Baghdad – IA
At present, Thursday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee introduced the completion of the examine and evaluation of the 2024 finances tables, and whereas it confirmed that there have been no appointments in it, it indicated that the federal government is within the means of opening 100 hospitals till the start of subsequent yr.
Committee Chairman Atwan Al-Atwani instructed the (INA): “The Parliamentary Finance Committee has accomplished its examine and evaluation of the final finances tables for the yr 2024 and is now within the means of getting ready the report that will likely be introduced to the Home of Representatives,” stating that “the finances tables will not be a chance to distribute monetary allocations.” Establishments should overview what they spent in recent times and formulate a brand new spending coverage.”
He added, “The committee is attempting to chart a brand new path for spending by analyzing earlier budgets, and within the report that will likely be submitted, all of the observations that accompanied the 2023 finances will likely be introduced.”
He identified, “There is a rise in present spending amounting to 13 trillion dinars over the 2023 finances, offset by a decline in funding spending.”
Concerning the appointments within the 2024 finances, Al-Atwani confirmed that “there are not any appointments within the present yr’s finances as a result of there’s a authorized article within the earlier finances that suspended all appointments,” noting that “the working finances constitutes roughly 165 trillion dinars.”
He identified, “This yr we’re approaching greater than 100 funding tasks, and with regard to the well being sector, there are greater than 100 hospitals that will likely be opened throughout this yr and early subsequent yr.”