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.
