Parliament postpones the voting session on the budget law to this evening

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Deputy for the Alliance of Forces: Legislating the oil law after the budget and one option before the region

• Time: 05/21/2023 22:57:40
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The representative of the State Forces Alliance, Ali Shaddad, favored the legislation of the oil and gas law after the approval of the federal budget.

 

Shaddad said; For the program {Without Accusation} broadcast by Al-Furat TV channel on Sunday evening: “We have two historical decisions, the first is the Federal Court’s decision that nullified the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region and canceled all contracts, and the second decision is an international decision from the French court that obligated the Turkish government to stop the region’s oil.” 
He added, "After these two decisions, we called on the government to send a draft gas law, and it will be legislated after approving the budget law."
Shaddad continued, "The region has no choice but to sit at a dialogue table with the federal government to put the touches of the law, and the regional government is obliged to move after the two decisions to the oil and gas law, which has moved today from the political problem to technical and legal problems."
A member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee regarding the sale of oil explained, "Iraqi ports sell oil from the subtraction and receive it by means of tankers, because there are those who do not want good for Iraq and their identities are Kurdish, and they fully control the file of oil transportation in Basra through contracting with the Federal Ministry of Oil."
He pointed to "the existence of a suspicious contract that defamed Iraq, belonging to the Arab Transport Company and run by two Kurdish personalities."
Shaddad stressed that "Prime Minister Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani has very important directions to support the Iraqi Oil Tanker Company, and now it has entered into the transportation of Kiyara oil and selling it through SOMO," concluding, "Transport operations generate more money than the oil production process." 

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Shaddad: Parliamentary Finance has completed half of the draft budget... These are Basra's demands

• Time: 05/21/2023 22:41:49
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The representative of the State Forces Alliance, Ali Shaddad, announced the completion of half of the draft federal budget law by the Parliamentary Finance Committee.

 

Shaddad said; For the program {Without Accusation} broadcast by Al-Furat TV channel this evening, Sunday, that: “The Finance Committee continues the internal voting process for the budget law and has completed half of the paragraphs of the draft law. When the voting process is completed on the rest of its paragraphs, it goes to Parliament for its full approval.”
He added, "The government recently sent some observations on the draft law, and there is a misconception that the 3-year budget will end parliament's authority over the government, since we have monthly, not annual, budgets."
Shaddad continued, "As deputies of Basra Governorate, we called on the Presidency of Parliament and the Parliamentary Finance Committee to adopt a set of demands for the province, most notably increasing the province's allocations to the law of Basra, the economic capital of Iraq, and the Finance Committee, and it was approved, in addition to approval to raise the Basra Fund to more than 30 trillion dinars." 
He suggested, "The decline in the selling price of a barrel of oil and its decline below $70, and in light of that there are increases, and as an oil-producing province, it must be fair in the petrodollar part, and the Fund will do justice to future generations."
Shaddad pointed out, "The approval of the process of transferring some allocations from the ministries to the provinces by the Finance Committee, and Basra obtained an additional 500 billion dinars, bringing Basra's share in the budget to two trillion and 100 billion dinars."

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Planning: Additional items in the budget for the benefit of the citizen

The first  2023/05/22

 

 

 Baghdad: Rula Wathiq 

 Muhannad Abdel Wahab

 

While the popular and official circles are awaiting the approval of the general budget, and the announcement by more than one parliamentary source that there is a political agreement to pass it during the current month of May, the Ministry of Planning revealed that the budget for the current year includes new items that address the impact of changing the exchange rates of the US dollar on the Iraqi citizen.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, Maher Hammad Johan, said in an interview with "Al-Sabah": "Many items have been included in the general budget for the current year in favor of the citizen, as a result of the damage incurred by him as a result of the change in exchange rates in the past months."

He added, "The response was made by adding these items according to human and food security, as well as the economic impact, the general situation of climate change, global economic inflation, and the expected recession."

