Parliamentary Finance: 2025 Budget Expected To Reach Parliament Early Next Year, 22 OCT

Parliamentary Finance: 2025 Budget Expected To Reach Parliament Early Next Year

Economy  - 2024-10-21  The head of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, confirmed today, Monday, that the government has begun meetings to restructure the items of the 2025 budget, while he expected it to reach the House of Representatives early next year.

He pointed out that the Finance Committee discussed the public financial management project with a delegation from the Adam Smith International Foundation.

The media office of the head of the committee stated in a statement that "the head of the Finance Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, received a delegation from the Adam Smith International Foundation at the headquarters of the Finance Committee, to discuss the public financial management project prepared by the international institution to help reform the tax and customs sectors, public debt management and the Development Fund."

He added that "Al-Atwani reviewed before the delegation, in the presence of the economic advisor to the British Embassy, ​​the most important challenges facing the financial system in Iraq, as well as the steps and priorities of the Finance Committee within the framework of finding a correct philosophy and rational management of public money and the economy by diversifying sources of income and not relying excessively on oil to feed the state budget."

Al-Atwani said, according to the statement, that "the parliamentary finance committee, as part of its ongoing efforts and continuous efforts to maximize non-oil revenues, is currently working on amending the law of the General Authority for Monitoring the Allocation of Federal Revenues, so that it can play its role in evaluating, monitoring and collecting these revenues in a sound and regular manner, in addition to including a new task in the law related to evaluating the performance of the budget and expenditures."

He added that "the committee is conducting an in-depth study of the Stock and Commodities Market Law, which it intends to legislate during the coming period, and is holding specialized workshops in order to encourage Islamic banks to enter into banking and financial activity."

He pointed out that "the finance committee is working on a number of proposed laws that aim to regulate financial management, including the proposed law on investment in Islamic bonds, and the proposed law on the Center for Banking Studies."

Regarding the 2025 budget, Al-Atwani estimated that it would reach the House of Representatives early next year, indicating that "the government has begun meetings to restructure the budget items."

He noted that "the oil dispute with the Kurdistan Region is one of the most prominent problems facing the preparation of next year's budget," referring to "the committee's efforts and efforts to resolve the dispute between Baghdad and Erbil, through meetings with representatives of the regional government and the federal government.

The points of contention have been identified and diagnosed by the committee, and the legal and constitutional path to overcome them has been determined; as we hope to reach a final agreement in the next stage, in order to resume the export of the region's oil, in a way that ensures the enhancement of the state's resources." In

 turn, the institution's delegation confirmed its interest and keenness to support the financial system in Iraq, through a long-term strategy, specialized training and consultations to develop Iraqi systems and legislation.   https://kirkuktv.net/AR/Details/22785