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Sunday, 10 March 2013 14:48 | | | Baghdad (AIN) –MP, Latif Mustafa of the Kurdish Change bloc stated "The 2013 General Budget was not formed in an artistic, technical and federal way." He stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) "We will get the same results from the current Budget as we have got from the previous budgets of the last three years," calling to "Cancel the 2013 Budget and make it federal Budgets in addition to canceling the federal ministries and transfer their budgets to the regions development." "The budgets of the ministries are subject to corruption," he added. "I call the political sides not to wait positive achievements from the current Budget because it is based on wrong basis and most of it will be for the corrupted officials," he concluded. /End/ http://alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29956:kurdish-mp-calls-to-cancel-2013-general-budget&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

BREAKING NEWS . Vote in full on the state budget bill. 07/03/2013 18:00:00 Baghdad / NINA /-- MP,Sadiq Allabban for the State of Law coalition announced that Parliament voted in full approving the general state budget for 2013. The source added in a statement to NINA : " House of Representatives voted on all the outstanding paragraphs of the budget for this year. / End THE LINK : http://ninanews.com/English/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=GGIJLJ

Friday, 08 March 2013 20:19 | | | Baghdad (AIN) –MP, Karim Elewi, of the Iraqi National Alliance described the objection of the Kurdistani Alliance over the 2013 General Budget as "Illogical." In a press statement received by AIN, he said "The Kurds' objection over the Budget is illogical and they had to discuss the ratio of Kurdistan Region and the other issues through their representative ministers not in the parliament because this issue is not related to the parliament to specify the financial amounts." "Endorsing the Budget was for the interest of all the constituents of the Iraqi people and did not target any of them," he added, noting that "The national agreement over voting on the Budget is based on the responsibility towards the Iraqi people." MP Elewi called the political blocs to "Vote on the law drafts that serve the Iraqi people and result in sustaining the security and stability where these laws must be approved and acceptable by such national agreement as what was done with the Budge law." /End/ http://alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29856:alewi-kas-objection-over-2013-budge-illogical&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

Economic" reveal subtract from funds "deal" to provincial budgets 08-03-2013 The parliamentary Economic Committee revealed in Parliament Friday, about $ 1 trillion and 300 billion defense allocation for the Russian deal to provincial budgets within the budget approved by Parliament in paragraphs yesterday. Committee member and MP for Diyala nahida Al-daini "twilight news" that the vote on the budget was far from unanimous, and all existing demands are included in the budget promised a vote on the budget a major victory for the Iraqi list. Al-daini indicated that "the House of representatives approved the transfer of $ 1 trillion and 300 billion defense budget allocations to provinces this year in addition to the members of the security services are excluded due to their security information as well as the adoption of the Sahwa is installed regardless of age excluded and controls certificate to cover all the awakening of their rights". And the Iraqi Parliament voted Thursday on the federal budget, which has sparked a lot of controversy, including a case of oil companies operating in Kurdistan. The budget estimates for 2013 worth 138 trillion dinars (equivalent to 118.6 billion dollars). Read more: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sotaliraq.com%2Fmobile-news.php%3Fid%3D91248

Shawani: upholding the Government majority mentality will remain captive green zone, Maliki's Government 09-03-2013 Shirzad chikhani With its success in passing the federal budget law by the majority in the Iraqi Parliament, is mass State law led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about a new approach to the political process enhances its submissions prior to the Government majority, which previously faced objections from many other political blocs as contrary to the principle of national consensus which was endorsed by the new Iraqi Constitution. In a statement issued by Attorney Abdel Salam al-Maliki's State of law bloc of the political majority is option is the only option that would work block in the National Alliance with its partners to approve all the laws, especially after its success in passing the general budget law the majority with their partners away from political consensus, which the MP as "blocked the work of Parliament and delayed the adoption of many laws before it». MP a State law to block the success of its mass in a majority to pass the budget law is the first step toward the Government majority has repeatedly demanded by the bloc in order to eliminate the compatibility experience proved fully during the last period, whether in Government or in Parliament, he said. Al-Maliki noted that «the option will be the basis for political majority that underlies its mass to pass important laws including the law of other infrastructure. Although the State budget for this year is the largest in history exceeding 138 trillion dinars, the equivalent of 113 billion dollars, but failed to allocate the necessary resources for the payment of the foreign oil companies operating in Kurdistan and not exceeding $ 350 million, with only 150 billion dinars allocated for the implementation of article 140, refrain from budget allocation for the peshmerga as in previous years . In connection with the spokesman of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc supporter Tayyip played down the success of Maliki's bloc to pass the budget law, and confirmed in a statement «Middle East» that «success Maliki's bloc mobilize support within the parliament to pass the budget bill should not affect deputies conceit, it is not necessarily been this success to other things, Valjlsh in which a budget bill was one of the most parliamentary sessions fragile at all, and the absence of five members or refusing to support State of Law bloc enough to thwart the attempt, so you should not rely on this Balemrat next », The good «We have succeeded in a lot of times to stand against similar attempts to pass some laws, not complacent ourselves as it does today deputies of state law, and did not transfer day we will not need anymore to block state law or other blocks, we continue to believe Baltuaqat and principle Partnership homeland, because we know that the new Iraq built primarily on consensus and partnership, it is not possible never managed a single political entity regardless of the number of seats in parliament. The spokesman confirmed the Kurdistan Alliance «If exploited state law this success within the parliament to call for majority government - says MP Abdul Salam al-Maliki - they will surely fail, because Iraq, which consists of different components need permanently to the political consensus and national partnership real, and they should not be fooled including occupy through to pass the budget, because the marginalization of any component of the Iraqi factions would destabilize pillars of governance, especially since there are a lot of problems and differences now between the political forces represented in the protests Sunni Bmhafezathm, and the problems of the region with the center, and fueling these conflicts, The trend towards the marginalization of others would lead to the division of Iraq, the unity of Iraq linked by a partnership of those components manage the affairs of the country, either through the government or parliament . Said the Chairman of the legal Committee of the House of Khaled shawani «thinking towards majority government based on what happened in the House, is the wrong choice, and that some of these mental will remain the current Government, which Maliki captive green zone», the «lineup who won the Council of some blocks to block a State law is not necessarily repeated in relation to other laws before the Council, and I think these alliances within the Council are alliances Temporary, so the State of law bloc must not adopt policies on the future», about the direction of Nuri al-Maliki's bloc also expressed her Deputy Abdel Salam al-Maliki that the bloc will continue the option of parliamentary majority to pass some laws, including the law on infrastructure, the legal Committee Chief said "If this block in passing other laws and the marginalization of others and not give them the weight that they deserve and rejected the principle of consensus, then we will have another position, and may not be in the interest of the State of law bloc. الشرق الاوسط Read more: http://131.253.14.98/proxy.ashx?h=msgxCpcYR0drULT5WPmj3k3iWYPGkXIE&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sotaliraq.com%2Fmobile-news.php%3Fid%3D91262#ixzz2N0x0wX1y

