Thursday, March 7, 2013

Parliament raises a vote on the budget session half an hour to lack of quorum

2013/03/07 13:32




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Decided Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, Thursday, following the adjournment of the 13th Parliament of the second legislative term of the year the third legislative decision during the vote on the rest of the financial terms of the budget law for the current year 2013, half an hour to lack of quorum.
 
 
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Member of the economy warns of Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization in the absence of local product

  03/07/2013

Baghdad (news) .. member of the Committee warned the economy and investment MP / coalition in Iraq / Qusay Fri, Iraq انظمام into the World Trade Organization during the current period because the economy is still dependent on foreign imports and the productive sectors is disabled.
Juma said (of the Agency news): The Ministry of Trade carefully before submitting the request to the World Trade Organization to انظمام Iraq to it, because the national economy is still dependent on foreign imports and has no products for export both oil.

He added: Admission to انظمام Organization Iraq to it during the current period will make the country lazy and non-productive because it will open its markets in the world for the purpose of imports, and thus the rebound other countries at the expense of the Iraqi economy.

Has sent the WTO a range of inquiries and requests to the Ministry of Commerce to modify file Iraq's request to join the organization.

The WTO requires commitment باتفاقياتها and pledge the state wishing to join the signing of the Accession Protocol includes approval of the application of all WTO agreements. / End / 8. N. P /

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Deputy for the rule of law: the meeting of the Council of Representatives will see today approving the budget of Finance

  03/07/2013

Baghdad (news) .. Expect a member of a coalition of state law MP / National Alliance / Sadiq gum, to witness the meeting of the Council of Representatives for today (Thursday) to vote on the remaining articles of the draft law of the financial budget for the year (2013).
The chewing gum in a statement (of the Agency news): The meeting of the Council of Representatives for a day on Wednesday saw the vote on the (11) items from the financial budget, and downed material (12) and wish to be re-rated again, he said, adding: We expect to recognize the budget in the meeting of the Council Representatives for the day, the existence of a political will for approval.

The MP for the National, that some parties of the Iraqi List exploited breach simple received meeting of the Council of Representatives for yesterday, including President of the Council, pointing out that the deputies in the Iraqi salmon Jumaili and Haider Mulla and Ahmed electrodes, entering the session to get some deputies from the meeting to vacate the quorum for the meeting , in order not to pass the budget.

And was a member of the citizen Bloc MP / National Alliance / Hassoun Fatlawi, has confirmed that the approval of the financial budget for the year (2013), a political majority, will lead to a new crisis with the Kurdistan Alliance.

Said Fatlawi (the news): The financial budget is supposed to recognize at the beginning of the current year, and we are now in the third month did not recognize, and this delay Born damage to state institutions, as well as the negative repercussions on the political level, noting that the National Alliance wants to obtain the approval of the Kurdistan approval budget, because the political majority approval without Kurdistan will create a new crisis with them.

And witnessing financial budget bill for the current year federal disputes between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region over the latter's demand to pay dues to companies operating in the Region the (4 trillion and 200 billion dinars). / End / 7. N. P /


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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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Monday, March 4, 2013

Economist: strengthening gold reserves would avoid Iraq from the crisis that machete areas of the dollar and the euro


  03/04/2013
 
Baghdad (news) .. Praised the economic expert on behalf of Jamil, measures to strengthen the central bank reserves of gold in addition to the dollar, describing positive step towards supporting the value of the national currency.
Jameel said (of the Agency news): there is a global economic crisis hit areas of the dollar and the euro, which will affect the economies of Third World countries, including Iraq.

He explained: that most countries of the world started custody of the dollar as the key currency because its price oscillating as a result of the global economic crisis, Valtjot to store gold is considered a safe haven for national currencies to keep them from getting lost.

He added: that a central bank to strengthen its gold reserves and reduce dependence on the dollar is a positive step and will support the national economy and the Iraqi dinar.

