The Finance Committee requests a 24-hour deadline: Kurdistan's dispute was confined between the "two parties" over the 10% clause

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Hussein Moanis, member of the Finance Committee: The budget is technically over and we are waiting for the parliament session

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Majority voting is possible.

Parliament finances separates controversial items with the party on the budget and reveals the region's share of it

2023.05.30 - 21:53

Parliament finances separates controversial items with the party on the budget and reveals the region's share of it (nasnews.com)

 

  

Baghdad - NAS   

The parliamentary finance committee revealed on Tuesday the controversial items with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) over the budget, while indicating the possibility of resorting to a majority vote in the event of a political agreement not reached.  

    

  

Committee member Mueen Al-Kazemi said in a statement to the official channel, (May 30, 2023), that "the Kurdistan Democratic Party called on the State Administration Coalition to wait on the budget, which led to the delay in holding the parliament session to vote on the budget," indicating that "a meeting was held between the coordination framework and the Democratic Party and it was agreed on the context of exporting oil from the region."  

  

He continued, "There is no dispute over the region's share within the budget, which amounts to 12.67 percent, but the difference was in the visions regarding the mechanism of exporting oil," explaining, "The conviction of the coordination framework is that the region is committed to producing at least 400 thousand barrels of oil and SOMO is charged with exporting, selling and depositing oil revenues and oil derivatives in an account with the Central Bank, and the Prime Minister of the region is authorized to disburse from this account according to budget decisions, with effort by the Ministry of oil and the region to resume exports to the port of Ceyhan, and in the event that it is not possible to export the 400,<> barrels of oil, it will be transferred to the internal consumption of the federal government and compensated from the south."  

  

He stated that "the region's share of the budget is 19 and a half trillion dinars, in addition to the share of medicines, ration card and other materials to reach about 20 trillion dinars," pointing out that "this solution is the safest and the Kurdistan Democratic Party recognized it, but the objection to two points, which is not to mention Sumo in the budget law despite the party's approval of that, and that oil revenues are deposited in accounts belonging to the Kurdistan region without going through the Central Bank."  

  

He pointed out that "the Finance Committee added a number of paragraphs in Article 14 of the budget that the Democratic Party rejected, which relate to demands from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdish blocs, including compensating the region's employees for the compulsory savings that lasted 8 years on Kurdistan employees and sometimes deducted from them 50 percent of the salary, and fairness to the provinces and preventing the export of oil from the wells of Nineveh and Kirkuk."  

  

He pointed out that "the coalition of state administration will resolve the issue of the budget during the next week," expecting, "In the absence of a political agreement, a majority vote will be resorted to on the budget."  

  

On the quotas of the governorates, Al-Kazemi stressed that "the value of regional development allocations has been raised from 2 and a half trillion dinars to 5 trillion dinars, in addition to two trillion dinars for petrodollars and 8 trillion dinars remaining from the emergency support law, which has not been disbursed and is still present in the governorates."  

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Deputy: The budget cannot be legislated unless a new agreement is reached between Baghdad and Erbil

 

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Economy News - Baghdad
Today, Wednesday, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Cougar, called for passing the budget law with the agreement of “all” political parties.

 

Cougar said, "The delay in approving the draft budget law, due to Baghdad's retraction from its agreements with the regional government regarding the paragraphs related to Kurdistan within the budget law, due to its silence until this moment on the amendments that the region's paragraphs obtained within the budget, and what is happening is outside its will and control."

 

Cougar added, in an interview with "Shafaq News" agency, followed by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "the budget law can only be enacted after reaching a new agreement between Baghdad and Erbil regarding the region's share in the budget."

 

He went on to say: "We are not with passing the budget according to a policy of arm-twisting and disagreements, because this may have repercussions on political stability. We are with passing the law with the agreement of all political parties."

 

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Parliamentary Finance reveals additions to the budget to legalize the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil

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Today, Wednesday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee announced the addition of items to the budget that maximize state revenues and support the local product, and technical touches to legalize the relationship between the center and the region, while confirming that it looks at the budget, its materials, and its items technically away from politics.

A member of the committee, Saad Awad al-Tubi, said, according to the official agency, that “the committee did not encounter any difficulties in the financial budget in terms of its items and paragraphs up to the transfer stage,” pointing out that “the committee added items that maximize state revenues and support and protect the local product.”

