The general budget enters the "appeals" department

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Iraq parliament approves more federal control over Kurdish oil revenues

Article 14 of the budget bill also allows Kurdish governorates to seek funds directly from Baghdad

 

The Iraqi parliament began debating a three-year $153 billion budget on Thursday. AFP

 

Winthrop Rodgers

Erbil

Jun 11, 2023

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Iraq’s parliament took a major step towards approving its national budget after overcoming disagreements about how to manage oil revenue from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, which had held up passage for three days.

Voting on the budget bill began on Thursday. MPs had approved two dozen of the 67 sections of the critical legislation by the early hours of Saturday morning, but hit an impasse over Article 14.

The article introduces significant changes in the Kurdistan region’s hydrocarbon industry, giving Baghdad far greater oversight than it had previously.

It will also upend political dynamics within the Kurdistan region by authorising individual governorates to petition Baghdad for a separate budget if they feel that the Kurdistan Regional Government is not giving them a fair share of funding.

 

Critics, particularly within the Kurdistan Democratic Party, argue that the changes will undermine the Kurdistan region’s power and constitutional status.

 

Despite these objections, Article 14 was passed at around midnight with the session paused immediately afterwards. Parliament is expected to reconvene on Sunday afternoon to debate dozens of other parts of the budget needing approval.

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani’s government introduced draft budget legislation in March, but its progress through parliament has been halting.

“The stakes are high,” said Mohanad Adnan, a Baghdad-based political analyst at Roya Development Group.

 

“Historically, competition was between the Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs, but now there is an intra-bloc layer of competition, drastically complicating negotiations,” he said.

The legislation is Iraq’s largest ever proposed budget at $153 billion and will run for three years until 2025. The Kurdistan region’s share of 12.67 per cent was confirmed in a vote on Friday night.

“A lot of this spending is for providing more public sector jobs,” said Zeinab Shuker, a sociology professor at Sam Houston State University.

This was a strategy by Mr Al Sudani and his government to win re-election, she said.

 

While this may appeal to many jobless Iraqis, including the growing youth population, Ms Shuker said it was short-term thinking.

“This is not going to be sustainable,” she said. “The budget works with $70 per barrel for oil, any decline and Iraq will not be able to deal with it very effectively.”

Brent closed at $75.04 per barrel on Friday.

Nevertheless, issues of federalism and control of the oil industry in the Kurdistan region were the most contentious and have been the reason for the repeated delays.

The KDP, which is a crucial member of Mr Al Sudani’s governing coalition, objected to amendments introduced by the parliamentary finance committee late last month. They viewed them as contrary to a temporary agreement reached in April between Mr Al Sudani and KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.

 

 

The political ***-for-tat led some Kurdish parties to prefer working with the federal government rather than the KRG, weakening the role of the region

Mohanad Adnan, political analyst

Some of that language was softened in the final version, which still resulted in a significant new role for Baghdad.

The KDP also opposed a provision in Article 14 that was strongly supported by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party that gives governorates in the Kurdistan region the ability to petition for a separate budget from Baghdad if the KRG does not fairly distribute funds.

The PUK has long accused the KDP of using its control of the Kurdistan region’s oil industry to deny Sulaymaniyah governorate, where the PUK is in control, its fair share of funding relative to KDP strongholds in Erbil and Duhok.

This clause passed in the final version will likely exacerbate tensions between the two parties.

A provision backed by Kurdish opposition parties was removed from the budget bill on Saturday. It would have compelled the KRG to repay 10 per cent of the money that it had withheld from the salaries of public servants as part of austerity measures introduced in 2014.

“The political ***-for-tat led some Kurdish parties to prefer working with the federal government rather than the KRG, weakening the role of the region,” Mr Adnan said.

“Combined with the [Federal Supreme] Court’s ruling against the Kurdistan region’s oil exports, Baghdad is more directly involved in the region’s affairs than ever.”

