Parliamentary Finance: 50% of the articles of the 2021 budget have not been implemented

[Wheelman]

On 4/18/2021 at 9:51 AM, yota691 said:

An uproar on the communication sites after the budget was published in the Al-Waqa'iq newspaper: The Presidency of the Republic approved the first unmodified budget!

2021-04-18

Yes Iraq: Baghdad

 

Just a few hours after the 2021 budget was published in the Al-Waqa'iq newspaper, a number of economists and observers discovered that the newspaper had published tables that did not match the budget voted on by Parliament after it was amended.

The tables published in the Al-Waqae 'newspaper showed numbers related to the first copy of the budget sent by the government to the House of Representatives, not the ones that were amended and voted on by Parliament, as the tables contained a number about revenues and expenditures, the size of the budget of 164 trillion dinars, which is the number included in the first version, not 129 One trillion, the number voted upon after the budget amendment in the House of Representatives.

 

 

 

Economic specialist Nabil Al-Marsoumi said in a post titled “Two budgets in one budget,” while he continued sarcastically that “it is natural for the final figures to be published in the budget for public revenues and public expenditures, and not as stated in this budget, which has published two different versions of public revenues and public expenditures. The first is those presented by the government in its first and second versions, those that were legislated by Parliament and approved in the Budget Law No. 23 of 2021 of the federal budget for Iraq for the year 2021 and published in the Iraqi newspaper Al-Waqi’a No. 4625.

Has anyone notice, this spread sheet is in Billions, and not Trillions?

Theirs got to be an exchange rate somewhere.

[Longtimelurker]

2 minutes ago, Wheelman said:

Has anyone notice, this spread sheet is in Billions, and not Trillions?

Theirs got to be an exchange rate somewhere.

Definitely in billions👍 Article states trillions but numbers say otherwise. Nice catch!

[yota691]

Parliament Presidency issues recommendations for implementing "budget" projects

Tuesday 20 April 2021 114

 

 Baghdad: Hoda Al-Azzawi

Yesterday, Monday, a meeting was held in the House of Representatives, under the auspices of the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, to follow up the implementation of the provisions of the state budget 2021, attended by the ministers of finance and planning, governors and a number of parliamentary committee heads and deputies, to see the most important financial and planning problems facing the provinces in their implementation of projects .

 

Al-Kaabi said: “The aim of the meeting and what has been achieved from previous meetings is to find a direct channel of communication between the provincial administrations and the federal government, and through the legislative authority, in a way in which everyone may overcome many obstacles, routine and previous problems, and shorten the time to achieve the greatest possible benefit. For citizens through the completion of service and investment projects related to the lives of citizens ».

The first deputy warned, "The provincial administrations face political interference and the multiplicity of desires and parties that benefit from blocking projects," stressing, "We will not allow this year to repeat the experiences of past years, and we will directly monitor the implementation of service projects approved within the current year's budget."

In addition, some items in the budget published in the official gazette recently provoked mixed reactions. In this regard, a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Hussein Al-Oqabi, said in an interview with Al-Sabah: “Appealing against budget articles is an existing legal and constitutional right for any affected party who can Those articles are challenged before the Federal Court in the event that the article violates the constitutional law. ”

In response to the hadiths about the difference between the version of the budget voted by Parliament and the version approved by the President of the Republic between the punitive: “There are errors in the budget in relation to the tables, especially since they are accurate numerical tables, and are considered effective according to the law after they are published in the Official Gazette, especially And that these tables have changed in reducing the amount of the budget, and the publication of a major change.

He promised that “it is wrong to publish without verification and without a digital process, because this is part of the law, and there must be an original copy that was voted in Parliament and the tables that were amended by the government according to the amendment of Parliament, and that this reduction was voted Accordingly, it leads to a change in tables and figures, as we have a 25 percent reduction in the value of public expenditures, and it must be reduced in the tables and not remain as the government sent it, and this is a grave error and not 

Acceptable".

In turn, the reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, explained to “Al-Sabah”, that “the amount of expenditures in the budget has been reduced from 164 trillion dinars to 129.9 trillion dinars, and we have given powers to the Ministry of Finance to distribute them according to the tables and according to the ratios it sees, and this is part of the work. The government is not part of the work of the House of Representatives or the Finance Committee ».

He pointed out that "any change can be appealed to the Federal Court," indicating that "voting is not carried out in parliament on the tables, but voting takes place on the numbers that are distributed among the tables, and this is within the work of the government and the Ministry of Finance.

Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi pointed out in an interview with “Al-Sabah”, that “when the parliament votes on it and it is sent to the President of the Republic for approval, if 15 days have passed and it is not ratified by the President of the Republic, the law is automatically ratified and then published. 

In the Iraqi facts ».

And he indicated that "there are some material errors that do not affect the essence of things and are subject to correction, but if the law is published and one of the articles does not exist and is voted on, or there is a difference between the versions of the President of the Republic and Parliament and were published in another way in the Iraqi facts, then the appeal is necessary and the follow-up is necessary." By Parliament being the one who voted on it and within its legislative and oversight responsibility ».

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After publishing an unmodified version ... {the budget} faces appeals

Tuesday 20 April 2021 109

 

 Baghdad: Hoda Al-Azzawi 

 

Some of the items included in the budget copy published in the Al-Waqa’a newspaper have provoked mixed reactions that reached the allegation that there are two copies of it. In this regard, Hussein Al-Oqabi, a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, said in an interview with Al-Sabah: “Appealing against the budget’s articles is an existing legal and constitutional right, and any affected party can He may appeal these articles to the Federal Court in the event that the article violates the constitutional law.

In response to the hadiths about the difference between the version of the budget voted by Parliament and the version approved by the President of the Republic, Al-Puni stated that “there are errors in the budget copy pertaining to the digital tables, and it is considered enforceable according to the law because it was published in the Official Gazette.”

Al-Uqabi promised that “it is wrong to publish the budget without auditing, because in this case it has become part of the law, and there must be an original copy that was voted on in Parliament that includes the tables that have been amended by the government according to the amendment of Parliament, and that this reduction was made. Accordingly, it leads to a change in tables and numbers, as we have a 25 percent reduction in the value of public expenditures, and it must be reduced in the tables, not to remain as sent by the government, and this is a serious and unacceptable mistake.

In turn, the reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, explained to “Al-Sabah” that “the amount of expenditures in the budget has been reduced from 164 trillion dinars to 129.9 trillion dinars, and we have given powers to the Ministry of Finance to distribute them according to the tables and according to the ratios it sees, and this is part of the government's work and not Among the work of the House of Representatives or the Finance Committee ».

He pointed out that "any change can be appealed to the Federal Court," noting that "voting is not carried out in parliament on the tables, but voting is done on the numbers that are distributed on the tables, and this is within the work of the government and the Ministry of Finance."

Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi indicated in an interview with “Al-Sabah”, that “when the parliament votes on it and it is sent to the president of the republic for approval, if 15 days have passed and it is not ratified by the president of the republic, the law is automatically ratified and then published in the Iraqi events.” He indicated that “there are some material errors that do not affect the essence of things and are subject to correction, but if the law is published and one of the articles does not exist and is voted on, or there is a difference between the versions of the President of the Republic and Parliament and were published in another way in the Iraqi facts, the appeal and follow-up is necessary. By Parliament, as the matter is within its legislative responsibility And oversight ».

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Parliament Finance responds to questions and inquiries about the budget

Economie

2021-04-19 | 09:09

 

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Today, Monday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee responded to parliamentary inquiries regarding the 2021 Budget Law.

The committee said in a statement that Alsumaria News obtained a copy of, that it "has seen some data and what it contains questions from some parliamentarians regarding Financial Budget Law For the year 2021, and would like to show that there is a clear text in the budget bearing definition (g) from Clause 4 of Article 2, first, stating that the Ministry of Finance must adhere to the ceiling of the allocations mentioned in the schedule at the rate and redistribute those allocations in its two parts, both operational and capital, and classifying them on the basis of The level of sections, divisions, chapters, materials, types, and gender sequences in ministries and agencies not linked to a ministry and governorates in the other attached tables.

 

 

 

He added, "This means that the ceilings and allocations mentioned in the amended Schedule (B) attached to the law are the ruler over the rest of the tables, and the Ministry of Finance is committed to redistributing the allocations therein, which are ceilings consistent with what was approved in the body of the law, and there is no defect as well. Some have tried to promote it. "

The committee emphasized that "the amount of oil revenues mentioned in the budget includes what is achieved from the sale of the occasional derivatives resulting from isolation, refining and others, in addition to what is achieved from the sale of the estimated quantities of oil at their expected prices."

According to the statement, the committee called "those who have inquiries to examine or question by the specialized committee to find out any questions, questions or misunderstandings in reading the provisions of the budget law."

[yota691]

Parliamentary Finance issues a statement on the budget law

•  Time: 04/19/2021 15:23:49
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{Economist: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Finance issued, on Monday, a statement regarding the fiscal budget law for 2021

 

The ministry stated, in a statement that {Al Furat News} received a copy of, that "the Finance Committee has seen some data and what contains inquiries from some brothers regarding the fiscal budget law for 2021, and would like to show the following:
- There is a clear text in the budget - (g) From Clause Four of Article 2 First, which states the following: “The Ministry of Finance must adhere to the ceiling of the allocations mentioned in the amended Schedule B and redistribute those assignments in its operational and capitalist parts, and classify them on the basis of the level of chapters, sections, chapters, materials and types. And the sequence of gender in the ministries and agencies not linked to the ministry and the provinces in the other attached tables.
This means that “what was mentioned in the ceilings and allocations in the amended Schedule (B) attached to the law is the ruling over the rest of the tables, and that the Ministry of Finance is committed to redistributing the allocations therein, and they are ceilings consistent with what has been approved in the body of the law, and there is no defect. Just as some have tried to promote it. "
- That the amount of oil revenues mentioned in the body of the budget includes what is achieved by selling the occasional derivatives resulting from insulation, refining and others, in addition to what is achieved from the sale of the estimated quantities of oil at their expected prices.
We ask the brothers to examine or question the Specialized Committee to find out any questions, questions, or misunderstandings in reading the provisions of the Budget Law.

