Iraqi News Highlights Thursday Evening 7-27-23

Iraqi News Highlights Thursday Evening 7-27-23

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The Media Commission Issues Directives To Media Organizations To Support The National Economy And The Dinar

Economy |  07/27/2023   Baghdad - Mawazine News, Thursday, the Media and Communications Authority issued directives to media institutions to support the national economy and the Iraqi dinar.

The commission stated, according to a document addressed to media institutions, that “based on the powers vested in us in regulating the media, communications and information technology sectors under Order (65) of 2004 in force, and in support of the national economy and preventing harm to the public and private interests of citizens, the commission directs the necessity for the media to refrain from Publish any misleading or inaccurate news about the national currency and the economic sector based on the Media Broadcasting Rules Regulations issued by the Media and Communications Commission (Part Two / Article 3). inaccurate, with the aim of harming the reputation of persons or companies or harming the national economy and affecting public health and the environment.”

And she stressed, "Otherwise, the media agencies shall bear legal accountability in accordance with the terms of the licensing contract and the powers vested in the Media and Communications Authority and the laws in force." Ended 29 / H    https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=232190

Association: Banks that are prohibited from dealing in dollars carry out their business in a very normal way in other currencies

Economy | 07/27/2023  Baghdad - Mawazine News  The Association of Iraqi Private Banks announced that the banks that were subjected to a ban from dealing in the US dollar continue their normal business in providing local banking services with complete freedom to the public in the Iraqi dinar currency, in addition to their right to international dealings in currencies other than the US dollar, and this was confirmed by the bank Iraqi central.

The Association said in a statement, which Mawazine News received a copy of, that "the Central Bank of Iraq did not freeze the licenses of the 14 banks, and they are still exercising their functions in receiving deposits, granting loans, and other various banking services, and that all these banks guarantee their deposits through the Iraqi Deposit Guarantee Company."

And the Association called for "this procedure to be dealt with within professional controls and principles, and not to promote unreal news that weakens the status of the Iraqi banking sector and the public's confidence in it."     https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=232170

The Exchange Rate Of The Dollar Touches 158 Thousand Dinars In The Iraqi Market

Economy | 09:30 - 07/27/2023   Baghdad - Mawazine News , the exchange rate of the dollar, on Thursday, touched the barrier of 158 thousand dinars for every 100 dollars.  The selling price of 100 dollars was recorded at 157,750 dinars in the Iraqi market.   While the purchase price was recorded at 155,750 dinars.    https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=232156

An Economist Told NINA: The Rise In The Dollar Exchange Rate Raised Inflation Rates

Wednesday 26, July 2023 14:55 | Economical Number of readings: 689   Baghdad / NINA / - The specialist in the economic affairs, Dergham Muhammad Ali, confirmed that the rise in the uncontrolled dollar price, despite the fixation of the exchange rate, caused economic damage without effective treatments and caused large inflation.

Dergham Muhammad Ali said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ) that "all the solutions developed by the Central Bank to control exchange rates did not bear fruit," indicating that increasing the ceiling of cash sales to approved banks is not the solution, but rather enabling the citizen to obtain dollars without intermediaries. through automated teller machines.

And Muhammad Ali stressed, "The need to follow the course of the dollar in the market and not to be a monopoly by specific banks that sell it at the price it imposes on the citizen, considering that inflation rates have risen due to the depreciation of the local currency against the dollar and that the citizen has moved away from adopting it as a store of value because it is unstable and in decline." Continuing.”/ End    https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?Key=1067082

The Association Of Banks In Nineveh Calls For Allowing This Category To Enter The Currency Sale Window

Thursday 27 July 2023 09:13 | Economical  Number of readings: 414  Mosul / NINA / - The Association of Banks in Nineveh called on the Central Bank of Iraq to allow banking companies in Mosul of category (C) to enter the currency sale window to facilitate the procedures for selling dollars in the province.

The head of the association, Abdullah Khalil, told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that "hundreds of shop owners and exchange companies in the city of Mosul are calling on the central bank to allow C-class companies to enter the window of buying and selling dollars to contribute to lowering exchange rates, which have recently witnessed a very large rise due to negatively on the streets throughout the province.

