A parliamentarian from the Kurdistani list stated that on June 11th, the parliament discussed the 2012 budget plan and the ministry of finance read their report on the matter.

Shwan Karim Kaban informed PUKmedia that the meeting started at 5 PM and ended at 8:15 PM. Bayiz Talabani, the minister of finance, read the budget report and the meeting finished shortly after. Mr. Karim also stated that a second meeting will take place on June 12th in which the ministry of finance and the parliamentary financial committee will discuss the budget plan for 2012.