Al-Kaabi: 2019 budget will focus on redressing provinces’ demands

The First Deputy Speaker Hassan Karim al-Kaabi received in his office on Wednesday November 28, 2018, Diwaniya Governor Sami al-Hasnawi and a number of Representatives of the province.
Al-Kaabi said that “everyone noticed the neglect of the allocations in federal budget for governances and the dependence on population ratios only, and this is unacceptable. No matter what population we are dealing with, we should consider the level of deprivation, and the level of services provided and meet the needs of citizens.”
Al-Kaabi stressed that “Iraq’s federal budget for 2019 will focus on redressing provinces’ demands, and each parliamentary committee will work according to its specialization based on the available data for each province, and will include the disadvantaged ones, especially Diwaniyah and Muthanna provinces in order to promote and improve services in all sectors”.
Al-Kaabi announced holding of a meeting next week with the governors of Muthanna and Diwaniya and members of the Council of Representatives and the Finance Committee to further discuss the matter.
The First Deputy Speaker Media Office
28/11/2018