Is It Possible To Pass The Budget Of The Caretaker Government Without Final Accounts?
Is It Possible To Pass The Budget Of The Caretaker Government Without Final Accounts?
04/19/2022 | 10:45 AM
Information / Baghdad…
The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained the possibility of passing the 2022 budget without final accounts for what preceded it, as well as clarifying the constitutionality of passing the budget by Parliament despite the fact that the government is a daily business.
Al-Tamimi told Al-Maalouma, “The House of Representatives has the possibility to ask the caretaker government to send the budget law to Parliament, because this is related to food security, which is one of the government’s first priorities. managing everyday affairs.”
He added that “authorizing the government to send the budget requires a vote of the absolute majority of the number of parliament members, that is, the total number plus one, and that this right is limited only to the budget law only.”
Al-Tamimi explained, “Sending the budget after authorizing the government to do so must be preceded by the approval of the final accounts of the previous year’s budget in accordance with the Financial Management and Public Debt Law No. 6 of 2019, as this is implemented in accordance with Articles 62, 5 and 61 of the constitution and 12 and 13 of the Financial Management and Public Debt Law. No. 6 of 2019 and Articles 128 to 138 of Parliament’s bylaws. finished/ 25 n
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