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Experts: The budget raises concerns about the country's economic future

2023.06.14 - 22:3

 

Baghdad - people  

Iraq's passage of the largest budget in its history has raised fears among experts, who say it will take the country's expenditures to the brink of collapse, while government supporters insist this budget law is vital to mitigating a long post-election political debate that has led to entire years without budgets. The last one is in 2022.  

  

  

Iraq had previously spent 2014 and 2020 without a budget, for reasons also due to sharp political divisions.  

  

A report by (The National) news website, translated by (Al-Mada), indicated that “despite the passage of 18 months without a budget amid record oil revenues and legislation restricting government expenditures to levels lower than the previous budget, the Iraqi parliament took four consecutive sessions in order to pass this year’s budget.” ».  

  

The report added, "Part of the reasons for the delay were due to differences between different political blocs, most of which are about the Kurdistan region's share of the budget, the rights of certain other provinces within the region and how to market their oil exports."  

  

He pointed out, “The budget, which amounts to $152 billion, of which 12.6% is allocated to the Kurdistan region, has raised concerns about whether oil prices fall below $70 a barrel, which is the expected average price per barrel over three years according to which the budget was calculated, then it will The state will not be able to fulfill what was approved in this agreement.  

  

The report pointed out, "The International Monetary Fund had even worse predictions regarding the oil price rate that it relied on in calculating the budget of Iraq, a country whose economy depends entirely on oil."  

  

And he continued, "The Monetary Fund confirmed that Iraq needs an average price of a barrel of up to 96 dollars, and the Brent crude oil benchmark price index for Monday closed at 72 dollars a barrel."  

  

"The budget is based mostly on operating expenses, and there is not enough share of the budget allocated for investment," says Sajjad Jiyad, a political analyst and fellow of the American Century Foundation Institute.  

  

Jiyad denied, "The existence of real allocations for investment in the budget, as it focused only on expanding what was in previous budgets and left only a few billions for investment."  

  

Jiyad indicated, "Even if the government was able to implement 80% of the budget items, it would not increase oil revenues, but this would lead to the creation of new job opportunities."  

  

And the report continues, "Iraq suffered from low executive budget allocations, which impeded spending on vital reconstruction projects even during times of high oil prices."  

  

The report noted, "The government must instead increase investment spending and reduce part of other expenditures in order to mitigate a high deficit estimated at $49 billion."  

  

 And Jiyad goes back to saying, "If this is not done, and if oil prices fall at the time, we will not have a real way to mitigate that deficit unless we reduce those expenses."  

  

For his part, the government advisor for financial affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, said in an interview with the Associated Press, translated by Al-Mada, that “the new budget will be a cause for concern, as it depends mainly on oil revenues, and if oil prices fall, the size of the deficit will It will increase, which will force the government to borrow. It is a dangerous expectation that will lead to debt problems.”   

  

In addition, Mohsen al-Mandalawi, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, said, "It is vital that we reduce spending and increase non-oil revenues to enhance the state's imports in the sectors of agriculture, services and reconstruction."  

  

While the Prime Minister's advisor for foreign relations, Farhad Alaeddin, stated that "the budget law is vital for the implementation of the government program and the projects it includes."  

  

And Aladdin continued, “The budget law this time provides continuity and prevents any obstruction to government performance. The government will be able to start implementing infrastructure projects and transform Iraq into one of the largest workshops in the region ».  

  

For Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, according to the report, “the budget that the Council of Ministers voted on last March 13 prioritizes the basic needs of Iraqi citizens and their families, and aims to meet their aspirations for government services, construction projects, and infrastructure.”  

  

And the report went on, “Al-Sudani said that the budget addresses the phenomenon of recurring projects’ delay or failure that has accompanied governments over the past years. This vision also confirms the reduction of operational spending, the development of non-oil revenues, and the support of the private sector.”  

