Early Friday Morning Iraq News 4-22-22
Early Friday Morning Iraq News 4-22-22
Al-Asadi Reveals The Results Of The Coordination Framework Meeting In Al-Maliki’s House
Policy 2022-04-22 | 03:50 Source: Alsumaria news 9,181 views Alsumaria news – Baghdad
The Head Of The National Sindh Assembly, MP Ahmed Al-Asadi, Revealed Today, Friday, The Results Of The Coordination Framework Meeting In The Office Of The Head Of The State Of Law Coalition, Nuri Al-Maliki.
Kurdistan Patriotic Union And the alliance of resolve in the office of the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki. The statement added that "during the meeting, developments in the current political situation and outcomes that would end the current state of political stagnation were discussed."
According to the statement, the gathered forces stressed the "importance of continuing efforts to find a practical way out of the current political suffocation, and to proceed with a road map that would draw a breakthrough in the political process, and move to the stage of forming the government by sitting at a joint dialogue table, in order to strengthen the democratic process in the country and protect it from chaos." and restore the Iraqi people's confidence in the current political system. LINK
Concern About The Stability Of The Dollar Exchange Rates In The Local Market
Economie| 10:23 - 22/04/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News Today, Friday, the dollar exchange rates witnessed remarkable stability, a week after the last rise that occurred:
Dollar selling prices, 147,500 dinars per $100
The purchase price of the dollar is 147,250 dinars per 100 dollars.
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The Budget... “Ambiguity” Surrounding The Draft Law, So What About The Exchange Rate?
Sumerian special 2022-04-21 | 05:23 Source: Sumerian 4,058 views The 2022 budget .. “ambiguity” surrounding the draft law and calls to amend the exchange rate.
At a time when the country is witnessing a strong political struggle over the formation of the new government, another crisis arose related to passing the current year’s budget, as there were conflicting opinions between MPs and law specialists, about the mechanism for voting on the project under the caretaker government, and whether there is a possibility of approving it or not .
In light of the severe political crisis between the political parties, which began after the end of the legislative elections last October and to this day, attention is still awaiting the completion of the draft financial budget for the current year, hoping to include what the citizen aspires to, at a time when calls are rising for calls for Return the exchange rates of the dollar to its previous era.
The political blockage has caused a delay in approving the budget, despite the many economic problems that the country suffers from, at a time when the debate continues over the mechanism for sending the budget by the caretaker government to the House of Representatives for approval.
Within the Legislative House, the talk about Parliament’s intention to vote on delegating the caretaker government to send the budget law to Parliament met with mixed reactions, between supporters of it, and other parties who considered this step to put Parliament in future embarrassment before the new government.
The absence of consensus leading to the completion of the formation of the elected government, contributed to the escalation of the budget crisis, as the absence of the budget, which is supposed to be completed at most two months ago, is accompanied by a number of critical economic variables, including the rise in global prices of consumer and food items and the complexity of the living situation of people with low incomes. LINK
Parliamentary: The caretaker government is working duplicitously with service projects
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A deputy sends a message to Parliament regarding the powers of the ministers and confirms: They made
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Experts Identify Factors That Helped Improve The Iraqi Economy And Proposals To Increase Per Capita Income
Baghdad - INA - Nassar Al-Hajj Indicators of improvement in the performance of the Iraqi economy and the rise in the level of revenues prompted experts to put forward optimistic expectations for the coming years, but stipulated that they be strengthened by a number of government moves to invest the growth situation in high oil prices in increasing per capita income.
In its report issued during the current month of April, the World Bank confirmed that Iraq ranked first in the Arab world with the largest growth in GDP and per capita for the year 2022.
Good improvement and expectations for its continuation for several years
. Economic and financial analyst Mahmoud Dagher says in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that The World Bank report indicates an improvement in the overall performance of the Iraqi economy compared to previous years that were affected by the Corona pandemic, and when compared to the previous situation, it is a good improvement.
He explained, "The World Bank report contains two parts, the first is non-oil sectors that must achieve an improvement after the pandemic, such as the transportation sector and retail sales, as well as some activities that were affected by Corona, while the second part indicated that the main improvement was represented by the significant rise in oil prices, and this The improvement will continue and is expected until 2024."
He added, "The government must invest this boom in oil prices, which may last for two years, injecting more investment and re-growth in the gross domestic product," noting that "the World Bank estimates indicate a growth of approximately 5% in GDP, which leads to An improvement in the repayment of the Iraqi debt and its dues and its effects on the economy.
Calls to increase energies and capabilities within the economy
In turn, the economic and academic analyst, Ahmed Saddam, stated that "the economic growth achieved in Iraq is linked to an increase in the nominal value of Iraq's oil exports, as it is the main source of income and the main component of the gross domestic product, and it must focus on increasing the energies and capabilities within the economy."
And he stated in his speech to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the achieved growth depends on the level of oil prices, and the returns that the simple Iraqi citizen can derive from this growth coupled with the level of economic policies and their employment of financial surpluses in non-oil productive projects or stimulating activities and thus creating job opportunities, generating incomes, reducing poverty, as well as improving the level of services, especially in the health and education sectors.
