Parliament resumes its eighth session chaired by Jubouri

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Presidency of the Parliament meets with Abadi on the budget in the presence of the deputies concerned

 

 Since 2018-01-31 at 14:56 (Baghdad time)

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The Presidency of the House of Representatives began on Wednesday, meeting with the Prime Minister Haider Abadi and the presence of a number of deputies involved in resolving the problems in the budget of 2018.

A source for "Mawazin News", "The Presidency of the House of Representatives began its meeting, in the presence of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, a member of the presidency of the Council Hammam Hamoudi, in addition to a number of deputies concerned in resolving the problems existing in the federal budget for 2018 as well as the committees concerned" .

This and left the Prime Minister Haider Abadi, on Wednesday, the House of Representatives to hold separate meetings with the political blocs in order to discuss the paragraphs of the budget.

It is noteworthy that the Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri suggested, on Wednesday, to discuss differences on the budget with the blocks separately with the Prime Minister.

It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives held on Wednesday, its ninth session under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim Jubouri, and the presence of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, while the Council voted that the budget debate session is confidential. Ending 29/34

 

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31-01-2018 02:48 PM

Abadi: We can not increase the budget deficit and we want justice in the distribution of materials

 

 

 

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday during a meeting with the parliamentary finance committee that the  deficit in the general budget for 2018

Abadi said that the government should speak clearly with the people about the funds and the future of the country, and expressed his readiness to work to reach solutions that facilitate the process of passing the federal budget as soon as possible

 

Abadi said: We want equality and justice in the distribution of resources, we must provide security and services for the return of displaced persons and the distribution of voter cards, and the Council of Ministers launched yesterday the financial allocations to the Electoral Commission.

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Abadi of Parliament: We adopted the population ratios on the share of the region in the budget

 

Economy News _ Baghdad Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi on Wednesday stressed the adoption of population ratios on the share of Kurdistan region in the budget, noting that there is no objection to the launch of petrodollars to the oil-producing provinces. Abadi said during a meeting of the House of Representatives to discuss the budget that "the adoption of the share of Kurdistan in the budget was through population ratios," indicating "we want equality and justice in the distribution of resources." "We have to provide security and services for the return of displaced persons and the distribution of voter cards," Abadi said, adding that "the Council of Ministers launched yesterday the financial allocations to the Electoral Commission." He added that "there is no objection to the release of petrodollars to the oil-producing provinces of Amara, Basra, Nasiriyah, Wasit and Kirkuk," calling on the House of Representatives to "transfer the necessary funds and no objection by us." "We can not now increase the budget deficit, because we have to speak clearly with people about the money and the future of the country," Abadi said, adding that "it is better to discuss with the committees and are ready to work to find solutions to pass the federal budget as soon as possible." Abadi said, "I will sit with the provincial deputies in the liberated areas and the deputies of oil-producing provinces and deputies of the region, to reach an agreement on all the problems of each group." The Prime Minister Haider Abadi arrived on Wednesday to the parliament building to discuss the budget law with members of the House of Representatives. Views 7   Date Added 31/01/2018

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Office: Abadi hold a meeting with representatives of oil-producing provinces and the Finance Committee to resolve the problems of the budget

Editorial Date: 2018/1/31 15:27 • 18 times read

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Parliament awaits Abbadi .. Financial notes indicate "will block" the adoption of the budget

