Parliament opens its 34th session headed by Al-Haddad

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Parliament opens its 34th session headed by Al-Haddad

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The fourth parliamentary session,
the third legislative year,
the first legislative term 

Parliament Speaker
Dr. Bashir Al-Haddad 
opens the proceedings of Session No. 34,
Monday 11 January 2021

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Parliament postpones the vote on the proposal of the first amendment to the law on human organ transplantation and preventing trafficking in them

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{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} The House of Representatives postponed in its session held, Monday evening, the completion of the vote on the proposal for the first amendment to the law on human organ transplantation and preventing trafficking in human organs to future sessions.

A representative source said {to Euphrates News} that "the House of Representatives decided to postpone the completion of the vote on the first amendment law proposal for human organ transplantation operations and to prevent trafficking in human organs to the next sessions to make the necessary amendments to them."

Wafa Al-Fatlawi

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The House of Representatives responds in principle to the Second Amendment to the Law on the Foundation of Political Prisoners

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The House of Representatives ends the first reading of the proposed law to reinstate employees of the Ministries of Defense and Interior to service

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{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} In its session held, on Monday evening, the House of Representatives ended the first reading of the proposed law for returning employees of the Ministries of Defense and Interior to service.

A representative source said {for the Euphrates News} that "the House of Representatives ended in its session held under the chairmanship of Bashir Al-Haddad, Deputy Speaker of the Council, the first reading of the proposed law to restore the members of the Ministries of Defense and Interior to service."
Wafa Al-Fatlawi

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Parliament ends the first reading of the bill ratifying the air transport agreement between the governments of Iraq and Saudi Arabia

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{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} In its session held, Monday evening, the House of Representatives ended the first reading of the draft law ratifying the air transport agreement between the governments of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

A representative source said {for Euphrates News} that "the House of Representatives has completed the first reading of the draft law ratifying the air transport agreement between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
Wafa Al-Fatlawi

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Al-Halbousi: The discussion of the 2021 budget will remain ongoing and will be included in the agenda of the next and next session

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, announced that the 2021 budget will continue to be discussed and included in the agenda of the next and next session.

A representative source said {for the Euphrates News} that "Al-Halbousi decided to continue discussing the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021 and that it will be included in the agenda of the next session and the next session."
Wafa Al-Fatlawi 

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Al-Haddad: A million displaced in Iraq ... and warns of new terrorist hotbeds

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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bashir Khalil Al-Haddad, said that there are one million displaced people scattered in different areas in the country.

A statement of his office, a copy of which was received by the Euphrates News Agency, stated that Al-Haddad “chaired the expanded meeting that was held today, Monday in the Constitutional Hall, in the presence of the Chairman and members of the Labor, Social Affairs, Immigration and Displaced Persons Committee, and the head and members of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee. And the advanced cadre in the ministry. During the meeting, they discussed the issue of the displaced, following up on their living and health conditions in the camps, removing obstacles, facing challenges, and supporting efforts to rebuild liberated cities in preparation for the return of the displaced.
Al-Haddad added, "The difficult conditions of the displaced should be taken into consideration, and we need political will and government efforts to close this file, which delaying its treatment may lead to security, economic and social problems."
He said, "The presence of more than one million displaced people scattered in different regions of the country will create demographic change and create new terrorist hotbeds."
He called for "expediting the implementation of the provisions of the Sinjar Agreement that was concluded between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and increasing the financial allocations in the 2021 budget for the file of the displaced and investing in cooperation and coordination between the government and the House of Representatives to harness efforts to return the displaced to their original areas voluntarily and not forcibly and provide them with basic services."
The Ministry of Immigration and Displacement provided the Electoral Commission with the latest position for the displaced in the governorates of Nineveh, Al-Anbar, Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaymaniyah, where there are 220 thousand and 579 displaced persons.
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The House of Representatives keeps its session going until tomorrow to complete the budget

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The parliament kept its session open until tomorrow to complete the budget law

The media department stated in a statement that the Al Furat News Agency received a copy of it today, the House of Representatives keeps its session going until tomorrow, Tuesday, the third hour to complete the discussion of the draft Federal Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2021.