  

Translated by: Hamid Ahmed _ from: (The National) website and (Associated Press) _ Al Mady  

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[Boggle]

Glory glory. Praying they implement the RV or re-instatement of the Dinar NOW. 

[Laid Back]

Oil agreement > Budget > HCL. > Stronger Dinar $1+

 

Go HCL

Go Stronger Dinar $1+

[Shelley]

7 minutes ago, Laid Back said:

Oil agreement > Budget > HCL. > Stronger Dinar $1+

 

Go HCL

Go Stronger Dinar $1+

I wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing articles on how a current Census needs to be done .

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1 hour ago, Shelley said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing articles on how a current Census needs to be done .

 

I don't recall seeing any results of previous census endeavors....that was the hold up for years and intentionally not acted upon to avoid validating the citizen's share of oil proceeds. You may very well be right.

[southbeach]

1 hour ago, Shelley said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if we start seeing articles on how a current Census needs to be done .

YOTA posted one last week that said census at end of this year but like most things Iraq that was probably a miscalculation and could be happening now.

Edited June 15, 2023 by southbeach

[Shelley]

47 minutes ago, southbeach said:

YOTA posted one last week that said census at end of this year but like most things Iraq that was probably a miscalculation and could be happening now.

I believe a Census takes about 6 months to complete…, that should get them to 2024 🙃🫨

[WheresmyRV?]

1 hour ago, Shelley said:

I believe a Census takes about 6 months to complete…, that should get them to 2024 🙃🫨

Or to 2025 on how quick Iraq moves on things. 

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The general budget enters the "appeals" department

The first  2023/06/18

 

 

  Baghdad: Haider Al-Jaber

Before approving the general budget law, which lasted for 4 days, governmental and parliamentary agencies announced their intention to challenge the law before the Federal Supreme Court, due to changes to the original law submitted by the government, or the objection of the deputies to it, and according to the law and the constitution, 7 parties An official has the right to challenge the budget before the court.
Earlier, Finance Minister Taif Sami denied making transfers in the general budget that the Parliamentary Finance Committee is conducting, stressing that it will challenge the budget in the event of changes to the paragraphs included by the government.
In the context, the representative of the coordination framework, Intisar al-Moussawi, suggested that the Ministry of Finance would appeal to some provisions of the financial budget law, noting that these paragraphs are "not related to the citizen."
A member of the Finance Committee, Mueen Al-Kazemi, believes that the government has the right to challenge the General Budget Law, expecting that the impact of this appeal will be "limited."
Al-Kazemi told Al-Sabah: “The government has the right to challenge the general budget law, while the powers of parliament are limited to transfers and classification, and not to increasing the financial burden on the government,” expecting that “the Federal Court will stand by the government, and the articles that amounted to 78 articles instead of 67 articles.
He added, "If an appeal is made, this will not affect the law in general except in the contested articles, and they will be amended as the government deems."
For his part, a member of the Legal Committee, Muhammad Anouz, indicated that there is a clear exaggeration in expenditures within the General Budget Law.
Anouz told Al-Sabah: "If the government submits an appeal against the general budget law, this means that it wants to implement the original text, not the amended text." He added, "There are points of view and calculations related to investing money by borrowing or spending it inappropriately." Pointing out that "there is a clear exaggeration in expenditures, but the government wants this matter."

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The National Union talks about a "fierce attack" caused by the suppor t of Article 14

• Time: 06/17/2023 19:47:27
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan announced today, Saturday, a "fierce attack" led by the Democratic Party because of its support for Article 14 of the Federal Budget Law.

 

Ghiath Al-Sorji told Al-Furat News that: "The Democratic Party has launched a major media attack on us since we supported Article 14 of the budget, even accusing us of treason."
"If our demand for rights is treason, we are proud of this betrayal," he added.
Surji continued, "The National Union, even the mother, is silent and did not respond to these accusations and statements," stressing that "the door of dialogue is still open to the Democratic Party, and we call on them to sit at the dialogue table because the region has been affected economically, socially, and security by this dispute."

