Agreement on the formation of a Kurdish financial committee to meet with the federal government on the budget

[yota691]

Abadi discusses with the Kurdish blocs to prevent corruption in the salaries of the staff of the region

Date of release: 2018/2/1 23:49 • 364 times read

[Ayna-Baghdad] 
met with the Prime Minister Haider Abadi, a group of deputies of the Kurdish blocs in the House of Representatives.

"During the meeting, discussions were held on ways to approve the budget law for 2018 and the importance of speeding up the audit steps required to release the salaries of the staff of the region and to ensure transparency and fairness in distribution and emphasize the importance of combating corruption to ensure the arrival of Financial dues to citizens in the region. " 
Abadi visited the parliament building for the second day in a row and discussed with the parliamentary blocs the differences on the draft budget bill for 2018.

[yota691]

MP Hakim Abadi: I remind you of martyrs before the adoption of the budget

Release Date: 2018/2/1 19:56 • 272 times read

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) A member of the House of Representatives, a deputy of the National Alliance, Abdul Hadi al-Hakim, Prime Minister Haider Abadi, and members of the House of Representatives to allocate enough to the families of martyrs and wounded.

"For the second day in a row, the Prime Minister meets with the opposition blocs to share their region and provinces from the budget to discuss their demands to increase their share of the budget, so I hope that the allocation of enough in the budget for the families of the martyrs and treat the wounded in the prime minister's concerns and Deputies ". 

"The supreme authority in the speech of victory, speaking of those martyrs and wounded Mujahideen confirmed their lives and themselves by saying, 'Providing decent living for them ... is a duty and a duty, and obliges the government and the House of Representatives to provide financial allocations for this and to incriminate him for other expenses that are not so important.' 

He continued, "I remember so that we do not go back after the adoption of the budget we will quote the words of our Prophet {p} (but Hamzah not Boaki him)."

[nannab]

My Yota you are a busy fella tonight. 

[10 YEARS LATER]

PASS THE DAMN BUDGET - YOU'RE ALL FREAKS, YOU KNOW THAT ! ! ! !

 

HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO BEAT THE SAME DEAD HORSE ? ? ?  

 

COMPARED TO YOU IDIOTS, SNAILS ARE RACING THOROUGHBREDS - AT LEAST THEY CAN MAKE PAST THE FINISH LINE ! ! ! 

 

PETTY, CONTRARIAN, DUPLICITOUS, SELF-INDULGENT, GREEDY, PATHETIC, STUPID, PITIFUL, TINY MINDED, SPOILED LITTLE CHILDREN.

 

YOU PEOPLE COULDN'T ORGANIZE A DRINKING PARTY IN A BREWRY ! ! ! !      ( I feel MORE Better now )   

[Vespa_Romeo]

1 hour ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

PASS THE DAMN BUDGET - YOU'RE ALL FREAKS, YOU KNOW THAT ! ! ! !

 

HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO BEAT THE SAME DEAD HORSE ? ? ?  

 

COMPARED TO YOU IDIOTS, SNAILS ARE RACING THOROUGHBREDS - AT LEAST THEY CAN MAKE PAST THE FINISH LINE ! ! ! 

 

PETTY, CONTRARIAN, DUPLICITOUS, SELF-INDULGENT, GREEDY, PATHETIC, STUPID, PITIFUL, TINY MINDED, SPOILED LITTLE CHILDREN.

 

YOU PEOPLE COULDN'T ORGANIZE A DRINKING PARTY IN A BREWRY ! ! ! !      ( I feel MORE Better now )   

hell yeahhhhhhh

[yota691]

Abadi: The share of Kurdistan from the budget was part of a political agreement

BAGHDAD, Feb. 2 (Petra) - Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the proportion of the 17 percent of the federal budget that was granted to the Kurdistan region is just a political agreement.  Abadi said in a press statement Friday that the share of the Peshmerga in the budget is unchanged, according to the proportion of the population of the region.  Abbadi added that the allocations in Iraq are not enough for all Iraqis, pointing out that the rate of 17% is only a political agreement that was in force in the past but is not a real benefit.  The Iraqi government decided to reduce the share of the Kurdistan region of Iraq from 17 percent to 12.67 percent, but it is opposed by the Kurds.  - Petra (Petra), February 2,  2018 - 12:42 pm

[Luigi1]

Trump needs to get involved. Iraq needs a kick in the arse.

