Independent MP expects passing the budget in parliament early next week

24/03/2014 08:28:00

BAGHDAD / NINA / The independent MP, of the National Alliance, Jawad al-Bazoni guessed passing the budget bill in the House of Representatives early next week .

He told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / " The meeting of the House of Representatives on Sunday will see the inclusion of the budget in its agenda, where will be the second reading of it even if the presence of the House of Representatives is weak , as happened in the meeting of the first reading , indicating that the budget would be passed by the attended MPs even if do not have a political agreement on it . "

He added that " there are signs on budget to resolve the deadlock occurred between the center and the region, most recently the approval of the province on exporting oil through the SOMO company and what is remaining are simple things could be resolved within a week before the budget's session ."

A familiar source noted, in a press statement, to the agreement between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil on exporting oil through SOMO Company and in the backdrop of the agreement there will be approving to the budget, with the participation of the Kurds .

The House of Representatives has finished in 16, March, the first reading of the draft law on the federal budget for 2014 in the absence of the Kurdistan and Muttahidoon MPs.

The House of Representatives did not specify, in its last session on Wednesday , a date to hold its next meeting . / End


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