Iraqi parliament to further discuss the draft general budget ("approval during the next few days"!!!)

Iraqi parliament to further discuss the draft general budget

Iraqi Council of Representatives

07.01.2012
Completed the House of Representatives Saturday to discuss the budget 2012 and read it again in preparation for approval during the next few days. and late Saturday session for about an hour due to lack of quorum, after deciding to members of the coalition in Iraq to continue their boycott of parliament sessions, preferring to stay out of the chamber.

National Alliance MP Ali inch likely to take the second reading of several days due to some objections to the terms of the budget. Kurdistan Alliance MP Qassem Mohammed pointed out that despite the boycott of Iraqi MPs meeting to discuss the General Budget Law, except that the internal regulations of the parliament did not prevent discussion of any law as long as a quorum is complete, He explained that the draft budget contains a lot of gaps will Parliament to find appropriate solutions to them before approval.

Planning Minister Ali Shukri, who attended the meeting to participate in the discussion of the budget year 2012 expected in a statement to Radio Free Iraq that is adoption of the budget during the month of January, warned at the same time consequences of delaying approval of the conduct of investment projects and the development process in Iraq. The session saw the parliament on Saturday and also perform former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Alsjeri sworn in as a deputy in Parliament, which recessed until Monday next.

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"...the draft budget contains a lot of gaps will Parliament to find appropriate solutions to them before approval."

Hopefully we will see them address these gaps and get it approved soon to avoid further delays to development.

It's been raised to Monday:

Parliament to Raise Its Monday After Saw the Second Reading of the Federal Budget and Perform a New Deputy to the Right of Constitutional

Saturday, 07 December / 2 January 2012 16:54

{Baghdad} Euphrates News Council lifted its deputies to next Monday after that began the second reading of a bill the federal budget for 2012.

The hearing, headed by Osama Najafi, and attended by 192 deputies saw the inception performance of MP Alsjeri Ali was sworn in as new, according to the court's decision Federal.

And after the subsequent MP Mohamed Hindawi, head of the Commission The martyrs and victims and political prisoners as a statement condemning the actions of the Committee Terror that led to the death of a constellation of people from the provinces of Baghdad, Dhi Qar, during their march Arbain to perform the visit, the octagonal Nazhan Ali Shaheed Lt. Jibouri of the people Kirkuk, embrace during a terrorist to blow himself up, contributing to reduce losses in the ranks of Visitors In Dhi Qar.

In turn praised Mr. Speaker sacrifice Lt. Nazhan Jubouri noting that the Council will send a parliamentary delegation to honor the family The martyr.

Then he read Al-Fatihah in honor of Representatives The souls of the martyrs of Iraq in general and the martyrs of Baghdad, Dhi Qar.

On the one hand Another called on the institutions of civil society in a statement, the Minister of Labour to grant legitimacy to organizations And institutions in demand the government to speed up the law to send unions to the Council House of Representatives.

In the context of another condemned MP Haji Mehdi member of the Committee of the Regions Turkish forces in the feet 29 of the last month to the shelling of Kurdish civilians in a village near The Iraqi border - Turkish, the Turkish government demanded accountability for the incident.

And called on the government and the opposition in Turkey to sit at the table of dialogue to resolve the Kurdish issue In addition to the importance of a resolution of the House of Representatives to back the initiative of President of Kurdistan region on Dialogue in Turkey.

Turn the face of Nujaifi Committee of the Regions Prepare a resolution to endorse the initiative Barzani about the dialogue in the Turkey.

The other hand started the second reading of the bill Federal budget for fiscal year 2012.
In the interventions Representatives on the budget bill called Bayan MP to increase The salaries of retirees and college students through a reallocation of some The doors.

The deputy proposed Bayazid Hassan material placed in the budget Set aside funds to conduct the census in Iraq.
MP Bahaa al-Araji, has called for a binding mechanisms of the distribution of grades.
The MP pointed to the importance of Shirwan Waeli give provinces the opportunity to To complete the projects according to the concept of the broad powers.

For its part, saw MP Magda Abdel-Latif said the budget did not reflect the desire of financial development of the Standing And economic reform, which requires a strategic vision for the project The budget.
MP Aziz Sharif has proposed compensating the provinces is Covered by the petro-dollar program of projects to achieve the payment term Of justice.

In turn, MP Qassem Muhammad Qasim said the current budget Still concerned about the reliance on oil in a large, wondering about the possibility of diversifying the sources of Of income.

In response to the interventions said Planning Minister Ali Shukri said the budget was Tkhvazaa by 30% at the request of the World Bank, including without Provinces, pointing out that the ministries will not be affected by the reduction of the presence of an excess of the budget year The past.

He noted that the operational expenditure budget often burdened Also, the standard Mahromep was determined according to specific criteria indicating that the Ministry of Planning began In cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture for the implementation of projects for the production of animal revolution and coordination with Ministry of Industry to the privatization of companies.

However, Minister of State for House of Representatives Mr. purity of net debt that the concept of investment projects in the budget Atchabh for private sector projects because they are not generating income, but increase the state budget As the emergency budget that have been developed they are necessary to avoid any cases of An emergency.

For his part, Najafi called the Finance Committee to provide A detailed report on the budget includes the views of the various blocks during the budget discussion on Monday The next. Finished

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Nice, let's keep our fingers crossed