Forgiveness Al-Khalidi

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“Send funds retroactively” ... a Kurdish delegation to Baghdad for an understanding regarding the implementation of Article 11 of the budget

 

 

1,343 Policy 04/19/2021 19:35 Baghdad today -

Kurdistan A member of the Finance Committee in the Parliament of the Kurdistan Region, Bahjat Ali, confirmed today, Monday, that after publishing the budget law in the official gazette, a government delegation from the region will go to Baghdad. Ali said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), "The delegation will be technical and meet with officials in the federal government to discuss a mechanism for sending the sums that have been allocated to the Kurdistan region in exchange for handing over the region to the agreed share of oil and the revenues of the ports." He added that "the delegation will go to Baghdad in the coming days to reach an understanding on the mechanisms of implementing the budget law, specifically paragraph 11 related to the Kurdistan region’s share, and the funds will be sent retroactively, if a mechanism and agreement is reached between the two parties." And (Baghdad Today), yesterday, Sunday, published the text of the federal budget law for 2021, which is published in the official newspaper Al-Waqaei. After the text of the budget law was published in the official gazette, it officially entered into force to start disbursement operations. On Thursday (April 8, 2021), President of the Republic, Barham Salih, ratified the federal fiscal budget law for the current year, calling for the implementation of its provisions to achieve reform. The president said in a statement received (Baghdad today), "The approval comes to secure the necessary needs of our people, and to finance the salaries of employees and retirees and the necessary government expenditures in a way that achieves social justice for all regions of Iraq and all segments of society." To view the law, click here

[horsesoldier]

12 hours ago, Longtimelurker said:

Definitely in billions👍 Article states trillions but numbers say otherwise. Nice catch!

Theyre famous for “ typos “... could this be one of “those “ ????

[yota691]

A scandal ... a contradiction in the balancing act between the vote on it in Parliament and the publication in the Iraqi newspaper Al-Waqi’a

Last updated: April 19, 2021 - 4:55 PM
 Baghdad / Iraq News Network - Today, Monday, the National Approach bloc indicated that there is a mismatch between the budget schedule voted on and published in the Al-Waqa'iq newspaper. In the same article with the phrase (as indicated in the table / a-) attached to this law .. but the total revenues mentioned in the attached table (a) are registered in the amount of (93) trillion dinars only, and this contradiction between what is mentioned in the first article in writing of the revenue estimates and what Mentioned in Schedule (A) the appendix requires a correction according to what Parliament voted in this article.She added, “Article (2) First -1- The written text states that operating expenditures amount to (90,5) ninety trillion five hundred billion dinars, distributed according to the field (1,2,3) of Table (B) and when table (B) is reviewed. You find that the sum of this amount is only in field (1) under the title Total Operational while field (2) refers to another amount (9) trillion, approximately, in the title of indebtedness, and field (3) in the table indicates the amount of (Special programs approximately (1,2) Trillion ”.And she continued, "Two tables were published attached to the texts of the written budget law, one of which corresponds to the texts written in the budget law with total expenditures (129.9) trillion dinars, and there is another appendix table showing the details of what is mentioned in the leaked budget, which estimated spending at the time at (164) trillion dinars, and it is assumed that The schedule corresponding to its numbers is published with the texts of the written budget voted by Parliament, and the proposed tables are deleted from the government that were expressing texts and materials amended by Parliament and canceled some of them.The bloc indicated that “the existence of tables within the published law is understood to be part of that law, so the tables that express the leaked budget numbers with total expenditures of (164) trillion dinars will remain, despite their amendment and the parliament's vote to reduce their amounts to a total of (129.9) trillion dinars. It will make it in the strength of other schedules. Therefore, we demand the re-publication and correction of the budget law with the attached tables that have been amended by Parliament and not the ones proposed by the government in the leaked budget. Al-Nahj bloc said, "The presence of the phrase (cabinet amendment scenario) at the top of the page in which the table is published, at an amount of (164) trillion, does not eliminate the problem, because its publication in the Al-Waqa'iq newspaper is understood from it that it has won the legislative decision and approval!” And called "the Presidency of Parliament to investigate and explain the reasons for this error in the inconsistency between some of the publication in the facts and the one voted by Parliament."

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1 hour ago, horsesoldier said:

Theyre famous for “ typos “... could this be one of “those “ ????

i dont believe so 

[shixjr]

So, their reporters publish what they want without any facts?  Sound familiar?  😁

[Longtimelurker]

2 minutes ago, shixjr said:

So, their reporters publish what they want without any facts?  Sound familiar?  😁

Or something leaked and they're trying to cover it up? 🤷

[yota691]

The Ministry of Finance reveals budget errors and opens up the Presidency of the Republic

•  Time: 04/20/2021 13:33:58
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{Economic: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Finance announced that there are errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 Federal Budget Law announced in the Official Gazette.

 

The ministry indicated that "the presidency of the republic will be approached for the purpose of correction."

Last Sunday, the Ministry of Justice announced the issuance of the new issue of Al-Waqi’a Iraqi newspaper number (4625), which included the Federal Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq, which was approved by the Presidency of the Republic.

It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives approved, on March 31, the 2021 budget, with total expenditures amounting to 129 trillion dinars (about 88 billion dollars), while it recorded a deficit of 28 trillion (about 19 billion dollars).

Estimated revenues from exporting crude oil were also calculated on the basis of an average price of $ 45 a barrel, and an export rate of 3.250 million barrels per day.

The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, approved the budget law on April 8.

Forgiveness Al-Khalidi

 

[yota691]

Iraqi Finance announces errors in the tables and texts of the budget announced in the Official Gazette

Iraqi Ministry of Finance

 20 April 2021 2:29 PM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Ministry of Finance revealed, today, Tuesday, that there are errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 budget announced in the Official Gazette, indicating that the Presidency of the Republic will be approached for the purpose of correction.

