Budget bill reaches parliament in two weeks

[VIZIOIRAQI]

Kurdish premier says budget bill reaches parliament in two weeks

Thursday, November 25th 2010 1:42 PM

Erbil, Nov. 25 (AKnews)- The Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Barham Salih said the Region's 2011 budget bill will be sent to parliament in two weeks.

The statement came in the sidelines of a press conference by the premier's at the ceremonial launching of a campaign to confront violence against women, in Erbil Thursday.

"The coming year's budget is more than this year's but the actual amount shall be kept confidential until reaching the parliament in two weeks," the premier told the reporters.

From the total 71,300,000,000,000 Iraqi Dinars- approximately 60.45 bn U.S. Dollars- budget of the country, Kurdistan shared 17%, equal to 11,433,000,000,000 IQD- nearly $9.7 bn.

Salih also expanded on the recent bloody attacks against the Iraqi Christian civilians as well as the general population census due on Dec.5.

The confrontation between the al-Qaeda militants in Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad and the Iraqi security service and the ensuing bombing killed and wounded more than a hundred of worshipers, taken as hostage in the church.

The insurgents seem to have focused on targeting the Christians recently. After the Church attack in Baghdad, Al-Qaeda announced it will target the Christians across the country in retaliation for the Egyptian church's detention of some women converted to Islam.

"It is our, the Iraqis' responsibility to cooperate to protect the Christians," the premier said. He added the Regional Council of Ministers has formed a committee to assist the endangered Christian families from the southern and central Iraq.

Following the attacks the Kurdistan Region president, Massoud Barzani called on the Christians to resort to Kurdistan. Since then some families have entered the Region. The region has been sheltering the country's Christians since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Regarding the population survey process, Salih reiterated the Kurdistan Region urges the census be held on time "without further postponement."

The process intended for 2007 has been postponed three times, allegedly for "security concerns" and "technical issues." The survey is basically significant for settling the disputes between the Kurdish Region and Baghdad over the tenure of some multi-ethnically populated areas, most notably the oil rich province of Kirkuk.

Reported by Sama Ali

Lh/AKnews

http://www.aknews.co...knews/2/197670/

[royboyterry]

Just in time for the Islamic fiscal year of Dec 7, 2010!

islamic fiscal year starts dec 1st not 7th...sorry just an fyi

[thegente]

This is the Kurdish budget, NOT the Iraqi budget. Iraqi budget was already passed.

[VIZIOIRAQI]

This is the Kurdish budget, NOT the Iraqi budget. Iraqi budget was already passed.

They all share the same budget lol , they don't have but one budget , they all share the same gov

[thegente]

They all share the same budget lol , they don't have but one budget , they all share the same gov

NOPE. Kurdistan has their own internal Parliament as well as being a part of Iraq's. See the article below-

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/8/179640/

Kurdish parties disagree over budget bill

Monday, September 6th 2010 2:36 PM

Erbil, Sept. 6 (AKnews) - As lawmakers in Kurdistan Region’s parliament are expected to debate a bill on the budget of political parties in the Region, some political parties say the number of parties’ seats in parliament should not be the only criterion in determining the amount of budget they will receive.

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They want the role of each group in “Kurdistan’s liberation movement” to be taken into consideration as well.

Some preliminary reports indicate that political parties will be given around 50 to 60 million Iraqi Dinars --approximately $42,000 to $50,000—a month for each seat they have in the Kurdistan parliament.

But there are several parties in Kurdistan that do not have a parliamentary seat or have a seat in partnership with other groups.

Goran Jalal, a politburo member of Kurdistan Toilors’ Party said, “We believe parliamentary seats should not be the only criterion for political parties’ budget in Kurdistan."

"There are parties that have a long history of struggle in Kurdistan liberation movement and even if they do not have seats in the parliament, they still have the right to have seats.”

“We believe the government and parliament must find a budget mechanism that is fair for all parties."

Jalal’s party only gained one seat in partnership with four other parties in Kurdish parliamentary elections last summer.

Kurdistan parliament has 111 seats. A total of 11 seats are allocated for ethnic minorities of Christians and Turkomans. The Kurdistani List made up of the two major ruling parties of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has 59 seats.

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Gorran Movement, the major opposition group, has 25 seats. Reform and Service List of four Islamic and secular parties occupies 13 seats while a list of small leftist parties has one seat.

WE KNOW THAT THEY DO NOT HOLD 111 SEATS IN THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT-SO, THIS IS THEIR REGIONAL PARLIAMENT. JUST TRYING TO CLEAR UP CONFUSION. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RV. THX

On his part, Kardo Mohammed, a member of the legal committee in parliament told AKnews that the political parties’ budget bill is ready and awaits approval from the presidency of the parliament to become part of the meetings’ agenda.

“The bill considers the parties’ electoral gains as the criterion for determining their budget but it is not clear yet whether having a parliamentary seat will be the major criterion or the number of votes a party gains in elections regardless of whether they get a parliamentary seat,” Mohammed said.

He said some parliament members have demanded that parties with no parliamentary seats be granted budget but that is not included in the bill yet.

The Kurdish parliament decided 90 billion IDs -- around $76 million-- to be allocated in 2010 for the political parties in Kurdistan.

More than 20 political parties have license to work in the Kurdistan Region.