Thursday, 07 March 2013 20:58 | | | Baghdad (AIN) -The Kurdistani Alliance described the ratification of the Federal Budget of 2013 with absence of the Kurd MPs from the parliament session as "negative step." Muhsen al-Sadoun, MP of the KA stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) on Thursday "The vote on the Federal Budget without reaching political consensus and in light of the exceptional political situation in Iraq is considered to be negative step." "The important laws must be approved according to political consensus since the Kurdish component is one of the important social components, however the Kurds' demands over the budget were ignored," he added. The parliament has lifted the regular session till March 19th, after completing the vote on the Federal budget on Thursday. /End/ http://alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29812:ratification-of-federal-budget-without-kurds-approval-qnegative-stepq-says-mp-&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

The House of Representatives resumes its meeting to vote on the budget. 07/03/2013 17:17:00 Baghdad / NINA /--The House of Representatives resumed its today's session afternoon a postponement of half an hour for lack of quorum. A parliamentary source said to NINA : " As quorum became completed wit the presence of 163 deputies the hearing resumed to vote on the outstanding paragraphs of the budget law that have not been vote on on yesterday's hearing . / End THE LINK : http://ninanews.com/English/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=GGIJKM

The House vote on the law of the federal expenditure fiscal year 2013 07-03-2013 Congress voted in the fourteenth meeting held under the chairmanship of Mr. Osama Al-nujaifi, head of the Chamber of Deputies with the presence of 168 deputies on Thursday 7/3/2013 on the law of the federal expenditure fiscal year 2013. At the beginning of the meeting, initiated by any of the Quran have been voting on the budget bill submitted by the committees of finance, the economy and investment as well as to vote on reinstating the background security incidents in 2008 in charge of the Knights and the resulting in Baghdad and Central and southern governorates, and set the Afghan mujahidin and Rafha's refugees marshes as well as the development of titles for the awakening in the State services is installed. General budget revenue estimates for fiscal year 2013 (119296663096) 1,000 dinars (one hundred and nineteen thousand, two hundred and ninety-six billion six hundred and sixty-three million and ninety-six thousand dinars) where the calculated revenue resulting from the export of crude oil, based on the average price of 90 dollars a barrel and an export rate of 2 million and 900,000 barrels per day, including 250 barrels of oil produced in the Kurdistan region. The budget included the allocation of expenditures for fiscal year 2013 by $ (138424608000) thousand dinars (one hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and twenty-four billion, six hundred and eight million. The total planned budget deficit (19127944904) (Nineteen thousand one hundred twenty-seven billion nine hundred and forty-four million nine hundred and four thousand dinars and covering the deficit of the cash retained in Iraq Development Fund and of internal and external borrowing and the savings ratio is expected to increase selling prices or increase oil production. And the federal budget for fiscal year 2013 17% of total expenditures to Kurdistan as the budget took into account quotas governorates that are not organized by County by population. The budget included the allocation of expenses of the defense and security sector (19702296000) 1,000 dinars (Nineteen thousand seven hundred and two billion two hundred and ninety-six million dinars) in provision (12782897000) 000 (twelve thousand seven hundred and eighty-two billion eighteen hundred and ninety-seven million dinars) for the education sector has been allocated (29456011000) 1,000 dinars (twenty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty-six billion and 11 million for the energy sector. Then decided to adjourn until Tuesday, 19/3/2013. Information service The Iraqi Council of representatives 7/3/2013 Read more: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sotaliraq.com%2Fmobile-news.php%3Fid%3D91129