 

The Ministry of Finance said, in a statement, that it had started auditing procedures for the Federal Budget Law No. 23 of 2021 after the President of the Republic approved its publication in the Official Gazette No. 4625 on April 12, in accordance with the powers vested in the ministry.

 Al-Maliah added that she noticed errors in the tables and texts, which will be approached by the Presidency Office. For the purpose of issuing a correction statement in accordance with the authority granted to them under the provisions of Article (8) of the Publication Law of the Official Gazette No. (78) of 1977 AD.

The Ministry indicated that all the errors that were mentioned in the draft project sent by the House of Representatives according to its letter No. 1/9/3022 on April 6, 2021 and sent by the Presidency of the Republic to the Official Gazette according to its letter No. April.

The Ministry announced its observation, which included errors The first of these was that it was mentioned in Article 1 / First / A that the revenues of the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021 are estimated at a value of 101.32 trillion dinars, as indicated in Table (A) Revenues according to the preparation attached to this law, indicating that Table (A) has not been amended according to the total revenues referred to. The above, but the total revenues sent by the government project, amounting to 93.16 trillion dinars, were preserved.

And she continued: "Likewise, Article 2 / First / Expenditure is allocated an amount of 129.99 trillion dinars for the year 2021, of which A- operating expenses by 90.56 trillion dinars, distributed according to field (1, 2 and 3) of Table (B) expenditures according to the ministries, while the correct total is 98.97 trillion dinars, not 90.56 trillion dinars, because the additional operational fields are not included, because the last amount is the sum of the field in Column No. (1), plus 1.88 trillion dinars, of the new operational amounts. "

The Finance indicated that with regard to total capital, it was stated within the same law at an amount of 29.14 trillion riyals, distributed according to (field / 4 total expenditures) from (Table / B expenditures according to ministries) and Table (E) attached to this law, including the following amounts .

And she added: "While it was mentioned in Table (B) prepared by the House of Representatives an amount of 25.71 trillion dinars, and when adding the new additional capital field contained in Table (B) prepared by the House of Representatives, it will be 29.14 trillion dinars, and that the total amount contained in the table attached to the law sent from Before the government, it is 27.76 trillion dinars, which cannot be approved because Parliament has reduced total capital expenditures, and schedule (e) referred to in paragraph (3) above cannot be approved because the original schedule was not approved by the House of Representatives, but was changed according to Schedule (B). "

Finally, Al-Maliya pointed out that it was included in the schedule of page (9) regarding paragraph (III) deficit 1 = (A + Total revenues 320.14 trillion riyals and it does not match the total of paragraph (A + B), but the correct one is 101.32 trillion dinars, confirming that The Presidency of the Republic will be approached for the purpose of issuing the above-mentioned correction statement.

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Despite the entry into force of the budget ... Kurdish parliamentarian: Kurdistan has not delivered oil to Baghdad yet

12:15 - 20/04/2021

 

  

The information / Erbil ..
Member of the Parliament of the Kurdistan Region, Ahmed Deban, confirmed, on Tuesday, that the regional government has not yet received the amount of oil agreed upon and stipulated in the budget law.
Deban said in a statement to / information /, that "the regional government has not yet received the amount of oil agreed upon and stipulated in the budget law, and therefore there is a disavowal of the last agreement."
He added, "From the beginning, we knew that the regional government will not hand over a single barrel of oil, because it does not have control over this file that is managed by Turkish companies, and therefore the budget agreement will remain ink on paper."
Two days ago, the Iraqi newspaper Al-Waqi’a published the general budget law that Parliament voted last month, hoping for the Kurdistan region’s share.

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Finance talks about 4 budget errors, published in the Al-Waqi’a newspaper

April 20, 2021

 

 

She indicated her intention to approach the Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of correction (Facebook)

Ultra Iraq Editorial Team

The Ministry of Finance announced that there were errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 budget announced in the Official Gazette.  

In a statement received by "Ultra Iraq" a copy of it, the ministry said, "The Ministry of Finance has started auditing procedures for the Federal Budget Law for the year 2021 after the approval of the President of the Republic in accordance with the powers vested in us, as the Ministry began procedures for auditing the Federal Budget Law No. (23) for the year / 2021 which It was published in the Official Gazette, issue No. 4625, on April 12, 2021, and we were noticed that there were errors in the tables and texts, which would be approached to the Office of the Presidency for the purpose of issuing a correction statement in accordance with the powers vested in them under the provisions of Article (8) of the Publication Law in the Official Gazette No. (78) For the year 1977 ".  

He added, "Whereas, all the errors that were mentioned in the draft project sent by the House of Representatives according to its letter No. 1/9/3022 on April 6, 2021 and sent by the Presidency of the Republic to the Official Gazette according to its book No. 1/41/1278 in 12 April 2021, outlined below:  

• 1: In Article 1 / First / A, the revenues of the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021/2021 (101320141984) are estimated in one thousand dinars, as indicated in Table (A) Revenues according to the numbers attached to this law.  

Whereas schedule (A) was not amended according to the total revenues referred to above, but the total revenues sent by the government project, which amounted to (93159954484) thousand dinars, were retained.  

• 2: Also in Article 2 / First / Expenditures, an amount of (129993009291) thousand dinars is allocated for the year / 2021, of which: 

Operating expenses (90559139482) thousand dinars are distributed according to field (1, 2 and 3) of Table (B), expenditures according to the ministries.  

