Parliamentary Finance announces compatibility Kurds and the Iraqi National Alliance on the final version of the budget and voted upon tomorrow
24-02-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Term Press / Baghdad
Announced the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives, on Sunday, a deal the Kurdistan Alliance and Iraqi National Alliance on the final version of the law of the financial budget for the current year 2013, as he emphasized that voting would be through the parliament session, which will be held on Monday.
The deputy chairman of the Committee Ahmed Hassan Faizullah in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The meeting of the Second Deputy Speaker Arif Tayfur with heads of parliamentary blocs and the legal committee at the parliament building today, and attended by the Minister of Planning and Finance Ali Yousef Shukri and Oil Minister Abdul Karim for coffee and a delegation representing the BSA saw agreement on a final version of the law of the financial budget for the current year 2013. "
He Faizullah that "the conferees agreed to the demands of the Iraqi List, increasing the share of development of the Territory to the provinces after the reallocation of the operational budget," noting that "the National Alliance agreed to a demand by the Kurdistan Alliance to pay dues oil companies operating in Kurdistan after the presentation of Supreme Audit report in which he stressed that the differences between the amounts claimed by the Kurdistan Region and the amounts allocated from the government very little. "
He Faizullah that "the agreement was to pay dues of those companies in the form of stages determined by agreement between the two governments Central and the Kurdistan Region," noting that "the conferees decided to vote on the budget bill through the parliament session, which will be held on Monday, after the inclusion of what has been agreed upon" .
The Iraqi Council of Representatives announced on Sunday, (February 24, 2013), reached the heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs and the Chairman and members of the Finance Committee, and Minister of Planning and Minister of Oil and Chairman of Supreme Audit, in a meeting chaired by Deputy Parliament Speaker Arif Tayfur new proposals to resolve the problem of pay dues of the oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region and increase budget allocations to the development of regions and provinces, stressing that the Presidency of the Parliament Finance Committee recommended for inclusion in the draft budget for a vote.
The adoption of the general budget of the Iraqi state since the first session of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (2006, 2010) and the current session of the toughest issues facing the political blocs in each year. And result in delayed approval to the non-implementation of many projects in the provinces and mostly stopped after starting because of routine procedures in force in the disbursement of funds to the provinces.
And facing the adoption of Iraq's budget for 2013, many obstacles and large While failed when parliament at its yesterday Saturday, 02.23.2013 adopting or returned to the Council of Ministers to modify the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed his concern at the boards central and southern governorates, held in Basra that cause political problems that the country is going through not to approve the budget.
It is noteworthy that political sources and other parliamentary, attributed the mismatch on the draft budget, to raise political blocs its demands, insisting the coalition of state law on the Set Session certain local governments and reduce the share of the Kurdistan Region, while insisting the Kurdistan Alliance to increase allocations Peshmerga and maintain the ratio Territory of the budget amounting to 17 percent, as well as the allocation of funds for the oil companies operating in the region.
Also requires the Iraqi List, the census and non-interference central government in the affairs of local governments before agreeing on the budget, as well as increasing the price of a barrel of oil to neighboring countries, which is now $ 50, and insists Sadrist implementation rate of 25 percent of the surplus oil sales and distribution to citizens with Adoption of the pension law, while calling for mass citizen approval of a grant of university students and increase social welfare grant and made 250 thousand dinars as a condition for voting on the budget.
The Council of Ministers approved, on the fifth of November 2012, the budget year 2013 worth 138 trillion Iraqi dinars and adopted the budget on oil exports from Iraq on the basis of 90 dollars as the price per barrel.
He revealed the World Bank, on Sunday, (February 24, 2013), that the volume of spending of Iraqi budgets far less than the observed where money, and expressed his fear of the danger of adopting the Iraqi budget for oil fully and guesses prices high, and between that any decline in the price of world oil will cause big problems for Iraq, while The Ministry of Planning said that there is no alternative for Iraq but to rely on oil.
The adoption of the general budget of the Iraqi state since the first session of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (2006, 2010) and the current session of the toughest issues facing the political blocs in each year. And result in delayed approval to the non-implementation of many projects in the provinces and mostly stopped after starting because of routine procedures in force in the disbursement of funds to the provinces.
It is also non-delivery of the final accounts annually to the House of Representatives prior to approving the budget of the most important indicators by some economists that there is no transparency and clear from the Iraqi government in the detection of disbursed during the fiscal year, and despite the government's assertion to send the final accounts for the year 2012, the Committee Finance informed the presidency of the parliament refusing to hand over any accounts are not approved by the Office of Financial Supervision.
And passes the budget law after pleading parliament several stages before converting allocations to the provinces and disbursement of funds to ministries take until the end of April every year, to spend money and then you need the provinces to a month to advertise their projects for a month, which means a loss of five months, which ultimately leads to delay the implementation of projects Aluadrh within budget to reach only 20%, compounded by the low percentage of provincial inexperience in planning and implementation, corruption and commissions to refer projects.
Baghdad and Kurdish region solve issue of payment for oil firms
Iraq, February 24, 2013
The long-standing conflict over payments to oil firms operating in Iraqi Kurdistan has been solved, according to a senior Iraqi official.
Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who heads the pro-government national alliance, announced that the sides “have reached a legal framework to cover the payments due to foreign firms with deals with the (Kurdish) region.”
The feud of who controls oil reserves and production in Iraqi Kurdistan has been raging for over two years since the Kurds allowed oil firms to explore and extract oil in their areas.
Scores of foreign oil firms have been working in the region, illegally from Baghdad’s viewpoint, and their activities are reported to have helped the Kurds to produce up to 1 million barrels a day in a few years.
The new agreement, according to Jaafari, is conditional on Kurds shipping their oil destined for exports via Iraqi national pipelines and the royalties ending up in Iraqi national exchequer.
Payment of up to $4 billion are due and Jaafari said asking for guarantees “is legitimate” before transferring the money.
Few details of the agreement have emerged, but Jaafari said the government would make paying foreign firms in the Kurdish region a special section in the national budget.
The agreement to cover for the contracts the Kurds have signed with foreign firms gives them the leeway they have been demanding to run production operations on their own.
But the agreement by the Kurds to funnel all oil via Iraqi national pipelines with central government collecting the royalties pleases the government in Baghdad.
Earlier, the Kurds had agreed to ship up to 175,000 barrels a day via the national pipelines for export to the outside world.
But the shipments fluctuated around 100,000 to 120,000 before they were suspended over disagreement on how to pay foreign firms with deals with Iraqi Kurdish region.
Mahmoud Othman: The Crisis Of The Demonstrations Have Become A Complex And Increasingly Complex Daily
in political On February 24, 2013
BAGHDAD / News Network Iraq - MP for the Kurdistan Alliance, Mahmoud Othman, Sunday, that the crisis of the demonstrations have become complex and increasingly complex day after day, and meet the demands of the demonstrators is not at the required level. Osman said in a press statement that "the crisis of demonstrations complicated, and increasingly complex days after day, and I got to meet the demands of the demonstrators, but not at the required level, "noting" there is a possibility of intervention by the United Nations or the Arab League in crisis demonstrations for resolved. "and exclude MP Kurdistan, said that" the United States to intervene, because the interference situation will be worse, "explaining "end this crisis is the most attention by the three powers (legislative, executive, judicial) the demands of the demonstrators.
*** IT APPEARS THAT THE IRAQI LIST IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE BUDGET ***
Albzona: Iraqi disrupted the vote on the budget at the last minute to add a new requirement
Euphrates News - 02/24/2013 - 2:24 pm
{Baghdad: Euphrates News} MP for the National Alliance, Jawad Albzona that after an agreement was reached with the Kurdistan Alliance on their budget demands appeared the Iraqi List, the final moments a new demand contributed to disrupt the vote on the budget.
And Albzona said in a statement to the Euphrates News Agency {} on Sunday that "the demand that came by the Iraqi List is to convert two trillion Iraqi dinars from the allocations of the Ministry of Defense and transferred to the provinces and this subject needs a period to be discussed by members of the House of Representatives."
He added that "this demand was rejected by the Commission on Security and Defence Parliamentary that under dangerous circumstances that surround Iraq may need the Ministry of Defence to large sums of money to fill their need of arms and military aircraft, and to withdraw any amount from the ministry may cause confusion in the performance of their work."
And was scheduled to vote on the budget of the country on Saturday, but the House of Representatives for its next Monday for a vote because of the failure to reach a solution on the contentious points that concern the budget.
And demanded religious authority Supreme on the San Matmayora Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalai during Friday prayers to expedite the approval of the general budget of the country, "asserting that" to postpone the ratification of the federal budget leads to delay service projects and projects of other ministries and provincial councils in the provision of services to citizens, as well as delay job creation for the unemployed and there are other repercussions including social impact on Iraqi society.
The Council of Ministers approved in [23 October 2012] on the budget year 2013 value {138} trillion Iraqi dinars on the basis of calculating price of a barrel of oil at {90} dollars per barrel and the quantity two and {900} thousand barrels per day, but the adoption of witnessing the throes of difficult in House of Representatives because of political pressure.
Politicians reckon approving the budget and to reach an agreement in the ninth studio
Sunday, February 24, 2013 22:03
BAGHDAD / Baghdadiya News / .. Politicians stressed that tomorrow's meeting will approve the financial budget for the current year, and argued that political parties had shown flexibility toward approval by the accommodation Studio 9 o'clock on MBC Baghdadiya and submit colleague Anwar al-Hamdani.
A member of the Finance Committee Abdul-Hussein al-Yasiri that "tomorrow will be the decisive day for the adoption of the budget, after Iraq lost 1.8 trillion for each month of delay and there is disabled in disbursed after approval in the provinces.
Yasiri said "Representatives agreed to exchange 750 billion dinars for companies operating in Kurdistan and the rest will be paid by the Ministry of Finance, adding that" the budget will remain 138 trillion dinars. "
For his part, member of the parliamentary legal committee cute Mustafa said that "parliamentarians had reached agreement in principle on the budget read, we also hope to vote tomorrow and approval date will not be late."
Mustafa added that "Kurds are not alone from the last Liberal budget Valaracah and participated so, we want to implement the agreed items Peshmerga advances and allowances of companies and non-repudiation by the government."
And that "budget should be distributed to all the provinces and Prime Minister hit in the fourth heading on expanding the powers of the provinces."
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