties agreed on the schedule of parliament deliberations.
