Instead Of Putting Poison In Honey, A Parliamentary Proposal For The Ministry Of Finance Regarding The Food Security Law
Instead Of Putting Poison In Honey, A Parliamentary Proposal For The Ministry Of Finance Regarding The Food Security Law
05/21/2022
Earth News/ Representative Alia Nassif confirmed today, Saturday, that the House of Representatives can instruct the executive authorities, including the Ministry of Finance, to take alternative mechanisms to the food security law that puts poison in honey.
Nassif said in a statement received by “Earth News” that “in the event of passing the Food Security Law, it will open many doors to corruption and benefit from the parties that lament over the citizen, stressing that among the measures that the Ministry of Finance can take is lending to public companies affiliated with the ministries of commerce, electricity, labor and social affairs, And allocating additional amounts outside the 1/12 ratio to support the ration card, the social protection network, the agricultural sector and all areas that improve the lives of the poor.
And she added, “If there is a real will to end the suffering of the poor and improve their standard of living, there are several areas to achieve this goal, including lending to public companies in accordance with Article 17 of the Public Companies Law and 22 not exceeding 50 percent of their capital, and thus it is possible to lend to the electricity and corporate sectors. affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce and concerned with supply items, and the Ministries of Agriculture, Industry, Labor, Social Affairs, and others.”
And she continued, “There is another alternative, since the Ministry of Finance can exceed the exchange limits stipulated in the Financial Management Law, with evidence that it sent 200 billion dinars to the Kurdistan Regional Government in March 2022, although it was not mentioned in the actual spending for the month of March of 2021 because the ministry started By sending the amounts since July 2021 and reached at the end of last year to one trillion dinars, the Ministry of Finance should do the same and allocate additional funds outside the 1/12 ratio to support the ration card, increase its vocabulary and improve its type, support the social protection network and enhance food security through increasing strategic storage of wheat and support farmers.”
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