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The House of Representatives keeps its session going until tomorrow, Tuesday

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Baghdad - Mawazine News
The House of Representatives decided, on Monday, to hold its session until tomorrow, Tuesday.
The council’s media department stated, in a statement that Mawazine News received a copy of, that "the House of Representatives decided to keep its session going until tomorrow, Tuesday, the third hour."
She added, "This comes for the purpose of completing the discussion of the draft federal budget law for the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2021." Ended 29 / A 43

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Al-Halbousi: The general budget will be included in the agenda of the next two sessions

Monday 11th January 2021 - 18:32

Baghdad - conscious 

Today, Monday, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi confirmed that the general budget will be included in the agenda of the next two sessions.

Al-Halbous said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the discussion of the federal general budget for the fiscal year 2021 will remain ongoing and will be included in the agenda of the next session and the next session."

The House of Representatives had begun discussing the draft federal budget law for the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2021 (second reading), during its 34th session.

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Parliamentary Finance: We will not change the average price of oil exports in the budget

Monday 11 January 2021 - 19:01

Baghdad - Awa - Noor Al-Zaidi

The Finance Committee of the House of Representatives confirmed today, Monday, that it has not changed the calculation of the rate of the exported oil price in the draft federal budget bill for the current fiscal year 2021, despite the high oil prices.

Committee member Naji Al-Saeedi said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "high oil prices reduce the deficit of the federal public budget, by taking advantage of the margin of difference between the price calculated in the budget and the real high price at which oil is sold in global markets." .

Al-Saeedi added: Therefore, we will not change the calculation of the average price of exported oil in the draft federal budget bill for the current fiscal year 2021, despite the increase in oil prices.

He continued, "The goal is to reduce the deficit, and this rise is positive in order to reduce the deficit during the next period of this year."

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The Finance Committee of the Iraqi Representatives discusses its report on the 2021 budget bill

Iraqi Parliament

 January 11, 2021 5:30 PM

Mubasher: The Parliamentary Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, headed by Representative Haitham Al-Jabouri, Chairman of the Committee, and in the presence of members of the committee and other parliamentary committees, today, Monday A meeting to discuss the report prepared by it on the draft federal budget law for 2021.

According to a statement by the House of Representatives, the committee’s report included its vision on the budget and its objectives by reducing the deficit, rearranging spending priorities, achieving social justice and directing support to the poor, as well as increasing state resources, improving collection methods, diversifying and maximizing its non-oil sources.

The committee stressed the need to support investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that rely on fairness in distribution and support the private sector, involve it in the process of economic development, and continue with reforms that have an impact on the country's economic and social reality.

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«Economy News» publishes the report of the Finance Committee on the 2021 budget

 

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money and business Economy News - Baghdad The Parliamentary Finance Committee issued a report on the draft general budget law for 2021, consisting of 14 pages. The report included the committee’s observations and recommendations on the draft budget law, most notably the committee’s diagnosis of high financial risks by securing expenditures in the coming years.

To read the full report, click here

Number of observations 78   Date added 01/12/2021

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Parliament resumes its session

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The House of Representatives resumed its session chaired by the First Vice President of Parliament, Hassan Al Kaabi.

The House of Representatives held its regular session in which it discussed the draft federal budget bill for 2021, during which it ended reading two laws, while it decided to complete its session today, Tuesday.
Ammar Al-Masoudi

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Parliamentary Finance moves its meetings to discuss the general budget outside the parliament building

 

The Parliamentary Finance Committee decided to transfer its deliberative meetings to discuss the draft Federal Budget Law 2021, to the guest house of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, starting today, Tuesday. Media reported that "the Finance Committee will host the ministers and officials of government institutions, respectively, to discuss the allocations of these sectors until the completion of the inclusion of the final amendments in the draft budget law, and present them for a vote in the House of Representatives."