Al-Tobi added, “The controversial articles are only articles (12, 13, and 14) that concern the Kurdistan region,” stressing that “the Finance Committee looks at the budget and its materials and clauses technically away from politics, as for the discussions between political parties and parties, they are isolated from the committee and its work.” .

He pointed out that “the committee added some technical touches to the budget that preserves the wealth of the country in the first place, and legalizes the relationship between Baghdad and the region,” stressing that “the committee works to create a state of settlement and justice in the distribution of wealth between the governorates in the center, south, west and north.”

He explained that “the committee relied on the decision of the Federal Court, the decision of the Paris Club, and general principles, in preserving the wealth of the country, among which are three points represented in the export of oil from Kurdistan through the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), and the opening of a bank account with the Central Bank of Iraq that is subject to To control the Office of Financial Supervision and authorizes the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance to disburse the prime minister of the region, in addition to preserving public money by specifying 5 years to pay off the indebtedness of loans granted to the region instead of 7 years.

He pointed out that “the committee will create a state of balance between the western, northern and southern governorates when it reaches the transfer, especially the central governorates (Muthanna, Diwaniyah, and Babil) as they are very affected, and their allocations to approve the distribution according to the percentages of the Ministry of Planning in calculating the percentage of the population, and for example the Ministry of Planning’s census In Al-Muthanna Governorate, it refers to 700 thousand people, while the reality is represented by about one million citizens in it, and therefore the committee will work to create a state of settlement and raise the allocations of these governorates with additional amounts.

And he indicated that “the budget has nothing left of it except for the transfer and spending sections, for example the Popular Mobilization Authority and the Martyrs Foundation need financial allocation,” stressing that “the transfer is ready to be classified.”

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MP: The budget can only be legislated after a new agreement is reached between Baghdad and Erbil

Economic News Agency - Deputy: The budget can only be legislated after a new agreement is reached between Baghdad and Erbil (economy-news.net)

   

Economy News - Baghdad

Jamal Kojar, a member of the parliamentary finance committee, called on Wednesday for the passage of the budget law with the agreement of "all" political parties.

Kojar said that "the delay in approving the draft budget law, due to Baghdad's retraction of its agreements with the regional government regarding the paragraphs related to Kurdistan within the budget law, because of its silence until the moment on the amendments that took place on the paragraphs of the region within the budget, and what is happening is outside its will and control."

Koger added in an interview with the agency "Shafaq News", and continued by "Economy News", that "the budget law, can only be legislated after reaching a new agreement between Baghdad and Erbil regarding the region's share within the budget."

He went on to say: "We are not in favor of passing the budget according to the policy of arm-twisting and differences, because these may have consequences on political stability, as we are in favor of passing the law with the agreement of all political parties."
 

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Parliamentary Finance Committee: The budget is left with only the sections of transfers and spending

Iraq

15:16 - 2023-05-31

 

Today, Wednesday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee announced the addition of items to the budget that maximize state revenues and support the local product, and technical touches to legalize the relationship between the center and the region, while confirming that it looks at the budget, its materials, and its items technically away from politics.

A member of the committee, Saad Awad al-Tobi, said, "The committee did not encounter any difficulties in the financial budget in terms of its items and paragraphs, up to the transfer stage," pointing out that "the committee added items that maximize state revenues and support and protect the local product."

Al-Tobi added, "The controversial articles are only articles (12, 13, and 14) that concern the Kurdistan region," stressing that "the Finance Committee looks at the budget and its materials and clauses technically away from politics, as for the discussions between political parties and parties, they are isolated from the committee and its work." .

He pointed out that "the committee added some technical touches to the budget that preserves the country's wealth in the first place, and legalizes the relationship between Baghdad and the region," stressing that "the committee works to create a state of settlement and justice in the distribution of wealth between the provinces in the center, south, west and north."

He explained that "the committee relied on the decision of the Federal Court, the decision of the Paris Club, and general principles, in preserving the wealth of the country, among which are three points represented in the export of oil from Kurdistan through the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), and the opening of a bank account with the Central Bank of Iraq that is subject to To supervise the Office of Financial Supervision and authorize the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance to disburse the prime minister of the region, in addition to preserving public money by specifying 5 years to pay off the indebtedness of loans granted to the region instead of 7 years.

