THE PARLIAMENT AFFIRMED ITS INTENTION TO APPROVE THE GENERAL BUDGET LAW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SHAKHWAN ABDULLAH SAID, IN A STATEMENT TO JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE NATIONAL IRAQI NEWS AGENCY / NINA / TODAY, THURSDAY, “THE BUDGET BILL HAS BEEN INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND READING, DUE TO THE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LAW AND THE URGENT NEED FOR ITS APPROVAL,” ADDING THAT “IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PROCRASTINATE IN POSTPONING THE BUDGET LAW FOR PARTISAN OR PERSONAL POLITICAL GOALS.
HE ADDED, “THE POLITICAL BLOCS TEND TO APPROVE THE GENERAL BUDGET, AND WE FOCUSED IN THE MEETING OF THE POLITICAL FORCES THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PROLONGATION IN THE TIMINGS OF HOSTING MINISTRIES AND GOVERNORS, AND WE PROCEEDED TO FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANT AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS ERRORS WITHIN THE BUDGET.”
HE EXPLAINED, “IT WAS AGREED THAT THE SCHEDULES THAT DO NOT CORRESPOND TO THE LEVEL OF THE GENERAL BUDGET ARE DEALT WITH JOINTLY BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND A DATE WAS SET TO COLLECT AND UNIFY ALL OBSERVATIONS OF THE POLITICAL FORCES IN ORDER TO APPROVE THEM CORRECTLY AND TO BE APPROVED BY THE FINAL VOTE.”
SOURCE: NATIONAL IRAQI NEWS AGENCY