Whereas the correct total is (98974139482) one thousand dinars and not (90559139482) thousand dinars, because the additional operational fields are not included because the last amount is the sum of the column number (1) field plus (1882000000) one thousand dinars, the new operational amounts.  

• 3: As for the total capital, it was mentioned within the same law in the amount of (29136869809) one thousand dinars (twenty-nine trillion one hundred and thirty-six billion eight hundred and sixty-nine million eight hundred and nine thousand dinars) distributed according to (field / 4 total expenditures) of (table / b) expenditures According to the ministries) and Schedule (E) attached to this law, including the following sums.  

While it was mentioned in Schedule (B) prepared by the House of Representatives an amount of (25713294605) thousand dinars, and when adding the new additional capital field contained in Table (B) prepared by the House of Representatives, it will be (29136869809) thousand dinars and that the total amount contained in the table attached to the law sent from Before the government it is (27757619729) one thousand dinars, which cannot be approved because Parliament has reduced the total capital expenditures, and schedule (E) referred to in paragraph (3) above cannot be approved because the original schedule was not approved by the House of Representatives, but was changed according to Schedule (B) .  

• 4: It was also mentioned in the schedule of page (9) regarding Paragraph (Third) Deficit 1 = (A + Total revenues (320141984101) one thousand dinars and it does not match the total of paragraph (A + B). Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of issuing the correction statement referred to above.  

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The Ministry of Finance reveals how to deal with the errors contained in the Budget Law in numbers

2021-04-20

Yes Iraq: Baghdad

 

The Ministry of Finance announced, on Tuesday, that there were errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 budget announced in the Official Gazette, while indicating its intention to approach the Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of correction. 

 

The ministry said in a statement that “The Ministry of Finance has started auditing procedures for the Federal Budget Law for the year 2021 after the approval of the President of the Republic in accordance with the powers vested in us. / April / 2021, we noticed that there were errors in the tables and texts; The matter that will approach the Presidency Office for the purpose of issuing a correction statement in accordance with the authority granted to them under the provisions of Article (8) of the Publication Law of the Official Gazette No. (78) of 1977.

 

He added, “Whereas all the errors that were mentioned in the draft project sent by the House of Representatives according to its letter No. 1/9/3022 on 6/4/2021 and sent by the Presidency of the Republic to the Official Gazette according to its book No. 1/41/1278 in 12/4/2021 and shown below:

 

1 In Article 1 / First / A, the federal budget revenues are estimated for the fiscal year 2021/2021 (101320141984) one thousand dinars, as indicated in Table (A), the revenues are according to the numbers attached to this law.

 

While the table (A) was not amended according to the total revenues referred to above, but rather the total revenues sent by the government project, which amounted to (93159954484) thousand dinars, were retained.

 

2 Also in Article 2 / First / Expenditures, an amount (129993009291) is allocated one thousand dinars for the year / 2021 of them

 

Operating expenses (90559139482) one thousand dinars, distributed according to field (1, 2 and 3) of Table (B), expenditures according to the ministries.

 

While the correct total is (98974139482) one thousand dinars and not (90559139482) one thousand dinars, because the additional operational fields are not included, because the last amount is the sum of the column number (1) field plus (1882000000) one thousand dinars, the new operational amounts

 

3 As for the total capital, it was mentioned within the same law in the amount of (29136869809) one thousand dinars (twenty-nine trillion one hundred and thirty-six billion eight hundred sixty-nine million eight hundred and nine thousand dinars) distributed according to (field / 4 total expenditures) of (table / b) expenditures according to Ministries) and Schedule (E) attached to this law, including the following sums.

 

While it was mentioned in Schedule (B) prepared by the House of Representatives an amount of (25713294605) thousand yen, and when adding the new additional capital field contained in Table (B) prepared by the House of Representatives, it will be (29136869809) one thousand dinars and that the total amount contained in the table attached to the law sent from Before the government, it is (27757619729) a thousand dinars, which cannot be approved because Parliament has reduced the total capital expenditures, and schedule (E) referred to in paragraph (3) above cannot be approved because the original schedule was not approved by the House of Representatives, but was changed according to Schedule (B).

 

4 It was also mentioned in the schedule of page (9) regarding Paragraph (III) Deficit 1 = (A + Total revenues (320141984101) one thousand dinars, which does not match the total of paragraph (A + B), but the correct one is (101320141984) one thousand dinars, and the Presidency of the Republic will be approached For the purpose of issuing the correction statement referred to above.

 

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Publishing an unamended copy of the budget exposes it to appeals

Political| 09:49 - 20/04/2021

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
Some of the items included in the budget copy published in the Al-Waqi’a newspaper have provoked mixed reactions that reached the claim that there are two copies of them.
In this regard, a member of the Parliament's Legal Committee, Hussein Al-Oqabi, said, according to the official newspaper, that "appealing against the budget's articles is an existing constitutional legal right, and any affected party can appeal those articles before the Federal Court in the event that the article violates the constitutional law."
In response to the hadiths about the difference between the version of the budget voted by Parliament and the version approved by the President of the Republic, Al-Oqabi clarified that "there are errors in the budget copy related to the digital tables, and it is considered enforceable according to the law because it was published in the Official Gazette."
Al-Aqabi considered, "It is wrong to publish the budget without auditing, because in this case it has become part of the law, and there must be an original copy voted on in Parliament that includes the tables that have been amended by the government according to the amendment of Parliament."
He explained, "This reduction, which was voted on, leads to a change in tables and numbers, as we have a 25 percent reduction in the value of public expenditures, and it must be reduced in the tables, not to remain as sent by the government, and this is a serious and unacceptable mistake."

