“State administration” has not resolved the dispute… Kurdistan’s share of the 2027 budget is the biggest obstacle
“State administration” has not resolved the dispute… Kurdistan’s share of the 2027 budget is the biggest obstacle
2026-10-25
Shafaq News – Baghdad
On Sunday, Ikhlas Al-Dulaimi, a member of the parliamentary finance committee, confirmed that no general agreement had been reached on the draft federal budget law for 2027, despite it being presented during the State Administration Coalition meeting yesterday.
Al-Dulaimi told Shafaq News Agency that the draft budget needs some amendments, noting that there is currently no government agreement between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, as well as objections to the region’s share in the budget.
She added that the Kurdistan Region’s share – according to her calculations – will amount to about 6% of the total budget, not 12.67%, indicating that the region’s share amounts to 12.8 trillion dinars out of 217 trillion dinars in the draft budget law.
Al-Dulaimi explained that the current stage requires sitting down at the dialogue table again, discussing the draft law and laying real foundations for reaching an agreement on it, before voting on it in the Cabinet and sending it to the House of Representatives.
She confirmed that there is no specific date for sending the draft budget law to parliament, noting that the matter depends on reaching a political agreement on it and its approval in the cabinet.
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