Finance Minister: I’ll leave Baghdad if money was not sent to Kurdistan
Finance Minister: I’ll leave Baghdad if money was not sent to Kurdistan
12-03-2015 11:29 AM
BAGHDAD / news / Samer Mohammed
threatened Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari, on Wednesday, leaving his work in the central government in Baghdad in the event of the financial budget for the Kurdistan region did not send to Erbil.
He spoke Zebari during his participation in the work of the Third Forum of Sulaymaniyah, which is held annually at the American University, which began , yesterday, and I followed (news) for the outstanding financial problems between Erbil and Baghdad.
Zebari said, that ‘oil is the only source of revenue for the Iraqi government, and must find alternative sources for dispensing oil. ”
He noted that ‘the Kurdistan Regional Government demanding their share of the budget and planned by 17% ‘, pointing out that he will leave Baghdad if refrained Baghdad, sending the region’s share’.
The minister of Kurdistan, said that ‘Iraq is not facing bankruptcy but it needs to be managed better, and that the billions of the money goes to staff salaries, adding that most of the services are free, stressing the need for taxes. ‘
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