He continued, "The reality of the economy is mainly related to the oil sector and its exports, and therefore the economy as a result is linked to all the changes that occur globally and the fluctuations that result from the rise or fall of oil prices."
Governmental steps that pushed to achieve growth
For his part, economic analyst Abdul Hassan Al-Ziyadi confirmed to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that "growth should be invested in government programs to make the private sector succeed and achieve growth."
He added, "State-building needs serious steps to support the private sector by the next government."
In turn, economic analyst Salam Sumaisem pointed out that "the last report of the World Bank classified Iraq among the countries that achieved significant growth this year and considered it the first in the Arab reality, based on the steps taken by the government to address the phenomenon of inflation in the Iraqi economy and also the rise in oil prices globally."
And she stressed in her speech to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that "the Iraqi government must invest additional resources by taking quick steps to revitalize the agricultural and industrial realities, as they face real problems and need a long time to solve."
The World Bank report expected that "Iraq's gross domestic product will grow during the current year by 8.9 percent, surpassing the rest of the Arab countries, including Qatar, which is expected to grow by 4.9 percent, Saudi Arabia 7 percent, Kuwait 5.7 percent, UAE 4.9 percent, Algeria 3.2 percent, Egypt 5.5 percent, and Jordan." 2.3 percent and Morocco 4.3 percent.
He added, "The growth of Iraq's GDP will be 4.5 percent, similar to Qatar, and it will rise in Egypt to 5 percent, Saudi Arabia will have 3.8 percent, Kuwait 3.6 percent, Algeria 1.3 percent, Tunisia 3.5 percent, and Jordan 2.3 percent."
The World Bank report indicated that "Iraq will also be the highest among the Arab countries in terms of per capita GDP growth during 2022, at 6.3 percent, while Saudi Arabia's per capita growth will be 5.5 percent, Kuwait 4.5 percent, Bahrain 1.4 percent, Egypt 3.6 percent, and Qatar." 4.5 percent, while Morocco will decrease 0.1 percent. https://www.ina.iq/154253--.html
Minister Of Finance: The Emergency Support Law Will Achieve Two Goals, And The Region Has Not Handed Over Its Revenues To Baghdad
Washington - conscious - Zina Ibrahim Today, Friday, Finance Minister Ali Abdul Amir Allawi set the objectives of submitting the emergency food security support bill to the House of Representatives for legislation, while stressing that the region did not hand over its revenues to Baghdad.
Allawi said in a speech on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, which was attended by the correspondent of the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the submission of the emergency support bill is designed for specific purposes, as citizens suffer from the high prices of global commodities, which has an impact on the poor classes. He explained that "what I want from the draft law is to estimate the unexpected gains from the rise in oil and distribute them according to need, either through cash transfer or food basket."
He added that "Iraq receives the money from the export of oil three months after the start of the export shipments," noting that "the unexpected gains due to the rise in oil prices amount to 25 billion dollars after six months from now, and this is what was planned in the emergency financing law." .
He pointed out that "the federal government did not receive any cash or account from the Kurdistan region, although it is obligated to pay the revenues of oil exports, customs, fees and other taxes associated with the region, especially customs," noting that "the federal government provided additional amounts to the Kurdistan region after being exposed to its inability last year." to pay the salaries of civil servants, and we will continue to do so until the accounts are settled between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government.” https://www.ina.iq/154295--.html
The Stability Of Gold Prices In The Local Market
04/22/2022 Earth News/ Gold prices witnessed today, Friday, stability in the local market. The price of selling the weight of imported gold was 405 thousand dinars, while the purchase price of the weight of imported gold was 395 thousand dinars. And the purchase price of the Iraqi gold weight was 370 thousand dinars. https://earthiq.news/archives/69154
Abdul Wahed Comments On The “Humiliating” Reception Of The President Of The Region: He Has A Tripartite Alliance Capable Of Imposing The Confederation
04/22/2022 Earth News/ Head of the New Generation bloc Sarwa Abdel Wahed commented today, Friday, on the "humiliating" reception by Al-Beidh to the President of the Kurdistan Region, while she indicated that he has the tripartite alliance capable of imposing the confederation.
Abdul Wahed told "Earth News" that "the Iraqi constitution stipulates federalism and any other issue outside the provisions of this constitution is for local consumption and does not belong to the law.
And she added, "After receiving the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, in a humiliating manner by the Kurdish community, he tried to draw attention, knowing that the issue is related to Baghdad and not the international community," explaining, "If Barzani wants a confederation, he has a tripartite alliance that is possible through Parliament to impose what they want, they own The majority the majority. Abdul Wahed indicated that "the KDP's speech at all stages is false and unrealistic."
A number of the Kurdish community residing in Britain protested against the visit of Masrour Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, with a number of government officials to Britain, and they threw eggs at the delegation's cars convoy, but the British police intervened and kept the protesters away from the delegation's cars.
According to video clips and directly on the communication sites of the protesting Kurdish activists, "the protesters objected to the policies of the regional government and chanted slogans against, and there was no comment from the responsible and concerned authorities of the visit on the protest."