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Parliamentary Finance calls the Accountants Syndicate to prepare a study on the 2021 Budget Law

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Finance Committee headed by Haitham Al-Jubouri, the head of the committee and the presence of the members, hosted, Tuesday, the head of the Accountants and Auditors Association, Jawad Al-Shehili and his accompanying delegation, to put the final touches on the third amendment bill to the Law of Accountants and Auditors Syndicate before voting on it in the upcoming sessions of the House of Representatives.

The committee stated in a statement that Al Furat News received a copy of it, that “at the beginning of the meeting which was held in the guesthouse, the head of the committee invited the Accountants Syndicate with its expertise and competencies to present its views and prepare a study on the draft federal budget law for 2021 that the committee considers during its discussions To the law. "
The Head of Accountants and Auditors welcomed the proposal of the Finance Committee, directing "to form a team headed by Salah Nouri, the former head of the Financial Supervision Bureau, to present some proposals regarding the draft budget law."
The committee continued, "The meeting also touched on the third amendment to the proposed law of the Accountants and Auditors Syndicate to be voted on in the upcoming sessions of the House of Representatives, where a sub-committee was formed to put the final touches on the law, and to discuss the possibility of establishing an accredited internal auditors institute for the purpose of developing the performance of auditors in the country."
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Parliamentary Finance reveals the time period for approving the budget .. includes hosting

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed, on Tuesday, the period of time needed for the budget to be approved.

Committee member Jamal Cougar stated to {Euphrates News} that "the time period that the budget needs for approval is not less than 30 days for approval," indicating that "it will include many hosting."

He added that "the budget needs a period of not less than 30 days for approval, and it remains a paragraph for expenditures and deficits. It needs no less than 20 days and has many hosting."

Regarding the loans, he said that "the deficit is all from internal and external loans, which amount to 71 trillion," stressing that "the budget does not belong to the reform white paper, as was rumored about it."

It is noteworthy that the Council of Ministers decided on September 8, 2019, to adopt mechanisms for dealing with the conditions of workers as contracts and daily procedures in government institutions, which were set by the committee in charge of this.
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers directed the ministries and entities not associated with the Ministry, the governorates and all the provincial councils, to implement the decision bearing No. 315 of 2019, to complete the procedures for converting daily workers into contracts for those who have been employed for a wage (for a period of not less than one year only) and the appointment is suspended by ministerial orders Or administrative for daily workers except within the employment forms, and the period of work of the wage earner does not exceed (three months), which is not renewable. The schedules of calculating the salaries of the contractors are approved as a minimum starting with a doctorate and ending with a literacy certificate.

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In the document ... the agenda of the parliament session for tomorrow

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In details ... the center and the regional ministers are hosted by Parliament

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In the presence of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Bashir Haddad hosted the Committee on Agriculture, Water and the Marshlands headed by Representative Salam Hadi Al-Shammari, Chairman of the Committee, and the presence of the members of the Committee on Tuesday 01/12/2021, Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq Mrs. Bikard Talabani and her accompanying delegation to discuss joint cooperation between the central government and the regional government.

At the beginning of the meeting, which was held in the office of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and attended by a number of members of the House of Representatives, His Excellency welcomed the visiting delegation, hoping that this visit would increase the joint cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in the regional government and the Agriculture, Water and Marsh Committee in the House of Representatives, appreciating the cooperation between The ministries of agriculture in the central and regional government to promote the agricultural sector in the country.

Dr. added. Bashir Al-Haddad that the consolidation of the bilateral relationship between the two sides contributes to the development of the agricultural sector, pointing to the need to overcome obstacles between the two parties, which greatly affects the prosperity of this vital sector.

The Chairman of the Agriculture, Water and Marsh Committee stated that the committee had hoped that there would be intensive visits between the two sides in order to overcome obstacles and work on developing joint plans in the field of the agricultural sector.

MP Salam Al-Shammari pointed out that Iraq enjoys fertile land and abundant water in two countries, the Tigris and the Euphrates, which must be exploited in the development of the agricultural sector and this comes through a real joint cooperation applied on the ground between the Ministries of Agriculture in the governments of the center and the region with direct support from the House of Representatives And the Representative Agriculture Committee.