Twilight News    

 2 hours ago

The financial budget for 2018 will be discussed in today's session in the presence of Prime Minister Haider Abadi. 
"There are political differences over the draft law; the share of Kurds, the share of the producing provinces, the share of the liberated provinces, in addition to constitutional and legislative issues regarding the quota of Kurds because they must be as needed," Haider told twilight news. 
And "increase the sovereign expenditure in the current law irrationally and reduce the salaries of the province and social welfare by one third compared to 2017." 
He ruled out passing the budget "because of these fundamental remarks," and felt that "it would be a major obstacle to pass if not handled by the government." 
The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi said he will participate in the parliament session Wednesday to discuss the issue of the federal budget for 2018.
Abadi said during his weekly press conference yesterday his readiness to cooperate with the House of Representatives and its competent committees to pass the budget, which hinder the differences of political blocs ratified, despite the arrival of parliament from the government last month. 
The adoption of the budget objections by the Kurds to reduce the proportion allocated to them from 17 percent as decided by the budgets of the past years to 12.67 during the current year, which is one of the measures taken by the federal government against the authorities of the Kurdistan region following a referendum on the separation on September 25 last. 
For their part, the Sunni MPs demand the allocation of funds to return the displaced and enable them to participate in the next general elections. 
The southern oil-producing provinces of Basra, Thi Qaromisan and Wasit are also demanding $ 5 per barrel of oil produced.
The total value of the general budget of Iraq for the year 2018 amounted to about 85.33 trillion dinars (71.65 billion dollars) deficit of 22.78 trillion dinars (19.13 billion dollars). 
The documents of the draft budget law on reducing the share of the Kurdistan region of the total budget from 17% to 12.67%, allocated for current expenditures and investment projects in the provinces of the region. 
The budget included a price of 43.4 dollars per barrel of oil, with a capacity of 3.89 million barrels to top oil revenues and mineral wealth revenues close to 73 trillion Iraqi dinars (70 billion dollars). 
Abbadi had previously described the budget of 2018 as an austerity directed to reduce government expenditures for presidencies and ministries and to secure wages and salaries of state employees.

 

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Parliament adjourned for next Saturday

Release date: 2018/1/31 15:48 • 4 times read

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The House of Representatives hosts the Prime Minister and finishes reading four laws

 January 31, 2018 16 Views

 

Hosted the House of Representatives in the ninth ordinary session of the second legislative term of the fourth legislative year held under the chairmanship of Dr. Salim Jubouri, Speaker of the House of Representatives and the presence of 166 deputies on Wednesday 31/1/2018, Mr. Haider Abadi, Prime Minister to discuss the federal budget for 2018 and ended reading four laws .

At the beginning of the session, the Council hosted Mr. Haider Abadi, Prime Minister to discuss the federal budget for 2018.

He welcomed President Jubouri on behalf of the Council in the presence of Mr. Abadi and the advanced cadre of the Ministry of Finance to the meeting of the House of Representatives to discuss the financial budget because of its importance to the Iraqi people.

The Council voted that the discussion session of the budget of 2018 a secret meeting at the request of a number of deputies.

In turn, the President of the Council pointed out that the needs of the affected provinces and oil-producing provinces and the provinces of Kurdistan will be discussed with their representatives in the Council and the committees concerned, pointing to the possibility of hosting the Prime Minister in a plenary session after the completion of the debate on the budget law.

The council voted to add the agenda of the eighth session to vote on bills on the agenda of today's session.

On the other hand, the Council completed the first reading of the draft law amending the first law of integrity submitted by the Integrity and Legal Commissions for the purpose of extending the powers of the Integrity Commission to crimes committed in unions and trade unions, non-governmental organizations and professional associations and to respond to Iraq's international obligations.

The Council concluded the first reading of the draft law on the prevention of firing of firecrackers on occasions, submitted by the Legal Committee in order to preserve the safety, health and safety of citizens and to prevent and punish those who fired shots in situations other than those permitted by law.

The Council completed the first reading of the proposed law of the second amendment to the law of elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives No. 45 of 2013 and submitted by the Legal Committee for the purpose of amending the provisions governing the electoral process in proportion to the possibilities available to the Commission and to enable some segments of society to representation in the House of Representatives.

The President pointed out that the amendment of the election law was based on some observations submitted by the Electoral Commission and the technical aspects, including that the Electoral Commission pointed out that the voting process is not electronic, but the process of counting and sorting will be electronic and that the special vote will be distinguished from the general vote, Came on the objections of segments of society, explaining that the Electoral Commission has not yet received any financial allocations from the Ministry of Finance, which would hinder its preparations for the elections.

The Presidency decided to delay the first reading of the proposed law on graft.