Ratification of Federal Budget without Kurds' approval "negative step", says MP Thursday, 07 March 2013 20:58 Baghdad (AIN) -The Kurdistani Alliance described the ratification of the Federal Budget of 2013 with absence of the Kurd MPs from the parliament session as "negative step." Muhsen al-Sadoun, MP of the KA stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) on Thursday "The vote on the Federal Budget without reaching political consensus and in light of the exceptional political situation in Iraq is considered to be negative step." "The important laws must be approved according to political consensus since the Kurdish component is one of the important social components, however the Kurds' demands over the budget were ignored," he added. The parliament has lifted the regular session till March 19th, after completing the vote on the Federal budget on Thursday. /End THE LINK : http://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29812:ratification-of-federal-budget-without-kurds-approval-qnegative-stepq-says-mp-&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

Parliament approved the budget 2013 and raises its majority to the 19 of March Editor: HH 7.3.2013 15:47 Term Press / Baghdad Parliament approved the budget 2013 and raises its majority to the 19 of March. http://www.almadapress.com/ar/news/7908/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A9-2013-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9- Parliament approved the budget 2013 and raises its majority to the 19 of March Author: SSJ Editor: HH 7.3.2013 15:47 Term Press / Baghdad House of Representatives passed the Iraqi Thursday, a majority budget bill financial for the current year 2013, $ 139 trillion dinars, Province coalition of Kurdish blocs and the Iraqi List, after five times postponed due to disagreements, while raising House Speaker Osama Nujaifi session to the 19 of March Current . The head of the Finance Committee in Parliament Haider al-Abadi said in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The House of Representatives voted by majority during its 13-second legislative term of the year legislative third held today, in the presence of 163 deputies, the law of the financial budget for the current year 2013", indicating that "the budget included 29 articles." Abadi said that "vote on the budget was the absence of the Vice coalition of Kurdish blocs and the Iraqi List," noting that "the budget included an increase funds a network of social protection and increase allocations for the ration card and the allocation of funds to the housing fund." Abadi said that "the budget also included allocations to improve the security reality and add $ trillion and 300 billion dinars for regional development projects", he underlined "the allocation of 750 billion Iraqi dinars for the oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region." The Chairman of the Knesset Finance Committee that "the budget focused on the knowledge of quantities that would be exported oil from the Kurdistan region." For his part, attributed the President of the Liberal bloc in the House of Representatives Bahaa al-Araji, approving the budget, the General Council meeting, today, to the pressure caused by the announcement of the organization of demonstrations on Friday to protest the delay in approving the budget. They said in a press conference held with a number of MPs block hottest parliament building and attended (range Press) that "the vote on approving the budget is an achievement for the Iraqi people," noting that "the budget included the distribution of returns surplus Iraqi oil for the current year and the past on the Iraqi people." He Araji that "the budget included improving the ration card items and bind state reinstating of the security services during Operation Charge of the Knights, as well as install 30 000 contractors in the Ministry of Electricity and the allocation of grades and functional for the unemployed," pointing out that "the budget included retirees who less salaries uncle 400 thousand dinars, an increase of 100 thousand dinars. " The vote on the budget after the postponed five times because of differences between the national alliances and Kurdistan and the Iraqi List, the failure of parliament during its meeting held on 23 February 2013, the vote on the budget bill back to the government to amend it. The Council of Ministers approved, on the fifth of November 2012, the budget year 2013 worth 138 trillion Iraqi dinars and adopted the budget on oil exports from Iraq on the basis of 90 dollars as the price per barrel. The adoption of the general budget of the Iraqi state since the first session of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (2006, 2010) and the current session of the toughest issues facing the political blocs in each year. And result in delayed approval to the non-implementation of many projects in the provinces and mostly stopped after starting because of routine procedures in force in the disbursement of funds to the provinces.

US report: 767 billion dollars spent in Iraq a waste 07-03-2013 American reported widespread Thursday, that Iraq still lacks stability and suffers from split despite ten years of previous projection system and spending $ 60 billion from American taxpayers. The Washington Post said in a report obtained by the news, "" twilight, "ten years after and spend $ 60 billion from American taxpayers, still Iraq lacks stability and suffers from divisions, to the extent that their leaders are questioning whether u.s. efforts to rebuild the war-torn State made worth it." The report said the Inspector General for the reconstruction of Iraq in his report to the US Congress that "since the invasion of the United States spent a lot of money in Iraq without achieving significant results." "Shortly after the u.s. invasion in March 2003, Congress granted $ 2.4 billion to help alleviate the Iraqi war. The aim is to rebuild the water and electricity systems in Iraq and providing food, health care and good governance for the Division, as well as those who were forced to evacuate their homes during the fighting. " After less than six months, the US President, George Bush, Jr., an additional $ 20 billion, to bring more stability to Iraq and to support its ally can obtain economic independence and reap a global portfolio. " "Until today, the United States paid more than $ 60 billion in grants to help reconstruction in Iraq stand on their own feet again after it tore apart the State by the ongoing war and the sanctions and impose a dictatorship for over two decades, and cost about $ 15 million a day." "But the increased Government of Iraq under the yoke of corruption and fighting among its people. Baghdad still has terrible bombings almost daily, with a quarter of Iraq's population lives of 31 million people in poverty, and a limited number of them have electricity and clean water. " And in total, including the costs of military and diplomatic efforts and other assistance, the United States spent at least 767 billion dollars since the US invasion, estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. Either set national priorities, analysis of federal data, the estimated costs of about 118 billion dollars. The United States led in early March 2003, a process called "free Iraq" ended with the overthrow of the former Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein, and installed the military ruler Jay Garner to manage political and security conditions to deliver them to us civil administrator Paul Bremer. ك هـ/ م ف Read more: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sotaliraq.com%2Fmobile-news.php%3Fid%3D91160

