Early Monday Morning Iraq News 5-2-22

The Iraqi President Calls For An End To The Political Blockage

Posted On2022-05-02  By Sotaliraq    Huda Jassim, Agencies (Baghdad)

Yesterday, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, congratulated his citizens on the blessed Eid Al-Fitr, while indicating that the political blockage is unacceptable.

Saleh said in a tweet on his Twitter account: "On the occasion of the blessed Eid Al-Fitr, I extend my warmest congratulations to our people who are facing challenges with solidarity and compassion," noting that "the political blockage is unacceptable, especially in the midst of security and economic challenges."

He added that «the Iraqis deserve the best and are waiting patiently for the formation of a new government that expresses their aspirations without delay and disruption».

This came, as the Kurdistan Democratic Party revealed the details of the initiative of the leader of the party, Massoud Barzani, to end the political blockage in Iraq. "During the coming period, there will be multiple scenarios, one of which is the dissolution of parliament, and this is the most difficult," said party leader Majid Shankali. However, he expected "a breakthrough by forming a majority government."

Shankali pointed out that "Barzani's initiative will focus on forming a government, provided that there is an opposition with a strong supervisory role and influence, especially through parliamentary committees, when the opposition takes over the presidency of some committees and has a major role in monitoring the government and seeing its government program and its implementation mechanism."

The Iraqi political scene suffers from a blockage and a lack of consensus between the various forces, blocs and alliances, at a time when some major powers continue their dialogues and negotiations to end the political blockage.   LINK

Al-Sadr's Spokesman For The Tireless: Form The Government And We Will Go To The Opposition In A Sporting Spirit

Posted On2022-05-02  By Sotaliraq   Salah al-Obeidi, spokesman for the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, confirmed today, Sunday, the readiness of the Sadrist bloc to go to the opposition in the event that the other parties were able to form the new government.

If the other parties form the government without us, we will become the opposition and we will receive it in a sporting spirit,” Al-Obaidi said in a statement to the Kurdish-speaking Voice of America.

He added, "There are pressures on the parties in the tripartite alliance from inside and outside Iraq, but our relationship is strong."

The tripartite alliance includes the Sadrist bloc, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and the "Sunni" Alliance of Sovereignty.

Iraq has been experiencing a political crisis since the early parliamentary elections were held and their results were announced, after prominent Shiite forces within the "coordinating framework", which includes Shiite forces, objected to the results, in addition to the existence of deep differences between the political forces over the formation of the next government.

And the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, gave the Shiite framework forces forty days, ending with Eid al-Fitr, to form a new government.

On the tenth of last October, Iraq held early legislative elections to get out of a political crisis that swept the country after large demonstrations in the central and southern regions in 2019 in protest against the widespread unemployment in society, the spread of financial and administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, and the deteriorating reality The service and the livelihood, which prompted the former prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign under popular pressure.   LINK

A Legal Expert Clarifies The Position On The Caretaker Government's Presentation Of The Budget In Li

Article  at link     https://baghdadtoday.news/ar/news/187752/A

Weeks Of Parliamentary Drought Continue.. No Sessions To Determine The Identity Of The Government An Article  at link     https://baghdadtoday.news/ar/news/187700/A

Iraq's Oil Exports To America Drop By 25% During April... What Does The SOMO Report Hide?

2022-05-01  Yes Iraq: Baghdad  Iraq's oil exports to America decreased by 23% in April compared to March, which is a significant and confusing decline, especially as it coincides with the Chinese and Indian reluctance to buy Iraqi oil in favor of buying Russian oil due to the large price discounts offered by Russia.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, “Iraq exported 5.520 million barrels of crude oil to America during the month of April, at a rate of 184 thousand barrels per day,” down from March, in which Iraqi oil exports to America amounted to 7.130 million barrels, at an average of 230 thousand barrels. Daily.

He added, "Iraq exported crude oil to America during the first week of April at a rate of 71 thousand barrels per day, while an average of 155 thousand barrels per day was issued in the second week, and an average of 266 thousand barrels per day was exported in the third week," noting that "the exports of the fourth week It amounted to 242 thousand barrels per day.”

And the US Energy Information Administration stated that "Iraq came in fifth place in its exports to America during the past month after Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Colombia, and second in the Arab world after Saudi Arabia, whose exports to America reached 11 million, and 940 thousand barrels per day," noting that "Canada ranked in the rank The first as the most oil-exporting country to America, followed by Mexico.”

With the significant decline in Iraq’s oil exports to America in April by about a quarter, amid expectations that they will decrease to China and India after they moved to buy Russian oil at large price discounts, there are great expectations for the possibility of a decline in Iraq’s oil exports in general during the month of April.

