#####Parliament announces to reach representatives of the blocks and the ministries of oil and planning to new proposals for inclusion in the draft budget

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Announced Iraqi Council of Representatives, on Sunday, reached the heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs and the Chairman and members of the Finance Committee, and Minister of Planning and Minister of Oil and Chairman of Supreme Audit, in a meeting chaired by Vice President of the Iraqi parliament to new proposals to resolve the problem of payment of the oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region and increased allocations budget allocated to the development of regions and provinces, stressing that the Presidency of the Parliament Finance Committee recommended for inclusion in the draft budget for a vote.

A statement issued by the Presidency of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, and received a (long-Presse) a copy of "Deputy Speaker Arif Tayfur chaired a meeting in the hall constitutional annexation heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs and the Chairman and members of the Finance Committee, in the presence of Dr. Ali Shukri, Minister of Finance Agency and Mr. Abdul Karim and coffee Minister of Oil and Mr. Abdul Basit Turki Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit. "

The statement quoted Tayfur as saying that "the meeting is dedicated to finding a solution to the problem of payment of dues of the oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region and the observed increase allocations to balance the development of regions and provinces."

The statement added that "the heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs have their perceptions and views on the topics and the possibility resolved through dialogue and understanding out formula that satisfies all parties," he said, adding that "the oil minister of the reasons the dispute with the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region on the extraction and export of oil and oil companies operating in the region and the number of meetings held by the ministry with the region and the committees formed to check the cost of oil extraction in Kurdistan.

The statement continued that "the President of Supreme Audit presented a report on audits carried out by experts in the BSA to statements made by the Ministry of Natural Resources in the region for cost exploration and extraction of oil by the four companies working where," while Finance Minister agency Ali Shukri the existence of "the possibility of payments to the oil companies operating in the region by resorting to the treasury transfers."

On the subject of balancing the development of regions statement quoted Finance Minister Shukri agency emphasis on the possibility of "transfers amounts to increase allocations for the development of regions and provinces through transfers were from the investment budget and the annual allocations for ministries to the development of the provinces."

The statement added that "Deputy Speaker Arif Tayfur called the Finance Committee to adopt the proposals put forward during the meeting and included in the budget bill for a vote at a meeting on Monday."

The adoption of the general budget of the Iraqi state since the first session of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (2006, 2010) and the current session of the toughest issues facing the political blocs in each year. And result in delayed approval to the non-implementation of many projects in the provinces and mostly stopped after starting because of routine procedures in force in the disbursement of funds to the provinces.

And facing the adoption of Iraq's budget for 2013, many obstacles and large While failed when parliament at its yesterday Saturday, 02.23.2013 adopting or returned to the Council of Ministers to modify the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed his concern at the boards central and southern governorates, held in Basra that cause political problems that the country is going through not to approve the budget.

It is noteworthy that political sources and other parliamentary, attributed the mismatch on the draft budget, to raise political blocs its demands, insisting the coalition of state law on the Set Session certain local governments and reduce the share of the Kurdistan region, while insisting the Kurdistan Alliance to increase allocations Peshmerga and maintain the ratio Territory of the budget amounting to 17 percent, as well as the allocation of funds for the oil companies operating in the region.

Also requires the Iraqi List, the census and non-interference central government in the affairs of local governments before agreeing on the budget, as well as increasing the price of a barrel of oil to neighboring countries, which is now $ 50, and insists Sadrist implementation rate of 25 percent of the surplus oil sales and distribution to citizens with Adoption of the pension law, while calling for mass citizen approval of a grant of university students and increase social welfare grant and made 250 thousand dinars as a condition for voting on the budget.

The Council of Ministers approved, on the fifth of November 2012, the budget year 2013 worth 138 trillion Iraqi dinars and adopted the budget on oil exports from Iraq on the basis of 90 dollars as the price per barrel.

He revealed the World Bank, on Sunday, that the volume of spending of Iraqi budgets far less than the observed where money, and expressed his fear of the danger of adopting the Iraqi budget for oil fully and guesses prices high, and between that any decline in the price of the world's oil will cause problems large to Iraq, in when confirmed by the Ministry of Planning said that there is no alternative for Iraq but to rely on oil.

The adoption of the general budget of the Iraqi state since the first session of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (2006, 2010) and the current session of the toughest issues facing the political blocs in each year. And result in delayed approval to the non-implementation of many projects in the provinces and mostly stopped after starting because of routine procedures in force in the disbursement of funds to the provinces.

It is also non-delivery of the final accounts annually to the House of Representatives prior to approving the budget of the most important indicators by some economists that there is no transparency and clear from the Iraqi government in the detection of disbursed during the fiscal year, and despite the government's assertion to send the final accounts for the year 2012, the Committee Finance informed the presidency of the parliament refusing to hand over any accounts are not approved by the Office of Financial Supervision.

And passes the budget law after pleading parliament several stages before converting allocations to the provinces and disbursement of funds to ministries take until the end of April every year, to spend money and then you need the provinces to a month to advertise their projects for a month, which means a loss of five months, which ultimately leads to delay the implementation of projects Aluadrh within budget to reach only 20%, compounded by the low percentage of provincial inexperience in planning and implementation, corruption and commissions to refer projects.

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Mr. Aref Tayfur chaired a meeting of the heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs and the Finance Committee


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Chaired by Mr. Aref Tayfur Deputy Speaker morning Sunday, 24/2/2013 meeting in the hall constitutional annexation heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs and the chairman and members of the Finance Committee, in the presence of Dr. Ali Shukri, Minister of Finance Agency and Mr. Abdul Karim and coffee and oil minister and Mr. Abdul Basit Turki Prime BSA Finance.

Mr. Arif Tivuraly that meeting is dedicated to finding a solution to the problem of payment of dues of the oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region and the observed increase allocations to Balancing the development of the regions and provinces.

The Heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs their perceptions and their views on the topics and the possibility resolved through dialogue and understanding out formula that satisfies all parties.

For his part, Mr. Oil Minister the reasons for the dispute with the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Region on the extraction and export of oil and oil companies operating in the region and the number of meetings held by the ministry with the province and the committees formed to check the cost of oil extraction in the region.

The Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit report on the audits carried out by experts in the Office of Supervision statements made by the Ministry of Natural Resources in the province for cost of exploration and extraction of oil carried out by the four operating companies.

The Minister of Finance and agency to the possibility of transfers amounts to increase allocations for the development of the regions and the provinces through transfers were from the investment budget and the annual allocations for ministries to the development of the provinces, stressing the possibility of payments to the oil companies operating in the region by resorting to the treasury transfers.

At the end of the meeting called by Mr. Arif Tayfur of the Finance Committee to adopt the proposals put forward during the meeting and included in the budget bill for a vote at a meeting on Monday.

Information department
House of Representatives
02/24/2013

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