The Council completed the first reading the draft law amending the Companies Law No. 21 of 1997 submitted by the Economic and Investment Committees.

 

It was then decided to resume the session on Saturday 3/2/2018.

 

 

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The House of Representatives holds the first conference of the numbers of political leaders and diplomats

 January 31, 2018 8 Views

Under the patronage of Dr. Salim al-Jubouri, Speaker of the Council of Representatives, the Council held on Wednesday 31/1/2018 the first conference of political leaders and diplomats in cooperation with Al-Jisr Center for Training and Human Development and Al-Angham Organization for Training and Humanitarian Assistance under the slogan " Representatives and representatives of a group of civil society organizations and university professors.

The conference was opened by Speaker Angham Al-Shamousi, Chairperson of the Preparatory Committee, in which she called for finding a mechanism for the numbers of political and diplomatic leaders and building specialized academies for the preparation of political competencies, elites and cadres according to the latest programs and similar to military academies specialized in aviation and air force.

She also called for the establishment of a special anti-corruption academy.

She pointed out that one of the most important factors that Iraq needs to prepare a political or diplomatic leader is his ability to achieve the goals he announced to the people in his political speech.

Mr. Alaa Abdul Karim, head of Al-Jisr Organization for Training and Human Development, said in his speech that the current phase in Iraq necessitates the creation of real leaders and the conduct of Iraq towards what it aspires to achieve all its objectives.

He added that the choice of leaders is not easy and needs frameworks and elements available in the right person for this task and commensurate with the magnitude of responsibility on his shoulders.

Dr. Saadoun Jalawi, lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Maysan, presented a research entitled "The real leadership conditions, the types of leaders and the environment suitable for the number of leaders."

The conference discussed the main points of the research presented.

The conference ended its work with the following recommendations: - After presenting the idea of calling for the establishment of the Academy of Leadership Development and in order to be a realistic reality and to find leaders of the second category will be a companion and contribute to the formulation of policies and the development of a strategy for good governance in Iraq and to the success of the project, we call for:

1 - the need for continuous communication between the institutions of governance in Iraq and organizations working in the field of development of competencies, especially leadership.

2 - The need to facilitate the work of the Academy in the official government departments in order to increase effectiveness in performance.

3. Coordination between the Council of Representatives and the Government in order to open sessions to create a base of leaders to run state institutions in various fields.

4 - Provide moral and logistical support for such projects by the government and to achieve its objectives.

5 - the need for coordination between the Academy and the relevant Iraqi universities to benefit from the accumulation of experience existing universities.

6 - the need to communicate with the regional and international environment to benefit from other experiences in the field of training leaders.

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Abadi will meet tomorrow with Sunni and Kurdish deputies and representatives of oil-producing provinces                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Policy Baghdad Today Baghdad                                                                                                                                                                                      An official source said Wednesday that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will meet tomorrow with Sunni and Kurdish deputies and representatives of the oil-producing provinces. The source said, in an interview with (Baghdad today), "The Prime Minister Haider Abadi will hold a meeting tomorrow with the Sunni and Kurdish deputies and deputies of oil-producing provinces at one o'clock in the afternoon in the House of Representatives." The source, who asked not to be named, said that "Abadi will discuss with the political blocs their objection to the budget separately.” On Wednesday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi agreed with the oil-producing provinces to include their demands in the budget law, according to the semi-official Al-Iraqiya news channel . Abadi began, on Wednesday, a meeting with the deputies of the provinces affected by the organization to discuss, to discuss the problems in the budget and the 2018 demands. The Information Office of the Prime Minister in a brief statement that "Abadi held a meeting in the parliament building with representatives of the provinces liberated from terrorism."  The correspondent said (Baghdad today), earlier on Wednesday, that Abadi met with the parliamentary financial committee in the presence of deputies concerned in resolving the problems in the budget. He added that the Speaker of the Parliament, Salim al-Jubouri, completed the discussion with Abadi in the Finance Committee, in the presence of the First Vice-Jibouri, Hammam Hamoudi, for the purpose of presenting problems and figures on the federal budget law.  Abadi, earlier in the day, arrived at the parliament building to discuss the federal budget law of 2018. The correspondent said (Baghdad today), that the Prime Minister arrived at the parliament building to discuss the budget law, in conjunction with the sharp differences surrounding the draft law. The Kurdish blocs in parliament, announced on Wednesday, it will not participate in today's meeting, and will not vote on the budget in its current form, while noting that the advent of Abadi will increase the problem, and will not contribute to solve.