Somo has not yet released the preliminary statistics of Iraq's oil exports for the month of April, although it is issued at the beginning of each new month, the preliminary statistics of exports for the preceding month. LINK

Iraq Now: Financial History And The Coming Sounds Of Thunder

MONDAY, 05-02-2022, AM 11:15  KARAR AL ASADI    By: Dr. Emad Abdel Latif Salem

Whoever wants to learn about the spirit of peoples, their cultural level, their social structure, their actions, their policies, and the actions and events that may result from them, and much more than that, will find all this recorded in their financial history.

The "financial history" is the most visible record, which allows anyone who can listen to it to discern the thunder sounds that have always resounded in "human history".

(The text above is by the great economics professor Joseph Schumpeter 1883-1950.. author of the "creative chaos" theory of economics, or "creative destruction", and the economic cycle theory.)

Do you see if those in control hear our affair in this country...whether in the government, or in the parliament...or in the "framework", or in the "current"...or in the "non-working" two-thirds, or in the "obstructive third" - the guarantor - To not work the unemployed “thirds”.

All those, who now underestimate the most important document in the financial history of this country (which is the state budget).

Do all of these people hear the “sounds of thunder” that will resound soon.. and very soon.. in the economic-political history of Iraq.. which may wash away its roaring and angry torrents.. everything.. everything?? http://non14.net/public/146924

Domestic Violence In Iraq Develops Into Murders

02/05/2022    Al-Mawred News/ The finest roses  Domestic violence cases and the number of cases recorded by the Iraqi authorities have not decreased, but rather have increased and are rising to turn into premeditated “murder crimes” by the perpetrators, and the path of the file in the Iraqi judiciary is usually distorted, “murders” into suicide cases.

Although the Iraqi Council of Ministers voted on August 4, 2020 on the draft law on protection from domestic violence, the law is still awaiting a vote in the House of Representatives, while there are only 5 “safe havens” for abused women, 3 of which are in the Kurdistan region and two others in Baghdad and Anbar.

Government statistics indicate that one in five Iraqi women is subjected to physical violence (14% of the women were pregnant at the time).

According to the World Health Organization, violence against women is defined as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, harm or suffering to women, whether physical, sexual or psychological, including threats of such acts.” or coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether this occurs in public or private life.”

The Iraqi Ministry of Planning had conducted a survey on violence against women in the country, through which we can look at physical violence and its percentage in Iraqi society. It was found that 47.9% beat the wife if she left the house without his permission, and 44.3% beat the wife if she violated orders, and 69.5% prevent the wife from visiting her relatives.

Observers point out that these official numbers have not been updated since 2012. This means that they have increased significantly than before, in conjunction with the pressures experienced by Iraqi families associated with social isolation measures due to the "Corona" virus.

Activist Waleeda Al-Sarafi said, "Indicators of domestic violence are rising at a frightening pace. The past period has witnessed heinous crimes that shook Iraqi society, as rape of a woman with special needs, suicide due to domestic violence, murders and strangling wives from their husbands, harassment of minors and other crimes were recorded."

These attacks prompted the United Nations, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), to urge the Iraqi parliament to expedite the issuance of a law against domestic violence.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Iraq also signed an agreement with the French Embassy in Iraq and the United Nations Population Fund to rehabilitate a safe haven for women in Baghdad, and to establish three other centers in Basra, Anbar and Nineveh.

The United Nations Population Fund stated in a statement that the Women's Protection Centers and the Safe Haven for Women and Girls will provide medical, psychosocial and legal support, in addition to "livelihood sessions" to support their reintegration into society or reconciliation with their families.

But the problem, as described by activist Baida Mahmoud, is "the dangerous shift in the style and form of domestic violence in Iraq, after it has come to be included in murder, as beating and assaults have reduced rates compared to domestic violence leading to murder," indicating that "reducing the number of This phenomenon requires awareness of the necessity of early reporting of cases of violence, consolidation of early response devices, in addition to early detection of family disintegration.”

It is noteworthy that the draft law against “domestic violence” that Iraqi President Barham Salih sent last year to the Iraqi parliament for legislation is still awaiting passage under the parliament’s dome, and civil organizations and activists’ efforts are working to pressure for approval of the legislation of the law, which is obstructed by religious parties.

Under various pretexts, including the "National Approach" bloc of the Virtue Party, which sees the domestic violence law as a dangerous step aimed at dismantling the Iraqi family and causing moral chaos.

This report was published with the support of JDH/JHR - Journalists for Human Rights and Global Affairs in Canada.    https://almawrid.news/contents/view/details?id=49131