The "framework" presents new proposals on the budget crisis, and the "democratic" is committed to th

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[size=52]The "framework" presents new proposals on the budget crisis, and the "democratic" is committed to the Erbil-Baghdad agreement[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]The coordination framework presented to the Kurdistan Democratic Party an amended version of the proposals of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, which raised the recent crisis with the region regarding the budget.[/size]
[size=45]Although no official statements have been issued so far regarding the recent developments, the "Democratic" confirms its adherence to the agreement concluded with the Baghdad government two months ago.[/size]
[size=45]Last week, the Finance Committee in Parliament made sudden amendments to the budget related to the share of the Kurdistan region and the oil export mechanism.[/size]
[size=45]Parliament was preparing to hold a session to vote on the budget, last Saturday, but the Finance Committee's amendments disrupted the session and brought the law back into negotiations again.[/size]
[size=45]The regional government has previously described the recent changes to the text of the budget as “unconstitutional” and inconsistent with the agreement signed between the two governments.[/size]
[size=45]In light of these positions, the coordination framework had held a meeting on Sunday evening in the office of the deputy speaker of parliament and the leader of the coalition, Mohsen al-Mandalawi, while some leaders were absent.[/size]
[size=45]One day after the meeting, which did not produce any clear results, news leaked that the "framework" offered amended proposals to the Democratic Party, whose representatives boycotted the sessions of the Parliamentary Finance Committee.[/size]
[size=45]No statement was issued until the moment of writing the report from any party, but Vian Sabri, head of the Democratic Party bloc in Parliament, said that "negotiations are continuing between the political forces and the party on the issue of placing the region in the budget."[/size]
[size=45]In an interview with Al-Mada, Sabri stated that "Fouad Hussein (Foreign Minister and leader of the Democratic Party) is authorized by the party to negotiate the budget."[/size]
[size=45]On what leaked out of the amended proposals, Sabri confirmed, "Our vision is to adhere to the original text of the budget, which is consistent with the government program and the agreement with the government and the state administration coalition."[/size]
[size=45]And concluded the head of the bloc in Parliament, saying that «meetings and discussions in progress, and will remain continuous».[/size]
[size=45]According to the leaked proposals, which were submitted by Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr Organization, to Fouad Hussein, a member of the parliamentary committee confirmed that they contained amendments from the previous one.[/size]
[size=45]Jamal Cougar, a member of the committee, said in an interview with (Al-Mada): “So far, there is no official information about these proposals, but what has been discussed in it is an amendment and mitigation of the conditions that were previously set in the Finance Committee.”[/size]
[size=45]Cougar added, "Even if these proposals are correct, the negotiator, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, will need to return to his leadership to discuss the latest developments."[/size]
[size=45]Political sources say that the new amendments are also still being discussed and negotiated within the coordination framework.[/size]
[size=45]The last meeting of the Shiite alliance, according to insiders, did not reach a decisive solution to the budget crisis with Kurdistan, and it was likely to hold other meetings.[/size]
[size=45]Economics professor in Basra, Nabil Al-Marsoumi, revealed what he said were new proposals about paragraphs 13 and 14 in the budget for the Kurdistan region, which include 6 points.[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Marsoumi mentioned in a widely circulated post, “According to private sources, the coordination framework presented a new proposal regarding paragraphs 13 and 14 in the budget for the Kurdistan region: it states the following:[/size]
[size=45]The region should deliver 400,000 barrels of oil per day to SOMO.[/size]
[size=45]Selling Kurdistan Region Oil in coordination with SOMO Company.[/size]
[size=45]In the event that it is not possible to export oil through the ports of Turkey, Erbil will deliver the oil to Baghdad.[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Oil is finding alternatives to selling or using Kurdistan's oil internally.[/size]
[size=45]The government is obligated to pay 400,000 barrels of oil to Erbil if it receives it from the region.[/size]
[size=45]Oil sales and internal circulation funds are placed in an account belonging to the Federal Ministry of Finance.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, Kurdish media revealed that the regional government discussed the recent changes in the budget with consuls and foreign representations in Erbil.[/size]
[size=45]According to those means, she said yesterday that Sven Dziye, head of the Foreign Relations Office in Erbil, will meet with the consuls, offices and representations of a group of countries.[/size]
[size=45]She indicated that the main topic of the meeting was the discussion of Articles 13 and 14 of the share of the Kurdistan region in the draft budget law, as well as the negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad on financial dues.[/size]
[size=45]The Parliamentary Finance Committee had called on the Presidency of Parliament to expedite the determination of the voting session on the budget this week.[/size]
[size=45]The head of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, said in a statement, “After discussing the draft general budget law in the Parliamentary Finance Committee (…) we call on the Presidency of the honorable House of Representatives to expedite the determination of the voting session on the law during the current week.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Atwani added, "Our emphasis on the importance of speeding up the approval of the general budget is in order to initiate development plans, rehabilitate infrastructure, continue economic reform, and focus on priority projects, especially health, housing, basic services, and support for investment and the private sector."[/size]
[size=45]And he continued, "We appeal to the political forces to overcome their differences and work in a patriotic spirit in order to achieve this merit, in implementation of the covenant that the parliament and the people's representatives made to themselves in serving the country, and to strive to pass legislation and laws that are in the interest of the citizen."[/size]
[size=45]The Finance Committee suspended its work until further notice, following a request by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Shakhwan Abdullah to correct the number of its members to (23) instead of the current (24).[/size]
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