Khalil added: "The Central Bank called for urgent measures to be taken within Nineveh Governorate that would save the Iraqi dinar from collapsing, especially since many citizens have lost confidence in the currency inside Nineveh Governorate."  https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=1067181

Al-Sudani Meets With The Authorities Concerned With Combating Economic Crime And Issues Several Directives

Iraq   Thursday, July 27, 2023 Baghdad / National News Center   Today, Thursday, Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani held a meeting that included officials and representatives of government and security agencies concerned with combating and prosecuting economic crime.

A statement from the Prime Minister's Office received by the National News Center stated, "The meeting discussed the follow-up of current efforts in tracking down currency smugglers, criminal networks, and elements working to sabotage the local economy and violating the law and people's rights."

And the Prime Minister indicated that “these efforts receive special attention from the government, as they are a pillar of economic reform and the fight against corruption.”

And he directed the need to “work within an integrated and continuous system between the agencies concerned with economic crime and the continuation of the pursuit of speculators, currency smugglers, and evaders from paying customs and taxes.”

In the field of precautionary executive measures, Al-Sudani directed to “study the deployment of mobile or fixed checkpoints on the main roads linking the border crossings, in order to limit the transfer or smuggling of unmarked goods and goods that harm the Iraqi economy through their illegal entry into the country.”    https://nnciraq.com/218693/

The Minister Of Planning Announces The Date Of The General Population Census

local |  07/27/2023  Baghdad - Mawazine News   Today, Thursday, Minister of Planning Muhammad Ali Tamim announced the date for conducting the general population census.

The ministry stated, in a statement that Mawazine News received a copy of, that "Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning Muhammad Ali Tamim announced today the date for conducting the general population and housing census, which was set in November of next year 2024 as a preliminary date for its conduct," indicating that This came during the minister's chairmanship of the first meeting of the Higher Commission for Census after its re-formation, in the presence of its members.

She added that "the meeting was attended by the head of the Kurdistan Region Statistics Authority, and representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs, interior, education, communications, water resources, health and agriculture, justice and trade, transportation and defense, higher education, construction and housing, the general secretariat of the cabinet, the national security advisory and the secretariat of Baghdad."

Tamim stressed, according to the statement, "the necessity of conducting the population census according to what was stated in the government program as a developmental census," noting that "all problems related to conducting the census were resolved by the Iraqi government and the Federal Court, that it is not the census contained in Article (140) of the constitution."

He explained that "conducting this census will be a social demographic snapshot of a stable society that includes all social events and activities in schools, institutes and universities." reality in its implementation.

He pointed out that "work is underway to solve problems related to financial matters for the implementation of the census," stressing that "there is close cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund to conduct it in accordance with international standards."

For his part, member of the Strategic Planning Committee in the House of Representatives, Representative Muhammad Al-Baldawi, confirmed, according to the statement, "the parliament's readiness to provide the necessary support to conduct the census on time in accordance with international standards," noting that "the implementation of the census represents a basic commitment to the House of Representatives, after its approval within the government curriculum."

And because there is a great need for the data that it will provide to ensure the fair distribution of wealth, and to stand on the Iraqi reality in all fields, with the aim of developing plans that contribute to improving this reality.

In turn, the head of the Central Bureau of Statistics / Head of the Census Operations Room, Diaa Awwad Kazem, stated that "conducting the census is of great importance, as a development census has not been conducted for many years, as its outputs will be for planning and development," stressing that "preparations are underway to complete matters related to its conduct, which It will be an electronic census.

He continued, "The Central Statistical Organization is committed to international, impartial, and professional recommendations to implement a successful census, the outputs of which are in accordance with the objectives set for it," noting "the preparation of the electronic form for the census, which was tested in a number of Iraqi governorates, and the results were positive."

He added, "Work is underway to complete the technical and functional requirements of the census by bringing in solid consulting companies specialized in this field, so that the agency will use them to carry out the census. Safe, accurate and fast.

While the UNFPA advisor, Mahdi Al-Allaq, presented a number of international recommendations regarding the implementation of the census, which included: "preparing a comprehensive and detailed action plan, establishing a secure data center, in addition to keeping the census away from politicization, as well as cooperating with regional and international organizations to adopt the best methodologies to achieve the goal." desired.”

The Director General of the Administrative and Financial Department at the Central Bureau of Statistics, Adel Eidan, gave an overview of the census stages, which include five stages: the stage of preparing the infrastructure, conducting the pilot census, the stage of packaging, enumeration and numbering, the stage of population enumeration, and finally the stage of announcing the results, and what each of these stages includes. From preparations, training and infrastructure.

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=232181

 

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