Iraq to prepare 2023’s budget law within 20 days

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Sudani: This year's budget will include for the first time the government's vision and ministerial curriculum

Al-Sudani pointed out that "the ration card will witness an improvement during the current month for the social protection category." 

 

 

Erbil (Kurdistan 24) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Tuesday that this year's budget will include for the first time the government's vision and ministerial curriculum.

Al-Sudani said during a press conference held today, that "one of the priorities of the government is the provision of services," noting that "the service and engineering effort is continuing and increasing in more than one region, and is currently present in 21 sites, including 17 in Baghdad and 4 in Diwaniyah."

The Prime Minister added in the health file that "the cost of rehabilitating Kadhimiya Hospital is less than 3 billion dinars and with Iraqi capabilities, this experience will be circulated to 10 other hospitals," pointing out that "the 2023 budget will include funds to provide medicines by 100% in hospitals, and there are committees specialized in hospital management."

"The health insurance law is the government's strategic choice," he said.

"There are 10 trillion dinars in the food security law for projects in the provinces that do not fit the government's directions," he said.

He pointed out that "the Minister of Electricity during the cabinet meeting today requested a set of financial and administrative powers and pledged that the summer of 2023 will differ in the supply of electrical energy to citizens."

"The disruption in the implementation of electricity projects is caused by corruption and mismanagement," he said.

On supporting those covered by the social protection network, the Prime Minister indicated that "the ration card will witness an improvement during the current month for the social protection category," pointing out that "there will be an expansion in the coverage of the social protection network."

He explained that "the researchers' campaign to include social protection will be launched in the middle of this month," noting that "there is a review of the contracts of electronic payment companies that affect citizens."

"The Ministry of Oil will carry out comprehensive rehabilitation work for homes for the elderly, orphans and the homeless," he said.

Regarding the recovery of smuggled funds, al-Sudani stressed that "the government is following up with the competent courts regarding the return of stolen and smuggled funds inside and outside Iraq."

"We have circulated orders to Interpol to pursue those wanted in the file of theft of tax deposits," he said, calling on brothers and friends to "support the process of recovering Iraq's stolen funds".

Regarding the budget, "we did not rush to send the general budget for 2023," noting that "the current year's budget will include for the first time the government's vision and the ministerial curriculum."

He pointed out that "the salaries paragraph in the budget rose from 41 trillion dinars to 62 trillion," stressing that "the installation of lecturers is a right on the state."

"Expanding appointments, wages and contracts is currently not possible," he said, noting that "fluctuations in dollar exchange rates are an opportunity for economic reform and preventing currency smuggling".

"Sending the 2023 budget to parliament needs more scrutiny of the status of financial commitments," he said.

Regarding the housing crisis among the Sudanese that "the government is preparing to distribute 500 thousand plots of land and solve the housing crisis is through the paths of land distribution in serviced areas, residential complexes and investment," noting also that "the Council of Ministers approved the minutes of the investigative committee on granting distinct plots of land to those who are not eligible."

"Privileged plots of land granted to undeserving people have been recovered and violators have been referred for investigation," he said, noting that "479 distinct plots of land have been granted to undeserving people contrary to the law."

 

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Parliamentary Finance reveals to Nina the reasons for the delay of the budget, the features of its paragraphs and the date of its approval in the House of Representatives

Wed 04 , January 2023 09:17 |

Parliamentary Finance reveals to Nina the reasons for the delay of the budget, the features of its paragraphs and the date of its approval in the House of Representatives (ninanews-com.translate.goog)

Baghdad /NinaA member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Kojar, revealed the reasons for the delay in the budget, the features of its paragraphs and the date of its approval in the House of Representatives. Koger said in a statement to the Iraqi National News Agency //
that the delay in sending the budget is due to several reasons, including that the government was formed late, and also the government was planning that the price of a barrel of oil is above $ 70 per barrel, but the decline in oil prices re-studied the price of a barrel again, as well as differences between the federal government and the Kurdistan region, as well as differences between the blocks of the State Administration Coalition.
He explained that the budget is likely to be approved in February, given that after the legislative recess, it will be sent from the government to the House of Representatives, and it needs at least 20 days to read it, study it and then approve it. . Koger suggested to the government that the price of a barrel of oil be precautionary (65-70), to be able to provide services to citizens and complete projects, considering that without services will affect the social reality of the country.

