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[size=52]Representatives expect a partial approval of the budget and linking controversial articles to political consensus[/size]

[size=45]Representatives expected a partial vote on the budget, expecting some controversial paragraphs to be postponed to a later time in order to allow room for agreement on them, pointing out that meetings are continuing with ministries with the aim of making appropriate transfers between ministries.[/size]
[size=45]Representative Mustafa Al-Karawi stated, “The Parliamentary Finance Committee, until this hour, continues to discuss the paragraphs of the budget law, and there are many parliamentary observations on the paragraphs, especially related to financial allocations for the governorates and some ministries, and we need time to reach an agreement on those paragraphs.”[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Karawi indicated that “there are reservations among some parliamentary blocs, and deputies about the budget law, and there is almost confirmation and consensus on the need to make fundamental amendments to the paragraphs of the law, before passing it, and without that it is very difficult to pass the law, and for this we will work to make transfers in financial allocations in order to be fair.” provinces.”[/size]
[size=45]And he pointed out, “The House of Representatives can start voting on some paragraphs of the budget law, which do not have any disagreement or reservations, and postpone the controversial paragraphs until next week.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Karawi went on to say that “passing the entire law during the current week, we believe that it is not easy, and it requires parliamentary consensus, and this consensus does not exist until now, unless the necessary amendments are made to the law.”[/size]
[size=45]Representative Thamer Dhiban Al-Hamdani stated, “The Finance Committee in Parliament continues to hold its meetings, as there were hosts for all ministries, governorates and agencies during the past period, with the aim of reviewing the real needs of the ministries.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamdani added, "The meetings devoted to transferring between the chapters of the budget are still continuing, especially within the Finance Committee."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "A large part of the sums has been allocated to some ministries compared to previous budgets and the emergency support law for food security that Parliament voted in the middle of last year."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamdani indicated that "what separates us from approving the budget law is making some transfers, reducing the deficit within reasonable limits, and setting a deadline for the session during the current week, or early next week."[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Representative Basem Al-Gharabi said, “There are controversial points that are still ongoing in the general budget law, and some controversial points still control it,” ruling out “a vote on the budget during the current week.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Gharabi added, "The hosting of the concerned authorities in the ministries has not been completed, and many of the budget paragraphs are unknown, and we do not know the classifications of some amounts," explaining that "the special programs and grants within the ministries must be classified." On a related note, the representative for Basra, Zahra Al-Bajari, stated, in press statements, that “the province finances about 90% of the federal budget, but the size of the allocations allocated to the province of Basra is not commensurate with the financial obligations of the projects in the province.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bajari added, "Basra has financial obligations of about 3.8 trillion Iraqi dinars, in the form of ongoing projects."[/size]
[size=45]And she pointed out, “The whole allocation is 1.6 trillion dinars, which means that all existing ongoing projects will stop working, in addition to that there is no new project in Basra Governorate during the next three years.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Bajari pointed out that “there are large environmental pollutions in Basra Governorate, due to oil extractions and water salinity, suffering from these two issues, and the lack of potable water as well as vegetation cover.” However, no funds have been allocated to address these problems, such as salinity, mines, and war remnants. suffering from the province of Basra.[/size]
[size=45]Zahra Al-Bajari stated that "the state did not specify amounts for the removal of mines and war remnants, which kill dozens of people annually."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The representatives of the Basra governorate decided that in the event that the appropriate funds are not allocated to the governorate, they will refrain from participating in the voting session on the general budget."[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Bajari went on to say that “25 deputies from Basra decided to boycott this session for voting on the budget, and despite the existence of loans, the loan amounts were not allocated to the province of Basra in the budget.”[/size]
[size=45]A parliamentary statement received by (Al-Mada) stated that “the Services and Reconstruction Committee yesterday hosted the governors in a meeting devoted to discussing the budget.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement added, “During the meeting, the members of the committee listened to the needs of the governorates with regard to the priority of projects and the distribution of financial allocations fairly between the governorates for all service sectors in the field of energy, health, education, housing, water, sewage, roads and bridges, as well as the need to develop solutions to the financial obstacles of lagging projects and strengthen the principle of decentralization.” administration and enhance its financial allocations.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, “The Parliamentary Services and Reconstruction Committee is in the process of submitting a report on provincial projects to the Finance Committee for consideration and study for inclusion in the budget.”[/size]
[size=45]The House of Representatives continues the process of budget legislation since the days before the Eid holiday, as the government project came loaded with amounts that are the highest in the history of Iraq, reaching 200 trillion dinars, in addition to a very high deficit estimated at 64 trillion dinars. Then put it to vote.[/size]
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