House of Representatives ended the first reading of the budget for fiscal 2013

11/13/2012 12:00 am


Guest and finance and trade ministers on the ration card .. The voice on the two laws

BAGHDAD - morning


Ended House of Representatives in its thirty-second, which was held yesterday, headed by Osama Najafi, President of the Council, the first reading of the budget for fiscal 2013, while the vote on the draft proposed bills, and hosted by the Ministers of Finance and Commerce on the ration card.

The Council voted at the beginning of the meeting which was attended by 167 MPs on the bill agreement of economic cooperation and technical cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of China (PRC) and submitted by the committees of economy and investment, external relations and legal for the purpose of further development in friendly relations with China.

Then the Council voted in principle to continue reading the Fifth Amendment to the law of the State Consultative Council No. (65) of 1979 and the report of the Legal Committee. He has also completed the Council, according to a statement issued by the information department received a «morning» copy of it, vote on the proposed law to prevent coercion Iraqi to change nationality and sponsored by the Legal Committee, which aims to establish the principle of citizenship and equality and the fact that the resolution contradicts the rights and freedoms set forth in the Constitution.

On the other hand the Council ended the first reading of the budget bill the Federal Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2013 the Finance Committee. Mr. Speaker that meeting next Tuesday, will see the second reading of the budget bill that would be subject to debate in two of every week to meet two of the Council until the vote noting that committees of the Council and in cooperation with the government will have a say in the budget.

In another matter stressed Nujaifi the importance of providing the final accounts approved by the Council of Ministers with the federal budget noting that the House of Representatives called on the government repeatedly submitting each year, calling on the government to cure the default and the reluctance to not send the final accounts full and ratified.

Turn confirmed Safa al-Din Net and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs to respect the right of the House of Representatives constitutional to know the final accounts of the budget within his duties oversight, pointing out that the Council of Ministers is keen to submit final accounts that are ready despite some inaccurate statements in some particulars being processed technically, promising that be the final accounts for 2011 ready early this year, and certified by the Council of Ministers.

Nujaifi announced for setting a special session next week to host the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit to discuss the issue of delay in the final accounts of the federal financial budget for the previous years and know the problems encountered in the submission of accounts quickly.

Then finished the second reading of a bill accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and submitted by the Committees on Foreign Relations and Defense and Security.

And the whole House of Representatives in their interventions and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs on the importance of the Convention and its usefulness as confirms Iraq's role in the fight against terrorism, and the need to speed up the enactment of a law ratify agreements and that the Council should have the right to amend the agreements.

In its response to the interventions confirmed Committee taking into consideration the observations of the ladies and gentlemen of Representatives, citing the lack of a specific definition and acceptable for terrorism by the United Nations.

As the Council ended the second reading of a bill accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection for the year 1991 and submitted by the committees on Foreign Relations and Defense and Security, services and construction. Confirmed the relevant committee that joining the agreement reflects the interest of Iraq to international security and the fight against terrorism, as it is part of international commitments.

The Guest House of Representatives in yesterday's session the Ministers of Finance Rafie al-Issawi and Trade Khairallah Babiker in general invitation to discuss the ration card. At the outset of hosting Minister of Commerce to provide 4 proposals to reform the ration card to deliver food to the citizens, noting that there were delay in the arrival of food because of some obstacles.

He pointed Mr. Babacar to the existence of several proposals put forward for discussion at the Council of Ministers, including providing food basket with materials ration distinct are purchased by companies sober as well as a proposal for the grant of financial allocations to the provinces to provide ration card if there was a proposal to provide a cash alternative to the citizens to buy food .

and between the Minister of Commerce, said the Council of Ministers did not cancel, but was a decision replacing food allowance cash, especially as the ration card is not the level of ambition because of the problems and obstacles that do not meet the interests of citizens. For his part, the Minister of Finance have been allocated 4 trillion dinars to import ration card ration, denied that what has been put forward include cancellation of the ration card.

said Issawi said the Cabinet discussed the issue of keeping the ration card items or pay money to citizens within orientations repair the ration card system, denying the existence of any minister accepted to cancel the ration card explaining that the Council of Ministers was Looking at the recent need to be Commerce Department stores ready for any surprises and that supermarkets are prepared to face any situation monopoly of foodstuffs.

In interventions ladies and gentlemen MPs differed opinions of Representatives in Mdakhlatem decisions taken on the ration card Some of them saw the need to study the cash allowance in depth to succeed, and some of them called to examine the status of the ration card, and the idea of ​​cash allowance was the table for years.

Turn stressed Nujaifi concerned the need to develop real processors to the theme of the ration card and is taking the opinion of the House of Representatives in any new resolution thereon for pointing out a problem in the ration card, especially with the lack of conviction citizen quantity distributed and quality. Then decide adjourn the meeting to next Tuesday 20/11 / 2012.


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