Approving the budget, bidding to become political
Date: Monday 02/06/2012 10:53
Baghdad / range
since the entry of the federal budget to the corridors of the House of Representatives by more than a month poured applications, proposals and comments from the various political blocs, ministries and civil society organizations as well as political, economic, Finance Committee, the parliamentary surprised size of the proposals and their capacity by about 300 applications and the proposal, noting that most of the applications are for bidding and political propaganda, expressing their hope in the implementation of which is possible, a member of the Finance Committee for the National Alliance Haitham Jubouri said, "many
Are applications, but most of them impossible to implement, noting that some observations, "he said Jubouri" that 300 request and the proposal and comments submitted to the Committee from the various blocs, ministries and civil society organizations and even personalities, and mostly illogical and can not be taken into account.
called Jubouri blocks that demanding an increase of allocations of any section of the doors have to specify where to get the allocation of these funds. "
He pointed out that the political blocs have made the budget a platform for political propaganda and history, explaining that any request or Note from within reason will be applied, and Abizaid Jubouri there were some applications may be subject to the political consensus over professional and therefore will affect the time of adoption of the budget, stressing that the Finance Committee need to be at least 3 weeks for the completion of the budget.
Carter said applications submitted in the form of recommendations be ignored except those received by the Committee of the heads of the blocks, and had pointed out that the head of the Alliance Kurdistan Fuad Masum, has sent a paper to the requests of his alliance, including the issue of the Peshmerga and increase allocations of regions in addition to the support of Article 140, and we are in the National Alliance and a coalition of law also for our observations may disturb the other parties.
to the MP for the Iraqi List, Talal Zobaie, Saturday, that the President House of Representatives called on the Finance Committee resolution of the draft general budget for 2012 this week.
Zobaie said of the extent, that "House Speaker Osama Najafi called the Finance Committee resolution of the draft budget during this week and submitted to the House of Representatives during the next week for a vote."
and the transfer of Zobaie Najafi as saying: "The delay voting on the draft general budget of the cause of confusion in the economic situation and the crisis in the political situation, and that the launch will contribute to solve some problems."
Despite continuing the House of Representatives debates the draft budget for 2012 and read law two readings, but the many difficulties facing the pass, after that abounded demands blocs and committees.
confirmed the Finance Committee, last Thursday, near the final report includes the proceedings of the Committee on some of the demands and visions and proposals contained in the interventions of Representatives, referring to the interest in the proposal to allocate a portion of oil imports for the poor and ambitious in the future seek to set up a fund gives financial stake of imports of oil for every citizen .
explained the Finance Committee that many of the obstacles and problems of routine impede a change in the doors of exchange budget, as confirmed by seeking to give a sum of money lump all retirees through the reallocation of some sections of the exchange or reduction of operating expenses.
and the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives has, for that House of Representatives decided to allocate its for tomorrow fully to discuss the budget, indicating that not send the final accounts for previous years, including 2011 by the government was one of the main causes of the delay in adoption of the budget.
A member of the Committee of Economy and Investment parliamentary Abdul Hussein Abtan that "the President of the House of Representatives responded to the request Economic Commission to allocate a hearing on Monday in full to discuss the budget. "
The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives has loaded, earlier, the Ministry of Finance is responsible for the late adoption of the general budget for 2012, indicating that the errors that occurred in the Ministry of Finance in the preparation of the general budget for 2012 was a major cause of the delay in arriving at the Dome of the House of Representatives.
explained Abtan that "the reason for the delay adoption of the budget is sent late by the government to the parliament, while the customary in most countries of the world should not be delayed governments to send the budget for the ninth month of each year" .
He said "Do not send the final accounts for previous years, including the accounts of 2011, which reached 95 trillion dinars makes it difficult to approve this year's budget does not identify the aspects of expenditure of the budget earlier."
revealed Economists earlier, for the loss of the country huge amounts of money estimated at 230 million dollars for each day of delay in the adoption of the General Budget Law leads to disruption of economy and investment, as well as the negative impact on the psyche of the citizens.
It is noteworthy that the annual report of Transparency International in 2011, which included three Arab countries among the ten countries "most corrupt" in the world, Somalia, Iraq and Sudan, while considered Qatar, UAE and Oman least corrupt among Arab countries.
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