Al-Shammari affirmed that Iraq today has reached self-sufficiency in the wheat, barley and rice crops, as well as self-sufficiency in table eggs, meat and fish, indicating that the region grows new types of rice crop and this is a qualitative leap that raises the Iraqi agricultural sector, expressing his happiness in the concerted efforts. Through visits between officials in the central government and the regional government, which contribute to more cooperation, especially in the agricultural sector, calling for the decisions of the visit to be implemented and not neglected so that Iraq does not remain dependent on oil in its budget by 98%, but that agriculture is one of the means of maximizing the state's resources.

For her part, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the regional government, Mrs. Bikard Talabani, explained that the aim of the visit is her belief in the necessity of joint cooperation between the two sides for what serves the interest of the Iraqi farmer.

Ms. Talabani added that Iraq is witnessing natural potentials through abundance of water and fertile land that must be used in the interest of developing the agricultural sector and this comes through joint cooperation between the governments of the center and the region, pointing to the possibility that agriculture is an important source to maximize the state's resources, referring to the agreement that took place Between her ministry and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture by forming committees to settle disputes and outstanding problems between the two ministries, as well as setting an agricultural calendar that clarifies the permitted and impermissible crops and products in order to preserve the integrity of the local product.

The Minister of Agriculture in the Kurdistan region expressed her desire to assist the House of Representatives in resolving the dues of farmers in the region who had not received them for years 14, 15 and 16.

For your part, the members of the Agriculture, Water and Marshlands Committee expressed their cooperation with the Ministries of Agriculture in the governments of the center and the region to solve the pending problems between the two sides, stressing the need to develop a solid agricultural plan that would ensure an increase in local production of crops and products.

For their part, the members of the House of Representatives affirmed their endeavor to pressure the central government to pay farmers' dues in the provinces of the region and the governorates of Najaf and Nineveh, appreciating the efforts made by the Minister to open bridges of joint cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture in the central government, pointing out that there are weak souls who promote the media The tension in the relationship between the central government and the regional government, which negatively affects the peaceful coexistence between the Iraqi people.

The Chairman of the Agriculture, Water and Marsh Committee called for the necessity to exert more efforts to control the border crossings in order to preserve the integrity of the local product, pointing to the possibility of planting crops in the region that are not grown in the rest of Iraq’s governorates, such as apples and walnuts, and are produced internally better than importing them, stressing the committee’s pursuit To grant loans to beekeepers, especially in the region, in order for honey to be locally produced than to be imported, its quality unknown and unknown to the specifications.

The Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources in the regional government confirmed that a joint brigade was formed between the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Peshmerga to strengthen control over border crossings and prevent smuggling, noting that it would provide the Agriculture, Water and Marsh Committee with an official letter that includes the work of its ministry during the past year, confirming that it will send An official invitation for the committee to visit the region and inspect in the field the farms, pastures and agricultural factories.

At the end of the meeting, everyone stressed the need to make more efforts to dissolve the obstacles facing the relationship between the governments of the center and the region through intensifying bilateral meetings between officials of the two governments.

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Parliamentary finance in the "guest house" to discuss the budget

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  Baghdad: Hoda Al-Azzawi 

 

In the next few hours, the "guest house" in the Council of Ministers is expected to host the president, reporter and members of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives, to discuss the details of the draft federal budget for 2021 that the government completed and submitted to the House of Representatives.

The reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, stated that the deficit in the draft budget, which is estimated at 71 trillion dinars, “constitutes about 22 percent of Iraq's GDP, and this is contrary to Financial Administration Law No. 6 of 2019 Article 6 Paragraph 4 which states that (No The deficit in the planning public budget exceeds 3 percent of GDP).

