Parliament expresses surprise at the government’s delay in submitting the 2025 budget schedules.
Parliament expresses surprise at the government’s delay in submitting the 2025 budget schedules.
2025-04-15 05:29
Shafaq News/ The Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament expressed surprise on Tuesday at the government’s delay in submitting the 2025 budget schedules to the parliament, despite previous promises.
Committee member Saad al-Nubi told Shafaq News Agency, “The Parliamentary Finance Committee recently hosted both Minister of Planning Mohammed Tamim and Minister of Finance Taif Sami to discuss the 2025 general budget law schedules. The two ministers informed the committee that the schedules would be sent to the Council of Ministers.”
He added, “However, we still note the government’s delay in sending the budget tables to Parliament for discussion and voting,” considering that “there is a clear challenge on the part of the government in not sending the tables to Parliament without knowing the reasons.”
Al-Nubi continued, “The budget was supposed to reach parliament before the end of last month, but we don’t know the reasons for this delay.” He noted that “the committee pressured the Minister of Planning and the Minister of Finance, asking them to explain the reason for the delay in submission, but has not received a response yet.”
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Parliament voted in June 2023 on the draft general budget law for the fiscal years (2023, 2024, 2025).
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