Bahrain Mirror: The local Al-Ayam newspaper said that the government officially referred to the House of Representatives a bill to raise the ceiling of public debt to 13 billion BD, which is considered an unprecedented level.

Minister of Finance revealed that the public debt reached 9.1 billion BD, which constitutes 76% of the GDP.

Bahrain suffers from a financial crisis due to the political calamity witnessed in the country and oil price decline.

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