*** THE MP SPEAKING IN THIS ARTICLE FOR THE WHITE BLOC, A MINORITY PARTY, DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A QUORUM AND ENOUGH VOTES FROM THE MAJORITY PARTIES TO PASS THE BUDGET TOMORROW AS POSTED IN THE GAZETTE AND OTHER ARTICLES *** THIS MAY BE POLITICAL POSTURING FOR VOTES ***

White bloc not to vote on 2013 budget without increasing allocations of Diwaniya
Tuesday, 05 February 2013 08:18 | | |

Baghdad (AIN) –The White bloc announced that it will not vote on the federal budget law of 2013 without increasing the allocations of Diwaniya province and the jobs provided to the province.

MP, Aziz al-Mayahi, stated to AIN "Diwaniya is among the poor provinces that suffered from marginalization during the time of the former regime."

"The suffering of Diwaniya continues in the current stage due to the unjust distribution of the allocations among the Iraqi provinces," he added.

"Diwaniya does not have revenues like other provinces and its citizens started to feel that they are ignored by the authorities," he concluded.

The parliament is supposed to vote on 2013 budget law draft during its Tuesday session.

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