Iraq will progress backwards in a hurry & all accomplishments to date will be meaningless.

All Iraqis can agree on at this time is to disagree. Iraq can' even get it's own Parliament to show up for work.

No UN sanctions fully lifted without the Kurds=No Erbil Agreement.=No HCL=No profit sharing=No budget=No RV.

Abadi must come through with some of his economic promises & give the people a little something or he's toast.

 

Folks, if haven't noticed Iraqi News, lately, Iran backed Maliki is gaining popularity again. 

If he wins, forget the RV. Maliki is a low IQD policy guy. CBI will go back to currency auctions, the USD & feeding Iran's Treasury. Nuff said.

[yota691]

Kurds demand Abbadi guarantees to pay the salaries of regional staff "expanded"

 

 Since 2018-02-01 at 17:30 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Aram Sheikh Mohammed, on Thursday, the meeting of the Kurdish blocs with Prime Minister Haider Abadi, on the federal budget law for 2018, while the Kurdish deputies demanded the latest guarantees to pay the salaries of the region's employees in the budget of 2018.

"The head of the meeting held today, in the Constitutional Hall between Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and the Kurdish blocs in parliament," the deputy speaker of the parliament said in a statement received by Mawazine News.

He welcomed Sheikh Mohammed, "Prime Minister and the price of his presence to the parliament for two consecutive days and provide the opportunity to meet with the Kurdish blocs and discuss the demands of the Kurds in the federal budget law for 2018, and complete discussions that began yesterday on the budget law."

The statement said that "the Kurdish deputies discussed with Abadi during the meeting, the share of the Kurdistan region of the budget law, also discussed the economic and financial problems and the extent of suffering and the benefits of the Peshmerga and even the peasants in Kurdistan who were affected by the problems between the federal governments and the region.

"The city of Halabja is the fourth province in the region as approved by the Iraqi parliament and there are benefits for this province, and other problems related to the province of Kirkuk."

"The importance of taking the remarks and the interventions of the deputies in consideration at the meeting today and making the necessary adjustments with the consensus to reach satisfactory solutions for all parties to pass the federal budget law," the deputy speaker of the parliament told Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

This reached Prime Minister Haider Abadi, earlier in the day, to the parliament building, to resolve the differences on the law of the general budget for 2018, while met separately with the Kurdish blocs. Ended 29/6 n

[nannab]

Good morning Yota and DV. 

[yota691]

2018/02/01 (00:01 PM)   -   Number of readings: 312   -   Number (4126)

 

 

Parliament obliges the Prime Minister to make a written commitment to prevent the budget from being challenged after it is approved

 Baghdad / Mohammed Sabah 
 

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi completes his second negotiating round on the budget law of the current year on Thursday in the House of Representatives meeting with the Sunni forces that demand the inclusion of the federal budget to pay the salaries of employees liberated areas accumulated and cut after the control of Dahesh on their provinces.

