Sunday, January 24, 2010

Parliament Poised to Vote on the Budget ~ Monday is the Last Day of the Current Legislative

January 25, 2010

Parliament "poised" to vote on the budget ...


poised adjective -
1. ready, waiting, prepared, standing by, on the brink, in the wings, all set US forces are poised for a massive air, land and sea assault.

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Finance Committee calls for directing deputies to attend meetings .. And extension of last resort

بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning

A tendency in the next few hours to approve the budget as emerged from the data embodied in the communications and consultations had focused the political blocs to hold on to the exit by a parliamentary vote enables them, after taking with most of the views and proposals launched by these forces, while an option to extend the work appears to the board or hold a hearing juxtaposed in the exceptional case it is not to secure a quorum to pass the budget.

A source in the Presidency of the Council of Representatives: that Monday is the last day of the current legislative and all the data likely to vote on the budget.

The source said in a statement the "morning" there is consensus on the need to approve the draft budget after amendments by the positive, noting that in the event they are not passed Monday, the parliament speaker to two choices: either to extend the work of the Council according to the Constitution, which affirms the need to pass a budget before the end the legislative term or go to a special meeting to vote.

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided yesterday, holding small meetings continuing convergence on the paragraphs of the general budget for the year 2010 before approving it, according to the announcement of the "morning" Omar al-Mashhadani, the press secretary to House Speaker. For its part, called the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives parliamentary blocs to Requiring legislators to attend the meetings of Parliament to vote on the budget.

According to the Chairperson of the Committee Alaa al-Sadoun, it has been modified so as to ensure the draft budget, investment budget better. Saadoun said in a press statement: "The delay in approving the budget, negatively affects the development of Provincial Reconstruction and appointments and operations of venture country" , indicating that "some blocks they have comments on certain paragraphs of the budget was amended." It is said that the general budget for 2010 of 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 from 21 trillion dinars.

The Rapporteur of the financial earthquake, Mona has called for reducing the salaries of presidents and ministers, Parliament and the House of Representatives and half of all ministers of justice to the Iraqi people. For his part, Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman, a legal problem facing the House of Representatives is the end of the constitutional period of the Council and failure to approve the financial budget.

He also stressed MP Hamid Malp that "the House of Representatives can not legally end the current legislative term, but the adoption of the financial budget."

Article (62) of the Constitution says, "The Council of Ministers the draft general budget bill and the final account to the House for approval, and the Council of Representatives may conduct transfers between the sections and chapters of the general budget, and reduce the total amounts, and may, when necessary, propose to the Cabinet to increase the total amount expenditure ", while Paragraph II of Article No. (22) of the rules of procedure of the Parliament as follows:

"Does not end the legislative term in which she presented the state budget only after approval. "
hmm ...