He pointed out that "the committee will create a state of balance between the western, northern and southern governorates when it reaches the transfer, especially the central governorates (Muthanna, Diwaniyah, and Babil) as they are very affected, and their allocations to approve the distribution according to the proportions of the Ministry of Planning in calculating the percentage of the population, and for example the Ministry of Planning's census." In Al-Muthanna Governorate, it refers to 700 thousand people, while the reality is represented by about one million citizens in it, and therefore the committee will work to create a state of settlement and raise the allocations of these governorates with additional amounts.

And he indicated that "the budget has nothing left of it except for the transfer and spending sections, for example the Popular Mobilization Authority and the Martyrs Foundation need financial allocation," stressing that "the transfer is ready to be classified."

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Cougar: Two disagreements obstruct the approval of the budget

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{Economic: Al Furat News} A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee identified two "disputes" that impede the approval of the draft financial budget law.

Jamal Cougar told {Euphrates News} agency: "The dispute with the Kurdistan region is the main reason for the delay in presenting the budget law to parliament for the purpose of voting."
He referred to "the government's desire to reduce the transfers, while the Finance Committee insists on the transfers. Therefore, there is a disagreement between the government and the Finance Committee, but it is not a major disagreement."
It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives failed last Saturday to hold a session to vote on the budget law with the continuation of the dispute with the Kurdistan region, which objected to the amendment of Articles 13 and 14 of the region.

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Maeen Al-Kazemi, said, “The Kurdistan Democratic Party called on the State Administration Coalition to wait on the budget, which led to a delay in holding the parliament session to vote on the budget,” noting that “a meeting was held between the coordination framework and the Democratic Party, and it was agreed on the context of exporting oil from Territory".
And he continued, "There is no disagreement over the region's share within the budget, which amounts to 12.67 percent, but the difference was in the visions regarding the oil export mechanism," noting that "the region's share of the budget is 19 and a half trillion dinars, to which is added a share of medicines, ration cards and other materials to reach About 20 trillion dinars.

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Parliamentary Finance meets tomorrow, Saturday, to vote in aggregate on the tripartite budget and other files in the middle bulletin

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Iraqis are waiting for the approval of the budget

Iraq  2023/06/03

 

 

 Baghdad: Shaima Rashid

 

While the Iraqi people are waiting for the issue of the “budget” to be resolved and to vote on it, the Parliamentary Finance Committee is still waiting for political consensus regarding it, and what will emerge from the meetings of the “State Administration Coalition” regarding the dispute with the region regarding their share after the latter objected to what the committee voted on in the budget led to a delay in its approval, and while previous dates failed to be set; Members of the House of Representatives suggested that the “voting session” on the budget would be at the beginning of next week.

 

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Saad Al-Toobi, said in an exclusive interview with “Al-Sabah”: “The committee requested earlier to set a date for the session, because there is nothing to delay the vote on the budget, as the committee needs hours only in order to make transfers that are almost Ready and just waiting for tabulation in the budget as well as some additional materials.”

 

He explained that "the delay that is taking place now is only for the sake of the region's articles that were duly voted on within the committee," adding, "But it is possible that political consensus will take place and the vote will be changed," noting that "it is possible to change the voted materials because the voting took place in Within the committee, the budget was not voted on as a whole, and this is one of the legal tricks.”

 

And he continued: "Parliament will enter its legislative recess on the ninth of June, so the budget will be approved effectively before this date," and indicated that "it is possible to set a date for the next Sunday or Monday to vote on the budget in Parliament."

 

Al-Tobi indicated that "there are drafts that have arrived as proposals adopted by the (Coordinating Framework) or (the State Administration Coalition) regarding the region's share, as the dispute was that the region refuses to export through the (SOMO) company, and it also rejects the issue of the bank account, demanding that the region's government act directly with the account." He explained, “What has reached us now is that the region agreed to export through the (SOMO) company, but the bank account is not by opening an account in the central bank, but rather an account approved by the bank.” 