The reports issued by international organizations indicated that Iraq sought refuge about storing gold to enhance its gold reserves and reduce the monetary reserves of the dollar in order to preserve its assets and the stability of the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar. / End / 8. N. P /

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Abbas al-Bayati: will address Kerry's upcoming visit to Iraq crisis in the region and the strategic agreement

  03/04/2013

Baghdad (news) .. expect MP / coalition of state law / Abbas al-Bayati, said dealing with the visit of the Minister of State John Kerry upcoming file region and Iraq crisis.
Bayati said the reporter Agency (news): The John Kerry has adequate information on the file of Iraq and the region as he was chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate as he visited Iraq six times.

He added: Kerry's visit certainly will address many things, but especially the emphasis on supporting the political process and non Altarb as well as activating the strategic agreement.

Bayati stressed: the crisis in the region and Iraq will be present at the meetings and that Iraq can not abandon a strategic ally like USA America can not also impose a political and democratic experience, such as Iraq. / End / 3. N. P /

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Before the vote in Parliament: [where] published details of the state budget as approved by the government

Sunday, 03 March

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[Baghdad - where] / report

Hours before the deadline to vote on the state budget for 2013 in the House of Representatives no figures of what will be the final budget, which is said to have the largest budget in the history of Iraq.

Figure announced by the Council of Ministers when approved budget on October 23 of last year, before 4 months and 14 days was 138 trillion dinars, equivalent to more than 118 billion dollars and in recent months has conducted parliamentary committees and negotiations between the political blocs several amendments to the budget figures but did not reach so far to a final version for approval amid popular discontent of damage to the citizens due to the delay in the budget.

And all of Iraq [where] desire to inform citizens on the figures set by the government returned to the Cabinet meeting on 23/11/2011 and specifically to the decision to approve the budget before it is sent to the House of Representatives where he spent 131 days in the corridors of Iraqi politicians noted [where] that all political blocs, which now vary the paragraphs of the budget were present at the Cabinet meeting when the Board approved it before it is sent to the House of Representatives where it was a matter of dispute between the blocks themselves.

According to the Cabinet meeting last October, the council approved a draft law the federal budget for 2013 of $ (138) trillion dinars, an increase of 18% from last year 2012.

The total federal income amounted to (119.3) trillion dinars were the result of calculating the revenues from export of crude oil at an average price (90) dollars per barrel and export capacity of up to (2.9) million barrels per day, including the quantity produced and exported from the territory of Kurdistan and the (250) A barrels per day, where will oil revenues this Development Fund for Iraq after deducting (5)% for war reparations Kuwait has reached the investment budget (55) trillion dinars and the operating budget (83) trillion dinars distributed to institutions, ministries and state bodies all will be distribution of public expenditure according to the rates population after excluding allocations of the federal ministry center and sovereign expenditure as shown in the following table:.

T. sector amount (Dinar) Percentage%

1 Security and Defense 19.86 trillion 14.3

2 Education 12.71 trillion 9.2

3 Power 29.45 trillion 21.31

4 Environment and Health 6.82 trillion 4.94

5 Social Services 17.7 trillion 12.81

6 water, sewage and sanitation 4.2 trillion 3.04

7 Transport and Communications 1.32 1.82 trillion

8 agricultural sector 2.68 trillion 1.94

9 industrial sector 1.71 trillion 1.24

10 construction and housing 1.57 trillion 1.14

11 Culture, Youth and clubs and associations 2.22 trillion 1.61

12 International Obligations and 10.3 trillion debt 7.45

13 central public administrations and local 12.76 trillion 9.24

Estimated budget deficit b (18.8) trillion dinars will be covered by cash retained from the budget in 2012 and the Development Fund for Iraq and domestic borrowing by the treasury transfers and external, as well as from the savings expected from the increased sale prices of oil or increase production or borrowing from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank where will be empowered and Federal Minister of Finance the power to continue to borrow from the International Monetary Fund which complements the amount (4.5) billion and the World Bank which complements the $ (2) billion dollars during the year 2013 and using special drawing rights up to SDR (1.8) billion dollars to cover the projected shortfall in Federal budget. .

The share of Kurdistan (14.3) trillion dinars, ie (17)% of the total operating expenses and expenses of the investment projects of the general budget of the Federal Republic of Iraq ratified the Kurdistan region after excluding sovereign expenditure and will be settled dues between the Territory and the federal government for the years (2004 until 2012) and years subsequent audited by the Office of Federal Financial Supervision and coordination and cooperation with the Office of Financial Supervision of the territory no later than 15 October 2013. .

