They suggested extending the work of the second legislative term until it is approved... Two represe

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[size=52]They suggested extending the work of the second legislative term until it is approved... Two representatives: The 2024 budget needs a long time to be passed and approved.[/size]

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04/22/2024
Hussein Falih:
Two members of the House of Representatives confirmed that the 2024 budget needs a long time to be passed and approved in light of the political differences over local governments, the suspension of the membership of some representatives, and the continued undecided position of Speaker of Parliament, while they suggested extending the work of the second legislative term until approval. Budget.
Representative Thamer Dhiban Al-Hamdani said in an interview with Al-Zawraa: If the budget reaches the Presidency of the House of Representatives, there will be an extension to the second legislative term to complete and complete the approval of the budget.
He added: In light of this atmosphere of the absence of an acting Speaker of the House of Representatives, the withdrawal and suspension of the membership of a number of representatives to attend the sessions, and some disagreements between the political blocs on the issue of forming local governments, we will need time to pass and ratify it.
For his part, a member of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Jassim Al-Khafaji, said in an interview with Al-Zawraa: Usually the Presidency of Parliament extends the legislative term for one month, and if the budget is not sent, it will not be extended.
He added: The government has not yet sent the budget schedules, which means that we do not know any time limits for reviewing, discussing, approving them, and returning them to the government and the Ministry of Finance again in preparation for disbursing them to the formations of spending units, which means delay in all aspects of this process.
Al-Khafaji indicated that if the budget is sent this week, Parliament will extend its term or agree with the government, and conversely, Parliament will not extend its legislative term. Stressing that the current budget is tripartite, and the justification for its legislation was not to delay or exceed the timings.
For its part, the Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed that the House of Representatives is awaiting the arrival of the 2024 budget schedules during the current month.
The committee stated in a statement received by Al-Zawraa: “The Chairman of the Finance Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, received today the Chargé d’Affaires of the German Embassy.”
Al-Atwani pointed out, “We are awaiting the arrival of the 2024 budget schedules during this month,” stressing “the effort to correct the path of the budget by maximizing non-oil revenues, encouraging the private sector, and reducing operational spending.”
He called on “German companies to enter Iraq and invest in various sectors, most notably the production and improvement of electrical energy,” calling on “the German embassy to follow up on the implementation of the agreements and memorandums of understanding that the Sudanese signed during his visit to Germany.”
While the Chargé d'Affairs of the German Embassy confirmed that "the stability of the situation in Iraq encourages the entry of our companies to invest in various fields."
On May 9, the Iraqi Council of Representatives will end its second legislative term without extension, entering into a two-month legislative recess. This step comes amid expectations of a delay in referring the general budget for the current year by the government to the Council.[/size]
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