 

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It is noteworthy that the last meeting of the Finance Committee witnessed an agreement to collect an amount from the transfers and classify it on the aspects of expenditure, meaning that the sums of the expenditures amounting to 65 trillion dinars were reduced and reduced and 7 trillion were removed from them, and there are matters that have changed in the budget that came from the government; Including the share of the region, and it remains up to Parliament to approve or reject the articles that have been changed.

 

The Finance Committee also voted to add 14 segments of lecturers, compulsory leave holders, electoral contracts, wages, contracts after and before October 2019, and the Awakenings, and the Ministry of Finance refused to install these segments on the owners because they do not have funds, so the Finance Committee worked to add a paragraph in the budget that Wages are transferred to contracts and contracts to staff in future budgets or in the process of deletion and creation.

 

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Parliamentary Finance sets a new date for approving the budget

2023.06.03 - 10:26

 

Baghdad - Nas  

Today, Saturday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee set a new date for approving the budget.  

  

  

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Saad Al-Toobi, said, in a statement to the official newspaper, followed by “Nass” (May 3, 2023), “The budget will be approved before the ninth of this June.”  

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Parliamentary Finance explains to {Euphrates News} the fact that the budget has lost its economic feasibility

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{Economic: Al Furat News} Today, Saturday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee clarified the fact that the budget lost its economic feasibility due to its delay.

Jamal Cougar, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, told {Euphrates News}: “It is unrealistic to talk about losing the budget due to its economic feasibility due to its delay,” noting that “this budget is for three years, and this means that at the end of the year there will be no closure of the final accounts, and therefore any talk About losing its economic viability is incorrect because the current budget is for one year, but it will be continuous.

He added, "The funds remaining with the institutions at the end of the year are returned to the state and remain for the purpose of completing projects."

It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives failed to hold a session to vote on the budget law with the continuation of the dispute with the Kurdistan region, which objected to the amendment of Articles 13 and 14 of the region.

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Parliamentary Finance expects to settle the budget differences between Baghdad and Erbil through "middle" solutions

2023-06-03 07:36

 

Shafaq News/ A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mueen Al-Kadhimi, expects, on Saturday, that the existing disputes regarding the general budget will be settled with the Kurdistan Democratic Party by "moderate" solutions that will satisfy Baghdad and Erbil.

 

Al-Kadhimi told Shafaq News agency that the coordination framework negotiator reached an agreement with the Democratic Party on the constitutional mechanism for exporting oil from the region.

 

 

He continued by saying, "Dialogues are currently ongoing between the two parties regarding Article 14, which consists of 12 paragraphs, 6 of which are agreed upon within the government text, and 6 other paragraphs are being discussed because the region considers them interference in its affairs."

 

Al-Kazemi also indicated that "discussions are underway regarding the management of border crossings between the federal government and the region, and preventing the extraction of oil from the Nineveh and Kirkuk fields by Kurdistan."

 

The member of Parliamentary Finance pointed out that matters and differences will reach compromises during the next week, warning that the Finance Committee will make amendments to the budget, complete the transfer schedule and refer it to Parliament for a vote on it.

 

On Tuesday, May 31, economist Nabil Al-Marsoumi declared that the coordination framework that includes the ruling Shiite political forces in the country had submitted a new proposal on paragraphs 13 and 14 of the budget for the Kurdistan Region.

 

Al-Marsoumi, in a post on the social networking sites "Facebook", quoted private sources of this proposal.

 

According to what is stipulated in the proposal, it is for the Kurdistan Region to deliver 400 thousand barrels of oil per day to the National Oil Marketing Company "SOMO", and to coordinate the sale of crude with this company as well.

 

The sources stated that in the event that it is not possible to export oil through the ports of Turkey, Erbil will deliver the oil to Baghdad, and the Ministry of Oil, in turn, will find alternatives to selling Kurdistan's oil or using it internally.

The sources pointed out that the federal government is committed to paying 400,000 barrels of oil from the sale of oil to Erbil in the event that it receives it from the region, provided that the money from oil sales is placed and recycled internally in an account belonging to the Federal Ministry of Finance.

