Kurdistan Council of Ministers demands Baghdad to pay 16 trillion dinars

[rtl]Baghdad-Iraq today:

Today, Wednesday, the Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers called on the federal government to pay the region's financial dues with the amounts included in the budget schedules.

The council's media said in a press statement, "The Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers held its weekly meeting headed by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, and the presence of the Council's Vice President, Qubad Talabani, and discussed a number of issues on its agenda."

The Council of Ministers called on the federal government and the concerned authorities to "take immediate legal measures against all those who used weapons against the demonstrators and caused the death of a number of them, and to bring the perpetrators to justice so that they receive their punishment.”

After that, they discussed "the latest developments related to the implementation of the Federal Budget Law for the year 2023, and then the members of the negotiating delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government presented the results of their last meeting in Baghdad with the delegation of the federal government, regarding the rights and financial entitlements of the Kurdistan Region.”

And he stressed that "in return for the region's obligations, the total financial dues must be paid, which, according to the Iraqi budget schedules for the year 2023, amount to 16 trillion and 498 billion dinars, which is equivalent, according to numbers, to one trillion and 375 billion dinars per month.However, the Iraqi Council of Ministers, during its session held on 9/2023 3/ And outside the region's budget and dues schedules, he decided to spend only 500 billion dinars in the form of loans for the months 9, 10, and 11, while after the month of 6, no amount was disbursed for the salaries of the months 7 and 8. And with the entry into force of the Federal Budget Law on 6/25/2023, the region has fulfilled its obligations under the budget law.”

The region's cabinet called on the federal cabinet to "review its decision in a fair and equitable manner and to send the financial benefits to the region based on the numbers established in the tables of the region's share of the budget, especially to send the allocated portion to the monthly salaries at a value of 906 billion dinars, so that the Kurdistan region can pay it to those who receive it. Salaries in the region, like the rest of the recipients of salaries throughout Iraq, who receive their monthly salaries without delay, and therefore, the salaries allocated to the region in the federal budget must be spent according to the same standards, and not be treated differently and unfairly, but rather it must be in accordance with the constitution and the principle of equality in implementing the laws.”[/rtl]
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