Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Iraqi parliament fails to hold a hearing to vote on the budget and delay the vote back into disarray on Wednesday

05/03/2013

BAGHDAD / obelisk: a parliamentary source said, Tuesday, that the presidency of the Iraqi Council of Representatives postponed a vote on the budget until tomorrow to a lack of quorum for the meeting.

The source told "obelisk", "The Presidency of the Council of Representatives of Iraq postponed the vote on the federal budget for the current year 2013 to on Wednesday due to a lack of quorum to hold the vote," noting that "talks are still ongoing between the various political blocs on to pass the budget" .

He added that he "hoped to hold a meeting between the leaders of political blocs and members to discuss blocs to discuss the passing of the budget."

The parliamentary source said on Tuesday that the Kurdistan Alliance asked the National Alliance to postpone the vote on the budget until after the talks between the coalitions while for House Speaker session ahead of the session for half an hour to lack of quorum, where did not attend the Hall of Parliament, only 120 deputies.

The odds of the National Alliance and the Kurdistan Alliance not to vote on the budget demands of the Kurdistan lies, judge to pay dues of the oil companies operating in Iraqi Kurdistan and $ 4.2 trillion dinars, while the federal government insists that the amount estimated 2.6 trillion.

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