MP Ahmed Al-Sharmani: Amending the budget led to a “major parliamentary division” and no agreement on it
Member of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Al-Sharmani, confirmed Thursday, January 30, 2025, that amending the financial budget law sent by the federal government to Parliament led to a “major parliamentary division.”
Al-Sharmani said in a press interview, “The amendment to the budget law, sent by the Iraqi government, led to a major parliamentary division among the representatives, even within the same bloc. There is a rejection of this amendment and there is no agreement on it until this hour.”
He explained that “putting this amendment to a vote next week will lead to the failure of the House of Representatives to hold its session again, as there is a great parliamentary rejection of the amendment, and therefore there must be an opportunity for the House of Representatives to amend the law according to what the representatives see and according to giving each governorate its natural financial entitlement without any discrimination.”
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote in its regular session next Sunday on amending the financial budget law.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired a meeting at the government palace yesterday, Wednesday, that included the heads of the parliamentary blocs, in the presence of the Speaker of Parliament Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and his two deputies, during which they discussed amending the budget law.
During the meeting, Al-Sudani stressed: “Commitment to this text that addresses the issue of the cost of producing a barrel of oil, which was approved by the Council of Ministers in its forty-fifth session on November 5, and was confirmed in the letter of the government representative in the House of Representatives, No. 15, sent to the House of Representatives on January 23, which is the same text that was voted on within the Parliamentary Finance Committee.”
He pointed out “the necessity for the House of Representatives to approve this amendment without change, to complete the development plans, in accordance with the economic interest of Iraq, and the vision adopted by the government program approved by the House of Representatives.”
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