The Finance Committee sets the date for the final vote on the 2023 budget

Baghdad-INA 
The Parliamentary Finance Committee set today, Sunday the date for the final vote on the 2023 budget, and while it indicated that the price of a barrel of oil in the budget is good, and it confirmed that there is no increase in the prices of petrol and kerosene on the product internally.
 
 
Committee member Mueen Al-Kadhimi said in a statement to Al-Iraqiya News, followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Finance Committee is serious about moving towards discussing and approving the budget, and the official sessions have begun and will continue to come out with conviction and a joint report submitted to Parliament for the purpose of the second reading," noting that "the second reading will be completed immediately after Eid al-Fitr.
Al-Kadhimi added that "there is seriousness among the political blocs of the need to pass the budget while taking into account the observations," noting that "there is an objection to the amounts of development of the regions allocated to 15 governorates, which are considered few."
He stated that "there is a remaining amount of emergency support allocated to the governorates, and it is possible to transfer funds from the allocations to ministries to the governorates," pointing out that "the objection to shares in the budget can be resolved through dialogue."
  "There is no objection to the price of a barrel of oil in the budget, which is $70, because it is good and reliable," explaining that "there is no increase in the prices of petrol and kerosene produced internally, and there is a serious tendency to benefit from associated and free gas." Al-Kadhimi said.
He stated that "the final vote on the 2023 budget will take place during the month of May."