He stressed that even if oil prices fall in the future, we have a financial surplus, and an excellent bank reserve that we can go to.

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New moves in the budget file after a period of recession

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The street is waiting moment by moment to vote on the draft law of the country's general budget in order to proceed with many stalled matters, most notably service projects, to confirm official sources that the budget is close to being sent to parliament.

 

New movements are taking place in the budget file after a prolonged recession, most notably the Ministerial Council's discussion of the draft law, which will focus on developing the economy and services in various sectors in order to achieve the basic points included in the ministerial curriculum, In addition to other strategic axes such as health, education, industry, agriculture and general service aspects, not to mention those related to investment plans and spending sections.

 

Regarding the negotiations, members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party revealed a quasi-agreement between the central government and the region on the share of the Kurdish component, which will reach fourteen percent during the delegation's recent visit to the capital.

As for the members of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, they confirmed that the budget for the year two thousand and twenty-three will be the same as its predecessors, ruling out any real change to the draft project that is to be voted on by the federal government and sent to Parliament for approval within days, indicating that the Ministry of Finance calculated the price of a barrel of oil at sixty-five dollars, And that the total amount of the law may exceed one hundred and forty trillion dinars.

The Minister of Finance had previously announced that the budget would focus primarily on the health sector, support for vulnerable classes, social care and people with disabilities, and raising the loan capital ceiling for small projects in the Ministry of Labor.

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Parliamentary economy reviews the "negatives" of the delay in approving the budget

Economy News Agency - Parliamentary Economy reviews the "negatives" of the delay in approving the budget (economy-news.net)

   

 

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The Parliamentary Committee on Economy, Industry and Trade clarified, on Wednesday, the negative effects of the delay in approving the federal budget.

Committee member Sardi al-Mahyawi told the official news agency that "laws and alternative solutions to the federal budget are temporary solutions and remedies for the conduct of economic life in Iraq, such as the Financial Management Law and its other applications or the Emergency support Law for Food Security and Development."

"One of the most important negatives and effects of the delay in approving the budget is the disruption of the approval of new and suspended government investment projects from previous years, which leads to a delay in economic growth or urban development and thus a clear negative impact on the life and livelihood of the Iraqi individual, and this extends to the coming years due to the accumulation of unfinished projects and the delay in their implementation," al-Mahyawi said.

He urged all political blocs to "expedite the adoption of the federal budget, and the need to include and include important projects that serve society and the country in general."

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Member of the Parliamentary Finance: The budget may be completed during the current week

Saturday 07 January 2023 20:46 |EconomicalViews: 12

Member of the Parliamentary Finance: The budget may be completed during the current week (ninanews-com.translate.goog)

Baghdad /Nina/ A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee Mueen Al-Kazemi announced that the budget may be completed during the current week. Al-Kazemi said in a televised statement: "There is a political consensus on passing the 2023 budget, which may reach 140 trillion dinars."

He added: "The investment sector will receive 60 percent of the budget, and the proportion of the region in it will be more than 13 percent."

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The most important of which is the budget. MP reveals the most prominent projects awaiting parliamentary vote

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The most important of which is the budget. MP reveals the most prominent projects awaiting the vote of the | Parliament Information (almaalomah-me.translate.goog)

A member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Saadoun Al-Sudani, revealed on Saturday, the most prominent bills that will be on the agenda of Parliament at the beginning of the second legislative term.

Al-Sudani said in an interview with the Information Agency that "the most prominent bills that will be on the agenda of the House of Representatives at the beginning of the new legislative term is the financial budget, which is supposed to be one of the priorities of the Council," calling on the government to "expedite sending it; in order to move forward with its legislation."