Deputy Iraqi Prime Minister: the withdrawal of the wrong decision 07-03-2013 The Iraqi list MP Osman aljohaishy, that the withdrawal of the Iraqi Ministers of the current Government. Attorney aljohaishy said in a statement to PUKmedia Thursday 7/3/2013, as my personal point of view I'm not with Iraqi Ministers to boycott Cabinet sessions, because there are demonstrations in many Iraqi cities and the demands of the protesters, adding that he could not meet the demands of the public and those outside the Council of Ministers and the Ministerial Committee, because in this case the Ministers will be far from the decision-making, adding that it should be the Iraqi list Ministers in Parliament and in the Council of Ministers, in order to follow the demands of the protesters, saying that leaving Ministries of the Iraqi Ministers wrong move, indicating that the Cabinet is not owned by anyone, and that belong to all Iraqis, adding that the Iraqi list unsuccessful in making this decision. For the general budget law, MP aljohaishy, that in each session of Parliament for a vote on the budget, postponement of the meeting, noting that due to personal and party interests over the national interest, adding that the strength of the Iraqi people is a red line, and very shameful to be a bargain and barter agreements behind the scenes in the dark room for bolstered Iraqi people, indicating that many segments of Iraqi society, the hottest of the hot coals awaits approval of the budget, saying that politicians will pay The price of procrastination and delay in the adoption of laws which are in the interest of the Iraqi people. The MP for the Iraqi list, the only loser in the budget is not the Iraqi people, stressing the need to make concessions by all the political blocs to pass the budget bill as soon as possible. PUKmedia Azad Ahmed/Baghdad Read more: http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sotaliraq.com%2Fmobile-news.php%3Fid%3D91119

General Budget Law of the Federal Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2013 / Thursday, 07 March 2013 Behalf of the people Presidency Resolution No. () Building "on what passed the House in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (I) of Article (61) and item (iii) of Article (73) of the Constitution President of the Republic decided on / / 2013 Issuing the following law: Law No. () for the year / 2013 General Budget Law of the Federal Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2013 / Full text http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://parliament.iq/index.php%3Fnewlang%3Darabic

Hope this is true. don't promote other sites Derek Duncan, we are pleased to announce that the vote on the Iraqi 2013 budget has passed in parliament. Now that this hurdle is done, the next step is to activate the new Iraq currency rate. This will and should move along quite quickly as many country projects are depending on this 2013 budget to be opened. I believe you will not hear a lot about the process but rather start looking for the new rate to be officially posted on the Official Central Bank of Iraq website. As a courtesy, we send one last email when it has been established, and a list of banks that will work with you. I would imagine that the United States banks and currency dealers will follow very quickly by allowing you to proceed and begin the exchange process for your Iraqi currency to the United States currency. I am very happy that this is about over and all of you can start your new lives in the near future.

Thursday, 07 March 2013 16:40 | | | Baghdad (AIN) -MP Noura al-Bajari of the Iraqiya Slate described the federal budget of 2013 as being worse than that of 2012 as it lacks many important points. Bajari told All Iraq News Agency "The federal budget was subject to political deals and disputes on account of the country's interests and the citizens' in particular." "There is no interest in the strategic projects and the development of the infrastructures and the important sectors such as industry and agriculture within 2013 budget, despite the budget's enormous figure." /End/ http://alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29788:bajari-describes-2013-federal-budget-as-being-worse-than-2012-budget-&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

Thursday, 07 March 2013 19:19 | | | Baghdad (AIN) –MP, Amir al-Kinani, of the Parliamentary Legal Committee called to distribute 25% of the superabundant of 2012 and 2013 Budgets on the Iraqi people. Speaking to All Iraq News Agency (AIN), he said " Since the parliament included the law of distributing 25% of the superabundant of the 2013 Budget on the Iraqi people, the Iraqis will call to distribute the superabundant of the Budget of 2012 and 2013." It is worth mentioning that the parliament, during its session of Thursday, voted on distributing 25% of the superabundant of the 2013 Budget on the Iraqi people. /End/ http://alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29805:mp-calls-to-distribute-25-of-superabundant-of-2012-2013-budgets-on-iraqis&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