From: Raghad Dahham

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The former Office of Financial Supervision: Financial criticism determines the possibility of implementing projects

• Time: 06/17/2023 21:46:09
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{Economic: Al Furat News} The former director of the Office of Financial Supervision, Salah Nuri, confirmed today, Saturday, that financial criticism is what determines the possibility of implementing projects.

 

Nuri told Al-Furat News that: "The implementation of the budget law will be in accordance with the actual implementation, regardless of revenues, and depending on the available actual financial liquidity."

He explained that "financial criticism will determine the possibility of implementing projects without it." 

Nuri added, "All previous budgets did not achieve the financial revenues that they approved, and because the cash liquidity is much less than what was determined, and in light of the monetary year, priority is given to the operational budget, salaries and retirees, and few are left for investment projects."

From: Raghad Dahham

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Parliamentary Finance suggests that the ministries start implementing the budget provisions early next month

Iraq

00:26 - 2023-06-18

 

The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed the release of salaries for 720,000 new employees after the Presidency of the Republic approved the budget, while it expected the ministries to start implementing its provisions in early July.
A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Mueen Al-Kazemi, said: "The budget law sent by Parliament to the Presidency of the Republic includes 78 articles after adding 11 articles to the copy sent by the government."
He added, "Transfers worth 6 trillion dinars have been made for the purpose of increasing governorate allocations and approving the budget. The salaries of 720,000 new employees will be released from lecturers, contracts, holders of higher degrees, seniors, and other categories," pointing out, "The Finance Committee added 150,000 job degrees to the budget in response to different segments." ".
He pointed out, "
And he stressed, "The government may appeal against articles that added financial burdens, and appealing to any article will stop the implementation of that budget and not all of its provisions," suggesting that the ministries start implementing what was stated in the budget at the beginning of next July.

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Parliamentary Finance releases its expectations about the entry into force of the budget

2023.06.17 - 21:36

 

Baghdad - Nas  

The Parliamentary Finance Committee expected, on Saturday, that the ministries would start implementing its provisions in early July.  

  

  

A member of the committee, Mueen Al-Kazemi, said in a statement to the official channel, followed by “NAS” (June 17, 2023), that “the budget law sent by Parliament to the Presidency of the Republic includes 78 articles after adding 11 articles to the copy sent by the government.”  

  

He added, "Transfers worth 6 trillion dinars have been made for the purpose of increasing governorate allocations and approving the budget. The salaries of 720,000 new employees will be released from lecturers, contracts, holders of higher degrees, seniors, and other categories," noting that "the Finance Committee added 150,000 job degrees to the budget in response to different segments." .  

  

He pointed out that "there are more than 500 spending units, and after the approval of the President of the Republic, the process of implementing the budget will be followed up by the Finance Committee and the remaining parliamentary committees, each according to its competence."  

  

And he stressed, "The government may appeal against articles that added financial burdens, and appealing to any article will stop the implementation of that budget and not all of its provisions," suggesting that "the ministries start implementing what was stated in the budget at the beginning of next July."  

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Text of the articles related to the share and obligations of the Kurdistan region in the federal budget

2023.06.17 - 21:42

 

Baghdad - Nas  

On Saturday, "NAS" publishes the text of the articles related to the share and obligations of the Kurdistan region in the federal budget.  

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Earlier, the secretary of the Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers said that the funds that reach the region will be liquidated retroactively after the implementation of the general federal budget law for 2023.  

  

And the Secretary of the Council of Ministers for the region, Amanj Rahim, added in a post followed by “NAS” on Saturday, (June 17, 2023), that the articles related to the region in the budget are articles 11-12-13, and after publishing the budget, the law will enter into force retroactively from January 1 and according to Budget One trillion and 200 billion dinars will be liquidated for the Iraqi commercial banks, Al-Rasheed and Al-Rafidian, and will be deducted from the monthly dues specified for the region in the budget.    