He added, "The budget is one of the very important laws because it is the citizen's need, which has not been enacted for a long time."

Al-Sudani continued, saying: "The other important law is oil and gas, which must be on the agenda of the upcoming sessions, in addition to the election law."

And Al-Sudani stated, "Many laws are expected to be approved during the second legislative term, in addition to the laws that were read inside the parliament, first and second reading in the previous legislative term, in order to vote on them."

After a year of political deadlock, the people hoped well for the advent of the "services" government, waiting for the approval of service projects that affect the citizens' needs so that the government could implement its governmental program, but they were surprised and shocked by the parliament sessions and the items that were voted on.

The newly elected House of Representatives held its first parliamentary session on 9/1/2022 in its fifth legislative session, which witnessed the end of the second legislative term with a total number of sessions (16) sessions, which carried with it many paragraphs and readings on laws and draft laws.

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Al-Maliki: For this reason, they are afraid of passing the budget

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Al-Maliki: That's why we are afraid of passing the budget - Iraq News (iraqakhbar-com.translate.goog)

 

news source /Iraq Today Agency

 

Baghdad - Iraq today:

On Saturday, the Parliamentary Legal Committee revealed the reasons for the delay in approving the 2023 budget.

Committee member Raed al-Maliki said in a statement to the official newspaper, “The delay in approving the budget is due to political understandings and tensions between the blocs,” noting that “the Kurdistan region wants to include a paragraph in the next budget that serves it regarding financial allocations.”

Al-Maliki added that “dealing with the law and the decisions of the judiciary have duplicity, because the Federal Court obligated the Kurdistan region to hand over oil and gas and their revenues,” expressing his “fear that the political agreements may have included laws other than the budget.”

He explained that "the political parties are trying to pass their demands in accordance with the agreement that resulted in the formation of the current government," noting that "the independent representatives are demanding things that they believe are in the interest of the Iraqi people, and the political agreements mean nothing to them because they are not parties to them."

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Kurdish deputy to / NINA /: The budget will reach Parliament during the current week.. and it will be legislated as soon as possible

Sunday 08 January 2023 10:51 | EconomicalNumber of readings: 396

Kurdish deputy to / NINA /: The budget will reach Parliament during the current week.. and it will be legislated as soon as possible (ninanews-com.translate.goog)

Baghdad / NINA / - A member of the House of Representatives for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Sabah Sobhi, confirmed: The budget will reach Parliament during the current week.. and it will be legislated as soon as possible.

He told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: There is a serious move by the political blocs in order to pass the budget as soon as possible, despite the existence of some outstanding issues.

Sobhi added: We will vote on the budget before oil and gas because it is more important than it, as this law can be delayed.

And a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mueen Al-Kazemi, said that the budget may be completed during the current week.

Al-Kazemi said in a televised statement yesterday evening: There is a political consensus regarding passing the 2023 budget, which may reach 140 trillion dinars.

He added: The investment sector will have 60% of the budget, and the proportion of the region in it will be more than 13%./ End 3
 

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Parliamentarian on Kurdistan's share of the budget: The government settled the controversy

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MP for the Conquest Alliance, Muhammad al-Baldawi, revealed on Sunday the mechanism that will be followed in order to determine the Kurdistan region's share of the general budget, while stressing that there are entitlements that must be adhered to by the region before fixing their percentage in the budget.

Al-Baldawi said in an interview with / information /, that "the new government will not absent the central and southern provinces of their shares in the general budget and gave it to any party other than its entitlement," noting that "the government will Follow the mechanism of the percentage of the population in determining the share of the region.

He added that "it was agreed that the population census is the main determinant of the share that will be placed in the 2023 budget," noting that "the new government works according to the principle of social justice among all components."

He continued, "The likelihood of raising the region's share in the general budget is not correct, and the mechanism of the population census is the decisive factor in this matter," pointing out that "there are entitlements that must be adhered to by the region." before fixing their percentage of the general budget.”

