Maliki's coalition: The blocs have to be realistic in their demands concerning the allocation of funds to citizens
Shafaq News/ The coalition of law state, called on Wednesday, the political blocs to be realistic in dealing with their claims, including the allocation of funds for each Iraqi citizen in the current year budget, noting about the difficulty of achieving this because of the budget shortfall.
The MP of the coalition of Law State Mohammed Saiyhood said in an interview with "Shafaq News" that claims "to allocate funds to all Iraqi citizens to improve the per capita income is a good idea, especially Iraq is oil producer," but he also said that "the current conditions experienced by the country such as the destroyed infrastructures and the suspended strategic projects in addition to the shortfall in the current budget and previous budgets prevent the achievement of those claims. "
He called "parliamentary blocs to be more realistic in their claims and proposals, taking into account the need of citizens to raise their standard of living by improving the service and health situation in the country," pointing to "the difficulty of allocating money to all citizens of the current year budget
The Iraqia List MP Khalid Al-Alwani, called on Wednesday, in a statement "Shafaq News" received not to pass the financial budget for this year without the approval of the project put forward by the Liberal bloc, which provides for the payment of the amount to each Iraqi citizen, calling the members of the House of Representatives and the political blocs to work to increase the salaries of retirees and people with special needs and the social welfare network.
It is said that the Liberal bloc threatened last month, not to vote on the budget if it does not distribute a percentage of oil revenue to citizens, calling to give a share of oil revenues to the poor and the needy, and they said that the bloc will find an ally to support the demand in the absence of the National Alliance to support them.
The Iraqi government has approved the Federal Budget for the year 2012, valued at $ 100 billion, an increase of 22 percent from the previous year, with a shortfall of about $ 13 billion, as the parliamentary finance committee revealed that the operating budget reached 70% of the budget of 2012.
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