Parliamentary Finance: Many disagreements in the budget, and we are unlikely to approve it tomorrow

Time: 03/26/2021 14:52:33
 
{Economic: Al Furat News} A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee ruled out, today, Friday, the vote on the draft federal budget law for 2021 during the parliament session tomorrow, Saturday.

Representative Jamal Cougar said in a press statement, "The vote on the federal budget bill for 2021 has been ruled out in the House of Representatives session tomorrow, Saturday.

He added, "There are many disagreements about the draft federal budget bill for the year 2021, including the Kurdistan region’s share, the dollar exchange rate against the Iraqi dinar, social welfare allocations, the investment budget and the provinces’ share of it. "

He explained, "Perhaps the Presidency of the Council of Representatives will try to vote on some articles from the budget bill and postpone the contentious articles to another session, as happened during the vote on the amendment of the Federal Court Law."

Samir Hawrami, the official spokesman for the Vice President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, announced yesterday, Thursday, that "the new formulation agreed upon in the draft fiscal budget for 2021 included two proposals," noting that "the region is ready to implement one of these two proposals."

Hawrami said in a press statement, "The Kurdistan Regional Government has concluded, since April 2020, with the federal government, 3 types of agreements regarding financial dues," noting that "there are currently two proposals about the Kurdistan region's share of the budget for 2021, a proposal for the federal government," And another for the Finance Committee and Parliamentary Blocs. "

He added, "The region is ready to implement one of these two proposals that were agreed upon," noting that "the Parliamentary Finance Committee voted for the article on the Kurdistan region’s share of the budget, so the region’s share is not the reason for delaying the vote on the budget law."

Parliament is scheduled to hold a session next Saturday to vote on the fiscal budget bill for 2021.

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