A member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Ali Turki, had earlier confirmed to Al-Maalouma that "the percentage of the Kurdish component of the budget is still 12%, while he pointed out that the percentage that the region is now taking has been estimated by the population census and will not be adjusted unless a second census is conducted in the coming years.”

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Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Differences over the general budget

Russia TodayBaghdad and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Differences over the general budget (alrafidain.news)

Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Differences over the general budget

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Sources in the Iraqi parliament confirmed that there are differences so far between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government over the latter's share of the general budget.

The government is expected to refer the budget to parliament for a vote soon amid challenges related to the dollar exchange rate and US controls on the Central Bank of Iraq.

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The President of the Republic and Al-Hakim emphasize the importance of speeding up the approval of the budget

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Baghdad - Mawazine NewsPresident Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid received, on Sunday, the head of the
Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim.

During the meeting, according to a statement by the presidency, views were exchangedon political developments in the country, and stressed the need to support the government
to enable it to implement the ministerial program that aims to provide the necessary services to the citizen.

The statement added that "the importance of expanding the adoption of the budget to speed up the completion of projects that will contribute to supporting and strengthening the economy
the country's infrastructure was stressed."

The President of the Republic spoke about his visit to Nineveh Governorate, his
knowledge of its conditions and needs, and ways to alleviate the suffering of its people
and provide them with a decent life. Ended 29/N33

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Finance completes budget with 140 trillion dinars

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Finance completes the budget with 140 trillion dinars - Iraq News (iraqakhbar-com.translate.goog) 

 

 

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Baghdad: Shaima Rashid

 

It is assumed that the Minister of Finance, Taif Sami, will present the draft budget law to the Council of Ministers at its next meeting in the coming hours, after completing writing the highest budgets for Iraq in its history, with a value exceeding 140 trillion dinars, containing in the folds of its papers the largest operational part in the country’s modern history, estimated at 80 trillion. A dinar that included government expenses and the salaries of its employees.

The rising numbers of salaries due to the new jobs worry the majority of economists, as most of them have warned that the price boom in the oil markets will not continue, and that Iraq's dependence on them should have decreased a decade ago. This comes at a time when the parliamentary circles concerned with the budget are referring to the tendency to A “political agreement” on the budget before it is passed.

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Maeen Al-Kazemi, told Al-Sabah: “The Ministry of Finance has accomplished what it had to and transferred the budget, in its operational and investment parts, to the Council of Ministers for voting,” noting that “the Council of Ministers met last week with the Ministerial Economic Council and put amendments and final touches on the budget.” estimated at 140 trillion dinars, with 80 trillion for operational and 60 trillion for investment.

Al-Kazemi added, “If the budget reaches Parliament early next week, the Finance Committee will study it, and there will be two first and second readings and some amendments to be approved at the end of next February,” noting that “the operational budget, which includes the salaries of state employees, rose from 42 trillion to 60 trillion.” A trillion dinars, which will exhaust the public budget in the future, and will mean serious problems in the event of a drop in global oil prices, and it is necessary to find resources other than oil, by supporting the private sector, investment, and advancing the agricultural and industrial reality.

Al-Kazemi’s colleague in the Finance Committee, Representative Nazim Al-Shibli, said: “The budget, whose completion was delayed, must fit the government program and be consistent with the issues of the workforce, fixing contracts, lecturers, and their contracts, all of which needed the government’s vote.”

Al-Shibli added, in an interview with "Al-Sabah", that "the price of a barrel of oil did not exceed 70 dollars with the old exchange rate of 1450, and the government is blamed for the lack of clarity of the economic vision on the issue of oil. It is true that the Russian war in Ukraine has increased prices, but it is likely to decline in If it ends, and Iraq does not have financial alternatives,” considering that “the budget writers had to pay attention to its investment nature, not the explosive one, in order to be able to produce new projects, because the new appointments will put pressure on the general budget, which produced a very huge operational budget.” Al-Shibli stated, “The government is obligated to present its strategic plan for the budget. The Finance Committee is not obligated to implement everything that is sent because we need important strategic plans.” Revenues, despite the size of these facilities, we have not reached a fixed number of non-oil revenue figures, not to mention the need for a political consensus to pass the budget, even if Parliament is late, because the government is the one that was late in completing it in the first place.

