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MPs: political agendas behind the reduction of allocations Stratejh the fight against poverty
ID number: 2436 Issue Date: 01/08/2012 Day: Sunday
Last Updated: 01/08/2012
BAGHDAD / agencies
MPs revealed a reduction allocations of the national strategy to reduce poverty to about one-third part of the budget in 2012, of 707 billion dinars to 495 billion, confirming that a quarter of Iraq's population are below the poverty line according to international classifications.
As they talked about political agendas behind the reduction strategy, said the government's excuses existence in the federal budget deficit "unacceptable" because it is not true, the expectation that Iraq is facing a legal crisis with global and local companies contracted to implement the part of the strategy.
The Supreme Committee for the management policy of poverty alleviation in Iraq, headed by Rose Nuri Shaways Deputy Prime Minister, decided last October allocated $ 717 billion dinars from the state budget for the year 2012 to implement projects and programs for the strategy of poverty alleviation allocated 125 billion dinars, of which to the provinces and the rest was distributed to the ministries concerned.
According to MP Hussein Al-Safi, a member of the Legal Committee, the "4.23% of Iraqis are below the poverty line and poverty alleviation strategy adopted by the government, in coordination with the World Bank and the Ministry of Planning, was launched in 2009 and Agherrha by the Council of Ministers and adopted by the departments and ministries in the the state. "
He says net "natural not implemented the strategy since then, so far as political reasons, unfortunately, and the amounts were reduced," noting that "the ministries and sectors concerned has arranged commitments with international companies to implement these programs and activities related to the strategy for poverty alleviation in Iraq and will bear the burden of those obligations. " The MP says the rule of law, "I am a member of the Committee on Poverty Reduction Strategy called for in the budget in 2011 to launch assignments were not done in the previous budget or the next."
He adds, "when the presence of the Minister of Finance called for the need to exclude these customizations from the cuts taking place on the budget, but unfortunately I did not find a sympathetic ear, I had raised a memorandum to the Presidency of the Council and the Finance Committee to inform them of the risk reduction of these allocations." And confirms that the "allowances allocated based on strategic perceptions and premeditated plan, and that stakeholders have completion rates and has the implementation of the sites in the provinces." And member of the Technical Committee is expected in the poverty reduction strategy that "there will be problematic in terms of the legal contract between these sectors and ministries, and between the companies that agreed with them to accomplish these projects and these plans." He also points out that the strategy was aimed at "reducing the poverty rate in four ordinary from 4.23% to 4.16%." And assignments before and after the resolution reduction, illustrates the MP-net ", dedicated to the education sector 200 billion dinars, but has become a 140 billion dinars, while the health sector Watching him 175 billion dinars, and fell to 123 billion dinars, while the labor sector and Coan gave 120 Mlyardinar but became 84 billion dinars, The housing construction sector, allotting him 87 billion dinars, but he became the 61 billion dinars. " And the share of the provinces most paragraphs and the amount of money allocated to them within the strategy, says a member of the Legal Committee, "dedicated to the province of Muthanna, 21 billion dinars, but fell to 13 billion dinars, while the Salahuddin province, allotting them 18 billion dinars and Akhvdt allocations to 13 billion dinars, and for the province of Babylon Watching with 18 billion dinars and became the 13 billion dinars. "
He continues, net of his "provinces there are concentrated pockets of poverty has been reduced in the following manner: devoted to the Wasit province, 17 billion dinars, but has become a 12 billion dinars, while the province of Karbala has allocated 17 billion dinars and became the 12 billion dinars, and devoted to the Diyala 17 billion dinars but fell to 12 billion dinars, while the Qadisiyah allotting them 17 billion dinars, but fell 12 billion dinars. " Concludes MP for the rule of law that the "total allocations for poverty alleviation strategy was 707 billion dinars, but dropped to the amount of 495 billion dinars after it was withdrawn about 212 billion dinars." Turn Mahma Khalil, said the member of the other in the strategy of poverty alleviation, "The Permanent Technical Committee for the implementation of poverty alleviation strategy is working to combat poverty in Iraq and we are working to address poverty through economic and practical", stressing that "it is reasonable that quarter of the population of Iraq are below the poverty level. "
And speaking MP from Kurdistan Alliance about the obstacles facing the implementation laid out by saying "the Commission is suffering from the lack of data in real as it does not have the census a real addition to the lack of assignments allocated by the government for this project within the budget of the state" and see Khalil, "The completion of the strategy will solve all the problems in Iraq to the Commission that it is working to provide jobs for the unemployed and the fight against poverty in a fair and fighting corruption and the corrupt. "
And stresses the decision of the Economic Commission Parliamentary saying, "We will not allow by passing the budget in 2012, but fairly this national project, because the pleading the government lack of financial allocations and a budget deficit is unacceptable," and adds, "We know that the budget where the deficit only 15%, but a placebo is not true." On the reasons behind the reduced allocation strategy, Khalil says, "We A_ad the existence of political agendas trying to disrupt the national strategy to combat poverty, but frankly, so far did not stand a block in front of this particular political strategy." Illustrates the Kurdish deputy mechanism implementation of the strategy by saying, "It depends on the degree of deprivation and the number of souls, but the preliminary data we have received so far does not include the statistic is correct, reliable All information breach and initial estimates of speculative and leave this problem to be a census so that we can stand on a valid data ". And the main sectors targeted by the strategy, says Khalil "sectors covered by the strategy of poverty alleviation is the sector of industry, agriculture, education, housing and social affairs as well as attention to the product of national as well as the private sector," he adds, "is also developing projects to the Economic Committee in the House and also work on activation of small projects, such as those that give twenty million dinars for the project employs ten people. "
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ID number: 2436 Issue Date: 01/08/2012 Day: Sunday
Last Updated: 01/08/2012
BAGHDAD / agencies
MPs revealed a reduction allocations of the national strategy to reduce poverty to about one-third part of the budget in 2012, of 707 billion dinars to 495 billion, confirming that a quarter of Iraq's population are below the poverty line according to international classifications.