Johan stressed that "if the new budget is approved according to the items discussed, a large part of it represents a response to providing food and covering the requirements of the social protection network, in addition to supporting the private sector in specific areas." He explained that "serious discussions were conducted by the ministry with the participation of the Investment Authority." Government agencies, the Federation of Industries and other concerned authorities, regarding exchange rates and their impact on the market and therefore on citizens,” pointing out that “the Ministry of Planning worked under the guidance of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani in this field.”

And regarding the budget and the date of its approval, a member of the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives, Aref Al-Hamami, told Al-Sabah: “The Finance Committee is working to put the final touches on completing the budget law, and then it will send it with the final report to the Presidency of Parliament, which will set the date for the voting session on it.” He stressed that "the vote on the budget will take place during the current month of May."

He explained, "The political blocs agreed to pass the budget during the current month, and there are technical procedures and demands for some governorates and committees to add or delete items, and all of this depends on the Finance Committee to complete these requests and vote on their paragraphs."

As for the member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mustafa Al-Karawi, he indicated that “there are a number of points in the budget that were not discussed by the Finance Committee, including those related to the share of the governorates and the region,” noting that “after completing the discussion and voting on all budget items, it will be submitted to the House of Representatives, if The issue has been resolved politically."

Al-Karawi expected that "the budget law will be submitted to the Presidency of the House of Representatives this week," noting that "the most prominent amendments made to the budget relate to increasing non-oil revenues and regulating the work of collecting services provided such as electricity and the municipality, the issue of managing banks, automating government departments, and others."

In turn, committee member Youssef Al-Kalabi said: "The Finance Committee has completed most of the articles of the public financial budget." He added that "what remains of the budget items are approximately three paragraphs related to the Kurdistan region," noting that "these paragraphs were left to the political blocs."

Al-Kalabi indicated that "the House of Representatives will vote on the budget law within a week as a maximum," explaining that "the budget will be read and voted on in two sessions, due to the large number of its articles and clauses."

 

 Edited by: Muhammad Al-Ansari

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MP sets "cap" for budget approval date

Politics | Today, 22:11 | 

    MP sets a "maximum" for the date of approving the budget » Baghdad News Agency Today (baghdadtoday.news)

 

Baghdad Today - Baghdad

A member of the parliamentary legal committee, Sajjad Salem, predicted a "supposed date" for approving the financial budget for the current year.

Salem told Baghdad Today: "Parliament is determined to pass the budget," noting that "although it is not from the State Administration Alliance, but the political agreement quickly passed this budget."

He considered that "next Thursday is the latest date for the purpose of voting and approving the budget," pointing out, "There are important laws waiting to be enacted after the passage of the budget."

It is noteworthy that the parliamentary finance committee continues to discuss the draft budget law despite repeated assurances that the law will be approved before the end of May.

A parliamentary source revealed the fact that the budget reached the Presidency of the House of Representatives, and told (Baghdad Today), that: "The Presidency of the House of Representatives, responded to the news of the arrival of the budget to her that she has not received it (yet).

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At a cost of 400 billion.. more than 100 parliamentarians are calling for adding the seawater desalination project to the budget.

 

2023-05-23 // 02:55

 

Shafaq News / More than 100 members of the Iraqi Parliament demanded, on Tuesday, to add a paragraph for the sea water project in Basra Governorate within the general financial budget.

 

According to documents signed by 105 parliamentarians, they demanded that 400 billion dinars be allocated for the seawater desalination project to implement the Al-Faw thermal station with a production capacity of 3000 megawatts.

 

This comes at a time when the Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani, called at the beginning of May for an "urgent" international intervention to address the low water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, while affirming his government's intention to go to "desalinate" sea water.

 

It is noteworthy that Iraq suffers from water scarcity as a result of the lack of rain and the decrease in water revenues in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which affected the agricultural plan for the current season, which shrank to 50% from what it was during the last season.

