Vice Kordestani: Barzani initiative will be launched in two weeks and will confirm the implementation of previous agreements

02/24/2013

Baghdad (news) .. MP for / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Hussein good Nrmo, that the initiative of the President of the Kurdistan region will be launched end of this month, and will include emphasis on the implementation of previous agreements and new agreements to be held.
And Nrmo said in a statement (of the Agency news): The all political blocs expressed optimism successfully initiative of the President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, which may resolve outstanding differences between the two blocs.

He added: that the political differences affected negatively on approving the budget for 2013 that is supposed to be authenticated two months ago.

The MP said the coalition of Kurdish blocs: the political blocs that with any initiative whether the President of the Kurdistan region or other help resolve differences we are with them.

And between Nrmo: that the initiative of the president of the region will be launched end of this month to bind the political blocs to the implementation of the agreements previously held new initiatives contribute to the creation of the crisis.

It is to be noted that there is a prospective move to Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani in the coming days to put an initiative described as serious to resolve the political crisis, after internal and external pressures suffered Barzani. Finished / 2. N. P /

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Secretariat of the Council of Ministers: the budget is an important document which is read philosophy of the state and its economic system

Sunday, February 24

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The secretary general of the Council of Ministers Ali Mohsen Ismail said the state budget is an important document which we can read the philosophy of the state and its democratic system and economic and financial policies.

A statement of the General Secretariat received and all of Iraq [where] a copy of it today Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, he stressed in a speech at a workshop hosted by the Institute of economic reform on the state budget, "We're not in front of detecting graph just but by reading the minutes of the budget we can Nacher What meant orientations associated with more actors and factors affecting the economic and social reality and political. "

He said the "reference ongoing budget and looking at it through the democratic political system and monitoring achieve this system, which was built on the basis of participation in the implementation and accountability and oversight, as well as the amount to be achieved transparency, which represents an important pillar of the pillars of the democratic system."

And Ismail, according to the statement that he "can not achieve a high level of relationship between the authority and the public that this does not happen is an indicator of malfunction, in addition to what we can offer good governance in the provision of programs and plans and clear goals relating to various aspects.

He noted, "We are through the budget can recognize the role of the state in the distribution of income which is of economic and social dimensions and development, stressing the need to adopt tab and methodology in the preparation of the budget and show it legibly regulators, legislative and financial management and control. Suggesting that there's promises from the Ministry of Finance and collaboration with specialized international organizations to accomplish this and the adoption of the link between the budget and the aspects highlighted by the government program and verification ratios between paragraphs of the budget and allocations.

The statement continued, "The workshop was led by Mehdi al-Hafez, former Minister of Planning and attended by a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Haitham al-Jubouri, and a number of specialists in the financial and economic aspects of the Iraqi ministries, university professors and members of the Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform.

He said "the participants ate the general features of the federal budget and the pros and cons, income and investment and operational expenditure of the budget in 2013. At the end of the workshop participants sent a letter to the Iraqi Council of Representatives in which they claim to speed up the adoption of the budget."

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided yesterday to postpone the meeting of the Council on confirmation of the current year's budget to next Monday.

And held the Presidency of the Council of Representatives yesterday an urgent meeting with leaders of parliamentary blocs to discuss the vote on the state budget.

A parliamentary source said the agency [where] today that "the Presidency of the Council of Representatives held an urgent meeting to discuss the vote on the state budget for 2013 at the insistence of the deputies of the National Alliance on approval and not delay it again."

The reference was called the House of Representatives on Friday to speed up the adoption of the budget, and reject the sectarian slogans and irresponsible statements.

The House voted on Saturday in its regular not to re-bill the state budget for 2013 to the government. Ended

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World Bank: expense of Iraq budgets far less than observed and Snfawdah to reduce guess the price of a barrel of oil

Sunday, February 24



Revealed the World Bank, on Sunday, that the volume of spending of Iraqi budgets far less than the observed where money, and expressed his fear of the danger of adopting the Iraqi budget for oil fully and guesses prices high, and between that any decline in the price of the world's oil will cause problems large to Iraq, in when confirmed by the Ministry of Planning said that there is no alternative for Iraq but to rely on oil.

The World Bank representative in Iraq Maria Helen in a joint conference with the Minister Alkhtit Iraqi Ali Shukri in the ministry building and attended (range Press), "The preparation of the budget on the price of a barrel of oil set at $ 90 without a maneuver could lead to a shock for Iraq," adding that " any decline in the global price of oil could lead to balancing the country to big problems. "

Helen called to "reduce the price of a barrel of oil Evaluator to adopt the budget well," noting that "any surplus or a rise in prices from which to build other projects and it will help that there will be savings."

The Council of Ministers approved, on the fifth of November 2012, the budget year 2013 worth 138 trillion Iraqi dinars and adopted the budget on oil exports from Iraq on the basis of 90 dollars as the price per barrel.

Helen announced that "the International Monetary Fund will enter into negotiations with the government, the end of this month and we will discuss these issues."

Helen added that "one of the problems suffered by Iraq is how to spend the budget that has," adding that "the real rate of spending we find very low compared to what is made of money."

For his part, acknowledged the Iraqi Planning Minister Ali Shukri at the same press conference that "Iraq's budget for 2013 by 93% dependent on oil and the government is aware of the danger this issue."

Shukri stressed that "the government also believes that $ 90 a barrel is too high and any drop may come the big problem for Iraq," adding, "But today no alternative but to determine the price to $ 90 to go to provide the necessary funds for the budget."

And facing the adoption of Iraq's budget for 2013, many obstacles and large While failed when parliament at its yesterday Saturday, 02.23.2013 adopting or returned to the Council of Ministers to modify the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed his concern at the boards central and southern governorates, held in Basra that cause political problems that the country is going through not to approve the budget.

It is noteworthy that political sources and other parliamentary, attributed the mismatch on the draft budget, to raise political blocs its demands, insisting the coalition of state law on the Set Session certain local governments and reduce the share of the Kurdistan region, while insisting the Kurdistan Alliance to increase allocations Peshmerga and maintain the ratio Territory of the budget amounting to 17 percent, as well as the allocation of funds for the oil companies operating in the region.

Also requires the Iraqi List, the census and non-interference central government in the affairs of local governments before agreeing on the budget, as well as increasing the price of a barrel of oil to neighboring countries, which is now $ 50, and insists Sadrist implementation rate of 25 percent of the surplus oil sales and distribution to citizens with Adoption of the pension law, while calling for mass citizen approval of a grant of university students and increase social welfare grant and made 250 thousand dinars as a condition for voting on the budget.

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Expectations by passing the federal budget this week

Sunday 24 February 2013

 

Predicted MP for the Iraqi List, Hamza Dawood Salman to be voted on the federal budget during the current week.

Salman said a statement to Radio tow the political dialogues and talks about the demand list Judge redeploy the amount of two billion dollars from the allocations of the Department of Defense budget to the development of regions are going in a positive way, he said.

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives has postponed yesterday's vote on the federal budget law to Monday.

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