GMT 13:39 2013 Thursday, March 7GMT 14:27 2013 Thursday, March 7 : Last Update In a parliamentary session saw verbal Mlasnat and beaten Shoes Ratification of the largest budget on Iraq to not meet the demands of the Kurds Dr. Osama Mahdi Ended Iraqi Council of Representatives today controversy and debate difficult to ratify the largest fiscal budget in the history of the country valued at 118 billion without meeting the demands of the Kurds, who boycotted the vote in a session witnessed Mlasnat verbal and hit shoes while and put the budget price $ 90 for a barrel of oil on the basis of export 2.9 million barrels per day and provide 100 thousand degrees and careers. Baghdad: Sadeq Iraqi Council of Representatives in session held Thursday, two days of voting by passing Mazinh year 2013 is the largest in the history of the country in a session boycotted by the Congress of the Kurdistan Alliance and some deputies of the Iraqi List, where voting was attended by 168 deputies of the total 325 members are the number of members of the House of Representatives. The ratification of the budget after several attempts through Parliament's inability to reach a quorum for the presence of 163 deputies, which fought operations Tgal comments for Astmrh sessions several weeks. He explained the Kurdistan Alliance that boycotted parliamentary sessions due to lack of consent of the National Alliance Shiite proposals made ​​by the bypass dispute over dues oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region and Article 140 of the Dezor on the disputed areas and balancing the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and other demands. was Ashti Hawrami, minister of natural resources in Kurdistan had confirmed earlier that the non-payment of dues of the oil companies by the central government has led to a great loss for the Iraqi people , especially as the total amount of cost and investment profit of 4.2 billion. And is expected to raise the ire of the Kurds, who would object to their demands were not Talph climb tense political crisis mainly between Baghdad and Erbil. In return, the general budget has identified 17% of the total expenditure to the Kurdistan region also took into account the budget quotas governorates not organized province by population . Verbal Mlasnat and beaten shoes and vote on the budget came after threats by the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to leave on Friday in protest demonstrations in various Iraqi cities in the event of failure to ratify the budget. The session included a vote today sharp verbal Mlasna between an MP for the Iraqi bloc free high Nassif and the head of the Iraqi List, the parliamentary Salman Jumaili shot after Nassif Jumaili background Bhmaiha for a television interview the camel loaded responsible for blocking the vote on the budget bill yesterday. The number of intervention To calm the two parties after the screams rose Nassif, a challenge Jumaili unwound after threatened Bmlahaktha. As altercation broke out between the Attorney Haitham al-Jubouri's State of Law coalition of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and MP Uday Awad Liberal block of the Sadrist movement on one of the articles of the budget law Evolved into a clash and beatings with hands. And due reason Almlasna to the Article 12 of the Budget Law and related degrees career and related benefits political Bamufsolan and Awakening forces. Budget funds and allocations It occupies the money allocated to the security forces and Arms one of the priorities of the budget and accounted for 14.37% of about $ 16 billion, but allocations energy aimed at solving the problem of electricity incurable 10 years ago and re-built oil installations superseded and took 21.31 percent at about $ 26 billion in occupied social services ranked third 14 billion while allocated $ 47 billion for investment projects. Budget 2013 put $ 47 billion of investments And still the money allocated to the security forces and Arms in the Iraqi budget annual occupies one of its priorities as set for next year 2013 ratio 14.37% at about $ 16 billion of the total value of $ 118 billion, but allocations energy aimed at solving the problem of electricity incurable 9 years ago and increased oil production and re-built facilities superseded oil this year and took 21.31 percent at about $ 26 billion in social services was ranked third by about $ 14 billion was allocated $ 47 billion for investment projects. He came the energy sector top priority next year because Iraq has the fourth largest oil reserves in the world and contribute to oil revenues by 95 percent in the financing of its national budget where issued Baghdad OPEC member 2.6 million barrels per day on average during the past months, the highest total for crude exports in decades but wants to increase shipments to more than 2.8 million barrels a day this month.Iraq seeks to increase its production to double over three years after decades of neglect of infrastructure as a result of wars and economic sanctions, prompting the allocation of this huge sum of $ 26 billion, accounting for five general budget for the next year. Iraq has the fourth largest oil reserves in the world and issue now 2.5 million barrels per day on average, where oil contributes about 95 percent of Iraq's budget revenues. Allocations of the various sectors For the first time down the customizations that would be spent on security, arming and equipping Iraqi forces nine years ago at about $ 17.2 billion and came in second place after the power allocations that amounted to $ 25.2 billion. According to the budget, the allocations of Finance for different sectors of the state will be as follows: Security and Defense: $ 17.2 billion, Energy $ 25.2 billion, social services $ 15.3 billion, Education $ 11.2 billion, the environment and health $ 6.1 billion, water, sewage and sanitation $ 3.5 billion, Transport and Communications $ 1.7 billion, the agricultural sector $ 2.4 billion, industrial sector $ 1.7 billion, construction and $ 1.5 billion housing, culture, youth clubs and federations $ 1.7 billion, international obligations and $ 8.5 billion debt, the central public administrations and local $ 11.7 billion. Criticism for the calculation of $ 90 per barrel of oil In the details of next year's budget allocations was the Council of Ministers approved a draft federal budget law for 2013 at $ 138 trillion Iraqi dinars (118.6 billion dollars) a deficit of $ 16.7 billion was transferred to the parliament for discussion and voting on them. The budget is calculated the amount of $ 90 per barrel and the amount of two million and 900 thousand barrels per day , of which 250 thousand barrels of the Kurdistan region. The Iraqi Council of Ministers approved the eighth of December (December) in 2011 budget for Iraq in 2012 worth 117 trillion dinars by a deficit of 14 trillion dinars, while the Iraqi parliament voted on the budget in February 2011 worth $ 100 billion have been calculated according to export oil based on the average crude price of $ 85 per barrel and an export rate of 2 million and 600 thousand barrels, including the Kurdistan region's exports. Revenues of the general budget The total federal income (119.3) trillion dinars (102 billion dollars) was the result of calculating the revenues from export of crude oil at an average price (90) dollars per barrel and export capacity of up to (2.9) million barrels per day, including the quantity produced and exported from the Kurdistan region, amounting to (250) thousand barrels per day, where will oil revenues this Development Fund for Iraq after deducting (5)% for war reparations Kuwait has reached the investment budget (55) trillion dinars and the operating budget (83) trillion dinars distributed to institutions, ministries and state bodies all terms will be distributed public expenditure in accordance with the ratio of the population after excluding allocations of the federal ministry center and sovereign expenditure. Cover the budget deficit of $ 15.5 billion Accordingly deficit in the budget (18.8) trillion dinars (16.7 billion dollars) will be covered by cash retained from the budget in 2012 and the Development Fund for Iraq and domestic borrowing by the treasury transfers and external, as well as from the savings expected from the increased sale prices of oil or increase production or borrowing from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, where will be empowered and Federal Minister of Finance the power to continue to borrow from the International Monetary Fund which complements the amount (4.5) billion and the World Bank, complementing the amount (2) billion dollars through 2013 and using special drawing rights limits (1.8) one billion dollars to cover the projected shortfall in the federal budget. Share of the Kurdistan region The share of Kurdistan (14.3) trillion dinars (about $ 12.3 billion), ie (17)% of the total operating expenses and expenses of the investment projects of the general budget of the Federal Republic of Iraq ratified the Kurdistan region after excluding sovereign expenditure and will be settled dues between the Territory and the federal government for the years (2004 until 2012) and subsequent years after being examined by the Federal Office of Financial Supervision and coordination and cooperation with the Office of Financial Supervision of the territory no later than 15 October 2013. And formed the region's share of $ (14.3) trillion dinars by (17)% of the total operating expenses and expenses of the investment projects of the general budget of the Federal Republic of Iraq ratified the Kurdistan region after excluding sovereign expenditure. And will be settled dues between the Territory and the federal government for the years (2004 until 2012) and subsequent years after her audited by the Supreme Audit Federal coordination and cooperation with the Office of Financial Supervision of the territory no later than October 15 (October) 2013. He pointed to the allocation of $ (7.2) trillion dinars for reconstruction projects and the development of regions and provinces, including the Kurdistan region. Petrodollar allocations Has been allocated (250) billion dinars as a reserve to the government and $ (7.2) trillion dinars for reconstruction projects and the development of regions and provinces, including the Kurdistan region to be spent according to plans the reconstruction of the province submitted by the governor and approved by the Council of the province to the Ministry of Planning Federal where will the conservative exclusively implementation plan Reconstruction approved and take the provincial council responsible for monitoring implementation may not make any transfers within these customizations between provinces will also be allocated (1.318) trillion dinars, called assignments petrodollars which the amount of dollars for each barrel of crude oil producer in the province or refined in refineries province and a dollar for every (150) cubic meters producer of natural gas in the province and the province to be used no more than (50)% of the allocations petrodollars to buy electric power and allocate revenues from visa to Iraq to visit the holy sites in 2012 for services visitors and infrastructure. Permissions appointments and fiscal spending Under the budget on the need for advertising in local newspapers for grades developed within owners in 2013 by the ministries and departments not related to the Ministry, where priority will be given to install contracts exception of the age requirement for contractors in the past years to calculating the contract period as a service for the purposes of retirement and will be exempted of all citizens of the amount of interest for loans granted to them by the Land Bank, agricultural and housing fund and continue to grant these loans without interest to the citizens and by the souls of each province will be borne by the Ministry of Finance interest rate. In order to support the industrial sector and private sector mixed Like initiative agricultural will be lending to projects Iraqi Federation of Industries and the mixed sector without interest and bear the Ministry of Finance to pay interest to the government banks and the Federal Minister of Finance reallocate the remaining funds and unspent from the approved amounts in the federal budget for 2012 and related compensation provinces and cities and individuals affected to balance the beneficiary exclusively to conduct disbursed through 2013 an exception of the provisions (Section IV) of the Financial Administration Act and the Public Debt number (95) of 2004, as well as his right to use the approved amounts for the contingency reserve to pay the expenses of emergency incidents and unexpected reduction (3 ) billion dinars for each case either if the amount exceeds this limit must obtain the approval of the Federal Cabinet. Dabbagh said the Federal Minister of Finance in coordination with the Minister of Planning Federal will reallocate the amounts related to the projects Emaar and assigning provinces (Baghdad, Basra, Diyala and Nineveh), which was launched amounts in the form of advances in 2008 for the purpose of adjustments Agaydip them within the budget in 2013 without incurring the actual exchange as well as the reallocation of revenue actually in land border ports, sea and air, including sovereign revenues in 2011 to balance the border provinces both by revenue actually at border crossing points in that province with priority rehabilitation and reconstruction of the border crossing points of each province. Implementation measures It is incumbent upon the Minister of Planning to provide rate of implementation of investment projects for each ministry or institution is linked to a ministry to the Council of Ministers and in the case of non-implementation of a rate (25%) of the allocations for each project through (6) months from the adoption of the budget .. And the Minister of Finance, in coordination with the Minister of Planning to report to the Council of Ministers to determine the causes of failure and the House of Representatives questioning the minister or the head of the non-related to the Ministry in the event of non-implementation of a rate (60%) of the investment allocations for the ministry or his department from the Federal budget . And will add the Federal Cabinet allocations to federal budget for the year 2013 when achieve an increase in revenues from exports of crude oil exported through the first six months of this year to pay off the deficit planned budget and securing funds for investment projects of the Ministry of Electricity after approval by the Ministry of Planning Federal addition to amounts imported electricity and reimburse the private sector before 09/04/2003 and loans granted by the government banks for salaries of employees of public companies for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 and loans granted by the government banks to buy barley crop for 2010 and amounts to support the affected governorates (Diyala and Nineveh) and the amounts of census General Population will be borne by the Ministry of Finance the amount of interest the (4%) of the total loans granted to residential بسماية project east of Baghdad.

