First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mohsen Al-Mandlawi on Sunday directed the Parliamentary Finance Committee to expedite the completion of the budget law and complete its requirements, while noting that the next few period will witness the second reading of the draft law.
This came, during the presidency of Al-Mandlawi, a meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, in the presence of its president and members, to discuss the draft federal public budget law for the years (2023, 2024, 2025), according to a statement reported to Shafaq News.
Al-Mandlawi directed the Parliamentary Finance Committee to “continue to hold meetings in order to accelerate the completion of the draft budget law, and to develop appropriate and accurate mechanisms to complete its requirements, including the formation of subcommittees, and prepare a detailed report on them,” noting that “the law will focus on meeting people’s demands, increasing the allocations of service aspects and investment projects, and activating the private sector.”
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament stressed the keenness of the House of Representatives to “scrutinize all paragraphs of the budget, and that the next few period will witness the inclusion of the second reading paragraph of the law on the agenda of the Council,” pointing out that “the people expect their representatives to quickly complete it and vote on it because of its direct connection to their life.”
According to the statement, during the meeting, the budget items were discussed, observations were made on a number of its paragraphs, and the importance of making the necessary transfers, in a way that contributes to increasing the allocations of the development of the regions, reducing the deficit rate, and implementing service and strategic projects, especially those who are lagging ones.
Last week, the Iraqi Council of Representatives ended the first reading of the draft federal budget law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years (2023, 2024, 2025).
A member of the parliamentary finance committee, Jamal Kojar, revealed in a previous statement to Shafaq News, the date of approving the general budget, stressing that it will be after Eid al-Fitr.
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