 

It is noteworthy that the Presidency and the Kurdistan Regional Government have recently objected to the amendments made to the paragraphs related to the region in the financial budget that the Iraqi parliament seeks to approve, describing it as a violation of the laws, the constitution, and the agreements concluded between Erbil and Baghdad, which resulted in the formation of the current federal government headed by Muhammad Shia al-Sudani.

 

The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, had expressed "deep concern" about what he called the changes that affected the paragraphs of the Iraqi general budget bill related to the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan Region, and said that he rejected them "completely."

 

And before that, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, said, "A group in the Finance Committee of the Iraqi Parliament made changes to the draft federal budget, violating a prior agreement we concluded with the State of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani and his government," noting that "the agreement that is the cornerstone For cooperation between Erbil and Baghdad, and everyone must respect its clauses.

 

And the Parliamentary Finance Committee recently voted to oblige the Kurdistan Region to pay 10% on a monthly basis from the salaries deducted to its employees, while this was included in the budget amendments that are being discussed.

 

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mustafa Sanad, also confirmed the committee’s vote to amend paragraphs related to the region in the budget law, regarding its delivery of oil, while pointing to the withdrawal of the Democratic Party bloc representatives from the meeting.

 

And the Iraqi Council of Ministers approved, on the 13th of last March, the largest financial budget in the history of the country, which exceeded 197 trillion and 828 billion Iraqi dinars (about 152.2 billion dollars), with a total deficit of 63 trillion Iraqi dinars, taking advantage of the rise in oil prices globally. , which constitutes more than 95% of the country’s financial revenues, amid objections from financial and legal experts regarding the budget items, but it has not yet been approved due to disagreements.

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Parliamentary Finance sets the date for voting on the current year's budget

 

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The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, on Saturday, Parliament’s intention to vote on the 2023 budget, before the ninth of June.

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Saad Manea Al-Tobi, said in an interview with the Official Gazette, “The committee requested earlier to set a date for the session, because there is nothing to delay voting on the budget, as the committee needs hours only in order to make transfers that are almost ready and waiting.” Just a tab in the budget, as well as some additives."

He explained that "the delay that is taking place now is only for the sake of the region's articles that were duly voted on within the committee," adding, "But it is possible that political consensuses take place and as a result the vote is changed."

And he pointed out that "it is possible to change the articles voted on because the voting took place inside the committee and the vote did not take place in general on the budget, and this is one of the legal tricks," noting that "Parliament will enter on the ninth of the current month of June in its legislative recess, so the budget will be approved effectively." before this date.”

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“Not political this time.” A new dispute ravages the budget law

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Today, Saturday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed that there is a new dispute in the budget law, which impedes the legislation of the law.

 

Committee member Jamal Cougar told (Baghdad Today) that "what hinders the passage of the budget law is not the dispute over the points related to the Kurdistan region, but there is another dispute and it is related to conducting a transfer of funds between the ministries to the provinces, so this matter is controversial and has not been resolved until now." the hour".

 

Cougar pointed out that "there is also a governmental, not political, objection to the issue of transferring funds between ministries to the provinces, with the insistence of some deputies to increase financial allocations to the provinces, and this dispute is also a major obstacle to approving the budget."

 

And the Parliamentary Finance Committee had previously revealed the controversial items with the Kurdistan Democratic Party regarding the budget, while indicating the possibility of resorting to a majority vote in the event that a political agreement was not reached.

 

Committee member Mueen Al-Kadhimi told (Baghdad Today) that "the Kurdistan Democratic Party called on the State Administration Coalition to wait on the budget, which led to a delay in holding the parliament session to vote on the budget," noting that "a meeting was held between the coordination framework and the Democratic Party, and it was agreed on context of oil export from the region.

 

And he continued, "There is no disagreement over the region's share within the budget, which amounts to 12.67 percent, but rather the difference was in the visions regarding the oil export mechanism," explaining, "The conviction of the coordination framework is that the region is committed to producing no less than 400 thousand barrels of oil and guarantees SOMO by exporting, selling and depositing oil revenues and oil derivatives in an account with the Central Bank.

 

And he stated, "The region's share of the budget is 19 and a half trillion dinars, to which is added a share of medicines, a ration card and other materials, to reach about 20 trillion dinars," pointing out, "This solution is the safest and the Kurdistan Democratic Party approved it, but the objection is on two points, which are Not mentioning SOMO in the budget law despite the party’s approval of that, and that oil revenues are deposited in accounts belonging to the Kurdistan region without going through the Central Bank.