  

The Secretary of the Council of Ministers explained the main commitments contained in the budget for the region as follows:    

  

* Delivery of 400 thousand barrels of oil produced in the region in the event of resuming exports through the port of Ceyhan or using it for refining and local consumption.    

  

* Delivering 50% of the proceeds of border crossings to the federal treasury.    

  

* Delivery of the monthly installment of the region's obligations towards the Trade Bank of Iraq.    

  

Submission of the budget reviewed by the Ministry of Finance.    

  

The agreement of the federal and regional financial oversight bodies on the review mechanism.  

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Parliamentary Finance resolves the controversy over increasing employee salaries

2023-06-19 05:26

Shafaq News/ The Parliamentary Finance Committee has decided, in the negative, the reality of the news circulating about an increase in the salary scale in the federal budget and the fate of the salary scale.

 

Committee member Mueen Al-Kadhimi told Shafaq News agency that the 2023 budget does not include any salary increases, and it will remain the same, while he indicated that the salary increase after 2023 depends on the government's decision and procedures.

 

Regarding the fate of the rolling salary scale, Al-Kazemi explained, "The competent committee in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers submitted a proposal for the salary scale to the Parliamentary Finance Committee, and it was not presented in the budget."

 

And the Iraqi parliament voted on the financial budget for three years. 2023, 2024 and 2025, with a value of 197 trillion and 828 billion Iraqi dinars (152.2 billion dollars), with a total deficit of 63 trillion dinars (48.3 billion dollars).

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Parliamentary Finance resolves the controversy over increasing employee salaries

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Economy News _ Baghdad
The Parliamentary Finance Committee decided, in the negative, the reality of the news circulating about an increase in the salary scale in the federal budget and the fate of the salary scale.

 

Committee member Moein Al-Kadhimi said in an interview with Shafaq News Agency, followed by "Al-Iqtisad News", that the 2023 budget does not include any salary increases, and it will remain the same, while he indicated that the salary increase after 2023 is subject to the government's decision and procedures.

 

Regarding the fate of the rolling salary scale, Al-Kazemi explained, "The competent committee in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers submitted a proposal for the salary scale to the Parliamentary Finance Committee, and it was not presented in the budget."

 

And the Iraqi parliament voted on the financial budget for three years. 2023, 2024 and 2025, with a value of 197 trillion and 828 billion Iraqi dinars (152.2 billion dollars), with a total deficit of 63 trillion dinars (48.3 billion dollars).

 

 

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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan proves the rights of the people of Kurdistan in the budget

Iraq

16:13 - 2023-06-19

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, through its bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, was able to install many articles and paragraphs that are in the interest of the people of Kurdistan in the Federal Budget Law for the years 2023-2024-2025, and it also prevented the passing of a paragraph related to cutting off the region’s dues in the event of a dispute with Federal government.

d said. Briar Rashid, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc, said in a statement to the official website of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUKMEDIA: "The confirmation of Paragraph 8 of Article 13 of the federal budget was the efforts of the Patriotic Union bloc, and it is an important paragraph that obligates the regional government to give priority to paying the salaries of employees and retirees, as well as following justice between the provinces in investment projects.

He added, "As the National Union bloc, we tried hard to install a clause to recover the saved salaries of the region's employees, but a Kurdistan bloc stood against this clause, and it was not passed, but we did not leave this issue and we will continue our efforts and follow all legal means to protect the rights of the region's employees."