Independent lawmaker criticizes parliamentary vote on some controversial paragraphs in the budget 06/03/2013- 16:06:00@ BAGHDAD / Nina / criticized independent MP Hussein al-Asadi performance Parliament in session vote on the budget today. said at a news conference: "The parliament re past mistakes where preferred to give share of 17% of the region of Kurdistan, although the share of real province, according to official statistics do not exceed 12.4%. " and added: "had previously asked the Finance Committee put the second option containing the percentage owed ​​to the province and to vote on one option, but the Finance Committee has neglected it and kept only option the 17%." He Asadi: "We asked today the presidency of parliament put the second option, But the presidency has also refused and this is theft and Gabbana human provincial oil, "he says. stressed that "to give the province the proportion added 4% do not deserve, are due the rest of the provinces, especially with poor infrastructure is an injustice to those provinces." and explained: "The issue other for مسناها today is that the dispute occurred on the subject of installation contracts, and when we got to the second paragraph related to installation contracts Charge of the Knights and promise good, downed and we found some deputies left the room for prejudice quorum. " and went Asadi: "Everyone knows that the quorum meeting today is very concerned, Since the Kurdistan Alliance MPs did not attend all be attended 6 of the Vice / Iraq / only, while the second paragraph were dropped and some have tried to withdraw, stiffening the situation and this will make the parliament is located in a large problematic because of differences occurring on the budget. "/ p ended http://ninanews.com/arabic/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=GGIHGL