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Al-Bandawi: Finishing the budget discussion and presenting it for voting next week

• Time: 05/24/2023 15:15:04
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The representative of the State Forces, Ali Al-Bandawi, expects that the draft financial budget law will be presented to the House of Representatives for a vote next week.

Al-Bindawi told {Euphrates News}: "The preliminary indications confirm the presentation of the budget next week and its inclusion on the agenda for next Monday's session, at the latest."
He pointed out, "The discussion of all items of the budget has been completed today, and the final agreement remains on determining the share of the Kurdistan region, and it has been decided by 12.7 percent."
Today, the Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed the resolution of most of the items of the financial budget in preparation for a vote on it, and decided to visit the Ministry of Finance to view the files that need clarification and resolve the file of lecturers and contracts after 10/2/2019 and the rest of the groups in order to adapt their conditions.

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Al-Bandawi: Completion of 90% of the budget. This is the region's share

• Time: 05/23/2023 20:26:41
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The representative of the State Forces Alliance, Ali Al-Bandawi, announced on Tuesday evening that 90% of the budget law for the year 2023 has been completed.

 

Al-Bandawi told Al-Furat News that: "The budget law is the main concern of the House of Representatives, and more than 90% of the budget materials have been completed."
He pointed out, "There are some technical, not political, differences with the Kurdistan region regarding the budget, especially after the decision of the Paris International Court to invalidate the oil and gas law for the Kurdistan region."
Al-Bandawi said, "The prevailing opinion today is that the region hand over the financial revenues of 400,000 barrels of oil per day to the federal government."
He noted that "the region's share in the federal budget is 16 trillion dinars, and not as some are circulating as 22 trillion."   
Al-Bandawi confirmed, "The amount includes all the region's dues at the investment and operational levels."

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Parliamentarian: The budget will be approved after settling three articles related to Kurdistan

 2023/05/24

 

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Baghdad / resource news

Today, Wednesday, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in Parliament, Representative Vian Sabri, revealed a new date for approving the budget.

Sabri said, "There is an agreement between Baghdad and Erbil, which is the oil agreement, and another related to items 12, 13, and 14 within the budget, and work is still valid on these items."

And she added, "After these articles are resolved within the Finance Committee, the parliament session will be determined to vote on the budget."

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Next meaning THIS or NEXT week ??? They change their minds more than my ex-wife.

Whether the argument is for or against the fact they're pin heads and incapable of self rule: it's certain this is deliberate foot draggin. 

One day some day our ship 🚢 will dock. Just hope it's not the proverbial ship of the desert...a CAMEL 🐫

 

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Real nut jobs. 

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2 hours ago, yota691 said:

Parliamentarian: The budget will be approved after settling three articles related to Kurdistan

 

Sorry for the skepticism, but how many times have we traveled this stupid journey?

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Im starting to memorize the bumps in the road....  

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47 minutes ago, boosterbglee said:

 

Sorry for the skepticism, but how many times have we traveled this stupid journey?

Going on 20 years now,... EEESH 

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Video.. Al-Halbousi: Voting on the budget next Saturday

• Time: 05/25/2023 00:50:58
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{Politics: Al Furat News} Speaker of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, announced that the draft financial budget law will be put to a vote before the House of Representatives next Saturday.

A statement by the Parliamentary Media Department quoted Al-Halbousi as saying, "The budget is in its final touches in the Parliamentary Finance Committee, which will present the draft law to the Presidency of Parliament on Thursday."
He added: "There are some notes on the budget that will be resolved before handing them over to the presidency of the Council."
Al-Halbousi confirmed that "there are many segments that will be included in the appointments, but the budget law cannot cover all applicants for appointment, and there is a priority for the government, and sufficient and necessary allocations have been provided for the social welfare file." 