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2 hours ago, Butifldrm said:

The House of Representatives hosts the Prime Minister and finishes reading four laws

 January 31, 2018 16 Views

 

Hosted the House of Representatives in the ninth ordinary session of the second legislative term of the fourth legislative year held under the chairmanship of Dr. Salim Jubouri, Speaker of the House of Representatives and the presence of 166 deputies on Wednesday 31/1/2018, Mr. Haider Abadi, Prime Minister to discuss the federal budget for 2018 and ended reading four laws .

At the beginning of the session, the Council hosted Mr. Haider Abadi, Prime Minister to discuss the federal budget for 2018.

He welcomed President Jubouri on behalf of the Council in the presence of Mr. Abadi and the advanced cadre of the Ministry of Finance to the meeting of the House of Representatives to discuss the financial budget because of its importance to the Iraqi people.

The Council voted that the discussion session of the budget of 2018 a secret meeting at the request of a number of deputies.

In turn, the President of the Council pointed out that the needs of the affected provinces and oil-producing provinces and the provinces of Kurdistan will be discussed with their representatives in the Council and the committees concerned, pointing to the possibility of hosting the Prime Minister in a plenary session after the completion of the debate on the budget law.

The council voted to add the agenda of the eighth session to vote on bills on the agenda of today's session.

On the other hand, the Council completed the first reading of the draft law amending the first law of integrity submitted by the Integrity and Legal Commissions for the purpose of extending the powers of the Integrity Commission to crimes committed in unions and trade unions, non-governmental organizations and professional associations and to respond to Iraq's international obligations.

The Council concluded the first reading of the draft law on the prevention of firing of firecrackers on occasions, submitted by the Legal Committee in order to preserve the safety, health and safety of citizens and to prevent and punish those who fired shots in situations other than those permitted by law.

The Council completed the first reading of the proposed law of the second amendment to the law of elections of the Iraqi Council of Representatives No. 45 of 2013 and submitted by the Legal Committee for the purpose of amending the provisions governing the electoral process in proportion to the possibilities available to the Commission and to enable some segments of society to representation in the House of Representatives.

The President pointed out that the amendment of the election law was based on some observations submitted by the Electoral Commission and the technical aspects, including that the Electoral Commission pointed out that the voting process is not electronic, but the process of counting and sorting will be electronic and that the special vote will be distinguished from the general vote, Came on the objections of segments of society, explaining that the Electoral Commission has not yet received any financial allocations from the Ministry of Finance, which would hinder its preparations for the elections.

The Presidency decided to delay the first reading of the proposed law on graft.

The Council completed the first reading the draft law amending the Companies Law No. 21 of 1997 submitted by the Economic and Investment Committees.

 

It was then decided to resume the session on Saturday 3/2/2018.

 

 

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I am glad to see they have their priorites straight.  Discussing the draft law preventing THE FIRING OF FIRECRACKERS!!!!  is much more important than the HCL right now....

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Kurds boycotting Iraqi Parliament’s 2018 budget session: Abadi’s presence a political spectacle

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdish factions in the Iraqi parliament boycotted the 2018 budget session, saying the bill does not meet their demands and fails to provide the Kurdistan Region with its constitutionally-enshrined share of the budget.

In a joint statement, Kurdish factions in the Iraqi parliament, who hold over 60 seats, declared they had boycotted the 2018 budget session on Wednesday.

