Kurdistan Region Budget: 2.826 Billion Dollars

The Iraqi government has announced the Kurdistan region budget for 2006, which constitutes 17 per cent of Iraq's income. (Kurdistan's) Erbil administration will receive 54 per cent, or 2.826 billion dollars, and Sulaimaniyah's administration will receive 46 per cent, or 1.3 billion dollars, of the 2.826 billion dollars. A source in the ministry of finance's Sulaimaniyah administration said the amount is 485 million dollars short (of the Kurdistan regional government expected.) The source said, "If (the central government) doesn't give us that sum, we will file a suit in the federal court."