Al-Saffar confirmed, in an interview with Al-Sabah, that “the deficit is unreasonable, neither economically nor financially, and is contrary to the government's financial policy expressed in the (White Paper) and what it confirmed in the first axis of the paper and its endeavor to rationalize expenditures and increase revenues, which led to that This budget faces a deficit that constitutes 44 percent of the total public spending in the draft budget, and the most dangerous of this is that this deficit will be financed up to 47 trillion dinars through deducting treasury transfers from the Central Bank, ”noting that“ in the past, 15 trillion dinars were borrowed, then 12 trillion, in addition to 47 trillion, and the total borrowing is 74 trillion dinars, and this poses a risk to the central bank’s cash reserves.

With regard to the government's securing of salaries for the current month of January, Al-Saffar explained that “the government has rounded balances, and the price of a barrel of oil has increased, and the state receives revenues in dollars, in addition to the high exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar providing the government with sufficient funds, so no I think that there is a problem with paying salaries, ”noting that“ the achieved oil revenues are more than $ 5 billion per month (in light of current oil prices), except for non-oil revenues, and the government has financial pockets in some ministries, and what is left of the loan can be Through which the salaries are paid ».

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Deputy: The budget allowed Kurdistan to sell the oil surplus without Baghdad's knowledge

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Member of Parliament Hazem Al-Khalidi confirmed, Tuesday, that the federal budget bill for 2021 granted the Kurdistan Regional Government the ability to sell surplus oil without returning to Baghdad, and this violates the laws.

Al-Khalidi said, "The provisions of the federal budget for 2021 include a large number of paragraphs in violation of the law, among them allowing the Kurdistan government to sell the surplus of exported oil without returning to Baghdad or handing over its revenues," noting that "this paragraph will oblige the region to pay 250 thousand barrels per day only and the surplus The region acts without reference to the federal government.

He added that "the region's share in the 2021 budget amounted to more than 13%, while Baghdad and the rest of the provinces only 12.5%," indicating that "the budget mechanism included violations of the principle of justice guaranteed by the constitution."

The Sadikoun Parliamentary Bloc confirmed, today, Tuesday, that it had submitted many objections to the draft federal budget bill 2021.

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Kanna: 2021 budget does not agree with "Al-Kazemi White Paper"

