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Defense denies the transfer of $ 120 billion dinars for the

Unread postPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:49 am
by Stillw8n
Defense denies the transfer of $ 120 billion dinars for the calculation of the budget of the Ministry of Culture
Editor: BR | SZ Monday, 10 T 1 2011 17:18 GMT
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Spokesman of the Ministry of Defence Major General Mohammed al-Askari
Alsumaria News / Baghdad denied the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, Monday, convert $ 120 billion Iraqi dinars for the calculation of the budget of the Ministry of Culture, while it confirmed the news was untrue, she noted that the deliberation of funds from the validity of the Council of Ministers, through the system of the Ministry of Finance. A spokesman for the ministry Mohammed al-Askari said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "some of the media handled the story that the Minister of Defense Agency Saadoun al-Dulaimi, had transferred $ 120 billion Iraqi dinars was allocated for the restoration of Al-Rashid Street within the project of Baghdad, the capital of Arab culture from the budget of the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Defence to buy aircraft, "asserting that al-Dulaimi, became clear to him that the" amount does not block for the restoration of Al-Rashid Street so returned to the Ministry of Finance with the consent of the Council of Ministers. " Askari said that the decision to refer the amount to the Ministry of Finance "taken before the cost-Dulaimi, the functions of the Ministry of Defense agency, so the news naked health, "noting that" the Minister has no authority to transfer funds from one ministry to another, is the validity of the Cabinet. " The military said that "The Ministry of Defence has a budget and reinforcing the strategic is the responsibility of the Iraqi government and that the deliberation of money a matter of course, but runs through the system of the Ministry of Finance. " The Secretariat of the Municipality of Baghdad threatened on Monday to withdraw from the project of Baghdad, the capital of Arab culture for 2013 because of the transfer of the amounts allocated to it to the Ministry of Defence, confirmed that such a step depriving the capital of the most important projects of urban development and heritage. The head of the Minister Nuri al-Maliki charged on 18 August 2011 Culture Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi, the functions of the Iraqi Defense Ministry acting in addition to his duties.

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