An Economist to / NINA /: There is no financial budget this year… and there is fear that it will not be approved next year

Baghdad Executive Director of the “Iraq Future Foundation, concerned with economic affairs, ” Manar Al-Obaidi, ruled out completely approving the budget for this year 2022, while noting that the age of the food security law ends at the end of this year.

Al-Obaidi said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: “The 2022 budget will not be approved, and there is fear that the 2023 budget will not be approved as well as a result of not forming a government,” noting: “The formation of the government will take a long time to approve the 2023 budget.”

He added: “The Food Security Law ends with the end of the current fiscal year, and that the next year will be based on the Financial Management Law.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency