###########Urgent .. Presidency of the parliament calling for a meeting to vote on the budget next Monday

Urgent .. Presidency of the parliament calling for a meeting to vote on the budget next Monday
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 17:43



{Baghdad: Euphrates News} called the Presidency of the Council of Representatives members of the council to hold a hearing next Monday to vote on the federal budget.

A statement by the Information Office of the Council of Representatives received and Euphrates News Agency {} copy today that "House Speaker Osama Nujaifi presided over the presence of Qusay al-Suhail, First Deputy Chairman of the Board and Aref Tayfur, Vice President of the Council on Wednesday a meeting of the heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs and the Finance Committee with the participation of Rose Nuri Shaways Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Ali Shukri, Minister of Planning and Finance Agency and Abdul Basit Turki President BSA and Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region to discuss the federal budget for 2013 and to reach a final version for a vote in the House of Representatives. "

He added that "Nujaifi stressed during a meeting held in the hall Constitutional Council on the importance of expediting the vote on the budget and avoid the obstacles and problems concerning dues oil companies operating in the region", adding that "everyone is under time pressure, which requires access to a final version of the budget approval and determine meeting for a vote. "

For his part, Deputy Prime Minister Ruz Nuri Shawis from "hope to reach resolve on the budget and end points of disagreement and to achieve satisfactory results for all parties."

The Minister of Planning and Finance Minister Ali Shukri agency has seen "a disparity between what the province is demanding financial dues to the oil companies and the figures BSA."

While pointed Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit Abdul Basit Turki "not to the possibility of exchange any amount has not been allocated in the federal budget or grant advances without allocating a paragraph in the federal budget."

Turn between the Minister of Natural Resources in the province Ashti Hawrami said that "non-payment of dues of oil companies led to a great loss for the Iraqi people, especially as the total amount of the cost of profit and investment of 4.2 billion dollars and we agree on the principle of audit and not on the principle of approving payment in the case of payment of dues to companies we obliged recovering the amounts of other companies. "

And witnessed the meeting, which lasted for six hours holding the first three rounds of negotiations in the hall and the second in constitutional office Aref Tayfur Vice President of the Council and the third in the Office of Osama Najafi, head of the House of Representatives in order to reach a compromise formula for federal financial budget for the year 2013.

Then directed the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to convene a meeting next Monday for the purpose of voting on the federal budget, where would be the final decision of the council members through voting.

The negotiations are continuing between the political blocs, where no agreement is reached on the appropriate formula between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, including the foreign oil companies dues, payment method, and export volumes where conferees could not get out final format for approving the budget. Ended


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The Presidency of the Council of Representatives calling for a meeting to vote on the budget next Monday

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Chaired by Mr. Osama Najafi House Speaker and the presence of Mr. Qusay al-Suhail, First Deputy Chairman of the Board and Mr. Arif Tayfur Vice President of the Council today Wednesday, 27/2/2013 a meeting of Heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs and the Finance Committee with the participation of Mr. Rose Nuri Shaways, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Mr. Ali Shukri Minister of Planning and Finance Agency and Mr. Abdul Basit Turki Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit and Mr. Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region to discuss the federal budget for 2013 and to reach a final version for a vote in the House of Representatives.
He stressed Mr. Nujaifi during a meeting held in the hall Constitutional Council on the importance of expediting the vote on the budget and avoid the obstacles and problems concerning dues oil companies operating in the region, noting that everyone is under time pressure, which requires access to a final version of the budget approval and determine session for a vote.
For his part, Mr. Rose Nuri Shaways, Deputy Prime Minister hoped to reach resolve on the budget and end points of disagreement and to achieve satisfactory results for all parties
As Mr. Ali Shukri, Minister of Planning and Minister of Finance Agency has seen a disparity between what the province is demanding financial dues to the oil companies and the figures BSA.
While drew Mr. Abdul Basit Turki Chairman of the Board of Supreme Audit to the inability exchange any amount has not been allocated in the federal budget or grant advances without allocating a paragraph in the federal budget.
Turn between Mr. Ashti Hawrami, minister of natural resources in the province that non-payment of dues of oil companies led to a great loss for the Iraqi people, especially as the total amount of the cost of profit and investment of 4.2 billion dollars and we agree on the principle of audit and not on the principle of approving payment in the case of payment of dues to companies we obliged recovering the amounts of other companies.
And witnessed the meeting, which lasted for six hours holding the first three rounds of negotiations in the Constitutional Hall and the second in the office of Mr. Aref Tayfur Vice President of the Council and the third at the office of Mr. Osama Najafi, head of the House of Representatives in order to reach a compromise formula for federal financial budget for the year 2013.
Then directed the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to convene a meeting next Monday for the purpose of voting on the federal budget, where would be the final decision of the council members through voting.
The negotiations are continuing between the political blocs, where no agreement is reached on the appropriate formula between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, including the foreign oil companies dues, payment method, and export volumes where conferees could not get out final format for approving the budget.


Iraqi Council of Representatives
Information department
27/02/2013


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