Delta, Walkingstick and KTFA Members Wednesday PM 3-4-2020

KTFA:

Walkingstick:  Thanks Samson...Some, of the mentioned topics, and... those relevant to, but not mentioned in the article... Including their respective media campaign/s  are already in motion.... Regards...

DELTA:  VERY HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE DROP THE MIC IF YOU HAVE ONE.... MISSING ONLY THE ANNOUNCEMENT ...(wink)

Samson:  An agreement between the Communications Commission and the Central Bank to activate the electronic banking system

4th March, 2020

The Media and Communications Commission discussed with the Central Bank of Iraq, on Wednesday, a memorandum of understanding on the basis of which the system will develop the electronic bank and provide technical consultations within the projects of the Dom 2025 strategic initiative. 

The authority stated in a statement received by Mawazine News, a copy of it, that "the authority, in the presence of the head of the executive branch Ali Nasser Al-Khuwaildi, member of the Board of Trustees Salem Mashkour, technical assistant, directors of the video and audio regulation department, the comprehensive service department and the communications regulation department, discussed with the governor of the Central Bank Ali Al-Alaq and members From the Board of Directors, the Dom 2025 strategic initiative has set among its priorities the development of the financial and banking sector and the contribution to the transition towards digital financial trading, as well as training and development programs for technical cadres with the assistance of the International Telecommunication Union.

Al-Khuwaildi said, "The commission is keen to communicate with all institutions and the central bank, foremost of which is the basic pillar of the state." Al-Khuwaildi suggested "forming a joint team that takes it upon itself to develop a memorandum of understanding between the authority and the central bank to implement strategic technological programs that could benefit the rest of the sectors, such as agriculture, the economy, health, education, and education."

For his part, Al-Alaq stressed that "the economic and financial aspect is the most challenging in Iraq, and the electronic banking transformation will contribute to its growth, especially with the presence of 70 private banks and hundreds of exchange companies," expressing "welcome to the initiative of the commission to hold a memorandum of understanding for joint cooperation in implementing vital programs On the level of Iraq."

In turn, the Board member of the Board of Trustees, Salem Mashkour, referred to "the importance of the media in disseminating electronic banking awareness and dealing with the media in a transparent manner to establish a solid banking culture in a clear way away from ambiguity", calling the central bank to "sponsoring media campaigns aimed at spreading economic awareness and the importance of technology in developing".

The statement pointed out that "the first items of the memorandum of understanding were also discussed, which included developing programs and applications for the banking and financial transfer system and training cadres to manage them, in addition to technological projects to support other sectors and state institutions in general. The agreement also included the establishment of projects in rural and remote areas represented in the delivery Communications services, building schools, hospitals and other service projects.   LINK

Samson:   "Money" completes the project of transferring electronic financial data to banks

3rd March, 2020

Al-Malwal Company for electronic payment services announced, on Tuesday, that it has completed the project of transferring data and electronic financial movements of banks contracting with it  to the live work environment in the company’s data center inside Iraq

The company said in a statement received by "Al-Iqtisad News", that it "with the beginnings of the month of March of this year and in compliance with the instructions of the Central Bank of Iraq, completed a project to transfer all data and electronic financial movements to Iraqi banks contracting with them, dealers and all of its customers to the live work environment in the company data center inside Iraq

The statement added that the company’s data center is “equipped with the latest technologies and software to meet the aspirations of beneficiaries to obtain the best payment services and all operations are now being followed up to ensure the highest quality

He continued, "The money company was established for the electronic payment industry inside Iraq, and it is the first company that enabled its banks to issue internationally accepted electronic cards, and the company today is part of a network that includes Iraq, Jordan and Palestine

It is reported that the money company is a company licensed by the Central Bank of Iraq with a license (collector, processor, source) and it serves nine Iraqi banks and a large number of merchants  LINK

DELTA:  SUPER SAMSON GREAT ARTICLE ........THEY ARE DONE AND LIVE..

MilitiaMan:  The CBI has nine key banks that are now live to facilitate trade, money transfers, live cards for payment devices, electronic financial movements of banks in Iraq.. They clearly show that they are now effectively live with the nine banks. Key banks first!  They are able to facilitate the roll out? We shall see if that is the case! It says they have completed the project and it is live?? Did they not say in the month of March they completed it all? They use words like enabled? As in past tense.. Fairly sure this looks good.. more to come? Imo .. Yep.. – MM

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Don961:  Mazin Al-Eshaiker, as well as Adel Abulmahdi, is among a shortlist of candidates rumored to be nominees for Iraqi PM.
By Ismaeel Naarand Hassan al-Saeedi, Al Arabiya EnglishSaturday, 22 September 2018

 Sources with close knowledge of internal political consultations have asserted that among the names being floated by political groups for Iraq’s premiership include that of Mazen al-Eshaiker.

Several observers have said that al-Eshaiker might have better chances in case Adel Abulmahdi is not able to grab the opportunity of becoming Iraq’s next prime minister.

Sources said that the political powers had reached a shortlist of candidates for the prime minister position on two conditons: One who would not belong to any party and two, did not hold any position in the previous governments.

Al-Eshaiker meets both conditions.

Speaking to Al Arabiya English, al-Eshaiker said that rampant corruption in Iraq due to the poor choices of ministers who represent the interests of various political parties led political parties in preferring an independent.

“By selecting an Independent technocrat PM who picks his or her own ministers who will be responsible and accountable for the actions of all ministries instead of being accountable to the parties that nominated them,” al-Eshaiker told Al Arabiya English.