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Finance Ministry completes draft budget for 2023. Warning of "serious problems"

 

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• Finance Ministry completes draft budget for 2023. And a warning of "serious problems" - Al-Furat News (alforatnews.iq)

  

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee said that the Ministry of Finance delivered the draft of the 2023 budget bill to the Council of Ministers.

In a press statement, Mueen Al-Kazemi said that "the Ministry of Finance has accomplished its duty and transferred the budget, both operational and investment, to the Council of Ministers for a vote," noting that "the Council of Ministers met last week with the Ministerial Economic Council and put amendments and final touches to the budget estimated at 140 trillion dinars, 80 trillion for operational and 60 trillion for investment."
Al-Kazemi added that "if the budget reaches parliament early next week, the Finance Committee will study it, and there will be first and second readings and some amendments to be approved by the end of next February."
He pointed out that "the operating budget, including the salaries of state employees, rose from 42 trillion to 60 trillion dinars, which will strain the public budget in the future, and will mean serious problems in the event of a fall in global oil prices, and it is necessary to find resources other than oil, by supporting the private sector, investment and promoting the agricultural and industrial reality."
MP Nazem al-Shibli, a member of the Finance Committee, said, "The budget that was delayed must fit the government program and be consistent with the issues of manpower, fixing contracts, lecturers and terminating their contracts, all of which needed the government's vote."
Al-Shibli added, "The price of a barrel of oil did not exceed $ 70 with the old exchange rate of 1450, and what is blamed on the government is the lack of clarity of the economic vision in the matter of oil, it is true that the Russian war in Ukraine increased prices, but it is likely to fall if it ends, and Iraq does not have financial alternatives."
He added that "budget writers had to pay attention to their investment nature, not explosive in order to be able to produce new projects, because new appointments will put pressure on the general budget, which produced a very huge operating budget."
Al-Shibli said that "the government is obliged to present its strategic plan for the budget, as the Finance Committee is not obliged to implement everything sent because we need important strategic plans," explaining that "Parliament has many shortcomings in this regard, including government outlets, collection and customs, which together constitute only 5 percent of revenues, despite the magnitude of these facilities, we have not reached a fixed figure in the figures for non-oil revenues, not to mention the need for a political consensus to pass the budget, even if Parliament is delayed, because the government It was the one that was delayed in completing it in the first place."
 

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A frightening revolutionary confirms to / Nina /: the adoption of important laws in the House of Representatives soon

Monday 09 , January 2023 10:10 |PoliticalViews: 101

A frightening revolutionary confirms to / Nina / : the adoption of important laws in the House of Representatives soon (ninanews-com.translate.goog)

Baghdad /Nina/ A member of the coordination framework, MP for the State of Law Coalition, Thaer Makhif, confirmed the adoption of important laws in the House of Representatives soon, by political consensus between the blocs. Makhif said in a statement to the Iraqi National News Agency (
“After the end of the legislative recess, the House of Representatives and its committees will give importance to legislating important and controversial laws carried over from previous sessions, after completing the observations on them for the purpose of completing them as required and approving them quickly.
He explained: "The election laws, oil and gas and the amendment of the retirement law are no less important than the other, and therefore will be approved soon." He pointed out: "Each party and bloc has a law that deems important, and therefore the House of Representatives will work to schedule and study it in detail for the purpose of maturing and approving it by political consensus between the blocs."

