State of Law on the 2021 Budget: No voting without the Kurds

Shafaq News/ The State of Law bloc ruled out conducting a majority vote on the 2021 General Budget law.

A spokesman for the bloc, MP Bahaa al-Din al-Nuri, said in a statement to Shafaq News Agency, "there are no final agreements between the political blocs and the Kurdish delegation regarding oil, financial revenues, and border-crossings in the Kurdistan region." "The talk about scheduling a session to vote on the budget law is inaccurate because there is no final agreement between the Central government, the region, and the political blocs regarding the region’s share of the budget."

Al-Nouri added that negotiations are underway to resolve those issues noting, "an agreement on the region’s share might be reached next week." Al-Nouri stressed, "there will not be a vote without the Kurds."

The representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Baghdad, Faris Issa, revealed yesterday, Tuesday, that the negotiating delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government had postponed its visit, scheduled yesterday, to the Iraqi capital until further notice.