A parliamentary understanding to extend the legislative term to approve the 2024 budget schedules
5/8/2024 Baghdad
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ikhlas Al-Dulaimi, revealed today, Wednesday, that there is an understanding to extend the legislative term of Parliament to approve the 2024 budget schedules.
Al-Dulaimi said, in an interview followed by Al-Iqtisad News, that “the current situation requires extending the current legislative term of the House of Representatives and postponing its recess for a month until the 2024 budget schedules are approved.”
She added, "The Parliamentary Finance Committee is ready to receive the budget schedules and work on them as soon as they reach the House of Representatives."
She continued, "The current legislative term needs to be extended to complete many important legislations for the coming period, including the budget law schedules for the fiscal year 2024."LINK