Al-Halboosi heads the meeting of the Finance Committee to discuss the paragraphs and items of the general budget

 

The Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi headed, on Wednesday, the meeting of the Finance Committee to discuss the paragraphs and items of the general federal budget for the fiscal year 2019.

The meeting discussed increasing investment allocations through supporting the private sector, increasing revenues and reducing the planning deficit in the budget.

The meeting stressed the need to provide job opportunities for the unemployed through launching the investment allocations and the development of regions, as well as to deal with the file of contracts and daily workers in state institutions.

The meeting dealt with the handling of the displaced persons file, providing financial allocations for stability and ensuring their return to their areas, as well as compensating the martyrs’ and the wounded families and the victims of the terrorist operations, in addition to securing salaries and expenses for all governorates of Iraq, including the Kurdistan region.

The meeting also discussed the issue of health and education as well as the higher education sector and services such as water, electricity and infrastructure projects in the budget because they are of a great importance and directly affects the lives of Iraqi citizens.

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Media Office
Of the Parliament Speaker
Jan 9, 2019