Parliamentary Finance says it did not receive the budget until now



Views 27 Date 22/10/2016 - 21:42

Economy News / Baghdad ...


Parliamentary Finance Committee, confirmed Saturday, non-receipt of the draft general budget for the 2017 law, noting that the government has reduced the budget deficit in half by 15 trillion dinars.

Said committee member Ahmed Sarhan Sarhan in a press statement, "The Finance Committee has not received until now in the public budget for the year 2017 of the Government Code," likely to "balance up over the next few days."

He added, that "the adoption of the budget does not require a lot of time, especially after the reduction of the deficit and the pressure of their own expenses," Mushir that "the government calculated the price per barrel to 42 as has been reducing the shortfall where to around 15 trillion dinars after it was up to 32 trillion Dinar".

Pointing out that "the government pressed overhead significantly and canceled several projects in progress as well as to stop the mapping file with the exception of the ministries of defense, interior, health and education."



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