Thursday December 31, 2009
The announcement of an agreement in principle to pass 2010 budget
بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Announced yesterday that an agreement in principle to pass a budget for the year 2010
. The MP said the Accordance Front, Adnan Jibouri: Most of the political blocs reached an agreement on the semi-final approval at the earliest meeting of the House of Representatives.
"Jibouri in a press statement," it was a budget submission to the House of Representatives too late and need extensive discussions before reaching a final decision, noting that with the Parliament was able to reach a partial agreement around despite the very short term.
For his part, MP Rashid al-Azzawi said House Speaker Iyad al-Samarrai called on members of parliament to convene on Sunday to vote on the federal budget for 2010. Azzawi said in a statement quoted by news agency Iba: The Iraqi Accordance Front, called on all members to vote on the budget, noting that the link between ratification of the budget and vote on the electoral code of conduct is based on personal opinion. has been the Ministry has warned of significant negative effects in case of the approval on the livelihood and security, health and implementation of projects.
In turn, said Mohammad Tameem MP National Dialogue Front, "There is no compromise in the House of Representatives on the subject of the general budget of the State. Tamim said in a press statement: that some political forces started from any sensitive asked about the budget in the House of Representatives is the people's money and the right of the Board learn how to be disbursed, "indicating that" the issue discussed issue of the budget is not an attempt to diminish or a blow to the government but also to preserve the money of the country.
Referred to the House of Representatives recently completed, read the draft general budget for the year 2010 amounting to more than 83 trillion dinars, of which 23 trillion dinars allocated for the expenses of the investment projects, and 60 trillion dinars for operating expenses, by a financial deficit of more than 21 trillion dinars, as it is hoped that Voting on the budget next week.
As a member of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives Sami Atrushi has revealed a concern among some members of the committee to use the money allocated for social benefits in the general budget for 2010 in the election campaign.
Atrushi confirmed that members of the Finance Committee presented a proposed three presidencies not need to spend money allocated for social benefits until after the elections to ensure that the use of electoral advertising, noting in a press statement that it had been submitted the proposal to reduce benefits to 50 percent, to the fact that such benefits only after Atsrv a few months of next year, and therefore must be reduced unless the disposal at the beginning of 2010. For its part, demanded MP Layla al-Khafaji, include the clause that guarantees the overall budget allocation of part of the state's resources to the provinces involved in tourism.
Khafaji said: "It is not reasonable to deduct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for example, money visa (visa) and the amount of up to a hundred dollars each newcomer intended to visit the holy sites, and this money is going to the treasury without such a ministry for the provinces concerned by the proportion of them," according to she said.
Khafaji and stressed the "need to be some justice in this matter because these provinces to bear the load and require considerable financial support to provide services and building service facilities that meet the needs of increasing numbers of visitors from Arab and Islamic countries.