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Bloc head: Appealing the budget does not delay its execution or return it to Parliament

 

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 2021-04-19 13:06

 

 

Shafaq News / The head of Bayariq Al-Khair Parliamentary Bloc, Muhammad Al-Khalidi confirmed, on Monday, that the government's appeal to the 2021 General Budget Law does not delay its implementation and does not return it to Parliament.

 

Al-Khalidi told Shafaq News, "The appeal that the government and some political blocs intend to submit to the Federal Court regarding the articles and paragraphs of the General Budget Law does not delay its implementation and does not return the law to the House of Representatives."

 

And that "the appeal will be only on specific articles and paragraphs and not on the entirety of the law," indicating that "the Federal Court will only consider the contested articles, and this does not mean challenging the budget law."

 

Al-Khalidi continued, "The budget law came into effect after it was approved by the Presidency of the Republic and published in the Official Gazette, and it will be implemented by the Ministry of Finance."

 

The Iraqi government and some political blocs and MPs announced that they would submit appeals to the budget law to the Federal Court, to amend some of the paragraphs contained in the law.

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Iraqi Finance announces errors in the tables and texts of the budget announced in the Official Gazette

Iraqi Ministry of Finance

 20 April 2021 2:29 PM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Ministry of Finance revealed, today, Tuesday, that there are errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 budget announced in the Official Gazette, indicating that the Presidency of the Republic will be approached for the purpose of correction.

The Ministry of Finance said, in a statement, that it had started auditing procedures for the Federal Budget Law No. 23 of 2021 after the President of the Republic approved its publication in the Official Gazette No. 4625 on April 12, in accordance with the powers vested in the ministry.

 Al-Maliah added that she noticed errors in the tables and texts, which will be approached by the Presidency Office. For the purpose of issuing a correction statement in accordance with the authority granted to them under the provisions of Article (8) of the Publication Law of the Official Gazette No. (78) of 1977 AD.

The Ministry indicated that all the errors that were mentioned in the draft project sent by the House of Representatives according to its letter No. 1/9/3022 on April 6, 2021 and sent by the Presidency of the Republic to the Official Gazette according to its letter No. April.

The Ministry announced its observation, which included errors The first of these was that it was mentioned in Article 1 / First / A that the revenues of the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021 are estimated at a value of 101.32 trillion dinars, as indicated in Table (A) Revenues according to the preparation attached to this law, indicating that Table (A) has not been amended according to the total revenues referred to. The above, but the total revenues sent by the government project, amounting to 93.16 trillion dinars, were preserved.

And she continued: "Likewise, Article 2 / First / Expenditure is allocated an amount of 129.99 trillion dinars for the year 2021, of which A- operating expenses by 90.56 trillion dinars, distributed according to field (1, 2 and 3) of Table (B) expenditures according to the ministries, while the correct total is 98.97 trillion dinars, not 90.56 trillion dinars, because the additional operational fields are not included, because the last amount is the sum of the field in Column No. (1), plus 1.88 trillion dinars, of the new operational amounts. "

The Finance indicated that with regard to total capital, it was stated within the same law at an amount of 29.14 trillion riyals, distributed according to (field / 4 total expenditures) from (Table / B expenditures according to ministries) and Table (E) attached to this law, including the following amounts .

And she added: "While it was mentioned in Table (B) prepared by the House of Representatives an amount of 25.71 trillion dinars, and when adding the new additional capital field contained in Table (B) prepared by the House of Representatives, it will be 29.14 trillion dinars, and that the total amount contained in the table attached to the law sent from Before the government, it is 27.76 trillion dinars, which cannot be approved because Parliament has reduced total capital expenditures, and schedule (e) referred to in paragraph (3) above cannot be approved because the original schedule was not approved by the House of Representatives, but was changed according to Schedule (B). "

Finally, Al-Maliya pointed out that it was included in the schedule of page (9) regarding paragraph (III) deficit 1 = (A + Total revenues 320.14 trillion riyals and it does not match the total of paragraph (A + B), but the correct one is 101.32 trillion dinars, confirming that The Presidency of the Republic will be approached for the purpose of issuing the above-mentioned correction statement.

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Parliamentary Finance responds to the ministry about budget errors .. And a legal expert: What happened is a scandal

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{Local: Al Furat News} The Parliamentary Finance Committee responded to the statement of the Ministry of Finance, which implicitly bears the parliament regarding the errors in the fiscal budget law for 2021.