Muthanna Amin, a Kurdish lawmaker who read the statement at a press conference in Baghdad, said they had requested a meeting with the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi, to discuss the constitutionality of the bill and present the demands of the people of the Kurdistan Region people. The Prime Minister’s office declined the meeting.

After the removal of the authoritarian regime in Iraq in 2003, Kurds agreed with Iraqi officials that the Kurdistan Region’s budget share stood at 17 percent to reflect the needs of its population. Kurdish officials have asserted never to have received the full 17 percent in the past decade, and the share was reduced to 12 percent in the 2018 bill.

Abadi did not meet with the Kurdish parliamentarians, repeatedly delaying the meeting for later this week. They viewed his presence at the budget bill’s session in the Iraqi Parliament as “political flaunting,” Amin said.

He mentioned that the Kurdish lawmakers would not vote for the bill unless changes are made to the Kurdistan Region’s share. Sunnis have also expressed concerns and are against the current budget draft.

Arafat Karam, the head of the largest Kurdish bloc, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), told Kurdistan 24 they agreed with the Parliamentary Speaker who called on Abadi to first meet with the head of parliament factions and the Financial Committee to hear out concerns. The first reading of the budget took place on Monday, and “unfortunately [the meetings] did not happen, and today he attended parliament, a political spectacle for the upcoming elections.”

Karam added that the Kurdish blocs had asked Abadi to make other changes to the bill, opposing the terminology used in the draft such as “the provincial governments in northern Iraq” in reference to the Kurdistan Region, or the financial separation of Halabja Province from the region’s budget, among other demands. None were implemented.

Karam noted that if the bill fails to receive enough votes, it would negatively affect the government and the efforts of international organizations lending money to Iraq and investors.

Kurdish officials have asserted the cutting of the Kurdistan Region’s budget share was another retaliatory measure to the Sep. 25, 2017 referendum on independence. Baghdad has imposed a series of collective punishments on the region, including an international flight ban.

Editing by Nadia Riva

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/7745d53e-3765-44ab-b5e3-6f547164b5bb

 

Kurdish Factions Boycott Iraqi Parliament Session

 

 

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 31/01/2018 - 14:23

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Head of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) bloc in the Iraqi parliament stated that the Iraqi prime minister is not ready to modify the budget proposal for 2018, therefore he boycotted the session.

Arez Abdulla, head of PUK bloc in the Iraqi council of representatives told BasNews that all Kurdish factions boycotted the parliament meeting since Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of the country does not want to amend the budget proposal for 2018.

“We as the Kurdish factions in the Iraqi parliament have decided to boycott any session that is set up for the issue of the budget since the PM does not listen to our demands,” said Nada Mergasori, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDOP) bloc in the Iraqi Parliament.

Mergasori asserted that the Kurdish representatives have already called the Iraqi premier through official letters to revise the question of the budget many times, but his replies were negative which reveals that he proceeds his political interests above the public’s rights.

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/411459

Edited January 31, 2018 by SocalDinar

[King Bean]

3 hours ago, Butifldrm said:

The Council concluded the first reading of the draft law on the prevention of firing of firecrackers....and punish those who fired shots in situations other than those permitted by law.  The Presidency decided to delay the first reading of the proposed law on graft.

 

Hit the nail on the head, TexasMike.  This rates right up there with laws regulating nurses, soccer stadiums and that all important law governing night club bouncers (my personal favorite from 2017). The GOI is treading water as their session comes to an end April 1st ( I think ). Nine sessions in 31 days and nothing to show. And Abadi justifies cutting the Kurd share of the budget based on 'population ration' of the region, even though there has been no census, thousands of IDP are in camps and Article 140 has not been enforced to give an accurate count of population. The whole thing stinks. And don't dare read the law on graft (corruption). Especially 3 months before an election.  Pathetic group. Give them the boot.

                                         

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So glad they got that pesky Firecracker Issue outta the way. All those stupid issues like the Budget, HCL & Art. 140 were just getting in the way up ‘til now !!!!!! How I need a drink right now.

[King Bean]

54 minutes ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

    How I need a drink right now.

