Deputies warn the government and remember the budget 2014




December 13, 2017

Baghdad - Journal News

Warned the parliamentary legal committee, that the lack of abuse of the government with objections and demands of the blocks on the draft federal budget law 2018.

"Most of the political blocs object to the draft general budget bill 2018, where the Kurds demand a larger share and the Alliance of Forces calls for an increase in the expenses of the affected cities, and the southern provinces are demanding an increase in their financial allocations," member of the committee Ali al-Morshedi said on Wednesday.

He explained that "these objections were recorded within the list of observations sent to the Prime Minister, and if treated with the satisfaction of everyone will pass the budget, otherwise will be similar to the budget in 2014."

He added that "the government gives the expenses of the provinces in the form of payments in the event of delayed passage of the budget," noting that "if the end of this year and did not have the will to pass the budget has to the Council of Ministers to pass those payments mid-next year."

The House of Representatives ended its consultative session last weekend to discuss the federal budget 2018, while the Presidency decided to refer the draft budget to the parliamentary financial committee to prepare a final version and presented in another extraordinary session.

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