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Economic Independence Of Kurdistan Does Not Exempt It from Payment Of Sovereign Expenditure
Saturday, 25 July, 2015
BAGHDAD / NINA / An Expert in economic, Darqam Mohammed Ali said the economic independence of the province of Kurdistan does not exempt it from the payment of sovereign expenditure because it is being spent on the federal Iraq affairs.
Mohamed Ali told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / “The budgets were deducted sovereign expenses directly from imports prior to the distribution of quotas, including the region’s share,” pointing out that, “as long as the federal government has not issued any reaction to the intention of the government of Kurdistan’s announcement to be independence economically, the Kurdistan government should pay the sovereign expenses of interior, defense, national security, the three authorities, and the ministry of foreign affairs because these are for all Iraqis. ”
He added, “The staffs of the province and its officials in these sovereign entities receive their salaries and expenses from the central government, which requires the province to perform its sovereign obligations that amounting to 17 percent of the budgets to those agencies.”
He called on the government to find a final agreement on the status of the province economically before start writing the draft 2016 budget, stressing that the lack of resolution of these files will hinder and delay writing the federal budget for next year.
The Kurdistan Regional Government announced, last week, that it will sell its oil independently without away from the federal government in Baghdad, noting that the oil revenues will be transferred directly to the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the government of Kurdistan.
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Saturday, 25 July, 2015
BAGHDAD / NINA / An Expert in economic, Darqam Mohammed Ali said the economic independence of the province of Kurdistan does not exempt it from the payment of sovereign expenditure because it is being spent on the federal Iraq affairs.
Mohamed Ali told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / “The budgets were deducted sovereign expenses directly from imports prior to the distribution of quotas, including the region’s share,” pointing out that, “as long as the federal government has not issued any reaction to the intention of the government of Kurdistan’s announcement to be independence economically, the Kurdistan government should pay the sovereign expenses of interior, defense, national security, the three authorities, and the ministry of foreign affairs because these are for all Iraqis. ”
He added, “The staffs of the province and its officials in these sovereign entities receive their salaries and expenses from the central government, which requires the province to perform its sovereign obligations that amounting to 17 percent of the budgets to those agencies.”
He called on the government to find a final agreement on the status of the province economically before start writing the draft 2016 budget, stressing that the lack of resolution of these files will hinder and delay writing the federal budget for next year.
The Kurdistan Regional Government announced, last week, that it will sell its oil independently without away from the federal government in Baghdad, noting that the oil revenues will be transferred directly to the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the government of Kurdistan.
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