 

                      Amen. Breakfast is served. Pancakes and beer. 

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Government and parliamentary efforts to resolve the budget law

01/2/2018 12:00 am   BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah  The House of Representatives has cut a big way towards passing the budget law, which still faces controversy within the parliament,  especially after the presence of Prime Minister Haider Abadi to a meeting on Wednesday, a move that welcomed the parliament stressed the importance of participation in the resolution and pass the law.  The efforts of the government and parliament aimed at passing the budget, not limited to the presence of the Prime Minister to a meeting on Wednesday, it is hoped to witness on Thursday, the continuation of the discussion of the problems of the federal budget, according to a statement issued by the Office of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hamam Hamoudi, Another round of discussions today in the presence of representatives of oil-producing provinces, liberated from terrorism, representatives of the Kurdistan region as well as the presence of the Finance Committee. The parliamentary session on Wednesday, witnessed the questioning of the Minister of Electricity Qassim Fahdawi, as well as the completion of «the first reading of the draft law amendment of the first law of integrity and the first reading of the draft law to prevent the firing of shots at events».  "First of all, I salute the lives of the martyrs and the sacrifices of the wounded, salute their honorable families and salute the heroic fighters who continue to defend Iraq," Abadi said, adding that "the government has put all revenues in the budget, "It is possible to discuss this," indicating that "raising the proportion of the social protection network to more than 60 percent, despite the financial constraint to alleviate poverty. Abadi pointed to «the adoption of the government principle of justice and population ratios on the share of Kurdistan in the budget».

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Hossam al-Aqabi for "here Baghdad": the presence of Abadi to parliament a step in the right direction and the budget is approved in 3 weeks as consensus on the controversial topics                                                                   Wednesday 31 January 2018 | 20:18                                                                                                                                                                          The member of the Finance Committee Representative Hossam al-Aqabi told "Baghdad here" that the presence of Prime Minister Haider Abadi to Parliament step in the right direction, and said that when the consensus on the controversial topics will be approved budget within 3 weeks added the punishment that the Prime Minister will also come to Parliament tomorrow to discuss the rest Details of the budget At the same time, the representatives of the oil-producing provinces demanded assurances of the percentage in clear text

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Headed by Sheikh Hamam Hamoudi member of the Presidency of the House of Representatives hosts the Prime Minister to resolve the problems on the budget law

 January 31, 2018 28 Views

The House of Representatives headed by Sheikh Hammam Hamoudi, a member of the Presidency, a meeting hosted by the Prime Minister Haider Abadi with leaders of political blocs and members of the Finance Committee and a number of deputies to resolve the problems that oppose the adoption of the budget law of 2018.

At the beginning of the meeting, Sheikh Hamoudi welcomed the Prime Minister and expressed the hope that the meeting would reach a final agreement on the wording of the budget and the amendments required in agreement with the Prime Minister in order to vote on them as soon as possible.

Sheikh Hammoud Hamoudi said that there are many proposals and more than a proposed formula on the draft budget law must be resolved by reaching a unified formula and amendments to the budget consensus.

Sheikh Hammoud Hamoudi gave way to the leaders of the political blocs and representatives of oil-producing provinces to listen to their proposals and observations on the budget items on which the dispute is raging.

Where the members of the oil-producing provinces need to reach a final and consensus on the percentage of petrodollars that should be allocated to the oil-producing provinces. The discussion centered on the rate of deduction of $ 5 per barrel or 5% of the price of selling barrels of oil.

For its part, Prime Minister Haider Abadi, his objection to the rate of 5 dollars per barrel, noting that this ratio did not take into consideration the maturity of companies and the cost of extraction in this case is equal to $ 15 per barrel and this amount makes the government unable to pay

Then a side meeting was held by members of the oil-producing provinces with members of the Finance Committee to reach a formula and a consensual amendment on the rate of deduction for the petrodollar.

MP Salah al-Jubouri, head of the National Alliance of Forces, said that his bloc submitted a list of 12 notes sent to the prime minister and the finance ministry for discussion but no meeting was held.

