Monday Evening Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-22-22

Al-Sadr Sends An “Immediate” Request To The Iraqi Government

08/21/2022   1252   Earth News/ The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, commented today, Sunday, on a collapse incident in the "Imam Ali train station" in Karbala governorate, pointing out that there are suspicions of corruption behind the incident.

Al-Sadr wrote, in a tweet followed by Earth News, "Once again, suspicions of corruption are causing civilian victims, in (Al-Qattara), but this time the corruption included places of worship in all insolence."

And he added: “From here, after we offer condolences to the families of the victims and ask God to grant them patience and solace and to join their victims with the martyrs and the righteous, we demand the government for an immediate and serious investigation in order to reveal the truth so that corruption does not affect mosques and places of worship, as it affected state institutions.” and its ministries.

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The Supreme Judiciary Stresses The Importance Of Adopting Constitutional And Legal Contexts To Resolve The Political Crisis

political| 02:29 - 08/22/2022     Baghdad - Mawazine News  The Supreme Judicial Council stressed the importance of adopting constitutional and legal contexts to resolve the political crisis in Iraq.

In a statement received by Mawazine News, the Judicial Council stated that "President of the Judicial Council, Faiq Zaidan, received the Captain of the Journalists Syndicate, Muayyad al-Lami, accompanied by a group of journalists and media professionals, and discussed with them the importance of the media's role as a fourth authority in disseminating the facts as they are before public opinion."

The head of the Judicial Council stressed, according to the statement, "the importance of adopting constitutional and legal contexts to resolve the current political crisis."

The head of the Supreme Judicial Council stressed "the need to enhance the citizen's confidence in the judiciary, which stands at the same distance from everyone and rules in the name of the people, and applies the law according to the constitution and the legislation in force, based on the available evidence and facts, not on the rumors and gossip."

He pointed out, "Media campaigns against the judiciary and political pressure will not discourage judges from continuing their work in achieving the right and in accordance with what the laws impose."

In turn, the attendees stressed, "the importance of the role of the judiciary and its dimensions from political conflicts, as it is the most important pillar on which the foundations of the state are based and from which it derives its legitimacy." Ended 29 / h    https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=203140

The New Arab" Monitors The Atmosphere Of The Sadrist Sit-Ins Inside The Green Zone

Baghdad August 22 2022  Al-Sadr's followers stormed the parliament building earlier this month (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed)    Thousands of supporters of the leader of the Sadrist movement , Muqtada al-Sadr , have been camping in the Green Zone , in the center of the capital, Baghdad, for nearly a month, setting up their tents near the parliament building, which they had stormed earlier this month. However, al-Sadr ordered them to withdraw from it and settle for a sit-in on its walls.

The followers of the Sadrist movement practice their religious and ceremonial rites on the occasion of the month of "Muharram", and they emphasize staying in the Green Zone until the issuance of orders to withdraw from al-Sadr exclusively.

The Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reporter toured the Green Zone, among dozens of tents bearing various titles, such as “Neither Eastern nor Western,” and others referring to the pro-Iranian parties, as the slogan “No to Subordination,” and others bearing the addresses of the Iraqi regions from which Sadr’s followers came in compliance with orders. Their leader al-Sadr, such as "the tent of Nasiriyah, the tent of Basra, the tent of Karbala, and the tent of Samawa."

Sadr's supporters put up pictures of the dead in the protests that took place in the country in October 2019, and other pictures of the opinion dead in the country, who are accused of killing by the pro-Iranian factions, such as the Iraqi expert Hisham al-Hashemi.

A number of Sadrists' supporters told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that "the Sadrist movement's current project is to eliminate the partisan and sectarian quotas that lead their country to destruction and loss, through peaceful protests and pressure on the Iraqi judiciary in order to stop the state of political demolition and the concept of a democratic state." They stated that they "obey the orders of their leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and will not abandon the "reform" project demanded by al-Sadr, and that they are ready for any escalation ordered by al-Sadr."

One of them, Iyad Abu Abdullah, said that "the time factor does not matter for the Sadrists, even the heat of the weather does not prevent the continuation of the sit-in demanded by Muqtada al-Sadr, and therefore the presence in the Green Zone is not considered a partisan matter by al-Sadr, but rather it is a national assignment and a duty." Legitimate for reform.

Abu Abdullah confirmed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that “if Al-Sadr wanted us to stay for a longer period, such as three or four months, then there would be no objection from the Sadrists, and our presence will remain until the demands of the Sadrist movement are achieved, which do not completely differ with the demands of the Sadrist movement.” The Iraqi people are tired of the domination of pro-foreign parties and armed factions that threaten everyone."

Al-Sadr continues to refrain from sitting with the leaders of the “coordinating framework” forces close to Iran, in order to reach solutions to form the new government, and he continues to demand and stress the need for early elections with a new law, after he issued an order for the forced resignation of members of the “Sadr bloc” that was It consists of 73 members of the House of Representatives, in protest against being prevented from forming a government that bears his features.