 

The head of the committee, Haitham al-Jubouri, said, "The revenues were not included in the financial, the foreign workers’ work fee, the expected sales tax for cigarettes and alcoholic beverages, the amount of crude oil sold to the refineries, and the water revenues after increasing them. "
He added, "They are collecting the debt with the operational ones, while they are in the original version of the project. They separated them from each other, so we separated them as well."
"As for capitalism, because we have adopted two separate numbers as it came from the ministry that it is the projects financed by the treasury and the second part financed by loans," Al-Jubouri added, pointing to "the amendment of the tables' numbers (A, C, D and E). It must be changed from the Ministry of Finance and not from The committee made our judgment to change it based on the amendments to schedule {B} amended according to the text of Paragraph {g} of Clause IV, Article 2 First. "
For his part, charged a legal expert, the House of Representatives, that there are errors in the fiscal budget law.
Jamal Al-Asadi said in a press statement, "The presence of errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 budget announced in the official gazette, along with what another copy of the budget constitutes a scandal on the date of publication in the Iraqi newspaper Al-Waqi’a, wondering how the law was published with the financial difference in the two versions, which amounts to about 35 trillion dinars?
He stressed, "The need to open an investigation into the matter to find out who sent the budget copy to the Iraqi newspaper Al-Waqa'i’, and to find out if the transmitted copy is the same that carries errors, or there are wrong schedules attached, "pointing out that" the House of Representatives is the one who bears the responsibility. "
The legal expert stressed the need for the House of Representatives to submit an official apology that explains the error in the budget, adding: “There must be filtering by the House of Representatives before sending the budget law to the Presidency of the Republic.
He continued, that in accordance with the laws, what is published in the Official Gazette is legal, in the sense that the budget law came into force, pointing out that he is supposed to the House of Representatives to publish a correction of this error in the newspaper facts. "
The Ministry of Finance of the Federal Government has been determined, Earlier today, Tuesday, there were errors in the tables and texts of the 2021 budget announced in the Official Gazette, and the Presidency of the Republic will be approached for the purpose of correction.

The ministry added, in a statement PUKmedia obtained a copy of, that it has started auditing procedures for the 2021 Federal Budget Law after approval by the President of the Republic in accordance with the powers vested in us.  

She indicated that she had started with the procedures of auditing the Federal Budget Law No. (23) for the year / 2021 that was published in the Official Gazette No. 4625 on 12 / April / 2021, noting that they were noticed that there were errors in the tables and texts, the matter that will be approached by the Presidency Office for the purpose of Issuing a correction statement in accordance with the authority granted to them under the provisions of Article (of the Law of Publication in the Official Gazette No. (78) of 1977).

And she continued, as all the errors that were mentioned in the draft project sent by the House of Representatives according to her letter No. 1/9/3022 on 6/4/2021 and sent by the Presidency of the Republic to the Official Gazette according to her book No. / 4/2021 and shown below: -

1- In Article 1 / First / A, the federal budget revenues for the fiscal year 2021/2021 (101320141984) are estimated one thousand dinars, as indicated in Table (A), the revenues are according to the numbers attached to this law.

While the table (A) was not amended according to the total revenues referred to above, but rather the total revenues sent by the government project, which amounted to (93159954484) thousand dinars, were retained.

2- Article 2 / First / Expenditures also mentioned an amount (129993009291) thousand dinars for the year / 2021 of them.

1-A- Operating expenses (90559139482) one thousand dinars distributed according to field (1, 2 and 3) of Table (B) expenses according to the ministries.

While the correct total is (98974139482) one thousand dinars and not (90559139482) one thousand dinars, because the additional operational fields are not included, because the last amount is the sum of the column number (1) field plus (1882000000) one thousand dinars, the new operational amounts

3- As for the total capital, it was mentioned within the same law in the amount (29136869809) one thousand dinars (twenty-nine trillion one hundred and thirty-six billion eight hundred and sixty-nine million eight hundred and nine thousand dinars) distributed according to (field / 4 total expenditures) of (table / b) expenditures According to the ministries) and Schedule (E) attached to this law, including the following sums.

While it was mentioned in Schedule (B) prepared by the House of Representatives an amount of (25713294605) thousand yen, and when adding the new additional capital field contained in Table (B) prepared by the House of Representatives, it will be (29136869809) one thousand dinars and that the total amount contained in the table attached to the law sent from Before the government, it is (27757619729) a thousand dinars, which cannot be approved because Parliament has reduced the total capital expenditures, and schedule (E) referred to in paragraph (3) above cannot be approved because the original schedule was not approved by the House of Representatives, but was changed according to Schedule (B).

4- It was also mentioned in the schedule of page (9) regarding Paragraph (Third) Deficit 1 = (A + Total revenues (320141984101) one thousand dinars and it does not match the total of Paragraph (A + B). Republic for the purpose of issuing the above correction statement.

Ammar Al-Masoudi

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Finance Minister: We will ask the Presidency of the Republic to reconsider some budget corrections

•  Time: 04/20/2021 17:39:33
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{Economist: Al Furat News} The Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, revealed, on Tuesday, a request that will be submitted to the Presidency of the Republic that includes reviewing some corrections in the 2021 budget.

 

"We will ask the Presidency of the Republic to reconsider some of the budget corrections," Allawi said, at the joint weekly press conference held at the cabinet building, attended by the Al Furat News correspondent.
"We will also try to find a good solution to raise the level of the Iraqi's per capita income," he added.

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Parliamentary Finance: 3 proposals regarding the budget for the next three years

•  Time: 04/21/2021 02:56:22
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{Economist: Al Furat News} The Parliamentary Finance Committee unveiled a proposal to approve the 2021 budget for the next three years.