Jubouri expressed the hope that the meeting will come out by consensus on the remarks of his bloc, especially with regard to the liberated and affected provinces of military operations, especially if the availability of financial availability in light of the high price of a barrel of oil.

For his part, the Prime Minister responded by saying that he was briefed on the observations of the Alliance of Forces, pointing out that there are items in the budget to support liberated areas, including loans, in addition to what is provided by the Reconstruction Fund liberated areas, referring to the donor conference for the reconstruction of Iraq in Kuwait next month, To these liberated and affected areas.

Mr. Abadi said that the problem in the administration of the provinces and not in the funds allocated to them.

Rep. Khalaf Abdul Samad from the province of Basra that the imbalance is not in the management of the former provinces, but in the insistence of the central ministries not to grant and transfer of powers to the provinces and work decentralized system, adding regarding Basra that the province demands its entitlement in the petrodollar and not exceed the share of the budget.

MP Mazin al-Mazni said that the province needs to develop strategic projects in the budget in order to meet the requirements of citizens and their needs and not to develop a percentage may not achieve these projects or not meet the costs, pointing out that the province suffers from cancer and many service problems and the absence of paved roads and water Drinkable.

For his part, MP Ali Maaraj, Chairman of the Committee on oil and energy that the options offered to be the rate of deduction for the petrodollar either from the extracted oil or the product or gas accompaniment must be accompanied by the formation of a committee to stabilize the debts of the previous share of the provinces in the petrodollar of the government and set a time period for the release of petrodollar funds.

MP Magda al-Tamimi, a member of the Finance Committee, confirmed that the law of deducting $ 5 per barrel is illegal because it is not possible to divide the fixed on the mobile price. This deduction must be a percentage.

MP Jabbar al-Abbadi suggested allocating a percentage of the revenues of border ports to develop these ports in order to develop and increase imports and rehabilitate them.

She called for the end of the suffering of more than seven thousand policemen from the province of Nineveh, who were dismissed from the job because of the occupation of their city by the organization calling, in addition to the massive destruction of homes and environmental pollution due to large decomposing bodies left under the debris of houses on the right side.

In turn, MP Hossam al-Aqabi suggested that a plan be drawn up for three to five years to be deducted annually from within the budget each year for the liberated provinces for reconstruction, adding to it the realization of the investment and grants provided by donor countries.

The MP Ahmad al-Jarba from the province of Nineveh that there is a significant shortage in the preparation of local police in the province of Nineveh compared to the population of the province, which is close to four million people,

Police in the province have doubled in order to restore security and maintain the security of the province by their own children.

MP Imad John called on the prime minister to exempt the displaced in the Nineveh Plain from paying electricity and water charges for the past three years.

In turn, MP Abdul-Qahar al-Samarrai there is a shortage of large educational cadres in the district of Samarra and the province of Salah al-Din in addition to a significant shortage in hospitals that do not fit with the population and patients, especially since the completion rates of previous hospitals that were under construction has become zero after the destruction during the liberation .

He also called on the Prime Minister to facilitate the return of Iraqis stranded in Turkey, while Mr. Abbadi said that the coordination with the Turkish government to issue passports to return Iraqis to their country.

MP Ahmad al-Masari said that the money allocated to the return of the displaced and the reconstruction of their provinces is insufficient, calling for the allocation of sufficient funds in the budget and allocated funds in military operations to free them.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned that delaying the adoption of the budget will have serious damage to the displaced and to the reconstruction of their liberated and damaged areas and cities.

At the end of the meeting it was agreed to hold a subsequent meeting on Khambas 1/2/2018 to complete the discussions and to reach a final agreement on the formula of the budget for 2018 in order to vote on them.

