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Basra is preparing for a sit-in protest against the non-payment of its budget and financial accuses delay
04 August 2011 17:07 GMT
The governor of Basra, on Thursday, that the local government will organize a sit-open after the end of Ramadan in protest against the delayed payment of the maintenance budget, as called for activating the administrative decentralization of the province, while conversion to the territory, accusing the Ministry of Finance as to deal with Basra, as if begging for them.
Khalaf said Abdul Samad, in a press conference held today in his office and attended by "Alsumaria News", "the local government will be a few days after the end of the month of Ramadan, the organization of open-ended sit in protest at the failure to pay the Ministry of Finance the budget of the province," noting that "more than twenty large tent will be erected near the headquarters of the local government to accommodate the participants in the sit. "
He said Abdul Samad that "the local government in Basra are almost unable to provide services because of the monopoly of central government powers," noting that "the governor can no longer create an arena for soccer in a residential area, or even transfer mechanism construction of area to another."
He called the governor of Basra to "activate the administrative decentralization as a temporary solution until they turn the province into the territory have the powers broad powers," adding that "Basra is not in need of the tutelage of the finance and planning ministries, because the employees who work in them are no better than those working in local government or the provincial council" .
He said Abdul Samad that "the Ministry of Finance dealing with the local government is sometimes like a begging money from them," stressing that "we reject this method will allow the continuation thereof."
He suggested Abdul Samad Secretariat of the Council of Ministers "exemption of 10% of the total budget of the province of procedures for the Strategic Plan of the country, so that the right of local government spending this proportion of the funds to implement service projects without returning to Baghdad to take the approvals."
He criticized the governor of Basra, "some of the ministries to the neglect of its departments in the province," noting in this context that "most of the circuits associated with the ministries do not qualify as government departments."
He added that the preservation of "lack of office furniture, and their buildings are old, and departments with no powers, so that auditors face a lot of trouble to complete their transactions before the official."
The province of Basra, about 590 km south of Baghdad, occurred during the current year as a result of the application of the (petro) for the second consecutive year the largest budget in history was trillion and 130 billion dinars, in addition to the amount of 688 billion dinars round of last year's budget.
The central government allocated $ 300 billion dinars for the implementation of projects related to host Gulf Cup edition of this twenty-first session to be established in the province in 2013.
Despite the abundance of financial allocations and exacerbate the suffering of the citizens of the deterioration of basic services, but most of the projects proposed by local government during the current year and rushed the provincial council to ratify it has not yet been implemented, but the delay and the Ministry of Planning, evaluated and approved, or for non-payment of the necessary funds to implement even Now by the Ministry of Finance.
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04 August 2011 17:07 GMT
The governor of Basra, on Thursday, that the local government will organize a sit-open after the end of Ramadan in protest against the delayed payment of the maintenance budget, as called for activating the administrative decentralization of the province, while conversion to the territory, accusing the Ministry of Finance as to deal with Basra, as if begging for them.
Khalaf said Abdul Samad, in a press conference held today in his office and attended by "Alsumaria News", "the local government will be a few days after the end of the month of Ramadan, the organization of open-ended sit in protest at the failure to pay the Ministry of Finance the budget of the province," noting that "more than twenty large tent will be erected near the headquarters of the local government to accommodate the participants in the sit. "
He said Abdul Samad that "the local government in Basra are almost unable to provide services because of the monopoly of central government powers," noting that "the governor can no longer create an arena for soccer in a residential area, or even transfer mechanism construction of area to another."
He called the governor of Basra to "activate the administrative decentralization as a temporary solution until they turn the province into the territory have the powers broad powers," adding that "Basra is not in need of the tutelage of the finance and planning ministries, because the employees who work in them are no better than those working in local government or the provincial council" .
He said Abdul Samad that "the Ministry of Finance dealing with the local government is sometimes like a begging money from them," stressing that "we reject this method will allow the continuation thereof."
He suggested Abdul Samad Secretariat of the Council of Ministers "exemption of 10% of the total budget of the province of procedures for the Strategic Plan of the country, so that the right of local government spending this proportion of the funds to implement service projects without returning to Baghdad to take the approvals."
He criticized the governor of Basra, "some of the ministries to the neglect of its departments in the province," noting in this context that "most of the circuits associated with the ministries do not qualify as government departments."
He added that the preservation of "lack of office furniture, and their buildings are old, and departments with no powers, so that auditors face a lot of trouble to complete their transactions before the official."
The province of Basra, about 590 km south of Baghdad, occurred during the current year as a result of the application of the (petro) for the second consecutive year the largest budget in history was trillion and 130 billion dinars, in addition to the amount of 688 billion dinars round of last year's budget.
The central government allocated $ 300 billion dinars for the implementation of projects related to host Gulf Cup edition of this twenty-first session to be established in the province in 2013.
Despite the abundance of financial allocations and exacerbate the suffering of the citizens of the deterioration of basic services, but most of the projects proposed by local government during the current year and rushed the provincial council to ratify it has not yet been implemented, but the delay and the Ministry of Planning, evaluated and approved, or for non-payment of the necessary funds to implement even Now by the Ministry of Finance.
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