Al-Sadr revealed, in his tweet, published on Saturday, that he submitted a proposal to the United Nations for a public debate with the political parties, the "Coordination Framework Alliance", but he did not receive an answer, stressing that he would not enter into a new secret dialogue with them, and called for waiting for "other steps."

Addressing his speech to the people, he said: "We would like to inform you that we submitted a proposal to the United Nations for a dialogue session, but rather a public debate and a direct broadcast with all the political parties, and we did not see a tangible answer from them." Hunger, and it did not include anything about reform, or the demands of the revolutionaries, or what the people are suffering.”

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The Iraqi crisis: the failure of efforts to unite al-Sadr and al-Amiri

Al-Sadr continued: "They did not give what is happening any importance at all," stressing: "Therefore, we ask everyone to wait for our other steps regarding the policy of ignoring what has become of Iraq and its people because of corruption and dependency."

He added, "They do not expect us to have a new secret dialogue after that. I do not hide anything from my people and I will not sit with the corrupt and those who want to harm or kill me or harm those who belong to the Sadr family." They have the capacity to fix what has been spoiled to save Iraq."

For his part, Ahmed Al-Sharifi, a researcher and political analyst, pointed out that "the Sadrists will never leave al-Sadr, but rather they will stay by their leader's side, especially since he is again hinting at the presence of someone who wants to kill him or punish him as a result of his speech and his reform plan."    LINK

The Council Of Ministers Comes Out With Important Decisions During Its Session Held For Today.. The Most Important Of Which Is

Economic news    August 21, 2022    Today, Sunday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi chaired the thirty-first regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which the latest political and economic events in the country were discussed, and various issues and files prepared on the agenda were discussed.

At the beginning of the session, the Prime Minister directed the Minister of Interior to go to the site of the Qattara hill accident of Imam Ali - peace be upon him - in the holy Karbala, accompanied by the Director General of Civil Defense to supervise rescue operations for those trapped under the rubble of the hill. His Excellency offered his condolences to the families of the victims, praising the efforts of the Civil Defense To retrieve the trapped and take out the largest number of them.

His Excellency reviewed the progress of the security situation in Iraq, the efforts of the military forces in pursuing remnants of terrorism and establishing security, as well as the efforts of the specialized security services in combating organized crime.

The Cabinet hosted the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, Ms. Taif Sami, who reviewed the ministry's plans for the remaining months of this year, and discussed a number of financial files related to service and economic programs and projects.

The session witnessed a review of the epidemiological report, and the Ministry of Health continued to follow the developments of the Corona pandemic, and to secure medical requirements and supplies.

After discussing the topics on the agenda, the Council of Ministers issued the following decisions:

First / The Ministry of Finance finances the entitlements of scientists in the Ministry of Health and the governorates according to the mechanism followed in Cabinet Resolution (15 of 2022) in implementation of paragraphs (1) or (2) of the Federal Financial Supervisory Bureau letter No. (1/1/12/2443), dated 12/1/2443 On February 3, 2021, from the actual total, or operating expenses of the departments, and with the health departments providing the Ministry of Finance with tables of deletion and creation.

Second / The Ministry of Finance / Accounting Department finances the payment of salaries of transferees from a spending unit to a spending unit, by downloading them from the entity from which they are transferred and adding them to the entity they are transferred to when requesting funding for the previous year with the degree and financial allocation without resulting in any financial impact.

Third/

1- Approval to increase the capital of the General Company for Cars and Machines Trading / Ministry of Commerce approved by the Federal Financial Supervision Bureau and the Capital Determination Committee in the Ministry of Finance, by an amount of (10,053,879,413) dinars, only ten billion and fifty-three million and eight hundred and seventy-nine thousand four hundred and three Ten dinars, based on the provisions of Article (10) of the amended Public Companies Law (22 of 1997).

2- The Ministry of Commerce took the necessary measures to implement the above.

Fourth / Follow-up to the report of the Ministry of Planning regarding the measures taken regarding the job number, where the vote was taken on:

1- Forming a committee headed by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning for Administrative Affairs, with the membership of the Director General of the Information Technology Department, the Director General of the Accounting Department in the Ministry of Finance, and a Director General of the Federal Financial Supervision Bureau, to conduct the intersection on a monthly basis regarding the job number, with the addition of the Director of the Owners Department in the Budget Department in Ministry of Finance to the Committee.

2- Requiring the Head of the Expenditure Unit to be legally responsible when including inaccurate information related to salaries, allowances and job numbers, starting from December 1, 2022.

3- Obligating employees in state departments and government institutions to issue the unified card, and amend paragraph (2) of the Cabinet Resolution (75 of 2022).

Fifth / Approval of the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (41 of 2022).

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