Wednesday, 06 March 2013 16:22 | | | Baghdad (AIN) -MP Najiba Najeeb of the Kurdistani Alliance described the Iraqi Parliament's vote on the Federal Budget of 2013 during Wednesday session despite the KA's boycott for the session as serious step. Najeeb stated to All Iraq News Agency (AIN) on Wednesday "The vote on the Federal Budget of 2013 in light of the KA's boycott for the session is considered serious procedure especially with lack of the consensus over the budget." The parliament voted on a number of the federal budget's items during Wednesday session despite the KA MPs' boycotting for the session. /En http://alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29716:kurdish-mp-describes-vote-on-federal-budget-without-ka-as-serious-step-&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

Urgent .. The start of the parliamentary vote on the budget Wednesday, 06 March / March 2013 13:40 Urgent .. The start of the parliamentary vote on the budget [baghdad - where] House began voting Wednesday on a bill the state budget year - current 2013. A parliamentary source said the told all Aeravq [where] that "the parliament began to vote on the law despite the province of Kurdistan Alliance for the session." The Council of Representatives on Wednesday its regular voting on the budget bill for the current year amid County deputies Kurdistan Alliance. Ended. The start of the parliamentary session in the presence of 166 deputies and the absence of Kordestani Date: 06/03/2013 13:39:04 Wednesday Baghdad (news) .. Began the meeting of the Council of Representatives in the presence of (166) deputies. He said the reporter Agency (news): The session began with the presence of 166 deputies of the mass of the solution, dialogue and the National Alliance and small blocks, and the absence of the Vice Kurdistan Alliance. / End / d. Q / Urgent ... Reporter (et): Parliament holds its quorum and vote on the first paragraph of the budgetBy khabaar khaba 12 minutes ago Brother - special A reporter and news news agency (et) that the House of Representatives held its 13 headed by the President of the Council Osama Najafi in the presence of one hundred and sixty-eight deputies. The reporter (et) that was voted on the first paragraph of the federal budget for 2013. The vote on the federal budget for 2013 has been postponed several times by the Presidency of the parliament for the non-arrival of parliamentary blocs to a solution satisfactory to all political parties.

Two different points on the budget "yes, today. No tomorrow". 06/03/2013 11:16:00 BAGHDAD / NINA / MP of the Kurdish bloc, Mustafa Amin ruled out vote on the federal budget in today's session. Mustafa said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: "The dispute on the dues of the oil companies and the subject of Peshmerga are unresolved, which will lead to a failure to approve the budget at today's meeting." He added: "The meetings and dialogues are ongoing in order to find a solution to these matters and it is likely to be voted on the budget tomorrow." While on the other side the MP, of the Iraqiya coalition, Nada al-Jobuori said that the vote on the federal budget for the current year is likely at today's meeting. She told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that "A meeting was held yesterday between the blocs of the National and Kurdistan Alliances on the subject of the dues of oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region and the issue of the Peshmerga, and the negotiations are continuing since yesterday between the blocs on contentious points in approving the budget, noting that there is a high probability that the Budget will be approved at today's meeting. " She added: "It was supposed not to bring the budget to the House of Representatives in this way, because there is disagreement between the central and the province governments on some points and it was supposed that the Council of Ministers should have been agreed on before being sent to the House of Representatives for a vote." It is scheduled that the federal budget is to be voted in the session of the House of Representatives today after being postponed yesterday and the day before yesterday due to lack of quorum. The House of Representatives had failed more than once to pass the budget, either for lack of a quorum, or for a dispute over some budget items. / End THE LINK : http://ninanews.com/English/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=GGIGID

