Parliament: 2014 budget will be returned to the government

Parliament: 2014 budget will be returned to the government



8/4/2014 0:00

Kurdish claims postponed

Baghdad, Omar Abdel-Latif

Despite the fact that "the situation with the province in regards to the budget in 2014 has become more complex," but that the House will try to vote on the Commission to resolve this bill at its meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, at a time when sources within the council that the budget of 2014 will be returned to the government to make amendments to the Some developments in the overall situation in Iraq.

The sources, who requested anonymity said in a statement singled out the "morning" that the budget of 2014 in its present state has become "that do not fit Iraq at all" because of the changes that have taken place on their doors as a result of the overall situation in Iraq, noting that the most prominent of these changes differing rate of Iraqi oil exports after proceeded to the Kurdistan region to export, in addition to the expenses of security and defense, which are varied other, as well as the displaced file which impose a new reality on the country.

The lawmakers have demanded the need to restore balance to the government in 2014 to reconsider it and install the changes that have taken place during the period not to exceed 10 days, describing the vote on this budget without making these adjustments and changes as "a vote on something that is not realistic».

He faced the adoption of the budget bill, the federal financial 2014 difficulty passing in the House of Representatives during the previous session due to continuing differences between the political blocs and presented several demands and proposals to include the budget, as well as the ongoing dispute between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government on the region's share, which calls for the latter that not less than 17 percent out of the budget and the payment of oil companies operating in Kurdistan and the salaries of the Peshmerga forces which rejects Baghdad and Erbil not delivered accuses the oil produced and exported without its consent, as well as its contract with the companies prepared by the federal government in violation of the Constitution which denies the province.

However, the Member of Parliament for the Liberal bloc Magda Tamimi pointed out that the situation with the Kurdistan region has become far more complicated than before on the grounds that the province has made ​​the export of oil and at the same time has been allocated 17 percent of the budget to him, which means the need for a settlement of During a committee formed in the presence of officials from the region to check what has been exported by them and the prescribed percentage in the budget.

Confirmed Tamimi said in a statement received read "morning" on the need to direct a letter to the Ministry of Finance to report on the size of the spending from the beginning of this year until now, as well as to provide balance in 2014 modified by the government on the grounds that the foundation on which was built the budget is to export 3. 4 million barrels, while this figure is exaggerated in the current circumstances, which did not materialize in front of us, "the budget do not reflect reality," and it is not necessary to make amendments to it.

Considered merging the budgets of 2014 and 2015 in one package contrary to the Financial Administration Act and the Public Debt No. 94 of 2004, as amended, as well as confuse the economic situation in the state.

This trend was supported by the House of Representatives Qadu nostalgia as it said the 2014 budget should be different from its predecessors the existence of the priorities of the financial allocations with the presence of military operations and the displaced.

He Qadu in a statement the "morning" that a committee to discuss the budget in 2014, which will vote it includes representatives of the various political blocs and trends in the Council, noting that this budget should be different from its predecessors to the presence of military operations in more than one province, and the change should be in the allocations earmarked for the provinces, which harbored hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the center and south, especially Karbala and Najaf, and therefore must relay sums of money from the province to the other to enable them to provide humanitarian aid and services to those displaced.

The Qadu the need to be there is a committee formed by the government and the State Council and members of the Parliamentary Finance Committee in the previous session knowing paragraphs budget and sit quickly to agree on necessary items and passed in the House of Representatives quickly, warning of entering into political controversy in relation to certain budget items and disputed issues because it will lead to a delay to get to the stage when we do not need them.

The student coalition of Kurdish blocs in turn postpone approving the 2014 budget until after the formation of the government, being passed inside the cabinet without the approval of Minister of the Kurds, in addition to considering this caretaker government.

A member of the House of Representatives on the mass change of Kurdish Kaveh Mohammad told (morning) that the current situation requires a re-draft budget for 2014 to the new government, to enable specialists to deal with them or answer any question because the parliament is constitutionally and legally can not have to contend with a caretaker government , they also demand a change in materials unfair, especially to the Kurdistan region after that have been deprived of their share since the beginning of the year which led to the non-distribution of salaries of the staff of the province for more than 3 months.

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