BAGHDAD - Muntazer Nasser and Mohammed Jawad
Carried the Iraqi provinces, the House of Representatives and the political blocs to delay the ratification of the budget, critics indifference economic reality crumbling as received parliamentarians data the final accounts for the year 2010 with great optimism, as it provides a clear idea of budget allocations by 2012, as well as exposed the government's commitment to financial commitments.
The economists, warned last week, the vulnerability of the Iraqi economy, because of the delay in approving the budget for the current year 2012, critics repeat delayed a year to political calculations are far from any professional nature.
In an interview with the "world" on Saturday, said Vice-President of the provincial council in Basra, Sheikh Ahmad Al Sulaiti, "The delay in the ratification of the budget has serious negative implications for any country in the world, which is understood by everyone, in addition to that the budget is an annual plan and it is not right that we recognize the plan year 2012, two months after the entry of the year, "he said, adding that" one-day delay would harm the interests of the country's overall economic accounts. "
The Sulaiti that "apathy and complacency reflected the state of understanding of the economic aspect and the lack of concern for the interests of the country", in the past to say "should not have gotten the economic reality of such harassment and political conflicts between the parliamentary blocs and not to her husband in which to provide service to the citizen who will pay the bill for those differences ".
The Deputy Chairman of the provincial council in Basra, said, "when referred to the project to a company for its implementation should be spent 10 percent of the funds allocated for its implementation, in order to direct it, and since we will not receive amounts, it means stop direct projects until the ratification, approval and transfer of funds is a very long time , we also should know how much money will then be maintained in our favor, we are to now do not know the projects should be approved by others, and we do not know how much money allocated to us, and therefore the start of projects will be delayed, which will impact on services and difficult for us to implement our plans to improve the reality service and economic status of citizen. "
He pointed out that "the delay in approving the budget was the reason to disable a number of projects, including projects by the year 2010 and not resolved until the end of the year 2003."
The Sheikh Ahmad Al Sulaiti to the importance of the "completion of the ratification of the budget beginning of the year according to the contexts used and in other countries, including Iraq, the fixed rules, but unfortunately there is considerable tolerance with regard to the interests of the country's Supreme," and carrying "members of parliament and parliamentary blocs and political leaders responsibility for the delay in approving the budget, "calling on MPs to" set aside their differences aside and agree on the interests of the people. "
For his part, member of the Council of the province of Dohuk good Slevana, speaking for "the world" yesterday "when the delayed ratification of the budget, this will no doubt to confusion in the development plans in place for the development of the provinces in general, do not persist for several cycles," he said. " This shows clearly that Iraqi parliamentarians are living a real crisis, they are insensitive to the feelings of the people and their needs and requirements that depend mainly on their demands and service economy. "
Member of the Board and wished the province of Dohuk that "the budget be approved as soon as possible, and address a fundamental issue, for salvation from the consequences of delay in the ratification of the budget, as happens every year." Meanwhile, the MP from the State of Law coalition Haitham Jubouri, in his interview for "the world" on Saturday, the arrival of the final accounts for 2010, a turning point toward accuracy, explaining that "the final accounts are the backbone of the budget of the Federal, as the final accounts show spending real and show the real percentage of completion, and thus give us a strategic vision for the establishment of the budget on the basis of a solid, and sound fiscal policy. "
He Jubouri "These accounts will give us enough data about the possibility of acting in the proportions of the allocations for ministries in the budget year 2012 and we await the final accounts for 2011 which is supposed to come to us in June of this year."
For her part, MP for the Kurdistan Alliance member of the Finance Committee Najiba Najib, "The House of Representatives and since inception has not ratified any final accounting," she said, "is supposed to provide the final accounts with the budget of the state for the following year, if this were applied to have benefited from it to estimate the expenses actual ministries, and in the proportions of the allocations in the budgets of other ministries. "
She Najib in her "the world" yesterday, that "access to the final accounts will give us indications on the implementation of each institution for the previous year's budget, and we serve as the financial, we can not reduce the total budget because the balance in nature may be reduced before they are referred to the House of Representatives, has been Many of the amendments by the International Monetary Fund and the government, that to the extent that does not need to fill the ministries. "
And the forthcoming report, confirmed the parliamentary Kurdistan Alliance "We are preparing a report to be presented to the House soon, and the report of the Finance Committee will hold a number of points, including the general principles of the budget, and criticism of the lack of specific goals for the year 2012, and also the failure to address the budget to the cause of widespread poverty in the country , and also the criticism of over-expenditure of the sovereign, and talk about the neglect of non-oil revenues and reliance on oil revenues in the budget, if there is any emergency on the world market or drop in the price of oil, you will not have to have any resources other than oil, and it was hoped to solve this problem in the budget 2012, and finally the report will carry the requests made by the House of Representatives, and comments on the budget. "
Meanwhile, a deputy of the Iraqi List, a member of the Finance Committee representative Hassan Auzmn, the "useful in the final accounts is to identify the extent of the commitment of the government and the administration budget and the most important thing, the government if it does not adhere to the budget, and became transfers by desires, it would create," noting that "The presence of the final accounts will affect the size of allocations to ministries in the budget year 2012 actually, if it was observed that there are purely in the doors have allocated many did not distract them but little, Vseachz this into account in the percentages to be awarded in this section in the new budget, or when we see that there are some doors spent, and need more allocations will be increased as well. "
And on transfers Auzmn said in his interview for "the world" yesterday "transfers within the budget of the powers of the House of Representatives only, and we have no requests from the Parliament and the provincial ministers, to the events of transfers and is now under study in the Finance Committee."
Elaborate allocations and pensions, continued Ozmn "If we found an increase in financial ratios for the years past, we will pay towards the allocation to increase the salaries of retirees, or the development of social protection network, or the ration card, the Committee to address its financial problems worsening in the economic framework of the citizen."
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