 

Al-Hajja member Muhammad Al-Shabky said in a press statement, "The holding of parliamentary elections in October next and the approval of their results, and the formation of the government, which may be delayed until April or June of next year, this matter will cause a delay in approving the budget next year and thus will affect the exchange mechanism in the provinces." Ministries and contractors' obligations.
He added that "there are 3 proposals to implement a mechanism for implementing the budget next year, the first of which is the adoption of data and accounts for the 2021 budget for the 2022 budget, while the second proposal included the approval of this year's budget for the next three years, which is an opinion submitted by MPs and political blocs."
And he added, "The third proposal is to adopt a 12/1 disbursement mechanism in order to implement the Financial Management Law by relying on the 2021 budget for any reason if it is not possible to legislate the 2022 Budget Law."
Al-Shbaki confirmed that "the Finance Committee and the House of Representatives are studying many proposals that lead to the approval of next year's budget smoothly and easily."
Ammar Al-Masoudi

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Al-Kaabi reveals the circumstances of obstructing the interrogation of the Central Bank governor: requests to lift immunity exclusively in the office of Al-Halbousi

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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, revealed the circumstances of the interrogation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb, terrifying, by a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Faleh Al-Sari.

 

Al-Kaabi said in the "Political Lanterns" program broadcast by the Al-Furat satellite channel at dawn on Wednesday, "The current parliamentary session is the least session of Parliament, with interrogations, and the door to interrogations remains open and has not stopped, but the parliament and the blocs are preoccupied with the financial budget."
He added, "Some accused me of obstructing the questioning of the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, and this is contrary to reality," noting that "the governor of the bank was wanted for hosting and not for interrogation."
And he indicated that "MP Faleh Al-Sari, who is the dean of parliamentarians and one of the oldest representatives, is the one who requested the interrogation, but there were other parties who were not entitled to interfere in the questions. They tried in one way or another to take their role by asking them, and according to the internal system, the questioned MP is responsible for that, but some wanted to obstruct that." By creating chaos and asking questions in a moody manner and by how to disagree with the rules of procedure, which has kept the request open until now. "
Al-Kaabi pointed out that "a political team was preventing the passage of the budget to thwart Mustafa Al-Kazemi's government."
He added, "We have deputies who are martyred with the Coronavirus because of their work in the House of Representatives and not because of their presence among their families," noting that "a political person is supposed to continue his work and obtain experience, but the House of Representatives is difficult and tiring work and an experience is not easy."
Regarding the tax deduction for employees' salaries, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament said, "We thank Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi for suspending the tax deduction," indicating that "the financial abundance denied the need for austerity," stressing that "the government has the right to appeal the budget and the Federal Supreme Court is the one that decides."
Al-Kaabi confirmed, "There are requests to lift the immunity of MPs, and I do not know the number, but they are in the office of the Speaker of Parliament (Muhammad al-Halbousi), as it is exclusively in his hands according to the law."
pointed to "
Regarding the upcoming elections, he said, "Blocs have become small and their presence will be symbolic and others mature and grow, and the Sadrist movement has more than 100 candidates, and we need 120 candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections."
He explained that "the current election law gives the opportunity to all disciplined public bases," noting that "some believe that cutting roads and carrying out unacceptable behavior, even from the Tishreen movement, is unacceptable."
Al-Kaabi praised the Al-Kazemi government, describing it as "good", denying "the existence of a deep state for others, which is malicious propaganda and whoever claims that must provide proof."
He revealed that "more than 500 thousand employees in the repressive agencies of Saddam Hussein receive salaries and wages from the Ministry of Finance and the Retirement Authority, and it is necessary to ask questions." Previous governments reported, "pointing out that" corruption and the corrupt are those who burden the budget, not political prisoners. "
Al-Kaabi called, "MP Dhafer Al-Ani to be with the interest of Iraq and its people and not to destabilize the situation."
He criticized the Mayor of Baghdad by saying that "I took office more than six months ago and he must provide more performance and activity despite the allocation of funds and the addition of allocations to the secretariat, but he did not see his mail for months and there are corrupt people who have not been held accountable, but we have legal procedures if the performance does not improve and we hoped that he would come to the secretariat." Professional person.
Ammar Al-Masoudi

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A parliamentary proposal to adopt the 2021 budget for the next three years

Wednesday April 21, 2021 137

 

  Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

    And Muhannad Abdel Wahab 

 

The Finance Committee in the House of Representatives revealed a proposal to approve the 2021 budget for the next three years, while the Ministries of Finance and Planning developed an "action plan" to accelerate the implementation of the budget, the inclusion of projects and their follow-up.

At the same time, the Karbala governorate objected to the allocations allocated to it in the general budget, with the absence of the "visitor dollar" clause within the law.

Committee member Muhammad al-Shabaki told Al-Sabah: “Holding parliamentary elections next October and ratification of their results and forming a government that may be delayed until April or June of next year. This matter will cause a delay in approving the budget next year and thus will affect the disbursement mechanism in Provinces, ministries and contractors' obligations.

Al-Shabaki added that "there are 3 proposals to implement a mechanism for implementing the budget next year, the first of which is the adoption of data and accounts for the 2021 budget for the 2022 budget, while the second proposal included the approval of this year's budget for the next three years, which is an opinion submitted by MPs and political blocs."

And he continued, "The third proposal is to adopt a 1/12 mechanism in the exchange in order to implement the Financial Management Law by relying on the 2021 budget in the event that it is not possible to legislate the 2022 Budget Law for any reason whatsoever."

To Karbala, where Governor Nassif Al-Khattabi explained that "the allocations of Karbala Governorate are much less than their entitlements and were unfair in this budget and in previous budgets," indicating that it "receives 50 million visitors a year and this has no effect on the financial benefits." 

He told Al-Sabah: “The 2021 budget was devoid of the (visitor dollar) clause, which was a great loss for the governorate.