Parliamentary objection to approving a budget sent by the caretaker government

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[size=52]Parliamentary objection to approving a budget sent by the caretaker government[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Hussein Hatem[/size]
[size=45]In light of the complex political scene since the October 10, 2021 elections, most indicators warn of the delay in passing the 2022 budget law.[/size]
[size=45]The absence of consensus leading to the completion of the formation of the elected government as a president and a ministerial cabinet contributed to the escalation of the budget crisis, as the absence of the budget, which is supposed to be completed at most two months ago, is accompanied by a number of critical economic variables, including the rise in global prices of consumer and food items and the complexity of the living situation of income earners Limited.[/size]
[size=45]There are conflicting opinions between deputies and law specialists about the mechanism for voting on the project under the caretaker government, and whether there is a possibility of approving it or not.[/size]
[size=45]Member of Parliament Jassem Al-Alawi said in an interview with Al-Mada, "The current government does not have the right to send the 2022 draft budget, as it is a caretaker government, and it will have constitutional and legal consequences that hinder the passage of the law." Al-Alawi added that "the 2022 budget is for the new government that was elected during October 2021," noting that "passing the budget needs constitutional and legal consensus." He pointed out, "Passing the budget in this way and at this critical time is very difficult."[/size]
[size=45]He called on the political blocs to "sit at one dialogue table and find out the deficiencies to expedite the formation of the government and pass important laws, especially the 2022 budget." With regard to the draft law on emergency support for food security and development, Al-Alawi explained that “the law contains many unclear details and distorted paragraphs,” noting that “if it is passed as it is, it will meet a constitutional and legal rejection.”[/size]
[size=45]The draft law is an exceptional budget that aims to invest the financial surplus from oil imports in strengthening the vocabulary of the ration card and the agricultural sector, and increasing the Small Projects Fund in the Ministry of Labor, in addition to working to allocate funds for projects that are lagging behind because of funding. The second deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Shakhwan Abdullah, had confirmed that "the Iraqi parliament is waiting for the government to send the general federal budget law for 2022."[/size]
[size=45]In turn, Representative Hussein Al-Sa'bri stated that "the internal system of the Council of Ministers grants the government to send draft laws to the House of Representatives after turning them into a daily task."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sabri continued, "The government's transformation into a daily task is either dissolving the parliament and holding early elections, or the end of the electoral cycle, or withdrawing confidence from the prime minister and considering the ministry resigned, and it is in this capacity until the formation of the new government."[/size]
[size=45]This comes at a time, a member of the Finance Committee, Mishaan al-Jubouri, revealed that the selling price of a barrel of oil was calculated at about $75 within the draft federal budget law for the year 2022, saying that it is “a logical matter in light of the rise in the markets.” In turn, the legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that “Article 62 of the constitution requires the government to submit the final accounts to Parliament before approving the budget, while Article 8 of the Financial Management Law No. 6 of 2019 requires the Ministry of Finance and Planning to submit a draft The General Budget Law is submitted to the Council of Ministers at the beginning of September of each year. Al-Tamimi added that “Article 11 of the same law required the financial management of the Council of Ministers after receiving the budget and submitting it to Parliament after discussing it in mid-October.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Tamimi pointed out that “the necessity requires legislating the budget law because it is related to people’s livelihood and livelihood. Although the government is conducting daily affairs, it does not have the right to propose a draft budget law, but the higher interest and food security, which is one of the first priorities of the government of daily affairs, requires that.”[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the Financial Management Law, the legal expert explained that “it allows the government to spend 12% of the amount of the previous budget and of the available revenues, and dividing the amount of the previous budget by 12%, which is called the emergency budget as it happened in 2014, and it is a temporary state until the 2022 budget is legislated.”[/size]
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