BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Iraqi Parliament  on Thursday agreed to purchase 350 armored vehicles for lawmakers, with a budget range of 50 to 60 billion dinars, a parliament source said.

 

"The parliament voted to buy 350 armored vehciles for the parliamentarians," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

 

"MP Haiday al-Abadi, from the State of Law (Dawlat al-Qanoon) refused to vote, justifying that service projects are more important for citizens than buying armored vehicles," he added. 

 

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