As they talked about political agendas behind the reduction strategy, said the government's excuses existence in the federal budget deficit "unacceptable" because it is not true, the expectation that Iraq is facing a legal crisis with global and local companies contracted to implement the part of the strategy.
The Supreme Committee for the management policy of poverty alleviation in Iraq, headed by Rose Nuri Shaways Deputy Prime Minister, decided last October allocated $ 717 billion dinars from the state budget for the year 2012 to implement projects and programs for the strategy of poverty alleviation allocated 125 billion dinars, of which to the provinces and the rest was distributed to the ministries concerned.
According to MP Hussein Al-Safi, a member of the Legal Committee, the "4.23% of Iraqis are below the poverty line and poverty alleviation strategy adopted by the government, in coordination with the World Bank and the Ministry of Planning, was launched in 2009 and Agherrha by the Council of Ministers and adopted by the departments and ministries in the the state. "
He says net "natural not implemented the strategy since then, so far as political reasons, unfortunately, and the amounts were reduced," noting that "the ministries and sectors concerned has arranged commitments with international companies to implement these programs and activities related to the strategy for poverty alleviation in Iraq and will bear the burden of those obligations. " The MP says the rule of law, "I am a member of the Committee on Poverty Reduction Strategy called for in the budget in 2011 to launch assignments were not done in the previous budget or the next."
He adds, "when the presence of the Minister of Finance called for the need to exclude these customizations from the cuts taking place on the budget, but unfortunately I did not find a sympathetic ear, I had raised a memorandum to the Presidency of the Council and the Finance Committee to inform them of the risk reduction of these allocations." And confirms that the "allowances allocated based on strategic perceptions and premeditated plan, and that stakeholders have completion rates and has the implementation of the sites in the provinces." And member of the Technical Committee is expected in the poverty reduction strategy that "there will be problematic in terms of the legal contract between these sectors and ministries, and between the companies that agreed with them to accomplish these projects and these plans." He also points out that the strategy was aimed at "reducing the poverty rate in four ordinary from 4.23% to 4.16%." And assignments before and after the resolution reduction, illustrates the MP-net ", dedicated to the education sector 200 billion dinars, but has become a 140 billion dinars, while the health sector Watching him 175 billion dinars, and fell to 123 billion dinars, while the labor sector and Coan gave 120 Mlyardinar but became 84 billion dinars, The housing construction sector, allotting him 87 billion dinars, but he became the 61 billion dinars. " And the share of the provinces most paragraphs and the amount of money allocated to them within the strategy, says a member of the Legal Committee, "dedicated to the province of Muthanna, 21 billion dinars, but fell to 13 billion dinars, while the Salahuddin province, allotting them 18 billion dinars and Akhvdt allocations to 13 billion dinars, and for the province of Babylon Watching with 18 billion dinars and became the 13 billion dinars. "
He continues, net of his "provinces there are concentrated pockets of poverty has been reduced in the following manner: devoted to the Wasit province, 17 billion dinars, but has become a 12 billion dinars, while the province of Karbala has allocated 17 billion dinars and became the 12 billion dinars, and devoted to the Diyala 17 billion dinars but fell to 12 billion dinars, while the Qadisiyah allotting them 17 billion dinars, but fell 12 billion dinars. " Concludes MP for the rule of law that the "total allocations for poverty alleviation strategy was 707 billion dinars, but dropped to the amount of 495 billion dinars after it was withdrawn about 212 billion dinars." Turn Mahma Khalil, said the member of the other in the strategy of poverty alleviation, "The Permanent Technical Committee for the implementation of poverty alleviation strategy is working to combat poverty in Iraq and we are working to address poverty through economic and practical", stressing that "it is reasonable that quarter of the population of Iraq are below the poverty level. "
And speaking MP from Kurdistan Alliance about the obstacles facing the implementation laid out by saying "the Commission is suffering from the lack of data in real as it does not have the census a real addition to the lack of assignments allocated by the government for this project within the budget of the state" and see Khalil, "The completion of the strategy will solve all the problems in Iraq to the Commission that it is working to provide jobs for the unemployed and the fight against poverty in a fair and fighting corruption and the corrupt. "
And stresses the decision of the Economic Commission Parliamentary saying, "We will not allow by passing the budget in 2012, but fairly this national project, because the pleading the government lack of financial allocations and a budget deficit is unacceptable," and adds, "We know that the budget where the deficit only 15%, but a placebo is not true." On the reasons behind the reduced allocation strategy, Khalil says, "We A_ad the existence of political agendas trying to disrupt the national strategy to combat poverty, but frankly, so far did not stand a block in front of this particular political strategy." Illustrates the Kurdish deputy mechanism implementation of the strategy by saying, "It depends on the degree of deprivation and the number of souls, but the preliminary data we have received so far does not include the statistic is correct, reliable All information breach and initial estimates of speculative and leave this problem to be a census so that we can stand on a valid data ". And the main sectors targeted by the strategy, says Khalil "sectors covered by the strategy of poverty alleviation is the sector of industry, agriculture, education, housing and social affairs as well as attention to the product of national as well as the private sector," he adds, "is also developing projects to the Economic Committee in the House and also work on activation of small projects, such as those that give twenty million dinars for the project employs ten people. "
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