Abadi concludes his negotiations with the parliamentary blocs objecting to the federal budget legislation by an evening meeting likely to be held in the government palace with the Kurdish forces to discuss the proportion of the budget of the region and salaries of Peshmerga and staff. The parliamentary forces are working to conclude an agreement with the Prime Minister to write in writing, vowing to amend some paragraphs of the law of the general budget without being challenged before the Federal Court after its approval as a condition of these parties to pass the budget law. 
The House of Representatives decision Imad John said in a statement to (extent) what was agreed with Abadi in the private meeting, which was devoted to discuss the draft federal budget law yesterday, saying, "We agreed with Abadi to hold three meetings with the blocks objecting to pass the draft budget."
The House of Representatives hosted in its session, which voted to be secret and held on Wednesday, the Prime Minister and the advanced staff of the Ministry of Finance to discuss the draft budget law for 2018 and financial challenges. 
"The first of these meetings was with the oil-producing provinces," he said. "It was agreed to include in the budget law a proposal to allocate 5 percent for each oil producing barrel to the oil-producing provinces instead of five dollars." 
The parliamentary blocs gathered their remarks expressing their discontent with some of the provisions of this draft, which exceeded the 35 observations stipulated on the government included in the draft for discussion in the House of Representatives. The observations are focused on petrodollar allocations, reconstruction allocations in the liberated areas, and the budget of the Kurdistan region.
The Christian MP continued his speech by saying that "the government will pay the differences to the oil-producing provinces once the financial crisis is going through Iraq," pointing out that "Abadi will hold two separate meetings on Thursday in the House of Representatives of the deputies of the provinces affected by the supporters and forces of the Kurdistan Alliance." 
He says the prime minister "pledged to the Sunni forces during the session to pay the salaries of employees accumulated during the control of a preacher on their provinces by checking the records and ensure the authenticity of their affiliation to organizations outside the law." 
The deputy from the province of Kirkuk that "the demands of the forces of Kurdistan where a bit of complexity as it carries a political nature, not technical or financial," revealing "the existence of intentions of the parliamentary blocs to write a written agreement with Abbadi to include these proposals in the public budget without being challenged before Federal Court ".
For its part, says a member of the Finance Committee parliamentary Majda Tamimi in a statement to (the extent) that the Committee "held a meeting with the agencies and ministries of finance and planning, and the budget and finance before the advent of the Prime Minister Haider Abadi to Parliament to discuss the problems and observations of blocs and deputies and the possibility of inclusion in the law of the general budget "He said. 
The government has rejected all the observations and amendments sent by the Presidency of the Parliament to include in the budget law of 2018, considering it as personal and electoral demands that increase the public debt and reflected negatively on the increase deficit. Al-Tamimi describes the discussion of the federal budget with the advanced cadres of the Ministry of Finance and the Speaker of the House of Representatives with the "positive" order and says that it "resolves all the differences that stand in the way of passing the law," stressing that "
The budget of 2018 faces a similar fate to the budget of 2014, as it threatens objections by various parliamentary parties to be the next fiscal year without a budget. "The House of Representatives is afraid to add materials to the draft budget and repeat the scenario followed by the government in the budget in 2017, the Federal Court of all transfers made by the House of Representatives on the budget of 2017, valued at B280 billion dinars. 
and came out of the Finance Committee meeting with Kelly Finance and planning ministries not agreed to add any paragraph to the draft federal budget law for the year 2018 due to financial distress External debt on the rise of the Iraqi state , which exceeded $ 115 billion.
The member of the Finance Committee Abdul Qadir Omar (range) about "significant difficulties facing the parliament to conduct transfers in the sections of the budget as a budget of salaries, not services," stressing that "the government did not take any observations from the parliamentary blocs." 
The federal budget was estimated at 108 trillion dinars, with an expected deficit of 13 trillion dinars. The share of the Kurdistan region decreased from 17% to 12.67% only. Meanwhile, Deputy Speaker Hamam Hamoudi, on Wednesday, continued to discuss the budget in the presence of Prime Minister Haider Abadi. 
Hamoudi said in a statement to his press office on the sidelines of his meeting to discuss the budget, "The discussion of the budget continues to (Thursday) in the presence of Abadi and deputies from the representatives of oil-producing provinces, and the liberation of terrorism, and representatives of the Kurdistan region as well as the presence of the Finance Committee."
The deputy speaker of parliament, "This came after the conclusion of an initial meeting held in the House of Representatives with the Finance Committee in the presence of Abadi and representatives of the Ministries of Finance and Planning and Representatives of representatives of the provinces concerned." 
Hamoudi expressed his hope to reach acceptable formulas from all parties mentioned in order to resolve the problems in the budget, pointing out that "we have seen positive positions by the Prime Minister and the deputies concerned to reach solutions that will accelerate the adoption of the budget as soon as possible."

[The Englishman]

I can see there has been a couple of posts highlighting that the international community may restrict help to Iraq if the budget does not get resolved, below is a article stating the IMF will withdraw funds if the Baghdad, Kurdistan budget percentage is not addressed.

Granted it is a Kurdish  MP Haider Masoud who has made this claim, but i have read a couple of other articles expressing the same outcome.

If true, and i suspect it is, then Abadi is under pressure in more ways than he would like.

It may well need this type of threat from the international community to get issues sorted, as it cant go one for ever!!!!

A negative article that could well bring such positive results.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/economy/world/411550.