The allocated budget amount (250) billion dinars as a reserve to the government and $ (7.2) trillion dinars for reconstruction projects and the development of regions and provinces, including the Kurdistan region to be spent according to plans the reconstruction of the province submitted by the governor and approved by the Council of the province to the Ministry of Planning Federal where will the conservative exclusively implementation plan Reconstruction approved and take the provincial council responsible for monitoring implementation may not make any transfers within these customizations between provinces will also be allocated (1.318) trillion dinars, called assignments petrodollars which the amount of dollars for each barrel of crude oil producer in the province or refined in refineries province and a dollar for every (150) cubic meters producer of natural gas in the province and the province to be used no more than (50)% of the allocations petrodollars to buy electric power and allocate revenues from visa to Iraq to visit the holy sites in 2012 for services visitors and infrastructure, according to the following table:

Conservative ratio

40% of Karbala

10% of Baghdad / Kadhimiya

Salahuddin 15% / Samarra

25% of Najaf

10% of Baghdad / Adhamiya

The draft budget advertising in local newspapers for grades developed within owners in 2013 by the ministries and departments not related to the Ministry, where priority will be given to install contracts exception of the age requirement for contractors in the past years to calculating the contract period as a service for the purposes of retirement and will be exempted of all citizens of the amount of interest for Loans granted to them by the Land Bank, agricultural and housing fund and continue to grant these loans without interest to the citizens and by the souls of each province will be borne by the Ministry of Finance interest rate ..

To support the industrial sector and private sector mixed Like initiative agricultural will be lending to projects Iraqi Federation of Industries and the mixed sector without interest and bear the Ministry of Finance to pay interest to the government banks and the Federal Minister of Finance reallocate the remaining funds and unspent from the approved amounts in the federal budget for the year 2012 and related damages provinces, cities and individuals affected to balance the beneficiary exclusively to conduct paid during 2013, an exception of the provisions (Section IV) of the Financial Administration Act and the Public Debt number (95) for the year 2004 and also has the right to use the approved amounts for the contingency reserve to pay the expenses of emergency incidents and unexpected reduction (3) one billion dinars per case If the amount exceeds this limit must obtain the approval of the Federal Cabinet. .

Under the budget the Federal Minister of Finance in coordination with the Minister of Planning Federal re-allocation of funds for projects Emaar and assigning provinces ((Baghdad (Sadr and torch), Basra, Diyala and Nineveh)), which was launched amounts in the form of advances in 2008 for the purpose of adjustments Agaydip them within the budget in 2013 without that result in an actual exchange as well as the reallocation of revenue actually in land border ports, sea and air, including sovereign revenues during the year 2011 to balance the border provinces both by revenue actually at border crossing points in that province with priority rehabilitation and reconstruction of the border crossing points of each province. .

It is incumbent upon the Minister of Planning to provide the rate of implementation of investment projects for each ministry or entity is linked to the Ministry to the cabinet in the absence of the implementation of a rate (25%) of the allocations of each project through the (6) months from the adoption of the budget For the Minister of Finance, in coordination with the Minister of Planning lifting report to the Council of Ministers to determine the causes of the failure and the House of Representatives questioning the minister or the head of the non-related to the Ministry in the event of non-implementation of a rate (60%) of the investment allocations for the ministry or his department of the federal budget. .

The law authorizes the Federal Cabinet add allocations to federal budget for 2013, when achieved an increase in revenue from exports of crude oil exported through the first six months of this year to pay off the deficit planned budget and securing funds for investment projects of the Ministry of Electricity after approval by the Ministry of Planning Federal addition to amounts import electric power and reimburse the private sector before 09/04/2003 and loans granted by the government banks for salaries of employees of public companies for 2010, 2011 and 2012, loans granted by the government banks to buy barley crop for 2010 and amounts to support the affected governorates (Diyala and Nineveh) and the amounts of census General population will be borne by the Ministry of Finance the amount of interest the (4%) of the total loans granted to the project residential بسماية. / End

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