Parliament approves revised budget law for 2017

Parliament approves revised budget law for 2017



25/7/2017 12:00 am

The Presidency of the Council announces that it guaranteed the insurance of salaries of employees and retirees
Baghdad / Sabah
The House voted on Monday to approve the amended general budget law for the fiscal year 2017.
The statement of the information department in the Council, that »the eighth regular session of the first legislative term of the fourth legislative year, which was chaired by Dr. Salim Jubouri, the President of the Council and the presence of 180 deputies on Monday, Initiated the decision to defer consideration of the appeals filed on the validity of the membership of some MPs for the need to two-thirds of the members of the Council ». The council voted on the draft law for the ratification of Bucharest 2004 documents attached to the International Postal Convention, submitted by the foreign relations, services, reconstruction and finance committees for the purpose of enhancing cooperation in the regulation of postal transport and ensuring the best way for the international postal service. Annexed to the Universal Postal Convention of 1947, which Iraq ratified by Law No. 31 of 1950 ».
The council postponed the vote on the draft law on the freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful demonstration provided by the legal committees, human rights, security, defense, culture, media, endowments and religious affairs at the request of the concerned committees.
While Jubouri the competent committees to accelerate the maturity of the draft law for the purpose of voting at the next meeting.
The Council completed the first reading of the proposed amendment to the first law of the general amnesty law No. 27 of 2016 submitted by the Legal Committee in view of the issues that appeared in the application of the law in the courts and the existence of a large number of cases that require the inclusion of a general amnesty relating to the waiver of the legal representative of the departments and similar names of those included in the amnesty law For the year 2008.
The Council completed the first reading of the proposed law to commemorate the sacrifices of the war martyrs against the gangs, urging the terrorists and speeding up their transactions and taking care of their wounds, submitted by the Committee of Martyrs, Victims and Political Prisoners, in order to speed up the work of martyrs of the battlefield who sacrificed their lives in the holy war against gangs. And fully guarantee the rights of their loved ones.
The Council completed the reading of a report and discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and its Protocol on matters relating to aircraft equipment and declarations supplementing its accession to the Republic of Iraq. The Council ended the vote on the draft amended federal budget law for the fiscal year 2017 submitted by the Finance Committee of the Committee on Economy and Investment to meet the shortfall in the salaries of state employees and the public sector and members of the popular mobilization and ensure payment of pensions and the needs of the displaced and disbursement of dues audited contractors from the Federal Audit Bureau and farmers' And securing the needs of the ministries of electricity, oil and health.
Jubouri pointed out that the House of Representatives added in the budget amendment two billion dinars to the Ministry of Water Resources to address water problems related to the water crisis in the province of Babylon. Jubouri said, «The revised budget guarantee to secure the salaries of employees and retirees», while noting that the budget to meet the requirements of the security agencies and will contribute to secure the needs of the Ministries of Electricity and Oil. Jubouri said in a statement, "We appreciate the efforts of the Parliament in the speed of completion of the federal budget reform of the fiscal year 2017, which is added to the laws and decisions and legislation important task completed by Parliament during this period and the last period."
"This comes in line with the plan of financial reform and ensure the payment of salaries of employees and retirees, and secure the salaries of the popular mobilization and cover the needs of the displaced, and the payment of dues to farmers and purchase of crops." He added that «the budget to meet the requirements of the security agencies that deserve all our thanks and pride and praise for what I have in liberating the land of Iraq from defecating and calling the terrorist», explaining that «will contribute to secure the needs of the Ministry of Electricity and the Ministry of Oil, and insurance medicines and medical supplies to the Ministry of Health and projects to the Ministry of Transport and water projects And the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the Municipality of Baghdad ». "This comes in line with the plan of financial reform and ensure the payment of salaries of employees and retirees, and secure the salaries of the popular mobilization and cover the needs of the displaced, and the payment of dues to farmers and purchase of crops." He added that «the budget to meet the requirements of the security agencies that deserve all our thanks and pride and praise for what I have in liberating the land of Iraq from defecating and calling the terrorist», explaining that «will contribute to secure the needs of the Ministry of Electricity and the Ministry of Oil, and insurance medicines and medical supplies to the Ministry of Health and projects to the Ministry of Transport and water projects And the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the Municipality of Baghdad ». "This comes in line with the plan of financial reform and ensure the payment of salaries of employees and retirees, and secure the salaries of the popular mobilization and cover the needs of the displaced, and the payment of dues to farmers and purchase of crops."
He added that «the budget to meet the requirements of the security agencies that deserve all our thanks and pride and praise for what I have in liberating the land of Iraq from defecating and calling the terrorist», explaining that «will contribute to secure the needs of the Ministry of Electricity and the Ministry of Oil, and insurance medicines and medical supplies to the Ministry of Health and projects to the Ministry of Transport and water projects And the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the Municipality of Baghdad ».

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