Iraq Deputy Finance Minister: Zeros can’t be removed from Iraqi dinars during 2013;
Iraq Deputy Finance Minister: Zeros can’t be removed from Iraqi dinars during 2013; No preparations have been made : 02/09/2012 17:36
ERBIL, September 2 (AKnews) – Iraq’s deputy minister of finance said the zeros cannot be removed from Iraqi dinars during 2013 because no preparations have been made.
The Iraqi Central Bank and people have been saying for four years that the zeros in the Iraqi currency will be erased and the money will be changed. But the money cannot be changed because prior work for the process has not been executed.
Nabi said: “Reducing the zeros is the Central Bank’s authority. As the Finance Ministry we are against the change and removal of the zeros, but the bank insists on removing the zeros.
“We cannot change the Iraqi money in 2013 because the Iraqi budget was estimated with current money.”
He also said: “If Central Bank has any intention to change the money then it must do the process soon before calculating 2014′s budget.”