MPs admit the existence of errors in the budget
On: Sun 03/18/2012 8:17
Baghdad / follow-up long-
acknowledged member of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives Secretary Hadi Abbas, the existence of errors in some paragraphs of the general budget, pointing out that the Council will work to modify during the next meetings.
at the same time emphasized parliamentary Mahma Khalil to authenticate the presidency on a budget, do not prevent House of Representatives to make some adjustments.
Abbas said, according to the Agency (news) said on Saturday: There are errors appeared in some paragraphs of the financial budget for the current year will be to edit and add new paragraphs during the future sessions of the House of Representatives Among these amendments paragraph off the salaries of retirees of municipal councils in the provinces, and add a paragraph to the proposal submitted by the Education Committee of the parliamentary establishment of schools in a postpaid. Abbas said: The amendment, paragraph (15) of the general budget on pensions for municipal councils in the provinces and over the amendment wrongly so that to make the Directorate of retirement in the Ministry of Finance have problems promoting transactions retirees being started getting them amounted to more than (50) A treatment, which led to the stop payment of salaries until the amendment of the law.
He pointed out that the Directorate of public pension sent a form to amend the law, but due to lack of quorum of the committees of parliamentary responsible by such as the legal and territorial and financial during the previous meeting of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, postponed to amend the law.
He explained: The Education Committee of the Parliamentary submitted a proposal for the establishment of schools across the country in a postpaid and after obtaining approval by the executive branch will be added to that paragraph to the General Budget Law for the year.
For his part, Parliamentary Mahma Khalil to authenticate the presidency on the financial budget does not prevent the House of Representatives to make some adjustments.
The Presidency of the Republic has ratified the eighth of this month on the financial budget after two weeks of the adoption of the House of Representatives to it.
plans to the Council of Ministers appeal Fiscal Stabilization in the Federal Court because of "breaches of the constitutionality of which he says.
Khalil said, according to (Euphrates News) The House of Representatives can make some amendments to the budget, although the authenticity of the presidency it, especially since there are many claims to amend the financial budget.
Khalil added: Most of the political blocs demanded to amend paragraph abolition of pensions for municipal councils after protests carried out by members of those councils.
Paragraph 55 of Article 25 of the Code of the financial budget for the current year to abolish pensions for provincial councils and districts and areas to the chagrin of members of these boards and have a number of demonstrations to demand the abolition of that paragraph.
Khalilzad said that "after making amendments to the budget Finance will be submitted to a vote again in the House of Representatives and then transferred to the Presidency for approval. "
It is noteworthy that there are many confused about the budget, notably the issue of armored cars for the MPs, which aroused wide resentment in the Iraqi street.
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