Iraqi parliament: Adoption of the budget law will be delayed

“The government voted on Wednesday on the fiscal budget bill for 2014 , without consensus , noting that the Council hopes to get consensus to enact the law in the parliament, as soon as ,” The decision maker of the Council MP , Mohammed al-Khalidi said at a news conference attended by " Shafaq News “.

He pointed out that passing the budget bill in the parliament will be delayed , because of the problems on their terms , explaining that the Council is not responsible for delays due to entering details that have no agreement on them in the course of approval of the Cabinet .

He pointed out that the delay in approving the budget will harm everyone, pointing out that a quorum may not occur if Kurdistan Alliance withdraw during the vote on the budget .

He attributed the possibility of lack of quorum if Kurdistan alliance withdraw and half of al- Iraqi List resign from the Council, thus causing an imbalance to the quorum for the session .

Khalidi called political blocs to agree compatibility on the budget , solve problems and approve it to benefit the public interest .

The Federal Council of Ministers has approved on Wednesday a budget bill for the current year 2014, despite the rejection of the Vice President of the Council of Ministers and by Kurdish ministers followed by their withdrawal from the voting session .