3 Ministries delay legislation and budget .. “austerity” enter formal discussions for the first time since the fall of Saddam
3 Ministries delay legislation and budget .. “austerity” enter formal discussions for the first time since the fall of Saddam
21/10/2014 (00:01 pm)
BAGHDAD / Mohammad Sabah
While committed to the Prime Minister Haider Abadi that the proportion of 17% of the part of the Kurdish will be adopted, transmitted in the House of Representatives of the federal budget, stressing that the government would approve the draft budget in the coming period, confirmed the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives that, among the reasons that hinder the adoption of the federal budget within the Council of Ministers is the failure to complete the three ministries of the final accounts, including the Ministry of Higher Education is added to the House of Representatives.
He spoke senior officials yesterday about the possibility for austerity clear in the budget because of falling oil prices, and this is what is happening for the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein, it was budgets upward for 11 years.
said Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, that the problems of the central government and the region will be resolved through the Constitution, stressing the need to be a production of the Kirkuk oil under the eyes of the government.
Ebadi said during a press conference after his meeting with supreme religious authority Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, “We discussed the issue of the budget three times, and we will work day to provide balancing cash offer by which military spending as a fait accompli,” noting “The budget in 2015, will be based on the current year budget, due to the presence of the same problems of oil from Kirkuk and stopped completely, as well as lower global prices and expectations concerning the fall, so the Council of Ministers decided to austerity.”
added Abadi, that “the government will put the budget in 2014 is not includes default in military spending and provide basic services to citizens. ”
continued the Prime Minister, “we discuss the currently re-open the Kirkuk oil, which must be under consideration by the federal government and imports dating back to the federal government.”
But Planning Minister Salman Jumaili, ruled out the trend to make the budget of the year 2015 next “austerity” because of low world oil prices, noting that the government is in the process of approving the budget year 2014 current.
Jumaily said in a press conference that “the ministry monitors the drop in world oil prices and has a special plan to cope with it,” adding that “Iraq has the ability to prepare the budget in next 2015 despite lower oil prices “, ruling that” the next budget austerity. ” The Minister, expressed the hope that “the security situation improves and Iraqi oil exports back to previous rates before the outbreak of the current crisis, to ensure that the need for austerity.” This comes at a time who confirmed members of the parliamentary Finance Committee that there are problems facing the adoption of the general budget, including the issue of falling oil prices and Sadath and Oardth that have not yet been resolved by the government.
explained a member of the Finance Committee MP Haider al-Mutlaq that “the reasons that hindered sent the budget by The government is not to resolve the three ministries to its closing, which includes expenditures and revenues.
continued Mutlaq in an interview with the “long” that between the ministries that have not submitted their final accounts, higher education as well as the two ministries two more in addition to the House of Representatives did not send its accounts closing. ”
and continued that ” There are other problems that are not addressed in the federal budget, including that of a fall in global oil prices, revenues and exports. ”
For its part, said a member of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives Najiba Najib said in an interview with the “long” that the federal budget for 2014 is still in the Council of Ministers has not been sent to the House of Representatives for legislation to now, “asking the government to speed up” to amend the budget and send it to parliament. “She Najib that” the technical committee within the Council of Ministers, which is reviewing the draft budget has not made up its mind in dealing with the terms of the job, “noting that” we are waiting for is to direct the Minister Finance Hoshyar Zebari his duties in order to let us know so precisely and detailed. ”
The Cabinet decided on 30 September last formation of a technical committee headed by the Ministry of Finance and the membership of the ministries of oil, planning and the central bank and the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to discuss the problems of the budget.
drew Najib to “discuss the problem of the budget parked on the talks, which will hopefully be released in the event of the arrival of the delegation of Kurdistan to Baghdad headed by Barzani, “pointing out that” Barzani’s visit will contribute to resolving the problems of oil and the salaries of the staff of Kurdistan. ”
in turn drew the other member of the Finance Committee Jabbar Abdul-Khaliq to the Finance Committee recommended reducing investment expenditure because they increase the deficit ratio significantly.
between Abdul Khaliq and “long” that “the Council of Ministers will hold a meeting during the next few hours it will bill the federal budget to a vote and then sent to the House of Representatives.”
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