On 1 October, Reconstruction and Development Bloc deputy head Mansour al-Baiji, speaking on Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media), urged allocating about 70 percent of the budget to armament and strengthening security forces’ weapons to secure the borders; he said the 2027 budget might reach parliament within two weeks and weapons regulation might take about two years. He called for rapid passage of the PMF law to guarantee factions’ rights, said a vote was close and Kurdish MPs’ votes were unnecessary, and urged placing the Peshmerga under the commander-in-chief. He also said American forces would return only at the government’s request and called the ban on Iranian airlines at Baghdad airport a sovereignty violation.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media01 Oct, 22:53
“Reconstruction and Development Bloc deputy head Mansour al-Baiji on The Dividing Line: - The government must strengthen security forces’ weapons to secure the borders. - The 2027 budget may reach parliament in two weeks. - About 70 percent of the budget should be allocated to armament. - American forces will not return to Iraq except at the government’s request. - Resolving weapons regulation may ”
نائب رئيس كتلة الاعمار والتنمية منصور البعيجي لبرنامج #الحد_الفاصل: - على الحكومة تعزيز سلاح القوات الامنية لتأمين الحدود - موازنة 2027 قد تصل بعد اسبوعين الى البرلمان - يجب تخصيص نحو 70 بالمئة من الموازنة الى التسليح - القوات الاميركية لن تعود الى العراق الا بطلب من الحكومة - ملف تنظيم السلاح قد يستغرق نحو عامين للحسم - يجب الاسراع باقرار قانون الحشد الشعبي لضمان حقوق الفصائل - قانون الحشد الشعبي
a budget text containing the proposed armament share, a scheduled PMF-law vote, or an order changing Peshmerga command arrangements; any of these moves this file.