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Parliament returns to activity after the holiday and the budget is on the table

2023.01.09 - 08:36

Parliament returns to activity after the holiday and the budget is on the table (nasnews.com)

  

Baghdad - Nas  

The legislative recess of the House of Representatives ended on Sunday, and with it the committees are expected to begin their work in a resumption of an activity that is expected to produce what Iraqis have been waiting for most in two years, which is the draft federal budget law for 2023, and other files that are the most urgent on the agenda.  

   

  

A member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Ahmed Taha Al-Rubaie, said in an interview with the official press of "NAS", (January 9, 2023), today is the date of the resumption of the first semester of the second legislative year, and there will be important matters to discuss on the list of priorities, including the draft budget law that Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani pledged to submit at the end of the semester vacation, and therefore there will be some time to discuss the sections of spending, making amendments and transfers, and matters related to the Finance Committee and the rest of the committees.  

  

Al-Rubaie added that "there are also some important bills for the first reading in the last legislative term, the most important of which are the draft law on social security and retirement for workers, the law on the National Authority for Nuclear, Radiology, Chemical and Biological Regulation, and the amendment of the Companies Law, as well as a number of other laws that were read for the first time and others that were read for the second time," expecting "the priority to resolve the pending laws."  

  

"Parliament faces another challenge related to combating financial and administrative corruption, which is in harmony with the government programme, and which represents a major challenge for the legislative and executive authorities, due to the rampant corruption in most joints of the state," he said.  

  

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Concern about operational escalation

Finance completes the highest budget in the history of Iraq with 140 trillion dinars

2023.01.09 - 08:30

Finance completes the highest budget in the history of Iraq with 140 trillion dinars (nasnews.com)

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Baghdad - Nas  

Finance Minister Taif Sami is supposed to present the draft budget law to the Council of Ministers at its next meeting in the coming hours, after completing the writing of the highest budgets of Iraq in its history with a value of more than 140 trillion dinars, containing within its papers the largest operational part in the country's modern history, estimated at 80 trillion dinars, which includes government expenses and salaries of its employees.  

    

  

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mueen Al-Kazemi, said in a statement to the official newspaper "NAS" (January 9, 2023) that "the Ministry of Finance has accomplished its obligations and transferred the budget, both operational and investment, to the Council of Ministers for a vote," noting that "the Council of Ministers met last week with the Ministerial Economic Council and put amendments and final touches to the budget estimated at 140 trillion dinars, 80 trillion for operational and 60 trillion for investment."  

  

Al-Kazemi added that "if the budget reaches Parliament early next week, the Finance Committee will study it, and there will be first and second readings and some amendments to be approved by the end of next February," noting that "the operating budget that includes the salaries of state employees rose from 42 trillion to 60 trillion dinars, which will strain the public budget in the future, and will mean serious problems in the event of a fall in global oil prices, and it is necessary to find resources other than oil, by supporting the private sector and investment. and the advancement of agricultural and industrial reality."  

  

For his part, MP Nazem al-Shibli said in a statement to the same journalist that "the budget that was delayed must fit the government program and be consistent with the issues of the workforce, fixing contracts and lecturers and terminating their contracts, all of which needed the government's vote."  

  

Al-Shibli added, "The price of a barrel of oil did not exceed $ 70 with the old exchange rate of 1450, and what is blamed on the government is the lack of clarity of the economic vision in the matter of oil, it is true that the Russian war in Ukraine increased prices, but it is likely to fall in the event of its end, and Iraq does not have financial alternatives," considering that the budget writers had to pay attention to their investment nature, not explosive in order to be able to produce new projects, because the new appointments will put pressure on the general budget, which produced an operating budget Pretty coordious."  

  

Al-Shibli said that "the government is obliged to present its strategic plan for the budget, as the Finance Committee is not obliged to implement everything sent because we need important strategic plans," explaining that "Parliament has many shortcomings in this regard, including government outlets, collection and customs, which together constitute only 5 percent of revenues, despite the magnitude of these facilities, we have not reached a fixed figure in the figures for non-oil revenues, not to mention the need for a political consensus to pass the budget, even if Parliament is delayed, because the government It was the one that was delayed in completing it in the first place."