Iraqi lawmakers are seen during the first session of the new Iraqi parliament in Baghdad. (Reuters)

Sources also said that the political groups had agreed that the next prime minister would have the freedom to choose the ministerial structure of his government.

Al-Eshaiker confirmed that he was among the nominees for prime minister and thanked all those who trusted him as an independent technocrat candidate.

Al-Eshaiker, an electronic engineering graduate from the University of California in 1985, expressed via Facebook his appreciation for the people’s trust and support for his candidacy. He highlighted that the incoming government has many challenges to improve the political, economic and security situation.

“Ministers needs to be chosen according to integrity, experience and competence standards,” he wrote.

Al-Eshaiker pointed out that Iraq is on the edge economically. “There is no way to continue with the quota system. Dividing the ministries according to the nationalities and sects was the reason for the reluctance of most voters not participating in the last parliamentary elections,” he wrote.

Al-Eshaiker, an economic and political expert, was born in Karbala governorate. He was previously one of the Bairaq al-Khair al mondawi in the Victory Alliance headed by Haider al-Abadi. So far, al-Fath, Saairun, al-Qarar, al-Wataniya and al-Hekma had approved accepted him to be one of the candidates, while he awaits for other blocs to approve.

Al-Eshaiker had established many electronic labs in the US, Mexico, China, Thailand, Taiwan and Singapore, he was the General Manager of Motorola Iraq from 2003 to 2007.

Then he became an economic expert in the premiership before being CEO of Asia cell Telecom in Sulaymaniyah and then he managed the Nalco Oil Company in Basra.

The main factors of al-Eshaiker’s program mainly depends on a strong developmental economic program, aside from the policy of piling employees in the governmental departments and allowing the free economy to take its natural place in construction, industry, agriculture, trade and tourism to absorb the Iraqi competencies and the unemployed labor force, to raise the living standards and service for all the Iraqi people.

Last Update: Monday, 24 September 2018 KSA 01:42 - GMT 22:42  LINK

Walkingstick:  Thanks, Don....Ftti: He, has been ...on the short list, for the PM position.....a number of times... Well known technocrat,  businessman, economic technocrat  (economist).. wrote of, and voiced ...strong support of the monetary reform .... On, a number of ocasions... quoted, being anti Iranian and opposed their interference and influence in Iraq...  Regards....

MoeApollo:  Since yesterday I've seen his name pop up on Twitter. He actually had a Q&A session with the protestors. They were very amenable to him. Lots of "good luck sir" all around. His answers were impressive in that they were straightforward & thoughtful. I know politics & THAT was a huge boon. He showed himself accessible.

Samson:  The homeland first: Iraq may be exposed to a package of international resolutions that will return it to sanctions 

4th March, 2020

Head of the First Parliamentary Bloc, Muhammad Iqbal Al-pharmacist, confirmed today, Wednesday, that the UN report was a person of many of the failures witnessed by the Iraqi government recently.

Iqbal added in a statement, "Al-Ikhbaria" received a copy of it, "The report presented by the head of the UNAMI mission in Iraq, Helen Blashardt, confirmed the absence of the state amid power and power struggles." The pharmacist also pointed out that "the decline of the state's influence between the militia arms and the influence of the tribe and the warlords' exodus and treasury Political money and Arab godfathers wasted Iraq and brought it to the bottom."

The pharmacist stressed "the need for the ruling class in Iraq to be aware that the file of Iraq today is at the table of the international community, expressing concern about what will happen to things in the case of stormy decisions that follow the silence of the international community."   LINK

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Don961:  :  Parliamentary warning of an international decision to hit the Iraqi economy

Politics 03/2020 20:26 769 Editor: as      Baghdad today - Baghdad, 

Representative Intisar al-Jubouri, on Wednesday (4 March 2020), described the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Jenin Blashardt, before the UN Security Council as a "warning bell" for the country's political elite.

Al-Jubouri said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that "Blashart touched before the UN Security Council a number of important issues in the current scene and talked about serious concerns threatening the stability of Iraq, which represents an alarm bell for the political elite in Iraq."

Al-Jubouri added, "There are serious fears that Iraq will return to the seventh item and will have a major impact on the country's economy, especially after the drop in oil prices, which represents the greater part of Iraq’s budget due to the consequences of corona disease."

She noted that "Iraq needs to form a strong government capable of solving its many crises according to a national vision and contribute to addressing a major threat represented by the budget deficit, which will have negative effects in different directions." He stressed that "Blaskhart's report summarized the Iraqi problem, which must be paid attention to and sought to transfer The country is to safety by means of a vision that pushes all parties to build a country that has the capacity to build, build and provide services to all regions of the country without exception. "

Jenin Blackshart, representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, said during a session of the UN Security Council to discuss developments in Iraq, Tuesday, 3 March 2020, that "the Iraqi demonstrations did not take place overnight and will not be resolved in a moment", indicating that "the Iraqi state must protect the demonstrators Perpetrators of violations must be tried.

She added, "Iraq is not a poor country and reforming the system and fighting corruption are the ones that achieve success in it," noting that "Iraq needs agricultural reform that achieves jobs and secures its need for food."

"The rule of law and opportunities for a solution in Iraq must be strengthened more and more," Blackshart continued, explaining that "there are armed groups outside the Iraqi state that prevent them from operating normally."

Regarding Muhammad Allawi’s apology for his appointment as prime minister, Blashart indicated that “Allawi did not succeed in obtaining the confidence of the majority of the Parliament’s powers,” noting that “we believe that a period of 15 days to name an alternative to Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi is not sufficient to bring about a political consensus.”    LINK