08 February 2011
Baghdad - The Iraqi parliament put off today's session to tomorrow, after reading the first reading of the draft law of the Supreme Judicial Council, according to the KBC member.
The Deputy, Sheriff Soliaman told AKnews that the Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Osama Nujaifi raised today's meeting to tomorrow after the postponed of the second reading of the law of the federal budget draft for 2011 and the first reading was read for the draft law of the Supreme Judicial Council.
"Today's meeting was limited to discuss the ration card items and mechanisms adopted in the provision and distribution of flour exclusively that is experiencing scarcity in distributing it with in most of the provinces."
"The parliament had decided to host the acting Trade Minister, Rose Nuri Shaways to attend at future meetings, and form a parliamentary committee to work with the Trade Ministry to follow-up providing the food basket for the Iraqi people after 90 deputies proposed a request about that ".
"The Committee will follow up the exchange of the amounts for the past four years in which the ration card items were not distributed to citizens, and will investigate the validity of the non-arrival of such substances to some provinces."
Several Iraqi provinces including Baghdad witnessed demonstrations and protests against the lack of services, unemployment and the irregular distribution of ration card items.
"Nujaifi called the Finance Committee to submit a report on the budget that will be read a second reading at Tuesday meeting to explain in its report the points that led to return the budget to the government."
The Ministry of Planning confirmed that one of the most prominent obstacles of the advancement of economic reality in the country is the government's continued distribution of ration card items after seven years of the political change in the country.
The ration card system was adopted in Iraq after the UN Security Council Resolution No. 661 dated 6 August 1990, imposed economic sanctions on Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait. The financial allocations for the ration card amounted in 2010 budget to three trillion and 500 billion Dinars (about 2,9 billion dollars) and allocations reached in 2009 for the ration card up to four trillion Dinars.
The Trade ministry announced that it had completed the preparation of a new road map for the distribution of card items that emphasizes the need to give priority to the poor in the country.
Baghdad - The Iraqi parliament put off today's session to tomorrow, after reading the first reading of the draft law of the Supreme Judicial Council, according to the KBC member.
The Deputy, Sheriff Soliaman told AKnews that the Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Osama Nujaifi raised today's meeting to tomorrow after the postponed of the second reading of the law of the federal budget draft for 2011 and the first reading was read for the draft law of the Supreme Judicial Council.
"Today's meeting was limited to discuss the ration card items and mechanisms adopted in the provision and distribution of flour exclusively that is experiencing scarcity in distributing it with in most of the provinces."
"The parliament had decided to host the acting Trade Minister, Rose Nuri Shaways to attend at future meetings, and form a parliamentary committee to work with the Trade Ministry to follow-up providing the food basket for the Iraqi people after 90 deputies proposed a request about that ".
"The Committee will follow up the exchange of the amounts for the past four years in which the ration card items were not distributed to citizens, and will investigate the validity of the non-arrival of such substances to some provinces."
Several Iraqi provinces including Baghdad witnessed demonstrations and protests against the lack of services, unemployment and the irregular distribution of ration card items.
"Nujaifi called the Finance Committee to submit a report on the budget that will be read a second reading at Tuesday meeting to explain in its report the points that led to return the budget to the government."
The Ministry of Planning confirmed that one of the most prominent obstacles of the advancement of economic reality in the country is the government's continued distribution of ration card items after seven years of the political change in the country.
The ration card system was adopted in Iraq after the UN Security Council Resolution No. 661 dated 6 August 1990, imposed economic sanctions on Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait. The financial allocations for the ration card amounted in 2010 budget to three trillion and 500 billion Dinars (about 2,9 billion dollars) and allocations reached in 2009 for the ration card up to four trillion Dinars.
The Trade ministry announced that it had completed the preparation of a new road map for the distribution of card items that emphasizes the need to give priority to the poor in the country.
© AK News 2011
