The Iraqi government will hold an extraordinary session on Saturday to vote on the 2027 budget.
The Iraqi government will hold an extraordinary session on Saturday to vote on the 2027 budget.
2026-11-03
Shafaq News – Baghdad
A government source reported on Tuesday that the Iraqi cabinet will hold an extraordinary session next Saturday, chaired by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, to vote on the draft general budget law for 2027.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that the session will be dedicated to voting on the draft budget, in preparation for sending it to the House of Representatives for a vote before the end of this year.
The Ministry of Finance had referred the draft 2027 budget law to the Ministerial Council for the Economy on September 27, after completing its preparation stages, before the Council approved it and referred it to the Cabinet.
On October 4th, the parliamentary finance committee decided to host Finance Minister Faleh Sari to discuss budget priorities and the date for sending it to parliament, and expressed its displeasure at not having been informed in advance about the draft of the project and its articles.
The preparation of the 2027 budget comes after the failure to approve the 2025 budget schedules and the failure to approve a budget law for 2026, which kept government spending during the two years according to the temporary spending mechanism at a rate of 1/12, based on the Financial Management Law.
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