More Iraqi News Thursday PM 7-15-21
More Iraqi News Thursday PM 7-15-21
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi Receives The US Government Delegation
Today, Thursday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi received the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Brett McGurk, and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they discussed coordination and joint cooperation in various fields, and preparations for holding the next round of strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States of America, as well as the mechanisms for the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq and the transition to a new stage of strategic cooperation that develops the relationship between the two countries and enhances Iraq's security and sovereignty.
In addition to expanding cooperation in the economic, cultural and commercial fields, and in the field of health cooperation and confronting the Corona pandemic.
During the meeting, regional situations were also discussed, stressing the region's need to give precedence to the language of dialogue and calm, and Iraq's growing role in this field.
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A Presidential Statement Reveals Saleh's Discussions With An American Delegation Regarding The Strategic Dialogue
Political | 01:27 - 15/07/2021 Baghdad - Mawazine News, Thursday, a presidential statement revealed the details of President Barham Salih's talks with an American delegation on the strategic dialogue.
The statement said, "Mawazine News" received a copy of it, that "the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, received today, at Baghdad Palace, the US National Security Council's coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, Brett McGurk, and his accompanying delegation."
He added, "The meeting dealt with bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to strengthen them in the political, economic and cultural fields in the context of the existing strategic dialogue between the two countries in accordance with common interests and respect for sovereignty, as the importance of continuing to work in combating terrorism and eradicating its roots in the whole region was emphasized."
The statement continued, "The latest regional and international developments were also discussed."
During the meeting, President Saleh stressed the importance of easing regional tensions by relying on good dialogue and convergence, noting that "Iraq's security and the protection of its stability and full sovereignty is an indispensable element in the stability and peace of the region."
He pointed out, "The need for coordination in confronting the challenges of terrorism, confronting the phenomenon of climate change and protecting the environment." Ended 29/A43
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Muqtada Al-Sadr Announces His Withdrawal And His Movement From Participating In The Upcoming Elections And Raises His Hand From The Current Government
Pratha News Agency135 2021-07-15 The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced his withdrawal and his party from participating in the upcoming elections, as well as withdrawing his support from the current government. This came during a speech he delivered today.
Al-Sadr said, in his televised speech, "You have my love and my love, Iraq, the Iraq of my fathers and grandfathers, you have my soul and blood, the Iraq of glory and jihad. And they raised every agent in you, so that nothing remained in you but ruin, humiliation and humiliation, O my homeland, there is a calamity in you, but in you is a calamity and corruption, and it is no longer possible to erase or reduce it.”
He added: “Everyone colludes against you, so you benefit and harm you, and I do not want to be from them, nor with them, nor among them. God is obeyed, and when someone hurts you is disobeyed.”
Al-Sadr continued: "In order to preserve what is left of the homeland and to save the homeland that the corrupt have burned and are still burning, I announce that I will not participate in these elections, as the homeland is more important than all affiliations, and I announce that I withdraw my hand from all those belonging to this government and the following, and if they claim to belong to us, the Sadr family, everyone is either A minor, negligent, or boasts of corruption, and everyone is liable to account.”
He addressed the Iraqi people by saying: "Oh, the Iraqi people, today you are called to support Iraq against the corrupt, subordinationists and printmakers, and you should not sell your homeland to them at any price. The homeland is with heart and conscience, and we are not looking for a homeland because our homeland is alive and does not die, even if it is a prisoner of injustice and distress. The fate of Iraq will be the same as the fate of Syria, Afghanistan and other countries that have fallen victim to internal, regional and international policies.
Al-Sadr concluded: “Brothers, I am not one who shirks responsibility, but what is happening in Iraq is part of an international demonic scheme to humiliate the people, bring them to their knees and burn them, for fear of the arrival of reform lovers who will remove corruption for the love of the country. And let them leave our homeland, and we wish these elections success and the arrival of all the righteous, and that the corrupt will be removed.” http://burathanews.com/arabic/news/396199
A Demand To Provide The Appropriate Economic Climate For Foreign Companies
Thursday 15 July 2021 103 Baghdad: Haider Al-Rubaie The economic expert and professor at the College of Business Economics at Al-Nahrain University, Dr. Sattar Al-Bayati, stressed the need to give foreign investment the utmost importance in Iraq’s future economic programs, noting that this type of investment can provide more skilled manpower, as well as being no It burdens the state beyond its capabilities.
