Highlights/Thoughts
1. First draft budget considered unconstitutional due to formation of the Legal Committee
2. Desired to reduce salaries of the three presidencies (See this article where it looks like they reduced the salaries)
3. Expected to pass the budget after consideration by the Committee established by General Secretariat of the PM
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01/13/2011
BAGHDAD - A follow-up:
Iraqi parliament re-draft the budget in 2011 to the government to make changes to it, and considered the first reading of the draft was unconstitutional because the formation of the Legal Committee.
The MP said the "National Alliance" Adnan al-Sarraj said that "objection to the draft general budget bill does not rise to the level of differences and focus on a study to reduce the salaries of the three presidencies."
He pointed out that "the salaries and allowances of presidencies draining the state budget, in addition to inflation in the number of state employees."
The OS "to reduce the salaries of officials also includes the reduction of salaries of special grades, which is supported by some of the demands of the religious leaders and non-religious."
He expected to pass the budget after consideration by the Committee established by the General Secretariat of the Prime Minister to cut the salaries of the three presidencies.
The parliament had formed a committee of the interim financial experts, all the blocks used to study the financial budget, while expressing the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers Parliamentary support for the proposals. And called for some reforms in budget preparation and tabulation.
The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers on the Keywords that the largest percentage of the budget for the current year "will go to operational expenses of the state such as salaries, allowances and service fees, while the spend rate of thirty percent of the investment projects" .. In another window, revealed the source of parliament for the presence of 250 law pending discussion and approval by Parliament. the source pointed out that there are laws a task that requires an admission quickly as the law of the general budget for the year 2011 and the Law of the National Council for the strategic policies.
For his part, Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalai representative of the supreme religious authority, Ali al-Sistani in Karbala
The need to reduce social benefits for the three presidencies are being burdensome to the budget of the Iraqi state.
Considering that the disbursement of these amounts create a large gap between state officials and political powers.
He called the House of Representatives to implement the legislation imposed by the Iraqi constitution, including articles 63 and 73 and 84 and on reducing the salaries of senior officials of the state because the amount of money you spend to social benefits is the biggest budget of any institution or the Ministry of Iraq.
Karbalai called the need to deal with the issue in a neutral compensatory seats "and said that" the replacement of Representatives Almstozyren with other people did not get the votes that entitle them to enter the Dome of the House of Representatives and deny eligible for those seats is unacceptable. "
And he told there who got thousands of votes, but they found others obtaining the least of them votes in the House and this case is rejected and unacceptable and is a blow to democracy in Iraq.
He continued by saying that failure to address this matter will lead to a loss of confidence in the political process and the reluctance of Iraqi voters for the elections and probably will open the door to further military coups in the future and the loss of the democratic experiment that had not obtained the Iraqi people, but after struggling for many years.
BAGHDAD - A follow-up:
Iraqi parliament re-draft the budget in 2011 to the government to make changes to it, and considered the first reading of the draft was unconstitutional because the formation of the Legal Committee.
The MP said the "National Alliance" Adnan al-Sarraj said that "objection to the draft general budget bill does not rise to the level of differences and focus on a study to reduce the salaries of the three presidencies."
He pointed out that "the salaries and allowances of presidencies draining the state budget, in addition to inflation in the number of state employees."
The OS "to reduce the salaries of officials also includes the reduction of salaries of special grades, which is supported by some of the demands of the religious leaders and non-religious."
He expected to pass the budget after consideration by the Committee established by the General Secretariat of the Prime Minister to cut the salaries of the three presidencies.
The parliament had formed a committee of the interim financial experts, all the blocks used to study the financial budget, while expressing the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers Parliamentary support for the proposals. And called for some reforms in budget preparation and tabulation.
The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers on the Keywords that the largest percentage of the budget for the current year "will go to operational expenses of the state such as salaries, allowances and service fees, while the spend rate of thirty percent of the investment projects" .. In another window, revealed the source of parliament for the presence of 250 law pending discussion and approval by Parliament. the source pointed out that there are laws a task that requires an admission quickly as the law of the general budget for the year 2011 and the Law of the National Council for the strategic policies.
For his part, Sheikh Abdel Mahdi al-Karbalai representative of the supreme religious authority, Ali al-Sistani in Karbala
The need to reduce social benefits for the three presidencies are being burdensome to the budget of the Iraqi state.
Considering that the disbursement of these amounts create a large gap between state officials and political powers.
He called the House of Representatives to implement the legislation imposed by the Iraqi constitution, including articles 63 and 73 and 84 and on reducing the salaries of senior officials of the state because the amount of money you spend to social benefits is the biggest budget of any institution or the Ministry of Iraq.
Karbalai called the need to deal with the issue in a neutral compensatory seats "and said that" the replacement of Representatives Almstozyren with other people did not get the votes that entitle them to enter the Dome of the House of Representatives and deny eligible for those seats is unacceptable. "
And he told there who got thousands of votes, but they found others obtaining the least of them votes in the House and this case is rejected and unacceptable and is a blow to democracy in Iraq.
He continued by saying that failure to address this matter will lead to a loss of confidence in the political process and the reluctance of Iraqi voters for the elections and probably will open the door to further military coups in the future and the loss of the democratic experiment that had not obtained the Iraqi people, but after struggling for many years.
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