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Clare:  In the names.. members of the Finance Committee after the parliament vote

 2022-03-26 09:16

 On Saturday, the Iraqi parliament approved the names of the members of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi parliament.

According to the statement of the Media Department of the Iraqi Parliament, the members of the Finance Committee are:

Deputy Hassan Al Kaabi

Representative Muhammad Tamim

Representative Falah Al-Zaidan

Representative Star Attabi

Deputy Muhannad Khazali

Representative Ahmed Mazhar

Representative Rebwar Ur Rahman

Deputy Nazim Al-Shibli

Deputy Khalil Al-Ghazi

Deputy Mishaan al-Jubouri

Deputy Faleh Al-Sari 

Representative Abd al-Abbas al-Absawy

And the Iraqi Council of Representatives, earlier on Saturday, raised its session to next Monday.

A brief statement by the Parliament's media department stated that the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourned the session to elect the President of the Republic next Wednesday, while a regular session will be held next Monday.

On Saturday, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi opened a regular session of the House of Representatives, attended by 202 deputies, in a session that was scheduled to choose the President of the Republic.  LINK

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DCDriver:  If they go past April 6 we wait till October for new elections. imo  Unbelievable

Clare:  NO.....READ THIS POST FROM SAMSON  FROM LAST WEEK THAT I WILL REPOST 

Samson:  A legal expert clarifies the time period for choosing the President of the Republic and reveals the details of dissolving Parliament

03/22/2022 15:08:47

Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi clarified, on Tuesday, the time period for choosing the President of the Republic, revealing that Parliament may be dissolved at the request of a third of the members and the approval of the absolute majority of the number of members or by a decision of the Federal Supreme Court if it is referendum.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, “According to the decision of the Federal Court to open the door for nomination for the position of President of the Republic for one time only, No. 24 for the year 2022..

He is in front of the Parliament for a period of 30 days in accordance with Article 72 II of the Iraqi constitution from the date of 6 March until April 6, during which the president of the republic will be elected in a binding manner,” noting that “after setting the date of March 26 to hold the session, in the event that the new president of the republic is not chosen, the parliament’s presidency can postpone it until April 6 only.”

He added, "If we exceed this period, we will be in front of an explicit violation of the decision of the Federal Supreme Court, which authorized the opening of the nomination door for one time, and we will be facing an irresolvable failure, and Parliament may be dissolved at the request of a third of the members and the approval of the absolute majority of the number of members in accordance with Article 64 of the Constitution or by a decision From the Federal Supreme Court if it takes a referendum and we are in both cases before new early elections, and the current government continues to conduct daily affairs in accordance with the same article above. 

He continued, "In the event that voting begins to choose the new President of the Republic, who stipulated the Federal Court's decision to open the session with a two-thirds majority of the total number of Parliament, this means 220 deputies and that they were present at the start of voting in accordance with the Federal Court's decision to open the nomination door with this percentage in the first round.

 If any of the candidates gets this percentage, we will be facing a second round in which the competition is limited to the first and second highest winners, and either of them gets the majority of votes, meaning if the first gets 50 votes and the second gets 30, the owner of the 50 votes is the President of the Republic who is the president and takes the constitutional oath before Parliament and in the presence of President of the Federal Court in accordance with Article 70 of the Constitution and Law 8 of 2012.”

He pointed out that "the President of the Republic then assigns the candidate of the parliamentary bloc, the most numerous within 15 days of taking the oath, which has not yet been determined, to form the government and the government curriculum within 30 days of his assignment in accordance with Article 76 of the Constitution in all its details."   LINK

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DeepWoodz:  Today there was a forced vote that failed to make a quorum. They could not vote their new leaders in. In turn, they still can’t advance the budget to the next stage.

Even so, today was not a failure. What was accomplished? Sadr made a list of each and every representative. Now Sadr knows who is on his side and who isn’t. Especially concerning the 43 independents among others.

I believe his goal is to get the Iranians out as best he can. Or do you think Sadr didn’t know they wouldn’t make the quorum today? At the very least he knew it was a long shot. Maliki knew.

I’d bet Sadr was planning to go to the second round of voting between the two highest number candidates from the start. Sadrist and the progress party? Which reads like Sadr would be the President and he picks the prime minister? Thank you Clare for the article.

Who knows. It’s worth a thought. The good side is winning. It always does in the end. Ask Jesus he will tell you. This is the final touches of this very loooong game.

Clare:  Finance Minister: The white paper has restored balance to the Iraqi economy

3/26/2022

 Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, confirmed today, Saturday, that the white paper restored balance to the Iraqi economy.

The media office of the Minister of Finance stated in a statement, "The Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul-Amir Allawi, participated in the activities of the Doha Forum for International Dialogue held in the sisterly State of Qatar in its 20th session, which will continue for the period from 26 to 27 March 2022."

The statement indicated that the forum, which bore the slogan "Transformation into a New Era," aims to launch a dialogue on the critical challenges facing the world, promote the exchange of ideas and policy-making, and present viable recommendations.

Allawi said, during his speech at the forum, that "the goal of reaching a world free of crises, violations and wars is not easy to achieve, unless there are good intentions, international will and equal dialogue to resolve differences and reduce conflicts to silence the sound of war and the omens of destruction, so health recovery is no longer worrisome after intense suffering." One of the effects of the Corona pandemic, but rather the multiplicity of foci of armed conflict and its expansion is what worries the world.

The minister added, "There is no doubt that the establishment of security and stability and the settlement of differences between the Arab countries and their regional and international surroundings add to the world the factors of recovery, peace and prosperity, which is the hoped-for role of reviving the factors of history and geography in spreading incentives for dialogue as an objective and moral alternative to conflict."

And he indicated, "The Iraqi society suffers from chronic and costly crises deepened by fluctuations in oil prices in the global market, due to the impact of the Corona pandemic and terrorism, and that the decline in Iraqi oil revenues and terrorism were sources of concern at all governmental, political and popular levels

And it is a legitimate concern in the context of the historical deterioration of the global economy, so The national need for a financial strategy was for two reasons, the first is short related to borrowing for the purposes of meeting urgent needs, and the second is long-term, represented by the white paper for economic and financial reform, to avoid expected fluctuations, achieve reassurance of a decent life, and create new economic partnerships at all levels.

He continued, "The importance of the white paper is embodied in rebalancing the Iraqi economy and placing it on a path that allows the state to take appropriate steps in the future to develop it into a dynamic, diversified economy that creates opportunities for Iraqis to live a decent life by proposing a set of comprehensive reforms and policies, and protecting the weak and fragile groups in society, which are most affected."

For some aspects of reform by increasing social protection allocations, supporting the food basket, small and medium enterprises, and activating health measures to counter the effects of the pandemic.

He concluded his speech, saying: "I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks for the hospitality and organization, and our sincere and heartfelt wishes for the continued progress and prosperity of the organizing sister country and all participating countries."   LINK