Parliament Calls For An Urgent Plan To Develop The Necessary Solutions To The Problems Of The Electrical System
Political | 04:50 - 20/04/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hakim Al-Zamili demanded, on Wednesday, an urgent plan to develop the necessary solutions to the problems of the electrical system in the country.
A statement by his office, which Mawazine News received a copy of, stated that, today, the First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hakim Al-Zamili, chaired an expanded session to host the Minister of Electricity, Adel Karim, and the advanced cadre in the ministry, in the presence of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Shakhwan Abdullah, and a number of deputies, to discuss ways of Overcoming the electric power crisis and standing up for the ministry's preparations for the coming summer.
Al-Zamili stressed that the previous administrations of the Ministry of Electricity were still the main obstacle to providing electric power to citizens and correcting wrong paths, calling for the integration of roles between the concerned authorities and raising the level of coordination between the ministries of "electricity, oil and finance" to find urgent and appropriate solutions to the electricity crisis.
Al-Zamili called for the development of an urgent practical plan to develop quick solutions to the problems of the electrical system, including supporting and rehabilitating the distribution sector and network maintenance, and removing bottlenecks to ensure an increase in the number of hours of energy supply during this summer, calling on the concerned authorities to activate the joint operations room concerned with protecting energy towers from sabotage, stressing On the need to present an integrated program to address the electricity crisis in a "final" way, and to stay away from temporary solutions, expressing the parliament's keenness to provide everything the ministry needs to alleviate the crisis, especially at this stage.
In turn, the Minister of Electricity presented the most prominent challenges facing the work of the Ministry, the short, medium and long-term plans to mitigate, and the procedures followed to implement them in a way that contributes to increasing production during this year and the coming years, and they also talked with the deputies about the treatments required to solve the electricity crisis in a way that eases the burden of the citizen. Iraqi. Ended 29/R77 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=190745
The Four Presidencies In The Kurdistan Region Announce Their Position On The Ruling On The Oil And Gas Law
Posted On2022-04-21 By Sotaliraq Part Of The Meeting Of The Four Presidencies In Kurdistan
The four presidencies in the Kurdistan region ended their meeting on Monday, which was held under the auspices of the President of the Region, Nechirvan Barzani, to discuss the repercussions of the recent Federal Court decision regarding the oil and gas file.
A statement issued by the presidencies stated that "the joint meeting of the four presidencies in the Kurdistan Region discussed the decision of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court issued on February 15, 2022, regarding the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region."
The statement stressed that "the decision of the Federal Supreme Court is unacceptable, and that the Kurdistan Region will continue to exercise its constitutional rights and will not give up in any way its constitutional rights and powers, and will take all legal and constitutional means in order to protect the constitutional rights and powers of the Kurdistan Region."
He pointed out that the reasons for rejecting the four presidencies are due to "the decision of the Federal Supreme Court contrary to the text, spirit and principles of the true federal system, and a clear and declared violation of the constitutional rights and powers of the Kurdistan Region."
He added that "this court decision, and indirectly an unconstitutional amendment to the constitution, because it led to the stripping of constitutional authority from the regions and granting them to the federal authority, and this is inconsistent with the powers of the Federal Court and is a retreat from the federal system."
The statement also pointed out that “the court relied, in legislating its decision, on Iraqi laws issued in 1976 and 1985, which are central laws that are not in accordance with the principles of the new Iraqi constitution of 2005, which changed the system of government in Iraq from the central system to the federal system, and distributed clearly Powers between regions, governorates, and the federal authority.”
The statement of the four presidencies considered that "this decision, besides undermining the constitution and the federal system, has special goals behind it at the same time, and it is not a neutral decision, especially since Iraq is going through sensitive and complex political situations, and the political parties are engaged in talks in order to reach a to an understanding and finding a way to get out of the blockage and political stalemate, and this decision further complicates the situation.”
He stressed that "the Kurdistan region's oil contracts were concluded based on the oil and gas law of the Kurdistan region and the text of Article (112) of the Iraqi constitution, while the federal authorities, after 17 years, have been unable to perform their legal duty to formulate an oil and gas law in Iraq, despite the region's initiatives. Kurdistan in 2007, and the federal government then retracted the joint draft of the oil and gas law that had been approved.”
The statement concluded with the importance of “the formation of the Federal Supreme Court under a new law in accordance with the provisions of Article (92) of the Constitution and perform its functions in accordance with the Constitution, and laws are issued in accordance with the Constitution for all constitutional institutions and their formation in accordance with the Constitution in a manner that ensures the embodiment of the federal system.”
According to the statement, the Kurdistan Region Presidency will continue to “work with the political parties in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq and with the international community, in order to take action that protects the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan Region.”
The statement noted, "The Kurdistan Parliament will take the necessary legal and constitutional measures, and the Kurdistan Regional Judicial Council will continue to work from its constitutional position with the Iraqi judicial centers to defend the constitutionality of the rights of the region."
He concluded by "expressing readiness to solve problems on the basis of the constitution, and to continue constructive dialogue with the federal government," stressing that "the friends of Iraq and the international community support solving problems on the basis of the constitution."
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