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Parliament poised to vote on the budget
Finance Committee calls for directing deputies to attend meetings .. And extension of last resort

A tendency in the next few hours to approve the budget as emerged from the data embodied in the communications and consultations had focused the political blocs to hold on to the exit by a parliamentary vote enables them, after taking with most of the views and proposals launched by these forces, while an option to extend the work appears to the board or hold a hearing juxtaposed in the exceptional case it is not to secure a quorum to pass the budget.

A source in the Presidency of the Council of Representatives: that Monday is the last day of the current legislative and all the data likely to vote on the budget.

The source said in a statement the "morning" there is consensus on the need to approve the draft budget after amendments by the positive, noting that in the event they are not passed Monday, the parliament speaker to two choices: either to extend the work of the Council according to the Constitution, which affirms the need to pass a budget before the end the legislative term or go to a special meeting to vote.

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided yesterday, holding small meetings continuing convergence on the paragraphs of the general budget for the year 2010 before approving it, according to the announcement of the "morning" Omar al-Mashhadani, the press secretary to House Speaker. For its part, called the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives parliamentary blocs to Requiring legislators to attend the meetings of Parliament to vote on the budget. According to the Chairperson of the Committee Alaa al-Sadoun, it has been modified so as to ensure the draft budget, investment budget better. Saadoun said in a press statement: "The delay in approving the budget, negatively affects the development of Provincial Reconstruction and appointments and operations of venture country" , indicating that "some blocks they have comments on certain paragraphs of the budget was amended." It is said that the general budget for 2010 of more than 83 trillion dinars, of which 23 trillion dinars allocated for the expenses of the investment projects, and 60 trillion dinars for operating expenses, by a financial deficit of more from 21 trillion dinars.

The Rapporteur of the financial earthquake, Mona has called for reducing the salaries of presidents and ministers, Parliament and the House of Representatives and half of all ministers of justice to the Iraqi people. For his part, Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman, a legal problem facing the House of Representatives is the end of the constitutional period of the Council and failure to approve the financial budget.

He also stressed MP Hamid Malp that "the House of Representatives can not legally end the current legislative term, but the adoption of the financial budget."

Article (62) of the Constitution says, "The Council of Ministers the draft general budget bill and the final account to the House for approval, and the Council of Representatives may conduct transfers between the sections and chapters of the general budget, and reduce the total amounts, and may, when necessary, propose to the Cabinet to increase the total amount expenditure ", while Paragraph II of Article No. (22) of the rules of procedure of the Parliament as follows:" does not end the legislative term in which she presented the state budget only after approval."

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The World Bank is expected to improve the region's economy in 2011

World Bank has predicted that "the economies of the Middle East and North Africa will improve in 2011 is expected to increase growth to 4.45 in that year of the Registrar in 1995 and 2005."

The World Bank report predicted that "oil prices will remain stable during the projection period around $ 75 a barrel," and predicted that "the increasing GDP of the GCC countries to 3.2% in 2010 and 4.1% in 2011, and will help production companies and oil prices in the restoration of proceeds".

The report pointed out that "The impact of the global financial crisis on the economies of the Middle East and North Africa has been uneven, particularly in the oil-exporting countries."

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Finance: The government is seeking contractors to install the permanent staffing

Finance Minister Baqir Jabr Al-Zubaidi "The government has allocated $ 20 billion for the implementation of new investment projects will contribute in providing more than six hundred thousand jobs for the unemployed," while he was "the desire of contractors to install the ministry permanent staffing gradually."

"Now that" the government has allocated twenty billion dollars in the current year budget for the implementation of new service projects across the country will work to provide jobs for more than six hundred thousand people in various disciplines."

Adding that "the government agreed to provide more than 115 thousand and the degree of functional distributed among a number of ministries including the interior, defense, education and health for the operation of sections and departments that have recently opened in those ministries."

Zubaidi, also said, "The Ministry will formulate a plan to install the contractors with the state departments on staffing and permanent especially diligent of them," explaining that "the process will be proofed in phases over the coming years because the state budget does not bear the expenses at once."

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Othman, calls for approving the budget session of Parliament before the end of the

MP Mahmoud Othman said Monday the need to establish a federal budget for Iraq in 2010 before the end of the session of Parliament, describing the image of the parliament that she would be "ugly" in the eyes of people in the event of disapproval.

The Attorney-Othman, the Kurdistan Alliance bloc "must vote on the financial budget for 2010 before the end of the age of the parliament because if we do not solve this issue and recognize the budget would be no harm to the interests of the people and ministries and citizens.

He noted that in "the event that the House of Representatives approved the budget in the period set for the end of the month from January present, the Council would be forced to hold an emergency session."

And raised the budget in 2010 a political row in circles because of the parliamentary blocs to link some of the parliamentary resolution approved Electoral Code of Conduct, which limits the powers of the government and turn it into a caretaker government, in addition to the objections submitted by the political blocs, notably the Iraqi National List coalition, which required reduction of the salaries of Degrees Special half in return for approving the budget.

