MP confirmed the alliance of Surat Majida al-Tamimi, on Thursday, to make adjustments by the government on the budget of 2019, while noting that the total spending in the budget has risen significantly. 

Tamimi said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "The agenda of the session of parliament to be held today included the first reading of the budget for 2019, which returned to parliament from the government after an amendment," noting that "the surprise is a large rise in total spending, which was 132 , 2 trillion dinars and became 133.1 trillion dinars, which increased by 900 billion dinars.




She added that "the premiums of external debt and internal, which was 11.10 trillion dinars became 10,79 trillion dinars, in the sense that the premiums have decreased and we want to end commitments and this is not true," noting that "investment projects were 34, 5 trillion dinars and became 33 trillion JD where it declined and this is another negative indicator. " 

Tamimi added that "investment spending of foreign loans was 5.5 trillion dinars and became 5.67 trillion, while investment spending through foreign loans was 5.96 and became 6,11 which increased," noting that "current expenditure was 97.6 and is now 100,50, which increased and this is a negative indicator, the deficit was 26 trillion and now it is 27.53 and this is a negative indicator. "

She pointed out that "the operating expenses increased either investment expenses decreased as the debt installments decreased," pointing out that "the loan of the British Export Guarantee Corporation UKFF was 354.6 billion and became 390 billion dinars, which increased loans and the continuation of British loans from the Export Agency The British from 300 million dollars has become 330 million dollars and this increase for the removal of mines from Nineveh, and it was better to reduce the operational expenses and save the expenses of this important sector. 

"They describe the budget as an austerity, amounting to 133.1 trillion dinars, but if it was an explosion, how will it be," noting that "if we conducted a follow-up study for the exchange from 2004 to 2017, we find the highest disbursement of a fiscal year was 124 trillion," tight That "the budget is going in the wrong direction and the state funds are run wrong and not sound and there is a big imbalance in the management of public money."

It is scheduled to hold the House of Representatives on Thursday, its regular session where the agenda included the meeting the first reading of Iraq's budget law for 2019.