Delete the paragraph related to stopping the sending of the region’s share
, and the member of the National Union bloc confirmed, “It was mentioned in Paragraph 7 of Article 13, in the event that there is a difference in views between the federal government and the regional government regarding the rights, obligations and mechanisms contained in the provisions of this law, and the dispute has not been resolved.” Within a period of 15 days, sending the region’s share of the budget is stopped, but the National Union bloc was able to delete the suspension of sending the region’s share and give a period of 30 days to resolve the dispute, and if it is not resolved within the specified period, the House of Representatives is authorized to resolve it.
Install paragraphs for the benefit of the Peshmerga
d said. Briar Rashid: "Fixing the salaries and entitlements of more than 20,000 Peshmerga at the Federal Ministry of Defense, appointing 3,000 border guards, transferring the joint brigades to the staff of the Ministry of Defense, which number more than 4,000 Peshmerga, converting the electoral contracts of the Election Commission employees into contracts Operational, and more than 3,000 employees benefit from it, sending the petrodollar budget directly to the region, preventing the imposition of taxes on mobile phone cards, and other important paragraphs in the budget, which the

Patriotic Union worked to achieve in service to the Iraqi people in general and the citizens of Kurdistan in particular. For the province's share of the budget

The deputy of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc, Dr. Nermin Maarouf, told PUKMEDIA: We in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc had a great role in protecting the share of the Kurdistan Region from the budget and defending the financial dues of the people of Kurdistan, as many obstacles appeared that threatened the share of the Kurdistan Region, but we were able to overcome those obstacles.

For his part, Karwan Yarois, rapporteur of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc, said during a special statement to PUKMEDIA: With the entry into force of the federal budget law, the problem of delaying the payment of salaries to employees in the Kurdistan Region will end, this crisis that employees have been suffering from for more than eight years.

He added: When the federal budget law enters into force, the federal government will send financial dues to the Kurdistan Region every month, and the Kurdistan Regional Government can distribute the salaries of employees monthly without any delay, in addition to resuming work on suspended projects, indicating that the Federal Ministry of Finance will issue instructions for spending the budget Federal soon.

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Harim Kamal Agha: The objection clause does not pose any danger to anyone

Kurdistan

10:29 - 2023-06-19

Harim Kamal Agha, head of the National Union bloc in the Iraqi parliament, announced during a media meeting in Erbil: "If the regional government is committed to a fair distribution of dues, then there will be no meaning left for the objecting governorates clause, and this paragraph will end."

The Media Department of the Erbil Organizations Center for the National Union, in the presence of Darbaz Kosrat Rasool, a member of the working body of the Political Bureau, Saadi Bireh, a member of the Political Bureau, Dr. Majid Muhammad Amin, the official of the Erbil Organizations Center, Fahima Saber, a member of the Leadership Council, and a number of party and government cadres, prepared a media meeting for the head of the National Union bloc in the House of Representatives Iraqi Harim Kamal Agha.

The National Union does not want to be part of the problems

Harim Kamal Agha, head of the National Union bloc, declared during the meeting: "The National Union and the Democratic Party, after the elections, went as a joint team to Baghdad. The two parties agreed on most issues, especially the issue of the Kurds not interfering in the problems of the internal Shiite house, but there was a secret agreement that overturned all issues."

"The Patriotic Union as a force advocating the rights of the Kurdish people, and after this secret agreement with us, it became clear to us that the pledges we made are not commensurate with this new phase, different from what we went for with the Democratic Party to Baghdad, which is to preserve the lives, livelihood, rights and interests of the masses of the people of Kurdistan, who are linked to With unity and harmony between the Kurdish forces," says Harim Kamal Agha.

If the government is so confident of itself, why the feeling of fear?

Harim Kamal Agha also shed light on the articles related to the entitlements of the Kurdish people from the general budget and analyzed the content of Articles 11, 12 and 13 of the law.

Regarding the objection clause regarding the provinces that feel that they are not treated fairly by the regional government from their entitlements and their direct dealings with Baghdad, Harim Kamal Agha said: "We do not understand all this fear of this issue, which was proven in Paragraph 8 of Article 13, so if the Kurdistan Regional Government is sure With regard to the fairness of its treatment in the distribution of financial dues, there is no meaning to this paragraph.

