MP from the state of law bloc, Zeinab al-Basri said president Fuad Masum is responsible for all the consequences of delaying the budget.
Basri said in a press statement that "the President of the Republic deliberately delay the budget because of the share of the Kurdistan region, which was stipulated in the Constitution, trying to violate the law and the Constitution to return the Kurdistan share of 17%," considering that "Masum is the first and last responsible for all the consequences of delaying the budget.
"After 15 days, the budget will be in effect, but the president is trying to disrupt it for partisan and electoral interests," she said, addressing Masum by saying that "what you are doing is a legal violation, and the regulators should open an investigation to resolve this issue."
The presidency announced recently that President Fuad Masum decided to re-draft the federal budget bill 2018 to the House of Representatives for scrutiny in form and content.
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