**** Warnings of parliamentary delay adoption of the budget

11/17/2013 12:00 AM

Government attributed the delay to lack of readiness
BAGHDAD - Alaa al-Tai

MPs warned of the consequences of different blocks delay the arrival of the federal budget bill for 2014, and not sent to the House of Representatives on the scheduled date of each year, and its effect in delaying the process of economic boom and services and the activity of the state.

This comes at a time when confirmed sources in the House Finance Committee that the Higher Ministerial Committee considering the problems in the financial structure of the 2014 budget to reduce the difference between the expected and planned processing deficit, which can result in.

Advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ali al-Moussawi blamed government for overdue financial budget bill the state for the year 2014 to the House of Representatives for lack of readiness.

Moussawi said in a press statement yesterday that "the budget is ready to provide and where some of the many problems of oil imports and audited and many other things."

"I do not know the existence of the new demands of the Kurds, but there are also problems with the Kurdistan region. Without clarifying Moussawi, the nature of those problems.

The House of Representatives last Wednesday, has decided to cancel its scheduled Sunday and to engage in the legislative recess, which will begin next Friday and ends on 15 of the next month of January due to lack of receipt of the draft budget bill for 2014 by the government. "

The process of approving the budget bill faces every year difficulties passing in the House of Representatives because of continuing differences between the political blocs and submit proposals and several demands to include the budget, in addition to demanding the government to send the final accounts for the years past, as well as disputes over the share of the Kurdistan region.

For his part, called on religious representative in Karbala, Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai during Friday prayers to "push the budget for the political pressure and electoral propaganda," noting that "there are blocks trying to exploit the budget legislation in electoral issues."

Member of the parliamentary Finance Committee Haitham al-Jubouri, revealed in an interview for the "morning", the existence of many problems in the financial structure of the state general budget for the year 2014 caused the delay and arrival to the House of Representatives, noting that it amounted to 174 trillion.

The MP added that the budget bill will be delayed sent to parliament because there are several problems in it, including that the Kurdistan Regional Government, several requests, including include the salaries of the Peshmerga forces in out of the budget and increase the financial dues to oil companies of foreign labor in the region of 6 to 14 trillion dinars and other problems.

Jubouri ruled enable the Higher Ministerial Committee to resolve these problems soon, and address the projected deficit.

Jubouri increased, said there were "internal disagreements between ministers and deputies of the Kurds in the government and calling for the Federal Parliament not to approve the budget passed without preserving as much as possible on the rights of the Kurdistan region and demands."

Jubouri, described the demands of the Kurdistan region in the budget as "illogical", saying "We demanded that the BSA is limited by federal health information from the federal ministries of oil or natural resources in the region."

The MP expressed concern of a repeat of the scenario of the process of approving a bill to the federal financial budget facing difficulties in each year by passing it in the House of Representatives because of continuing differences between the political blocs and presented several proposals and demands to be included in the budget Miakhr vote.

Noteworthy that among the difficulties faced by approving the budget dispute continued between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government on the region's share which demands that no less than 17 percent out of the budget and the payment of oil companies operating in Kurdistan and the salaries of the Peshmerga forces which rejects Baghdad accuses Erbil not delivered the oil produced and exported without its consent as well as Taakedtha with companies which are prepared by the federal government "violation" of the Constitution, which denies the province.

For his part, MP for the National Coalition on inch to expedite the government to send federal budget to the House of Representatives for approval in order to preserve the economic renaissance process and service.

He noted an inch in an interview for the "morning", it is one of the laws that need to be consensus among the parliamentary blocs and therefore, the proposals that will be prompted by incorporating blocs may delay approval in the House of Representatives, which damages the institutions of the state and the citizen.

The MP said that the budget next year, according to the Ministry of Planning last September included 132 thousand degrees and careers mostly focused on security and energy sectors.

In turn, the decision of parliament said Mohammed al-Khalidi said in a press statement that the parliament is ready to cancel the constitutional legislative recess in the event of the arrival of the budget of the Council of Ministers in the coming period.

MP predicted that differences over the current budget will not be great if what has been taking into consideration that the country is on the verge of legislative and parliamentary elections, the attention will focus attention blocs around more than focus on the points of contention.

The head of the Finance Committee, Haider al-Abadi said that the budget next year amounted to 174.6 trillion dinars, equivalent to 150.1 billion dollars based on the adoption of a barrel of oil $ 90, which is expected to reach volume of oil exports 3.4 million barrels per day, and thus be higher than the previous budgets in the history of country where more than for the current year of $ 30 billion.

Among Abadi that there is a difference in the planned and expected and the possibility that there is a significant shortfall in the budget of 2013 and the potential shortage of the largest in 2014, adding that preliminary figures for the deficit estimated at 30 trillion dinars, an amount tremendous can not be covered, especially if there was a decline in oil prices, with the continued export from Iraq because of expectations of a decline in the rate of global economic growth and thus reduced demand for oil and lower prices.

Abadi said that he could not build a budget based on the proposed price of oil and oil volatility is expected.

He said the discussion by the Ministerial Committee continuously which did not reach the House of Representatives after, and expected lack of access to parliament soon because of problems in the financial architecture to her, pointing out that the Ministry of Finance did not pan out in the preparation of the draft budget because it is huge and equivalent to 174 trillion dinars, while maximum numbers 154 trillion dinars.

expressed Abadi hoped the arrival of budget before the end of the year, according to the constitution, likely delaying its arrival and it took in discussions to next year, which is unwelcome to overlap with the campaign, because it will affect the average citizen and affect the activity of the state in general and enters bargains.


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