Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Urgent .. The start of the meeting of heads of blocs and representatives from the governments in Baghdad and Erbil to discuss the budget

Wednesday, February 27

The heads of the political blocs on Wednesday a joint meeting attended by the heads of the blocks the Iraqi National Alliance and the Kurdistan Alliance, and representatives of the governments in Baghdad and Erbil.

The parliamentary source told all of Iraq [where] that "based on the guidance of the Presidency of the Council held House of Representatives today held a joint meeting in the hall constitutional presence of heads blocks the National Alliance and Coalition and Iraqi Kurdistan, with Deputy Prime Minister Ruz Nuri Shawis and Finance Committee, to discuss the state budget for the year 2013 and to reach a final vote in the House of Representatives later. "

And citizens staged a sit heavily Tuesday in front of the parliament building to protest the delay in approving the Moana in 2013.

The Cabinet has approved the budget in October 23 last year, ie before 4 months, and presented to the House of Representatives, but the council failed in several meetings to vote them because of differences between the blocs, notably the dispute with the Kurdistan Alliance about the region's share in the budget and pay dues foreign oil companies operating in the region.

And postponed House Speaker Osama Nujaifi Monday session of the House of Representatives until further notice until they reached an agreement on the budget bill this year, that is to inform members of parliament the date of the next meeting through the media.

The religious reference was called through its representative Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalai for the speedy adoption of the financial budget. Ended

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