Deciding 36 articles out of 68 in the budget… Details of the results of the three parliament sessions
Deciding 36 articles out of 68 in the budget… Details of the results of the three parliament sessions
2023-06-11
The Iraqi Council of Representatives decided 36 articles out of 68 in the draft federal budget law, during the past three sessions that were held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8/9/10 June 2023.
It is scheduled to resume voting on the rest of the articles of the budget bill today, Sunday, at one o’clock in the afternoon, according to what was announced by the Media Department of the House of Representatives.
*First session
The first session (dedicated to voting on the draft federal budget law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025) witnessed the 28th of the fifth electoral cycle, which was held on Thursday, June 8, 2023, voting 6 articles (first, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth), while Voting on the second article was postponed and the fourth was deleted.
The department said in a statement that “the Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, opened the work of the 28th parliament session (the first session devoted to voting on the draft federal budget law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025) in the fifth electoral session, for the second legislative year in the chapter The first legislative session in the presence of 258 deputies.
She added, “Members of the House of Representatives voted on 6 articles of the draft budget law (the first, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth), while the vote on the second article was postponed and the fourth was deleted.
*Second session
The day before yesterday, Friday, the House of Representatives held its 29th session of the fifth electoral cycle (the second session devoted to voting on the draft federal budget law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025), which witnessed the vote on the text of Article Two of the budget after the amendment, which Postponed from the second session, 11 new articles, 4 articles postponed and one deleted.
The media department of the House of Representatives said in a statement, “The House of Representatives opened its 29th session, to complete the vote on the articles of the draft federal general budget law for the three fiscal years 2023 (, 2024, 2025) with the attendance of 180, who then increased the number to more than 250 deputies.”
And she stated that “during the 29th session, the members of the House of Representatives voted on the text of Article 2 of the budget after the amendment, and on Articles 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the draft law, while the vote was postponed on Articles 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the draft budget law.
And he continued, “The council also voted on Articles 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 and 24 of the budget, and deleted Article 22.
After that, the House of Representatives adjourned its session to five o’clock in the evening on Saturday, June 10, 2023, after its vote on the aforementioned articles.
* Third session
In the third session, which was held yesterday, Saturday, June 10, 2023, the 30th of the fifth electoral cycle, members of the House of Representatives voted on 18 new articles in the budget.
The Media Department of the House of Representatives stated in a statement that “the House of Representatives held its 30th session (the third session devoted to voting on the draft federal budget law for the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025) in the presence of 241 deputies and voted on Articles 14, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. And 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41 of the draft budget law.
And she added, “The council adjourned its session to one o’clock this afternoon, Sunday, June 11, 2023.”
The results of the three sessions:
*First session:
Vote on Article 1: Revenue
Postponement of the vote on Article 2: expenditures and deficit
Voting on Article 3: Ministries contracts and support for the agricultural and industrial sectors
-Delete on Article 4:
Vote on Article 5: Compensation of employees
Voting on Article 6: Transfers and budget appropriations
Vote on Article 7: Contingency Reserve
– Vote on Article 8: Appropriations Approved
*Second session
Vote on Article 2 after the amendment: expenditures and deficits
– Vote on Article 9: No transfer is permitted within the allocations (development of regions) between governorates
Voting on Article 10: Municipal Institutions
Vote on Article 11: Vehicle fees
Vote on Article 12: the share of the Kurdistan region
Voting on Article 13: Exporting oil in the Kurdistan region
Postponing the vote on Article 14: Kurdistan Oil Administration
Postponement of voting on Article 15: confirming contracts and procedures
Postponement of voting on Article 16: Extinguishment of advances for previous years
Postponement of voting on Article 17: appointments, transfers and placement
-Voting on Article 18: the revenues of the Communications Authority
Voting on Article 19: Collecting water, electricity, sewage and telephone fees
-Voting on Article 20: secondment of employees
-Voting on Article 21: Sales tax, tax authority incentives, and foreign labor fees
Delete Article 22:
Voting on Article 23: The power to impose fees and service charges
Voting on Article 24: The agricultural initiative of the Agricultural Bank
* Third session
Vote on Article 14: Kurdistan Oil Administration.
Vote on Article 25: Agricultural Loan Fund Linkage.
Voting on Article 26: Powers to add amounts to licensing contracts.
Vote on Article 27: Powers to transfer the allocations of departments after their dissolution from the ministries and attach them to the governorates.
Voting on Article 28: Regulations for retirement and rehabilitation of the buildings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the countries.
Voting on Article 29: Regulations for 5-year leave for employees.
Voting on Article 30: Compensation for those affected by military operations.
Voting on Article 31: Allocations for cleaning work.
Voting on Article 32: Exempting companies from customs duties.
Voting on Article 33: Investing the irrigation output of rivers.
Vote on Article 34: Assign the work of the National Center for Structural Laboratories.
Voting on Article 35: Returning appropriations to some ministries.
Voting on Article 36: Controls for collecting funds according to Law No. 19 of 2019.
Vote on Article 37: Ownership of donated agricultural lands.
Voting on Article 38: Revenue from surplus wheat crops.
Voting on Article 39: Revenue from surplus barley crop.
Voting on Article 40: Allocations for the implementation of the Social Protection Law.
Voting on Article 41: Refunds of bonuses.
Thus, the House of Representatives has decided 36 articles out of 68, hoping to pass the law in full in today’s session, Sunday, June 11, 2023.
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