Iraqi News and Highlights Monday AM 7-6-20
Iraqi News and Highlights Monday AM 7-6-20
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The issue (4,590) of the Iraqi Al-Waqa'iq newspaper was issued on 6/7/2020
Law No. (5) of 2020 ((domestic and foreign borrowing to finance the fiscal deficit of 2020)).
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The Finance Committee: No delay in employee salaries for the coming months
Monday 06 July 2020 Baghdad / Al-Sabah Shaima Rashid The House of Representatives is waiting for the government to present the "reform plan" promised by the Minister of Finance to avoid economic and financial crises, at a time when the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives ruled out a delay in the delivery of salaries for the coming months.
Committee member Jamal Kujer said in a statement For «Al-Sabah»: “The House of Representatives has given the government the power to borrow immediately according to the borrowing law that was voted on and that contains an article stipulating that the law will be effective immediately after voting on it. justification".
He added that «the arrangements for the distribution of salaries need a week to complete, but in case the government has reforms, it must announce it and be with the approval of Parliament».
Cougar suggested that "the reason for the delay will be the double salaries that the government seeks to check and stop their salaries", calling on the government to "clarify the reasons for the delay, especially since the employee has many obligations."
For his part, the committee member, Muhammad Daraji, confirmed in a statement that Al-Sabah received a copy of it that “there is no truth in the delay in salaries due to the delay in converting the currency. The internal ”, indicating that“ on the basis of that, the cash in place with the Central Bank has been released to the main banks (Al-Rafidain, Al-Rasheed and TBI), and a notification must be received from the Ministry of Finance to the mentioned banks to launch salaries employees".
He added that "there will be no problem during the next three months because of the presence of internal borrowing," noting that "we are looking at oil prices and the reform plan that the Finance Minister promised to present." LINK
Corruption files 6 ministries and two bodies before the Public Prosecution
Monday 06 July 2020 Baghdad / Omar Abdul-Latif and Muhanad Abdel-Wahab
The Integrity Committee in the House of Representatives has submitted important corruption files to the Public Prosecution concerning 6 ministries and two bodies, while stressing the need to activate anti-corruption laws and support the Integrity Commission, members of the Committee and legal experts have called on the government to expeditiously activate the file to recover smuggled Iraqi money abroad since 2003.
Committee member Abdul-Amir Al-Mayahi told Al-Sabah: “There are those who talk about accusing ministers and officials of corruption, and raising their files to the Public Prosecution or the Integrity Commission,” noting that “there is a slowdown and delay in those institutions.”
He added, "The committee has submitted important corruption files related to the ministries (oil, electricity, health, industry, trade, agriculture, customs and border crossing points) to the public prosecutor, but we have not seen any action taken with these files so far." Suspect
Al-Mayahi stressed that "we are awaiting the government and its measures to combat corruption, as presented in the government program," warning against "drowning the country more and more if this file is ignored and neglected LINK
Parliament: Three types of smuggled money, including what the previous regime fled
Political 07/06/2020 Baghdad - Mawazine News: The Parliamentary Integrity Committee identified, on Monday, three types of smuggled money, pointing out that it included the former regime's escape.
Member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Sabah Al-Okaili, called on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to “develop new visions through coordination with the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, work to form actual committees in agreement with persons of high ability in the field of investigation, and work to develop serious plans to recover the looted money of Iraq in the stage Previous and current. "
Al-Okaili said, "The issue of recovering the funds is formed by a committee that included the intelligence apparatus and the important security services associated with it, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." Changing the system these funds remained in the names of these people, and part of the money is seized in countries, and the other part has problems including that they do not equal the taxes that were fixed on them.
He pointed out that "the government's duty now is to recover the money through the committees and coordinate between the concerned authorities to recover it, in addition to supporting the supervisory work." https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=108601
Annual trade show $ 20 billion annually .. A parliamentary committee calls for an economic war with Turkey
Political 06/07/2020 Baghdad - Mawazine News , a committee in the House of Representatives called on Monday for an economic war with Turkey in response to the recent attacks in northern Iraq.
Member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee Kata Nijman al-Rikabi said: "Since the first day of the Turkish attacks on the Iraqi side, we have called for the use of all possible means other than weapons, including the economic file."