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Al-Mandalawi reveals to (Baghdad Today) the date of passing the budget - urgent

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    Al-Mandalawi reveals to (Baghdad Today) the date of passing the budget -urgent » Baghdad News Agency

Baghdad Today - Baghdad

First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohsen al-Mandalawi announced that the political blocs agreed to pass the draft fiscal budget law this week.

Mandalawi said in a special statement to (Baghdad Today): "There are some differences with the Kurds and we will proceed to settle them," noting that "there are committees and continuous meetings between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region to solve the problems regarding the budget."

"The figures in the deficit remain the same, but we promise a service budget for citizens this year that will meet the aspirations of the Iraqi people," he said.

The House of Representatives failed to hold a session to vote on the budget last Saturday due to the continuing dispute over the share of the Kurdistan region, which rejected any amendment to it.

According to sources, the Coordination Framework and the State Administration agreed to pass the budget this week.

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New phrase. This week. 
In the coming days got wore out   
Thanks. Hopefully THIS WEEK. 

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1 hour ago, DanP said:

New phrase. This week. 
In the coming days got wore out   
Thanks. Hopefully THIS WEEK. 

" Just around the corner " ... always thought this was one of their better BS slogans.

Gets monotonous what with the hard sell on these worthless empty slogans: nevertheless they keep trying. All this trying is really " trying "my already exhausted patience with yet another mob of government pin heads.

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I remember some weeks back an article stating the budget was for the remaining 6 months starting July to end of year. Maybe their dragging this right to the last minute. With the big welcome Iraq IBBC conference coming up June 16th you would think they would approve before that happens. 

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Let me clarify. The Budget is suppose to start July 2023-2025

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Expectations of a near breakthrough in the budget file

The first  2023/06/04

 

 

  Baghdad: Shaima Rasheed

is between an optimist and a pessimist. The statements of politicians and members of parliament regarding the budget file came amid expectations of a very close breakthrough for the file by proposing solutions described as “moderation” to resolve the existing differences between the region and the federal government, especially regarding Article (14) of the budget related to the oil export mechanism. From the region and related to the process of paragraphs of amounts and accounts.
A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mueen Al-Kazemi, said: “The negotiator of the coordination framework reached a consensus with the Democratic Party on the constitutional mechanism for exporting oil from the region.” Agreed upon within the government text, and 6 other paragraphs are being discussed because the region considers them interference in its affairs.
He pointed out that "negotiations are under way regarding the management of border crossings between the federal government and the region, and preventing the extraction of oil from the Nineveh and Kirkuk fields by Kurdistan."
The member of Parliamentary Finance pointed out that matters and disagreements will reach "middle solutions" during the next week, warning that the Finance Committee will make amendments to the budget, complete the transfers schedule, and refer it to Parliament for a vote on it.
Meanwhile, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Cougar, said in an interview with “Al-Sabah”: “The government will face a major deficit problem during the next year, because oil prices may go downward. This is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the government It has 23 trillion dinars rounded up from last year, and the surplus will be withdrawn during the current year.
He added, "It is expected that next year's budget will be for salaries only in the presence of the same deficit," noting that "the operational budget alone has reached 140 trillion dinars, in contrast, the state's resources are 134 trillion dinars, which is not even sufficient for the operational budget," expressing his hope that " Oil prices remain high to save the budget and the country.
Returning to the Kurdish dispute over the budget, the leader in the coordination framework, Turki Al-Atbi, suggested that the Kurdistan Democratic Party, headed by Massoud Barzani, present a response to advance the 2023 budget.
Al-Atbi said, "The delay in resolving the 2023 budget does not serve any political party in light of the various economic and security challenges in the Iraqi scene in general, which necessitate options that push the budget forward without any disagreements."
He added, "The coordination framework, in its expanded meeting a few days ago, presented a comprehensive vision of solutions to proceed with the 2023 budget for the Kurdish brothers, including the Democratic Party," expecting that "they will have a response in a meeting during the coming hours."
He pointed out that "the discussions of the last days were positive in some of their items, and (the framework) supports the principle of political consensus to proceed with the budget," stressing that "the transfer of the budget at the end of this week from the Finance Committee to the House of Representatives for voting is very possible."
For his part, the leader of the Fatah Alliance parliamentary bloc, Muhammad Karim, said: "The forces of the state administration have given a final opportunity for the talks to reach a solution regarding the Kurdistan region, as the negotiations should not exceed the next two days."
He pointed out that