” Regarding the issue of returning the salaries saved for employees, retirees, teachers, Peshmerga, police and Asayish, the National Union bloc made strenuous efforts to install this article, but it did not obtain enough votes to approve it, but as the Union bloc we did not give up and we will proceed All possible ways to return the rights and salaries of Kurdistan employees," says the head of the Patriotic Union bloc.

President Pavel always emphasizes unity

Harim Kamal Agha says: "All the attempts, visits and meetings of President Pavel Jalal Talabani to Baghdad were for the sake of unity and harmony, so that President Pavel Jalal Talabani's efforts facilitated our tasks as deputies to preserve the rights of the Kurdish people and the balance that contributed to the security of the Kurdistan Region, but the conflicts and cracks in the Kurdish inner house It had an impact on where we are today."

He added, "Unfortunately, after the death of President Mam Jalal, the Kurds were unable to go to Baghdad as a unified team in order to secure the rights and entitlements of the Kurdish people." He explained that the differences in the Parliament of Kurdistan also directly affected the weakness of the position of the Kurds in Baghdad.

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Who are the authorities entitled to file legal appeals against the budget?

 

June 17, 2023

Baghdad / Obelisk Al-Hadath: Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi identified, on Saturday, the parties that have the right to challenge the budget law, while stressing that the appeal is after its approval by the Presidency of the Republic.

A budget challenge is a legal action taken in some cases to investigate the validity and legality of a government budget.

Various parties intend to use this procedure because they have objection to how to prepare or implement the budget.

In Iraq, those bodies can file a judicial challenge against the government budget. This is done by filing a judicial complaint before the competent court.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement to Al-Masalla, that after the Iraqi Council of Representatives voted on the budget law, it was sent to the Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of ratification by the President of the Republic in accordance with Article 73 III of the Iraqi Constitution. by the Presidency of the Republic.

He added that after the President of the Republic ratifies it, it is sent by the Presidency of the Republic to the Ministry of Justice for the purpose of publishing it in the Official Gazette, i.e. the facts according to Law 78 of 1977, the law of publication in the Iraqi Gazette....and when it is published, it is legally obligatory to be applied, followed, and implemented...

And he continued: As for the appeal against the articles of the budget law, it will be within a period of 30 days from the date of publication, meaning that the period of appeal that is submitted to the court will be within 30 days from the date of its publication in the facts, and no appeal will be accepted after this period .. which is stipulated in Article 22 of the internal system of the court Federal Supreme No. 1 of 2022 This article required the Federal Supreme Court to decide on the appeal within 30 days from the date of its submission, unless otherwise necessary.

And he concluded: As for the parties that have the right to challenge the Federal Budget Law, they are the three authorities, the ministries, the prime minister of the region, the bodies not associated with the ministry and the governors…..as Article 19 of the Federal Supreme Court system above says..and that the request be submitted to the court by a letter signed by the head of the concerned authority ...and that the contested text relates to the tasks of those bodies or has implications and differences in application.

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Parliament Sets The Date For The Implementation Of The Budget

06/20/2023

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Earth News / Member of Parliament Basem Al-Gharabi set today, Tuesday, the date for implementing the budget instructions.

 

Al-Gharabi told Earth News Agency, "The budget enters into force after the approval of the President of the Republic, which is 15 days from the date of voting on it, publishing it in Iraqi facts, and issuing instructions for implementing the budget by the Ministry of Finance and Planning."

 

He added, "It is not excluded that these procedures will be completed in early July, as appointments will be launched, all forms of acceptance of applicants for appointment will be organized by the governorates, and the salaries of the beneficiaries will be paid at the beginning of next month."

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Parliamentary Finance: Most of the budget amendments took place in coordination with the ministers

money and business
   

Economy News _ Baghdad
Today, Tuesday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed that most of the budget amendments took place in coordination with the ministers, while it identified paragraphs in the budget that the government may object to.