He explained, "From 20 billion dollars annually, the volume of trade exchange between Iraq and Turkey and there are many common outlets, as more than half of the products on the market today are Turkish products."
The Iraqi government has delivered two strongly-worded letters of protest to Baghdad, in which it asserted that it will resort to asserting Iraq’s right to reject these attacks and stop them within the framework of international law and covenants. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=108616
Iraq is infiltrated by air and land amid government silence ... and a parliamentary call for an emergency session
Political 07/06/2020 BAGHDAD - Mawazine News,Representative Mansour Al-Baiji surprised, on Monday, the timid Iraqi government’s position regarding the occupation of Iraqi lands by the Turkish side and a violation of the sky of Iraq by the Americans in exchange for the silence applied by the government due to what is happening.
Al-Baiji said, in a statement received by / Mawazine News / a copy of it, that "Turkey is carrying out military operations inside Iraqi territory under the pretext of fighting the PKK and it is in fact conducting an occupation of Iraqi lands and we have not seen any response that rises to the level on the Iraqi side, so where is the right that I swore by him to protect the country from any external or internal aggression. "
The deputy called on the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to "hold an emergency session of the Iraqi parliament in order to discuss Turkish and American violations and put an end to these violations because the matter does not tolerate delay or protest notes by the government, given that this event is large and must be ended or a deterrent action taken by The Iraqi side to prevent this Turkish expansion inside our lands, and for any reason. "
At the same time, he criticized the government’s silence towards "violating the Iraq sky by the Americans in exchange for the silence applied by the government due to what is happening."
Al-Baiji asked: "Does the Turkish side accept that the Iraqi forces carry out military operations inside their lands that are chasing terrorists across the border? Certainly, they will not accept any country that allows or accepts the intervention of the forces of another country inside its territory, so all means should be used to remove the Turkish forces from our lands and prevent American forces from using any War games or military exercises inside our lands without the exclusive approval of the Federal Government. " https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=108574
Central Bank of Iraq reveals the value of its sales by auction Monday
Political 06/07/2020 Baghdad - Mawazine News , data showed the Central Bank of Iraq to carry out sales of foreign currency worth $ 178.42 million at the auction held, today, Monday, compared to sales yesterday Sunday; It is $ 172.97 million, an increase of $ 5.45 million.
According to central bank data, today, the exchange rate was 1190 dinars per dollar, at the auction held with the participation of 35 banks.
The Central Bank of Iraq said that the total auction sale amounted to $ 195.82 million.
The Central Bank of Iraq explained that the amount of money sold to enhance bank balances abroad amounted to 178.18 million dollars, while the total cash sold amounted to 240 thousand dollars. Ended 6/29 n https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=108644
The US State Department comments on the repeated bombing of the Green Zone and its embassy
Time: 7/06/2020 09:01:31 Read: 4,914 times {International: Al Furat News} A US State Department spokesman confirmed that the Ministry is aware of reports that rockets have landed in the international area {green} in the center of the capital, Baghdad.
The spokesman said that the Iraqi security services are leading the investigation into this matter.
He added that the threat of missile attacks "is dangerous not only for us, but for the Iraqi government, neighboring diplomatic missions, and residents of the former international zone and surrounding areas."
The State Department spokesman recalled the remarks made by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo last Wednesday in which he commended the Iraqi government for bringing all armed groups under their control, including those that fire missiles at Iraqi government facilities.
Minister Pompeo also said that "the presence of these outlaw actors remains the greatest obstacle to additional assistance or economic investment" for the country.
He added that "the world in order to help Iraq, Iraq must help itself first, and that Baghdad's actions are a step in the right direction and we commend it."
The US State Department's statements came after reports that, on Sunday night, Baghdad airport was hit by an unexploded missile, according to Iraqi media.
However, the Security Media Cell denied that a Katyusha rocket landed near the Baghdad International Airport terminal.
"The Baghdad Operations Command did not indicate any missile launches until 0050 hours, and we call on the media to be accurate and to take information exclusively from the security media cell," a cell statement said Sunday.
The Katyusha missile had targeted earlier on Sunday the Green Zone, where the United States embassy is located in Baghdad, in a new attack on American interests.
Since October 2019, more than 33 rockets targeting Iraqi installations hosting diplomats or foreign soldiers in addition to the US Embassy in Bagdad. LINK
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