 

IMF Urges Baghdad on Full Budget for Erbil

 

 

 Basnews English

 31/01/2018 - 20:25

World

 

 

 

ERBIL — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has obliged the Iraqi government to send sufficient budget to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), said a lawmaker.

"The international Monetary Fund has urged Iraqi Federal government on sending not less than 10 billion IQD to Erbil since the region cannot function if the amount of the budget is smaller than this,” said MP Haider Masoud.

“Meanwhile the IMF warned of stopping their funds if Iraq refuses to deal with the KRG in accordance with their conditions,” Masoud added.

  

[tigergorzow]

The Englishman Thanks,  IMF please hold the GOI accountable to the letter.

 

GO HCL

 

GO RV / RI

[yota691]

Agreement on the formation of a Kurdish financial committee to meet with the federal government on the budget

 

 Since 2018-02-03 at 14:52 (Baghdad time)

Special - Mawazine News

MP Majid Shankali, on Saturday, an agreement to form a committee of members of the Kurdish Finance Committee to meet with the federal government.

Shankali said in an interview with Mawazin News that "the meetings of the Kurdish blocs with Prime Minister Haider Abadi did not produce anything," adding that "there is agreement on the formation of a committee of members of the Kurdish Finance Committee to meet with the federal government."

He added that "the goal of this committee to discuss the demands of the Kurdish blocs on the subject of the budget, in addition to other matters."

The Kurdish blocs held a meeting with the Prime Minister in the parliament building, to discuss and make observations and requests regarding the budget and share of the region and the objections of the Kurds.

It is noteworthy that the Prime Minister earlier confirmed the government's adoption of the principle of justice and population ratios on the share of the Kurdistan region in the budget, pointing out that it can not be granted what Kurds demand from the share of the province in the budget.

[yota691]

03-02-2018 03:53 PM

The formation of a joint committee between Baghdad and Erbil to discuss the proportion of Kurdistan in the budget

 

 

 

Announced the Kurdistan Alliance MP, Eriz Abdullah, Saturday that "the central government formed a joint committee with the Kurdistan Regional Government on the proportion of the province of the general budget 2018."

The Prime Minister Haider Abadi attended, on Thursday, to the parliament building and held a meeting with representatives of the Kurdistan Alliance in the presence of the Finance Committee to discuss the budget.

 

Abadi stressed during his attendance to the parliament that "the 17% rate that was calculated for the region is just a political agreement was in the past was implemented and justice and equity should be present at this time."

[yota691]

Parliament reveals the amount paid to Kurdistan from 2005 until 2016

 

 Since 2018-02-03 at 15:51 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The Budget Department of the Research Department in the House of Representatives revealed an executive summary that included the value of the amounts paid by the central government to the Kurdistan Region after excluding the revenues of the region registered with the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2005 to 2016. He pointed out that the amounts exceeded 108 trillion dinars.

In a statement received by Mawazine News, the department said that "the central government has paid amounts from the federal budget to the Kurdistan region for the period (2005/2016) about (89,130,601) million dinars, (ninety nine trillion and one hundred and thirty billion six hundred and one million dinars ).

The statement added that "the total revenues received from the Territory and registered with the Federal Ministry of Finance for the period (2005 - 2016 amounted to (2,273,430) million dinars, (two trillion and two hundred and seventy-three billion and four hundred and thirty million dinars), saying that" Which was paid by the federal government after excluding revenues recorded by the Federal Ministry of Finance for the Kurdistan region (86,857,171) million dinars, (sixty-six trillion and one hundred and seventy-seven billion and one hundred and seventy-one million dinars), that is, the amount of funding is greater than revenues.

He continued that "the total imports of crude oil exported by the Kurdistan region (without notice to the federal government) and outside the federal budget for the period (2014-2016) amounted to (21,217,520) million dinars, (twenty one trillion two hundred and seventeen billion and five hundred and twenty million dinars) .

He explained that "when collecting the net amounts paid by the central government to the Kurdistan region after excluding the revenues of the Territory registered with the Federal Ministry of Finance from (2005 - 2016 will be approximately (108,074,691) million dinars, (one hundred and eight trillion and seventy-seven Billion and one hundred and ninety-one million dinars) "