 

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Al-Halbousi decides the date for voting on the budget

2023.05.25 - 01:03

 

Nass News

  

Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi confirmed that the Finance Committee will hand over the draft budget to Parliament on Thursday evening, and that next Saturday is the date for voting on the draft.   

  

 

The Parliament Speaker said in a statement to the official media that the budget is in its final touches and that the Finance Committee continues to work and is ready to hand over the project on Thursday evening, and Saturday will be the date for voting on it. 

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Presidency of Parliament meets with the Finance Committee in preparation for approving the budget

 

money and business
   

Economy News / Baghdad
Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi chaired today, Wednesday, the meeting of the Finance Committee, in preparation for submitting the budget to the House of Representatives and determining the session for voting on it.

 

The Media Department of the House of Representatives stated in a statement, "The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Muhammad al-Halbousi, chaired today the meeting of the Finance Committee, in the presence of the chairman and members of the committee, to discuss the remaining matters and issues in the provisions of the Federal General Budget Law, and to reach a clear vision in preparation for submitting it to the House of Representatives and setting a session to vote on it."

 

Al-Halbousi appreciated the "efforts made by the Finance Committee and made appropriate notes regarding it," noting that "this budget is no less important than the previous budgets, but rather the most important, as it is for three years, with a review of the schedules annually."

 

He emphasized "the importance of the projects contained in the budget, which is reflected in the service program in accordance with the implementation of the government program."

 

Al-Halbousi touched on, "The Council's approval of the Social Security Law guarantees the entitlement of workers and the involvement of the private sector, which reduces the budget," pointing to "the need to reduce spending in order to increase non-oil resources."

He reaffirmed the "speedy implementation of the general budget law," pointing to "the importance of accommodating large segments of society through creating job grades to appoint graduates in the governorates and including adequate financial allocations for them."

 

In turn, the Chairman of the Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, welcomed Al-Halbousi, reviewing the most important findings of the Finance Committee and its procedures in completing the budget items and schedules.

 

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WILL SEE? GO IRAQ DINAR ! IF DESANTIS AND TRUMP GOES HEAD TO HEAD, I LIKE OTHERS WONT VOTE FOR DESANTIS! I KNOW THE SHIP WILL GO DOWN! DEEPSTATE WILL RUN ALL OVER THE ROOKIE!

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1 hour ago, T B said:

WILL SEE? GO IRAQ DINAR ! IF DESANTIS AND TRUMP GOES HEAD TO HEAD, I LIKE OTHERS WONT VOTE FOR DESANTIS! I KNOW THE SHIP WILL GO DOWN! DEEPSTATE WILL RUN ALL OVER THE ROOKIE!

 

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over the draft budget to Parliament on Thursday evening, and that next Saturday is the date for voting on the draft.   

  

next saturday, sunday and any day next week based on past performance!

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Al-Halbousi: Next Saturday is the date for voting on the budget

---  2023/05/25

 

 

Baghdad: morning 

Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi announced, in a statement carried by the parliament's media department, that next Saturday the vote on the budget law will be witnessed.

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The Speaker of Parliament announces the vote on the budget next Saturday.. Video

2023-05-25 00:32

 

Shafaq News/ The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, has set next Saturday as a date for voting on the draft state budget law for the year 2023. 

 

 

"In general, the budget is in its final touches," al-Halbousi said, in a statement to the parliament's media department, which was reported to Shafaq News Agency, noting that "we had a meeting with the Finance Committee and their efforts are appreciated for their continued work to reach an integrated vision regarding the provisions of the law and its allocations."

 

He added, "The committee is ready to hand over the budget tomorrow to the House of Representatives," noting that "there are some observations that will be concluded in the evening. Positively on the service reality in the government program.

 

He continued, "There are also reform joints in the law, as the committee amended some articles to serve the state's view in general, and also in strengthening the role of government institutions in carrying out reforms and governance in some matters."