 

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Iraqi Council of Representatives

31/1/2018

 

http://ar.parliament.iq/2018/01/31/برئاسة-الشيخ-همام-حمودي-عضو-هيئة-الرئا/

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Abadi to the House of Representatives: Our success is through our cooperation and through which the world stands with us and helps us

31/01/2018

 

 

(Independent) .. Prime Minister Haider Abadi said that "our success is through our cooperation and through which the world stands with us and helps us,

But we should not allow political differences to affect economic development. "

"We are proud to unite all of us in the fight against terrorism when the army, the police, the popular crowd and the Peshmerga fought in one trench, as well as maintaining Iraq's unity," he said.

He explained that the government has put all the revenues in the budget, and if the Parliament wants to transfer it can be discussed, indicating that the government has increased the proportion of social protection network for more than 60 percent, despite the financial constraint to alleviate poverty.

Abadi pointed to the government's adoption of the principle of justice and population ratios on the share of Kurdistan in the budget.

Regarding the displaced, he explained that the government is continuing to return the refugees voluntarily and provide services to their areas, noting that the Electoral Commission has promised that it will provide the voter card for them.

 

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Let the throwing begin.....

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Speaking of that, did they vote on the highly anticipated shoe throwing law yet?

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Abadi: We adopted the principle of justice on the share of the Kurdistan region in the budget of 2018

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17:06 31.01.2018(Updated 17:09 31.01.2018)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abbadi, attending a parliamentary session devoted to the second reading of the budget of 2018, on Wednesday, that his government has adopted the principle of justice and population ratios on the allocation of share of the Kurdistan region.

Cairo - Sputnik . Abadi said, according to a statement of his media office, after the meeting, the government "has adopted the principle of justice and population ratios on the share of the Kurdistan region in the budget."

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Iraqi Parliament hosts the Prime Minister to resolve the budget crisis

 

"The government is continuing to voluntarily return the displaced people to their homes and provide services to their areas," he said, adding that the Electoral Commission for elections "promised to provide voter card for the displaced."

According to the statement, Abadi said, "We should not allow political differences to affect economic development." "The government has put all the revenues in the budget, and if the moving parliament wants to discuss this."

"The government has increased the proportion of the social protection network to more than 60%, despite the financial distress in order to alleviate poverty."

A source in the media told the agency "Sputnik" that "the session of the parliament, which was held on Wednesday in the presence of Abadi was secret; to discuss the budget of 2018 open," explaining that "Abadi defended the budget prepared by his government, and explained that it can be discussed all the revenues by "He said.

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Abadi announces start of "fighting corruption"

 

The source added that "the results of discussions held by Abadi today in parliament will be revealed tomorrow," explaining that "it is expected that Abadi will attend tomorrow's meeting in parliament as well."

The source pointed out that "the parliament postponed its meeting to complete discussion of the budget and vote on it until Saturday morning next."

Abadi held two meetings in parliament today, one with the representatives of the oil-producing provinces, the Finance Committee to resolve the problems related to the financial budget, and the other with the provincial deputies freed from the grip of the terrorist organization "Daash".

The Iraqi parliament has failed to approve the state budget several times over the past few weeks and was due to adopt it last December.

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8 hours ago, King Bean said:

 

Hit the nail on the head, TexasMike.  This rates right up there with laws regulating nurses, soccer stadiums and that all important law governing night club bouncers (my personal favorite from 2017). The GOI is treading water as their session comes to an end April 1st ( I think ). Nine sessions in 31 days and nothing to show. And Abadi justifies cutting the Kurd share of the budget based on 'population ration' of the region, even though there has been no census, thousands of IDP are in camps and Article 140 has not been enforced to give an accurate count of population. The whole thing stinks. And don't dare read the law on graft (corruption). Especially 3 months before an election.  Pathetic group. Give them the boot.

                                         

Yes, the boot....

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1 hour ago, yota691 said:

Hossam al-Aqabi for "here Baghdad": the presence of Abadi to parliament a step in the right direction and the budget is approved in 3 weeks as consensus on the controversial topics                                                                   Wednesday 31 January 2018 |                                                                                                                                                                   

 

I'm betting it will be passed sometime next week....

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10 hours ago, King Bean said:

 

                      Amen. Breakfast is served. Pancakes and beer. 

 

Make mine a Double !