Saturday, April 13, 2013

Jaafari: our budget more than 5 neighboring countries and our population is less than a quarter of the population, live below their levels

Friday, 12 April


Twilight News / troubled head of the Iraqi National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, on Friday, that Iraq's budget over five countries and population of a quarter of its population live below the level of those countries, calling on voters to the need to investigate the selection of the candidate honest and efficient.
The total federal budget of $ 138 billion is the largest in the history of the Iraqi state, which included the amount of 55 billion dinars part of the investment, and $ 83 billion in the operational part.
The Iraqi government built the budget in 2013 on the basis of (90) dollars a barrel at a rate of 2.9 million barrels of oil a day.
Jaafari said in a statement obtained "Twilight News" a copy of it during a meeting with a delegation of elders and notables of Sadr City, said that "Iraq's budget than the budget of five neighboring countries, and the proportion of the population does not exceed a quarter of the population of these countries, but it lives below the standard of living; So should be a concerted effort in the fight against all types of corruption manifestations to eliminate widespread poverty among the community. "
He pointed out that "the election season would eliminate the spoilers by electing efficient, and fair, and the Secretary on the capabilities of the people; to be replaced, and works to recruit Iraq's budget properly, and contributes to raising the level of services to maintain," arguing that "non-participation in elections means to maintain the corrupt in office. "
He stressed the need to "take the voter role in the investigation of the most competent candidate, the personification of national responsibility; because elections will determine the future of Iraq for the next four years."
The Iraqis cast on the twentieth of this month voted to elect members of local councils in the provinces, while the elected army and police representatives on Saturday.

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