Al-Bayati’s call was in line with the government’s continuous assurances, which announced the existence of real tendencies to attract local and foreign investments, which was indicated by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi during a previous visit he made to a number of sites of agricultural and animal production companies in Wasit Governorate, in which he explained, that {The government, within the framework of the long-term economic reform approach that it has planned, has adopted supporting the private sector and providing the requirements for its development due to its importance in revitalizing the economy and achieving sustainable development goals}, stressing the need to {overcoming obstacles and providing the appropriate environment to attract local and foreign investment to work in all fields}.
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Al-Bayati said, during his speech For {Al-Sabah} that among the advantages that foreign investment can achieve, is assistance in the provision of foreign currency, as well as providing skills for local workers, and administrative and organizational capabilities.
Al-Bayati explained that the option of resorting to foreign investment is the best way to obtain the necessary funding to enhance infrastructure and achieve economic development, noting that these results have prompted many countries to seek to find the appropriate legislative base and its most important requirements are the issuance of investment laws, as happened in Iraq. Which issued Investment Law No. (13) of 2006.
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Al-Bayati stressed the need to provide an "investment climate" that includes a set of factors that constitute the general environment (economic, social, political, cultural and legal), which directly or indirectly affect investment performance and profitability, such as economic policies, social and political conditions and their stability, and the legal, administrative and institutional framework that governs Investments foreign. LINK
Integrity: Imprisonment For One Year For Those Who Refrain From Submitting Their Financial Disclosure
Thursday 15 July 2021 150 Baghdad: Tariq Al-Araji The Federal Integrity Commission has recently activated Article (18/First) of the Commission and Illicit Earning Law, which stipulates stopping the payment of the taxpayer's salary and allowances, for those who do not submit a financial disclosure form within 90 days from the date of assuming the position or position, confirming that he will be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, in case His refusal to submit it without a legitimate excuse.
The Director General of the Authority’s Prevention Department, Ali Qassem, told Al-Sabah: “Discovering the financial receivables of senior officials, following up on any increase in their money, and the absence of conflict of interests, and ensuring the legitimacy of funding sources for political and non-governmental organizations, are the most prominent manifestations of transparency that can be That it characterizes democratic systems, and one of the important things is to strengthen the people’s confidence in their government, and to preserve public money.”
He added that "the procedures of his department against those who abstain from disclosing their financial responsibilities stipulated the activation of Article 18 / first of the Integrity and Illicit Earning Commission Law No. 30 of 2011, and stipulated stopping the payment of the taxpayer's salary and allowances if he did not submit the form within 90 days from the date of his assumption of the position or the date of termination.
His relationship with her, and during the month of January annually, as included in Article 19 of the law above in the first clause, that anyone who refuses to submit it without a legitimate excuse shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.
Qassem explained that "the concept of money inflation and illegal gain, means every increase of more than 20 percent annually in the money of the taxpayer, his wife or children, and it is not commensurate with their usual resources, and the taxpayer has not established a legitimate reason for it, and it is also considered illegal gain of the money that proves that the person has obtained Naturally, it must be jointly with the person charged with a final judicial decision, as stipulated in Article 1/Seventh of the law above.
On the difference between the Integrity and Illicit Gain Law and the Law (from where did you get this), he explained that “The Law of the Integrity and Illicit Gain No. 30 of 2011 and under the first amendment of 2019 can be described as the law that everyone was waiting for, known as the (Where did you get from) law?
15 of 1958, which repealed under Article 29 of the Illicit Gain at the People’s Account Law No. 15 of 1958, noting that “the amendment included the imposition of criminal penalties ranging from imprisonment to imprisonment, as well as fines equivalent to the value of illicit gain, refunding the value of illicit gain, and not releasing convicts Cases of illegal gain were proven against them, except after the amount of the fine was paid, and the value of the illegal gain was refunded.
The Director General of the Department of Prevention indicated that “the expiry of the criminal case by death does not preclude the implementation of the ruling by refunding the value of illicit gain, as it is one of the positive deterrents in the law,” noting that “the above amendment and in Article 19 / second of it, considered illicit gain, a felony punishable by 15 of 1958 was considered a misdemeanor with a penalty of no more than five years in prison.
Regarding the powers granted by the amendment of the Commission’s Law, he stated that “the first amendment to the Law of the Integrity and Illicit Profits Commission No. 30 of 2011, expanded its powers to enable it to perform its tasks to raise the level of integrity and preserve public money, and to regulate the Commission’s relationship with other supervisory bodies, as it included punitive texts.
To prevent cases of conflict of private interests with the public interest, and to ensure the legitimacy of sources of funding for political and non-governmental organizations, and to subject those who exploit their positions in illicit gain of public money to legal accountability, in addition to expanding the authority’s powers to include crimes committed in unions, unions, and non-governmental organizations and for professional and collective levy. Iraq's international obligations. LINK
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