Sahlani: Budget did not compromise the poor and oil-producing provinces



22/11/2017 10:22 | Number of readings: 262

Trend Press / Baghdad


The MP for the National Alliance Hilal Sahlani, that the federal budget 2018 must include the rights of all the provinces of poor and productive of oil, in order to achieve the principle of justice and equality in the distribution of natural resources according to the proportion of population.

He said in a press statement received "Trend Press" a copy of it on Wednesday, "The government did not approve the allocations of petrodollar projects to the provinces within the federal budget, replaced by 5% and set a specific ceiling of funds allocated to the provinces accordingly.

He added that "the government stipulated that the allocations of funds on a single product only, either oil production or gas production or refining, the provinces to choose one of them, although most of our provinces produce and repeat oil and gas," noting that "provincial deputies will go to non-voting and will not attend discussions Budget and will adopt a break the quorum during the coming sessions, in the event of failure to take their demands. "

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