Iraqi parliament fails to hold a hearing to vote on the budget and delay the vote back into disarray on Wednesday Published on Tuesday, 05 March / March 2013 15:33 | Written by: mg-mw / n BAGHDAD / obelisk: a parliamentary source said, Tuesday, that the presidency of the Iraqi Council of Representatives postponed a vote on the budget until tomorrow to a lack of quorum for the meeting. The source told "obelisk", "The Presidency of the Council of Representatives of Iraq postponed the vote on the federal budget for the current year 2013 to on Wednesday due to a lack of quorum to hold the vote," noting that "talks are still ongoing between the various political blocs on to pass the budget" . He added that he "hoped to hold a meeting between the leaders of political blocs and members to discuss blocs to discuss the passing of the budget." The parliamentary source said on Tuesday that the Kurdistan Alliance asked the National Alliance to postpone the vote on the budget until after the talks between the coalitions while for House Speaker session ahead of the session for half an hour to lack of quorum, where did not attend the Hall of Parliament, only 120 deputies. The odds of the National Alliance and the Kurdistan Alliance not to vote on the budget demands of the Kurdistan lies, judge to pay dues of the oil companies operating in Iraqi Kurdistan and $ 4.2 trillion dinars, while the federal government insists that the amount estimated 2.6 trillion .

Iraq Budget .. Vote On Tuesday ..Free Iraq: the country is exposed to significant losses due to the delay in approving the budget March 4, 2013 Free Iraq: the country is exposed to significant losses due to the delay in approving the budget Confirmed an MP for the Iraqi Free high Nassif said each day of delay on the federal financial budget caused great losses to the country. He said Nassif in a press statement on Monday that "everyone realized that the delay in approving the budget aimed at ending the country's political system, so it must be of the political consensus on them." and indicated that "the state and the government has given to the Kurdistan Alliance guarantees on their demand on entitlements oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region. " and raise the House of Representatives its that had been earmarked for the vote on the budget of the federal financial public until tomorrow, Tuesday. Between MP block citizen Furat al-Shara said the parliamentary session had been filed until tomorrow, Tuesday, after agreement on all outstanding issues which prevent voting on the budget. The National Alliance has agreed to give his Kurdistan and a half billion dollars on that subject the rest of the money claimed by the Kurds as receivables for oil companies operating in Kurdistan to financial control, which faced rejection of the Kurds. remains tomorrow unknown to the Iraqis as they are the past few days, may hold between his admission hours is long awaited and built upon hopes and held it wishes. http://www1.alforattv.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=86307

Monday, 04 March 2013 16:35 | | | Baghdad (AIN) -The Iraqi parliament failed once again in holding a session to vote on the Federal Budget of 2013 where the session was postponed till tomorrow Tuesday. MP Raad al-Dahlaki of the Iraqiya Slate told All Iraq News Agency (AIN) on Monday "The parliament's chairmanship postponed Monday session till next Tuesday for not reaching an agreement among the parliamentary blocs over the Federal Budget's draft." /End/ http://alliraqnews.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29557:urgentiraqi-parliament-fails-again-to-vote-on-2013-federal-budget-&catid=35:political&Itemid=2

Knesset Finance: budget 2013 will be the new currency after deleting three zeros http://www1.alforattv.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=77253 Parliamentary Finance Committee announced Tuesday that next year's budget 2013 will be the new currency after deleting three zeros from the current currency, arguing that the reluctance of traders and companies from trading in the Iraqi currency behind the adoption of the Central Bank project to delete the zeros. Said committee member Najia Najib in a press statement "that" the budget next year will see a deal in the new currency after deleting three zeros from the current currency, "indicating that" the process of switching the currency and delete the zeros will take nearly two years after the preparations for the process, which began over a year ago. " The answer that "the Council of Ministers approved during a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank on the project to delete the zeros and switch Iraqi currency after deciding earlier to wait the project as a result of the high price of the dollar in the local markets over the past months," noting that "the project to delete the zeros and the currency exchange aims to restructuring of the Iraqi currency and a way that is consistent with doing business in Iraq, internally and externally. " She Najib that "the Finance Committee and the central bank agreed at its last meeting to be next year as the date to start deleting zeros and be balanced in 2013 in the new currency only if there is an obstacle transmitting without it," emphasizing "the need to support the government and parliament of the project to restructure the Iraqi currency." Naguib considered that "the reluctance of traders and companies for the use of the Iraqi currency and trading may push the central bank to adopt the project to delete the zeros", stressing that "this project would reform the system of currency management and ease of use." The Finance Committee was hosted in (26 June), Deputy Governor of the Central Bank the appearance of Mohammed Saleh to discuss the mechanism which will be followed by the bank in the process of deletion of zeros and how long this process and the variables that will occur on the currency exchange. A member of the Finance Committee Haitham al-Jubouri (15 May 2012) News, "The month of January of next year 2013 will witness deleting three zeros and currency exchange, will next September 2012, direct printing of the new currency in various categories. The central bank charged in (12 September 2011), government agencies of obstructing monetary reform and vowed the persecuting, blaming those entities responsible for exposing the financial interests of the country to danger. Regarded as an adviser to Prime Minister for Economic Affairs in the (25 August 2011), that the lifting of the zeroes from the currency is the biggest corruption in Iraq if it was during this period, and fall under the name of tampering economic, warning of "mafias currency" is preparing to rig the trillions of Iraqi dinars to replace them in the light of the upcoming changes. Noteworthy that some economists believe that Iraq is currently formatted for the deletion of zeros from the Iraqi dinar, pointing out that the deletion needs to security and political stability as well as economic stability. / 3 Update :: 07.03.2012 @ 19:55