Former MP Faisal Al-Issawi explained, today, Saturday, three reasons behind the delay in approving the 2024 budget, stressing that the government has exceeded all constitutional and legal deadlines.
Hussein said in a statement to Al-Maalouma Agency, “The delay in approving the federal budget, which was supposed to be prepared for three years, is due to many reasons, the most important of which is the lack of financial liquidity in the Iraqi economic market,” noting that “the manipulation of the budget schedules by members of the House of Representatives had a clear impact on the delay in approving it.”
He added, “The government’s vision of not spending on some projects that are not in line with its ministerial program was also an obstacle to approving the current budget,” noting that “the delay in approving the federal budget is a major flaw for the current government, as it has exceeded eight months in the fiscal year designated for it.”
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers sent a letter to the House of Representatives to inquire about the manipulation of the budget tables. The letter stated that “after examining the printed tables attached to the Parliament’s letter signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (acting), it became clear that there were fundamental differences in them compared to the copy sent by the Council of Ministers and contrary to the text of the parliamentary decision.”
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