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 Baghdad / Iraq News Network - The head of the Al-Rafidain Parliamentary Bloc, Yonadam Kanna, spoke about the most prominent problems that exist within the federal budget law for 2021. Yonadam Kanna stated, in a press statement, that “after completing the second reading of the Federal Budget Law, the House of Representatives begins to discuss and amend the clauses and paragraphs The law ”, indicating that“ there are many problems that will obstruct the passage of the federal budget law for 2021. ”We were of the opinion that“ the terms and contents of the draft general budget bill are inconsistent with the articles and paragraphs of the white paper announced by the government last October, ”stressing “Its size is large and its deficit is estimated at 54%.” The representative of the Christian component comments on the amendments that the Parliamentary Finance Committee intends to implement on the draft budget law, saying that “the government favors all political blocs in preparing the budget law, and that the draft law is devoid of any job ranks.”The House of Representatives voted to accept the draft Federal Budget Law for 2021 in principle and began reading it first. The Parliamentary Finance Committee held a meeting yesterday, Monday, in which it discussed the report it had prepared on the draft federal budget law for 2021. “The report included the vision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee regarding the budget, and its objectives through reducing the deficit level, rearranging spending priorities, achieving social justice and directing support to the poor, as well as increasing state resources, improving collection methods, diversifying and maximizing its non-oil sources.” The committee emphasized in the statement the necessity "Supporting investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that depend on justice in distribution, supporting the private sector and involving it in the process of economic development, and continuing with reforms that have an impact on the economic and social reality of the country."Yesterday, Monday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee held a meeting in which it discussed the report it had prepared on the draft federal budget law for 2021. A statement issued by the Media Department of the House of Representatives stated that “the report included the vision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee regarding the budget, and its objectives by reducing the deficit level and rearranging Priorities for spending, achieving social justice and directing support to the poor, as well as increasing state resources, improving methods for collecting them, diversifying and maximizing its non-oil sources. ”The committee emphasized in the statement the necessity of“ supporting investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that depend on justice in distribution, supporting the private sector and involving it in the development process. Economic, and the continuation of reforms that are reflected in the economic and social reality of the country.Yesterday, Monday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee held a meeting in which it discussed the report it had prepared on the draft federal budget law for 2021. A statement issued by the Media Department of the House of Representatives stated that “the report included the vision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee regarding the budget, and its objectives by reducing the deficit level and rearranging Priorities for spending, achieving social justice and directing support to the poor, as well as increasing state resources, improving methods for collecting them, diversifying and maximizing its non-oil sources. ”The committee emphasized in the statement the necessity of“ supporting investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that depend on justice in distribution, supporting the private sector and involving it in the development process. Economic, and the continuation of reforms that are reflected in the economic and social reality of the country.A statement issued by the Media Department of the House of Representatives stated that “the report included the vision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee regarding the budget, and its objectives by reducing the level of deficit and rearranging spending priorities, achieving social justice and directing support to the poor, as well as increasing state resources, improving collection methods and diversifying its sources. The committee affirmed in the statement the necessity of “supporting investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that depend on justice in distribution, supporting the private sector and its participation in the process of economic development, and continuing with reforms that have an impact on the economic and social reality of the country.”A statement issued by the Media Department of the House of Representatives stated that “the report included the vision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee regarding the budget, and its objectives by reducing the level of deficit and rearranging spending priorities, achieving social justice and directing support to the poor, as well as increasing state resources, improving collection methods and diversifying its sources. The committee affirmed in the statement the necessity of “supporting investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that depend on justice in distribution, supporting the private sector and its participation in the process of economic development, and continuing with reforms that have an impact on the economic and social reality of the country.”In the statement, the committee stressed the need to "support investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that rely on justice in distribution, support the private sector and involve it in the process of economic development, and continue with reforms that have an impact on the economic and social reality of the country."In the statement, the committee stressed the need to "support investment projects according to disbursement mechanisms that rely on justice in distribution, support the private sector and involve it in the process of economic development, and continue with reforms that have an impact on the economic and social reality of the country."

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Iraq 2021 budget .. Finance confirms securing the liquidity of salaries and projects without difficulties

 

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Shafaq News / On Tuesday, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance attributed the increase in expenditures included in the draft 2021 budget to providing the necessary liquidity to secure the state's needs.

 

The ministry said in a statement issued today about the increase in expenditures included in the draft federal budget law for 2021, and received by Shafaq News Agency, that it would like to clarify to the public opinion the details of the increase in financial allocations included in the draft federal budget law for 2021, indicating that The budget for 2021, both operational and investment, is one of the financial policies affecting economic activity and was based on general foundations and principles that reflect the necessary priorities for the current stage that the country is going through that help achieve development and economic goals.

 

The Ministry of Finance stated that it worked on the possibility of reducing the obstacles to financial threats and providing the necessary liquidity to secure the state’s needs in terms of securing salaries and completing projects without any difficulties that we may face during the current year.

 

The statement continued, "The draft federal budget law for 2021 included an increase in allocations amounting to (62.5) trillion dinars, excluding foreign and domestic loans compared to what was financed in 2020," indicating that "the increase was concentrated in the area of spending on salaries and allocations." And the retirement contribution, as it reached (20.5%) of the total increase. "

 

She explained, "This increase came to meet the costs of bonuses, fill vacancies, appoint doctors and health professionals for two previous years, and return those whose contracts have been canceled to all security agencies, in addition to volunteering in the armed forces."

 

It indicated that "pension salaries have been increased as a result of the continued implementation of the laws related to victims of terrorism, prisoners, martyrs, and end-of-service bonuses, with a percentage of (8.7%) of the total increase in public spending."

 

For the purpose of supporting the poor groups in society, according to the statement, public spending was increased in the 2021 budget by (5.8%) of the total increase in public spending, which was distributed on social care, the ration card, subsidies for wheat, rice, medicine and the Covid 19 vaccine.