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The outputs of an 'expanded' meeting regarding the paragraphs of the ministerial program, headed by the Minister of Finance

2023.06.04 - 13:45

 

Baghdad - people  

Finance Minister Taif Sami Muhammad chaired, on Sunday, an expanded meeting to follow up on the paragraphs of implementing the ministerial program submitted by the government program team in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, in the presence of the general managers of the Mesopotamian, Rasheed, Agricultural, Industrial and Real Estate banks, the customs and tax authorities, and the directors of the legal, accounting and budget department in the ministry.  

  

  

According to a statement of finance, which "NAS" received a copy of (June 4, 2023), "the meeting discussed the report on the implementation of the government program prepared according to the priorities of the ministerial platform related to the second chapter of 2023, including what is related to restructuring the general budget, managing public money, and reducing consumer spending in favor of development projects." sustainable development and the shift towards balancing programs and performance, in addition to adopting a vision of limiting external borrowing for investment projects.  

  

The meeting continued, "Studying the priorities of reforming the tax and customs system, controlling border crossings, and maximizing non-oil state revenues, as well as following up plans to reform the banking sector in a manner that guarantees an increase in its contribution to the overall economic activity."  

  

A detailed report was also presented on "the percentages of completion of departments and agencies for their projects in accordance with the ministerial curriculum, identifying cases of lag in implementing programs in accordance with the vision (2023-2025), stressing overcoming all obstacles to the completion of reform projects, and other plans consistent with the criteria for the advancement of the national economy." .  

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The Minister of Finance chairs a meeting and discusses restructuring the general budget

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{Economic: Al Furat News} The Minister of Finance, Taif Sami Muhammad, chaired today, Sunday, an expanded meeting to follow up the paragraphs of implementing the ministerial program submitted by the government program team in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, while discussing the restructuring of the general budget, in the presence of the general managers of the Rafidain, Rashid, Agricultural and Industrial banks. And real estate, customs and tax authorities, and directors of the legal, accounting and budget department in the ministry

And the media of the Ministry of Finance stated in a statement received by {Euphrates News}, that "the meeting discussed the report on the implementation of the government program prepared according to the priorities of the ministerial platform related to the second chapter 2023, including what is related to restructuring the general budget, managing public money, reducing consumer spending in favor of sustainable development projects, and shifting towards a budget Programs and performance, in addition to adopting a vision of limiting external borrowing for investment projects. 

 The meeting continued, "studying the priorities of reforming the tax and customs system, controlling border crossings, and maximizing non-oil state revenues, as well as following up plans to reform the banking sector in a manner that guarantees an increase in its contribution to the overall economic activity." 

 A detailed report was also presented regarding the completion rates of departments and agencies for their projects in accordance with the ministerial curriculum, identifying cases of delay in implementing programs in accordance with Vision (2023-2025), stressing overcoming all obstacles to the completion of reform projects, and other plans consistent with the criteria for the advancement of the national economy.

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Parliamentary source: The Finance Committee is awaiting government approval regarding 150,000 job grades in the budget

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16:43  2023-06-04  46  Specific to "The Introvert" 0

Today, Sunday, a representative source confirmed that the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives is awaiting government approval regarding the 150,000 job degrees included in the budget law.

The source, who preferred not to be named, told Al-Mutala Agency, "The Finance Committee, during its discussions and amendments to the Financial Budget Law, allocated 150,000 job degrees, including contracting with the attache for lecturers and graduates as well."

And he added, "The Finance Committee has informed the government and the Ministry of Finance to include these job grades and is awaiting their approval," noting that "it is not possible to allocate grades more than those that have been set, and despite that, they have not been decided yet."

It is noteworthy that a member of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives, Uday Awad, confirmed that his committee added 150,000 contracts for graduates with a salary of 300,000 dinars per month, distributed among the governorates according to the percentage of the population.