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Flowers Samurai: House bears the delayed vote on the budget

MP carried flowers Samarrai said the Iraqi Accordance House of Representatives for the delay on the vote on the budget.

Samarrai said in a press statement that the budget needed for the ministries, although it had fired 20% of the first month, but development projects and stomach in the plan will remain until the launch of the budget.

It added that the Finance Committee Chairman Alaa al-Sadoun said that the budget is now almost at the gates of the end and there are some blocks you need to provide their views in order to accurately Atemtd discussions greatly to vote on the budget and some of these peace proposals on the budget and considered by the Finance Committee.

She over to the Kurdistan Alliance bloc said that Monday would be the last day of attendance in the House.

She explained that all countries are providing the budget two or three months before we are in the House of Representatives did not vote on the supplementary budget for 2009 in preparation for the original budget for the year 2010, and did not really vote on the supplementary budget and we started to study the 2010 budget and this took a long time.

She said some believe that the budget Stwtherssayasa and give strength to some of them to some other budget scrutiny, especially as the electoral code of conduct did not see the light until now.

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Jalal Din al-Sagheer: delayed voting on the budget for the presence of sticking points between the National Coalition and other blocs

MP Jalal al-Saghir of the Alliance "was scheduled to include the budget on the agenda of the Council's meeting today, adding that there were some sticking points between the National Coalition and the other blocs."

Some of the House of Representatives and through press statements, has excluded the House of Representatives to reach agreement on the adoption of the general budget of the differences between the political blocs.

He said small, told the independent press (Iba) on Monday that "the outstanding problems between the political blocs on the public budget will be resolved soon for approval."

The Alliance had made several new proposals on the budget, including Mai_khas strategic projects of common interest.

The junior "Among the sticking points to reduce the salaries of officials and members of parliament, ministers and reducing the salaries of the Presidency in half with the abolition of social benefits for the three vice-presidencies."

It demands some lawmakers and through press statements, transfer funds, social benefits for the three presidencies and their deputies to the poorer segments of society.

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Economic analyst: a failure to approve 2010 budget would adversely affect the construction projects

Economic analyst contrary goldsmith, Sunday, that failure to approve a federal budget for 2010 in the coming days would negatively affect the community; because it "will stop all construction projects."

The jeweler told (Voices of Iraq) that "failure to approve the budget in the coming days and incorporated in the gate of political bargaining in my opinion falls into multiple directions and therefore reflected the profound negative effect on society."

He called on politicians to "rise above all the details, from the political orientation to their personal interests into account and consider the public interest enough that obtained by the House of Representatives, without exception, all the privileges for the past 4 years."

And raised the budget in 2010 a political row in circles because of the parliamentary blocs to link some of the parliamentary resolution approved Electoral Code of Conduct, which limits the powers of the government and turn it into a caretaker government, in addition to the objections submitted by the political blocs, notably the Iraqi National List coalition, which required reduction of the salaries of Degrees Special half in return for approving the budget.

The jeweler "We must pay attention to the House of Representatives that not approving the budget, stop all construction projects in the country", urging them to "speed up the approval."

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Iraq keen to develop ties with GCC members- VP

Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Monday stressed his country’s desire to boost its relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, according to a presidential statement.

“On Monday, Hashemi received the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Iraq, Abdullah Ibrahim al-Zawi, and discussed with him bilateral relations on the one hand, and Iraq’s relations with the GCC members on the other hand,” read the statement that was received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The envoy has highlighted his country’s keenness to overcome obstacles that prevent the development of ties between the two countries, according to the statement.

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Chemical Ali’s E.xecution imminent- spokesperson

Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as Chemical Ali, will be e.xecuted within the coming few days, an official spokesperson for the Iraqi government said on Monday.

“The sentence will be implemented in the coming few days after traditional and constitutional approvals are granted…,” Ali al-Dabbagh told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

On Jan. 17, Iraq’s Supreme Criminal Court has sentenced Majeed to death by hanging for his role in the Halabja massacre in which thousands of Kurds were killed by chemical attacks.

It was the fourth death sentence Majeed has received for crimes committed during the reign of former President Saddam Hussein.

The court also sentenced Farhan Motalk al-Juburi, the former chief of intelligence in the northern zone, to 10 years in jail. Former Minister of Defense Sultan Hashim Ahmed, and Saber Abdulaziz al-Dori, the former chief of military intelligence during the Halabja campaign, were given a 15-year sentence.

On March 16, 1988, Halabja came under brutal chemical attacks at the hands of the former Iraqi regime, leaving more than 5,000 people killed and more than 10,000 others injured, according to Kurdish estimates.

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Fadila MP rules out passage of budget today

An Iraqi lawmaker from the Fadila Party has ruled out a parliamentary passage of the 2010 federal budget during today’s session, the last in the current legislative term.

“Disputes are still unresolved,” MP Kareem al-Yaqoubi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“As we have heard, an initial agreement will be reached to set this Thursday for the passage of the budget,” he added.

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