Government rejects demands for further funding

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi cabinet issued an order addressed to all ministries and state-owned institutions that it should not be contacted for any further funding, after the parliament passed the federal budget of 2009. “Any additional funding requires a special law for it,” the cabinet said in the order that IraqiNews.comi news agency received a copy of it. “The ministry of finance can be contacted directly for any urgent circumstances in this regard,” it added. MH (P)/ SH 1