 

The ministry also indicated that the budget law for 2021 included allocations to a number of important issues that affect the lives of citizens and secure their stability, such as provincial stability programs, conducting a census, holding elections and compensation in accordance with the laws in force.

 

As for the investment side, the statement indicates an increase of (7%) of the total increase in public spending for the year 2021, excluding foreign and local loans. The inclusion of allocations for the development of regions, petro-dollars, infrastructure projects for electricity, water and sanitation, and armament programs were concentrated.

 

Today, Tuesday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting at the guesthouse of the Prime Ministry to discuss the observations made by parliamentarians on the articles and paragraphs of the Federal Budget Law for 2021.

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Iraqi Finance issues an explanation regarding the increase in spending in the draft budget for 2021

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 Jan 12, 2021 04:50 PM

Mubasher: Today, Tuesday, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance issued a statement clarifying the details of the increase in financial allocations included in the draft federal budget law for 2021, according to tables, financial data and expenditures according to each sector and spending estimates for previous and current years.

The ministry said, in a statement, that preparing the budget for 2021, in both its operational and investment sides, is one of the financial policies affecting economic activity, and was based on general foundations and principles that reflect the necessary priorities for the current stage that the country is going through and that help achieve development and economic goals.

 The ministry added that it worked on the possibility of reducing obstacles to financial threats and providing the necessary liquidity to secure the state’s needs in terms of securing salaries and completing projects without any difficulties that may be encountered during the current year.

The Ministry of Finance stated that the draft federal budget law for 2021 included an increase in allocations amounting to 62.5 trillion dinars, excluding foreign and domestic loans compared to what was funded in 2020.

It noted that the increase was concentrated in the area of spending on salaries, allowances and retirement contributions. As it constitutes 20.5% of the total increase.

Al-Maliya indicated that this increase came to meet the costs of bonuses, fill vacancies, appoint doctors and health professionals for two previous years, and to return those whose contracts have been canceled to all security agencies, in addition to volunteering in the armed forces.

She said that pensions have been increased; As a result of the continued application of laws related to victims of terrorism, prisoners, martyrs, and end-of-service bonuses, which amounted to 8.7% of the total increase in public spending, indicating that for the purpose of supporting the poor groups in society, public spending was increased in the 2021 budget by about 8.5% of the total increase in public spending distributed among Social care, ration card, support for wheat, rice, medicine and the Covid-19 vaccine .

According to the Ministry, the Budget Law for 2021 included allocations for a number of important issues that affect the lives of citizens and secure their stability. Such as provincial stability programs, conducting the census, holding elections, and compensation in accordance with the laws in force.

With regard to the investment side, drew the Iraqi Finance Ministry, it increased by % 7 of the total increase in public spending for the year 2021 except for foreign and domestic loans.

The inclusion of allocations for the development of regions, petrodollars, electricity, water and sanitation infrastructure projects, and armament programs were concentrated .

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Parliamentary committee: Al-Kazemi government requested the purchase of goods and services 10 times as much for banks in 2020

18:53 - 12/01/2021

 

  

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The Government Program Monitoring Committee revealed, on Tuesday, that the government has requested amounts to buy goods and services in the 2021 budget, ten times as much for banks in 2020, despite the agreement to reduce spending.

A member of the committee monitoring the implementation of the parliamentary government program, Hazem Al-Khalidi, told / Al-Maalouma / that "it was agreed with the government before preparing the budget to reduce the amounts of purchasing goods and services and reduce them from what was spent in 2020."

He added, "Parliament was surprised by the government's request for an amount of 10 times the bank in 2020," noting that "the actual agreement to purchase goods and services in 2020 amounted to one trillion and 900 billion dinars at a time when the government requested for the year 2021 nearly 19 trillion dinars."

Al-Khalidi explained that "the budget is shocking, reversing all agreements by compressing expenditures, but it came by doubling the exchange and demand in 2021, indicating that" the actual exchange of assets for the year 2020 amounted to 87 billion dinars and the government requested 587 billion dinars. "