 

Al-Halbousi confirmed that the vote on the budget will be next Saturday," pointing out at the same time that there are "many segments included in the budget for appointments, but the budget law cannot cover everyone who demands appointment, as there is a priority for the government for who are the segments that need to include them in institutions." the job".

 

 

For its part, the Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed its readiness to send the general budget law, and said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that it continued its meeting late at night in order to put technical notes on the federal general budget law.

 

She also confirmed that she had worked to complete all the remaining matters of the budget items, and the numbers listed in the tables; In order to make transfers between amounts on spending units, according to need and population ratio, as well as the importance of increasing financial allocations in the governorates in implementation of the government program.

 

The committee renewed its readiness, according to the statement, to send the budget to the Presidency of the House of Representatives to proceed with the legislation of the law as soon as possible.

 

It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Council of Ministers had sent last March the tripartite budget law to the House of Representatives, but until now the law has not been included in the agenda of the parliamentary sessions.

 

 

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He went to approve the Iraq budget for the year 2023 at the end of the week

Arab economy

Baghdad

Safaa Al-Kubaisi

May 25, 2023

 

During a previous meeting of the Iraqi Parliament (Getty)

 

The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, confirmed that next Saturday the parliament will vote on the draft financial budget law for the current year 2023, stressing that all observations will be resolved, while the Kurdistan Regional Government warned against any amendments to the law inconsistent with the political agreement it concluded with the Baghdad government.

Earlier this month, the "State Administration" coalition, which includes the main political forces in Iraq (the coordination framework, the Kurdish forces, the Sovereignty Coalition), announced its agreement to pass the financial budget for the year 2023, while stressing the importance of the terms of the political agreement on the basis of which the government of Muhammad was formed. Sudanese Shiites.

Yesterday evening, Wednesday, Al-Halbousi said, "The budget is in its final touches, and our meeting with the Finance Committee will be to reach an integrated vision regarding the provisions, paragraphs, and allocations of the law," stressing in a televised statement, that "the committee is ready to hand over the budget to Parliament today, Thursday."

He added, "There are some observations that will be completed, and in light of them, the parliament session will be determined to proceed with the legislation of the law," stressing that "the law is important and contains many investment and strategic projects that will reflect positively on the service reality of the government's program."

He pointed out that "there are reform joints, and the committee added some items and amended others, including what serves the state's view in general and what contributes to strengthening the role of government institutions in carrying out reforms and governance in some joints," suggesting that the vote on the budget "next Saturday."

 

Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Regional Government warned against making any amendments to the draft general budget law that contradict the terms of the agreement and mutual understanding between Erbil and Baghdad.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers held a meeting to discuss the file, and the presidency of the regional government confirmed, in a statement, that “there are efforts made by a number of members of Parliament to amend Articles 13 and 14 of the Budget Law, and that their proposals are inconsistent with the rights and entitlements of the Kurdistan region that have been It was agreed upon and approved by the government of Baghdad and the regional government and was included in the agreement.

For his part, the head of the regional government, Masrour Barzani, stressed "respect for the constitutional rights and entitlements of the region, and not to make any amendments and changes in the project outside the framework of the agreement and mutual understandings between the two sides," stressing that "the region has implemented all its obligations, so the Baghdad government, in return, must It implements what falls under its responsibility and secures the rights and entitlements of the region, similar to other regions in Iraq.

And the regional government decided that its negotiating delegation would continue to "coordinate with the Baghdad government and members of the Council of Ministers and deputies from the Kurdish blocs to prevent any attempt to violate the rights and entitlements of the region that were established by the constitution and reflected in the agreement of the two governments and the draft budget law," stressing that "the region is ready to implement any obligation that falls on it." In light of the Federal Financial Management Act.

Iraqi political parties have warned against the continued obstruction of approving the country's financial budget for the year 2023 and its effects on the country's interests, stressing that political differences prevent the possibility of passing it, amid calls to overcome the crisis and move towards approving important laws.

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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