Basra was decided to be the ownership of the money service departments for the benefit of its treasu

Basra was decided to be the ownership of the money service departments for the benefit of its treasury

2016/2/9

[Basra - where]

I decided that Basra province have service departments for 2016 revenues treasury for the benefit of the province and added to the account and acted within the legal doors, even in the case of the reluctance of the federal government to do so.

According to a statement of the province received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it, that "conservative Majed Nasraoui Terrace, today, a joint meeting with the service departments to discuss the financial crisis and the failure of the operating budget for the past month allocations Exchange, indicating that the conferees decided to be of service departments for 2016 returns to Basra treasury and credited to the province and acted within the legal doors and the imam of the federal government, even if the objection to it, and that the directors of departments who do not carry out these decisions will be held accountable by the local government and dismissed and replaced by alternates in the management of those circles. "

He said Nasraoui during a press conference held after the meeting that "failure to allocate funds for the operational budget led to a lack of action the pay days and municipal workers and affected the health sector and the inability of the department to allocate funds for the purchase of meals for patients and doctors sentinel as well as stop some operations and other medical supplies."

With regard to the transfer of powers governor said that "the local government will be held on Wednesday a meeting with the Prime Minister to complete the transfer of powers in case of continuation of stalling, the local government will take those powers forcibly according to the law 21 average."

He pointed out that Basra is facing a very severe financial distress, it has become the operating budget free funds can no longer be paying salaries for those who work formula daily wage in the departments of health, sewage and municipal and municipalities, and no longer gets sick of them that slept in public hospitals and meals, as had those hospitals to stop making cold processes [low] necessary, because of the force of some of the types of materials and medical supplies. "

He explained that under these conditions we decided to move forcefully and not to remain silent, so we formed a supreme body to maximize local government revenue, and the first resolution to convert operating in Basra circles revenues to the province and not sent to the ministries associated in Baghdad, as the fees and taxes from the province maturity .

He pointed out the governor that "it is unacceptable that Basra give everything and get nothing, he said, adding that the local government in the process of opening a new bank account in preparation for taking its share of border crossings revenues amounting to 50% under provincial law No. 21 of 2008 average, it's also in the process of another project to maximize the financial revenues that would impose taxes and fees on restaurants, schools and civil hospitals. "

For his part, Head of the Legal and Administrative Committee of the provincial council, Ahmed Abdul Hussein said during the conference that "the local government is forced to look for alternatives as a result of the lack of financial allocations from the federal government, adding that the local government will be careful not to impact on the poor when imposing new taxes and fees." is over