 

Committee member Mueen Al-Kazemi said in an interview with the Iraqi News Agency, followed by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "most of the articles in the budget law have been agreed upon with the government, and the government can object if the amendments made by the committee and approved by the House of Representatives are not among the powers of the parliament," indicating That "the amendments included transfers and reduction of some chapters, which are the prerogatives of the House of Representatives."
Al-Kadhimi continued, "The government has the right to object to financial burdens if it finds doors or clauses that include an increase in financial burdens," explaining that "the government may object to the issue of employees who have been increased to 300,000 new degrees, but all other articles have been agreed upon with the government." ".

He stated that "many of the amendments that took place in coordination with ministers and heads of agencies."

 

 

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Parliamentary Finance: The budget law will contribute to resolving many of the Kurdistan Region's crises

Kurdistan

10:50 - 2023-06-23

Dr. Nermin Maarouf, a member of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, confirmed that the region's percentage of 12.67% of the federal general budget is not calculated from the total budget, but rather after deducting the ruling and sovereign expenditures from it.

Dr. Nermin Maarouf said, during a press conference held today, Thursday 6/22/2023, in the Sulaymaniyah office of the Parliament: “The region’s percentage of 12.67% is not calculated from the total budget of 199 trillion dinars, but is calculated from the budget after deducting the ruling and sovereign expenditures until it reaches About 130 trillion dinars, stressing that "this means that the region's share amounts to 14 trillion and 700 billion dinars," in addition to that "the region's share of the ruling budget amounts to approximately one trillion and 300 billion dinars, which reaches the region in kind, not materially."

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee explained the reasons for reducing the Kurdistan region’s share of the region’s development allocations in the federal budget, saying: “Although the region’s share in the federal budget amounts to 12.67%, the share of the provinces of the region in the region’s development is 11%,” pointing out that “ The reason for this is the criteria that were set to determine the proportion of each province in the development of the regions represented by the number of residents and the rate of poverty.

A member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc stated, "According to the statistics of the Federal Ministry of Planning, the provinces of the region are the least poor in Iraq, especially Sulaymaniyah Governorate, so the proportion of the region has been reduced."
Dr. Nermin went on to say:

She explained, "The budget law does not solve all the problems of the citizens of Kurdistan, but it will contribute to ending many crises, including the problem of delaying the distribution of salaries of employees and retirees."

The draft federal budget law for the years 2023-2024-2025, sent by the federal government to the House of Representatives on March 13, 2023, and after extensive discussions by the Finance Committee and during Parliament sessions as well, the draft law was ratified during the House of Representatives session on the morning of June 12, 2023 In the presence of 258 deputies out of 329.

Then, the House of Representatives sent the voted budget law to the Presidency of the Republic on June 16, where it was signed by His Excellency the President of the Republic, Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, yesterday, 6/21/2023.

Today, Thursday, 6/22, the Federal Budget Law was sent to the Federal Ministry of Justice, where it is scheduled to be published next Monday, 6/26/2023, in the Iraqi Al-Waqa’iyyah newspaper, so that the law will enter into force after issuing the necessary instructions by the Ministry of Finance.

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Parliamentary weightings not to appeal the federal government and political blocs paragraphs of the budget law

Iraq

12:07 - 2023-06-24

A member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives suggested that the federal government and political blocs would not challenge the paragraphs of the Federal General Budget Law.
Representative Thaer Makhaif said that the political blocs agreed on all paragraphs of the budget law and were approved, and the President of the Republic ratified them and they will become effective after being published in the Iraqi Gazette, pointing out that if the political blocs had found a loophole in the draft federal budget law over the past period, it would have been appealed. by the Federal Court, and this has not happened so far.

He added that the government is the one that sends laws to parliament, including the budget law, and therefore the government will not object to the budget paragraphs because it approved cooperation with it and was on the same line with Parliament until its approval.