Sunnis will not vote on the 2015 budget, but make substantial amendments
Sunnis will not vote on the 2015 budget, but make substantial amendments
FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY / JANUARY 2015 17:36
Twilight News / alliance said the Iraqi forces, the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, on Friday, he will not vote on the financial budget that the country for the current year 2015, except in the event of major revisions.
Showed the coalition said in a statement reported for “Twilight News” reservation on most of the paragraphs of the budget, which he said “was frustrating and non-responsive to the needs of the displaced and the requirements of the sons of General of the Iraqi people.”
He called the coalition to “the need to increase allocations earmarked in the federal budget allocated for displaced people and displaced up to $ 5 billion.”
He also called for monitoring the amount of $ 1.5 billion to cover the expenses, and the needs of the National Guard, which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pledged formation when formed government.
These demands will exacerbate the budget crisis in the country where the leaders of Iraq seeks to find a way to reduce costs and find other sources of funding to meet the non-oil budget deficit.
Iraqi government found itself in a quandary over the budget after the fall in oil prices to below $ 50 per barrel on the grounds that it estimated the price of a barrel to $ 60 in the budget.
Iraq relies on oil revenues to fund 95 percent of the budget. And looking to impose new taxes to fill part of the deficit at a time when needed to finance the war against al “Daash.”
Alliance of Iraqi forces in his statement also stressed “the need to ensure the government’s commitment to monitoring and delivery of salaries and allowances of staff in the hot spots without deduction or delay.”
He stressed that the coalition of all forces combined will not vote on the approval of the federal budget, and the ministers of the coalition in government cabin prepare for positions Strategy taken by the alliance of the Iraqi forces in the event of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi continued and behind the “procrastination” partnership agreements, which was built by his government.
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