On: Friday 1/20/2012 6:17
Baghdad / term
According to the Minister in the government, the latter alerted the local administrations in the provinces that this year is Al-Faisal to know the extent of their ability to implement projects after doubling the allocations of Finance in the context of balancing the development of regions, as revealed to the Integrity Commission, the parliamentary intention to install a paragraph accountability of ministries and local governments that fail to exchange 75% of its budget in the fiscal budget in 2012.
Complain that many of the provincial councils of the restriction imposed by the federal government, along with the breakdown of law 21 of 2008, which granted broad powers.
supports the Iraqi List led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, strongly increase the powers of provincial councils, as opposed to the National Alliance do that and supported the maintenance of Government strong central.
The Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Torhan Mufti told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), "We are optimistic in the implementation of projects in the provinces, and we said to the provincial This year is al-Faisal to see how their ability to implement projects following the increase in allocations of Finance."
The Mufti said: " balanced development of regions for the year 2011 for all provinces, including Kurdistan Region was $ 2.6 billion, and this year will be the budget of 6-8 billion, which more than doubled, so there will be a large amount of projects that are supposed to be implemented by local administrations. "
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki also met mayors provinces and discuss with them problems which they face and the solutions to be implemented on the financial budgets and powers.
The Mufti said that "there is a decision taken by the government that referred to all projects of Ministries with the exception of the federal ministries of less than $ 10 billion to the provinces," noting that "the question important to do the provinces in terms of hardware and service companies able to implement many projects?.
He Mufti "If we can resolve the points of the secondary, we are confident that the provinces a great deal of capacity to complete projects."
The Cabinet has demanded an official letter to the House of Representatives to wait in discuss any draft amendments to the law of the regions and governorates, No. 21 of 2008 until the arrival of draft amendments to the Government to the Council during the coming weeks. The ending of the Committee of the Regions and the provinces of Deputies in the earlier amendments to Law 21 of 2008 and sent to the Presidency of the Council for inclusion on the agenda of the Council.
In the work to increase allocations to maintain within the budget of development of regions, some political parties fear that the waste increases the financial mismanagement, or financial and administrative corruption in the provinces, which is confirmed by the Integrity Commission established controls will work to make the provinces in the circle of accountability and oversight.
A member of the Shaker Disher In a press statement that "the phenomenon of financial and administrative corruption in the ministries than in the provinces, but the increase in financial allocations to the provinces will be the basis to address the suffering of those provinces of confusion, centralized and recorded in the flag and would be a step towards ending the phenomenon of continuing complaints from central control."
The Disher "The House of Representatives in the budget in 2011 put an item in the budget, ensure accountability for each ministry or the province could not exchange 75% of the allocations of Finance, and this in itself direct control over the performance of the provincial councils."
and that "his committee will work to prove the above item in the budget in 2012 to be controlled and accountable directly to each side fail to exchange their funds. "
and delved into Committee of the Regions and the provinces representative during the last period on the amendments to the law of the regions and governorates not organized into a Region No. 21 of 2008, notably, increased powers at the expense of the federal government.
A member of the Committee faith Fadhili "The Committee of the Regions has amended the law 21 of 2008 and this amendment does not complete what were not there is an increase in allocations for the provinces and private investment budgets," indicating that "the Commission visited some provinces and confirmed that the investment process continues for the better."
and become Fadhili The "Committee for regions and placed in the amendments to the Act direct control over the provincial councils by the House and this control will work to resolve some problems. "she said.
The Act raised the governorates not organized territory of a political debate between local governments and the federal government, which accused the recent restriction of its powers, and after that decided to Governorates Salah al-Din and Diyala, the transition to the territory of an independent administratively and economically.
The Committee on the provinces and territories parliamentary revealed earlier that the federal government suspended part of the Law on Governorates not organized into a Region No. 21 of 2008, and indicated that the federal ministries authorized the implementation of projects has not been able to meet their obligations.
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