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Samson:  The Iraqi parliament: the finance minister does not cooperate

15th August, 2020

The Parliamentary Finance Committee pledged, on Saturday, to question Finance Minister Ali Allawi for not cooperating with it. 

The committee's reporter, Ahmed Al-Saffar, told Shafaq News Agency, "The government works as it has all legislative powers, and is not interested of no having the general budget."

He added that "the Minister of Finance is not cooperative and does not care about Parliament and the Parliamentary Finance Committee.”

Al-Saffar stated, "The Finance Committee holds frequent meetings every week via the online platform, and has requested to host the Finance Minister Ali Allawi and officials in the ministry, but they did not respond to our request."

He pointed out, "The committee asked the minister to send a short budget in order to have a legal framework for spending expenditures, but he did not respond to us also.”

The reporter of the Finance Committee continued, "The committee will host the Minister of Finance in the Parliament building after resuming the Council's sessions. However, some members of the committee insisted on questioning the minister for not cooperating with the existence of administrative and financial irregularities by the government and the ministry."  LINK

MilitiaMan:  Like I said.. Allawi has the data they want.. He may have a reason to not, yet. A very good reason.. I suspect before, Kahdimi gets to the USA there will be an adjustment made and he will then bring business to America and will have sovereignty in tow. Just as the US Navy has Iranian oil in Gulf Ports off Galveston.. We saw Trump say that today live.. Wow. The minister of Finance has our back, as he holds the cards.. I bet they are all aces too. lol imo. ~ MM

MilitiaMan:  Today is the 15th. This article was yesterday.. Interesting...They have instructions to apply.. imo ~ MM

Samson:  Representative economy: activating the law of partnership with the private sector and investment soon

14th August, 2020

The Parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee confirmed, today, Friday, that activating the single window in state departments will encourage investment and eliminate extortionists.

A member of the committee, Representative Yahya Al-Ithawi, said, "Activating the single window in all state institutions that give licenses and granting powers to the workers at the window will facilitate the procedures of the investor, as well as simplify the process of establishing industrial and agricultural projects," indicating that "the application of the single window in the collection of state departments, "Especially those concerned with investment, it will eliminate extortionists and reduce red tape." He pointed out that "the defect lies in the process of implementing the laws that prevent the proper functioning of the agricultural and industrial sector, which is primarily concerned with obtaining approvals, which are very difficult, especially in the case of establishing factories."

Al-Ithawi pointed out that "the committee is in the process of activating the partnership law with the private sector and the investment law in the near future, as well as activating the mineral investment law, which we are in the process of voting on," stressing that "the amended Iraqi investment law is one of the best laws in the region, but The instructions and how to apply must be considered." He added, "There are a number of things that the government is supposed to do, foremost among which are customs and taxes, as well as controlling the ports and cleaning them from smuggling, especially the entry of spoiled and unlicensed goods, so that we can revitalize the agricultural and industrial sectors."

He pointed out that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi met with the members of the committee after the approval of the internal and external borrowing law, to discuss how to revitalize the resources of the Iraqi economy, and not rely on oil in the first place." Agricultural support, in the face of the importer, and revitalizing industry, because it is the main pillar for absorbing unemployment." Concerning the double-wage earners, he indicated that "this file has not been completed yet, because the interruption of their salaries takes a period of time, and it is not easy to count them."    LINK

MilitiaMan:  They are telling us they have activation and revitalization on the mind. They need investors to help activation of industry, agriculture, minerals, etc.. For them to activate and to revitalize, they need a new international exchange rate. EOS imo...Euroclear is a platform that we have been told to be the venue for much of the items aforementioned and much more. Notice they tell us the laws will be the best in the region. That is important to the investors!! Very important!!.. Good stuff.. ~ MM

Samson:  Al-Fatah bloc proposes to resume the parliamentary sessions

14th August, 2020

Al-Fatah Parliamentary Bloc announced today, Friday, submitting a proposal to resume the Parliamentary sessions to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, the Turkish aggressions and approve important laws.

Al-Fatah MP, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, told Shafaq News agency, "The parliament needs to resume its sessions, as there are several important issues that need to be discussed, including the pandemic, the Turkish aggression on Iraqi lands and the demonstrations taking place in the country, in addition to the approval of important laws, such as the multiple electoral districts law and the Federal Court and Unified Pension Law".

Al-Baldawi pointed that, "Al-Fatah bloc, in addition to a group of MPs, submitted several proposals to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives to resume its sessions".

Accordingly, MP Nada Shaker Jawdat revealed, earlier, that a parliamentary session will be held, for discussing four "important and urgent" files.   Jawdat told Shafaq News agency, "the parliament will hold its session next week to discuss four important and urgent files"; the recent Turkish attacks on Iraq, the economic reform paper PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi is supposed to submit, approving the new elections law, and amending the Federal Court Law, for re-activating the court's work, which is currently suspended due to the lack of quorum".

On Monday, 83 members of the Iraqi parliament signed to resume holding the parliamentary sessions.

The council of Representatives Rapporteur, Hoshyar Qardagh, revealed, on June 22, that the parliament would resort to an online platform (VideoConference) to hold the next sessions, after registering several Covid-19 cases among the members of the council.  LINK

MilitiaMan:  Kadhimi is coming to America next week. The white papers have exactly what we are waiting for. Parliament wants the data in them before he leaves to go.. So do I.. lol As the 2019 FMLA is in there.. Key to the solution is the exchange rate.. imo ~ MM

~ FA #222 (Final Article) "The exchange rate is one of the “keys” to the solution, but the blessed central bank can still defend the blessed “current” dinar exchange rate, in light of all these blessed “rational” expectations"

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Samson:  A deputy denies the cancellation of the Kurdish delegation's visit to Baghdad and confirms: A comprehensive agreement will be signed during the coming period

15th August, 2020

The MP for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Hassan Ali, revealed, on Saturday August 15, 2020, the fact that the visit of the Kurdish delegation to the capital Baghdad has been canceled, while confirming that the situation between Baghdad and Erbil has never reached a dead end.

In an interview with "Al-Masalla" media, Ali said that last week matters were complicated by a lot, due to statements and media statements, but contacts between officials from both sides are still continuing.

He added that the initiative of the President of the Republic and his call for understanding had a good effect, indicating that there will be development in the coming days, and the visit of the Kurdish delegation has not been canceled, but so far the date has not been set and awaiting the results of contacts and exchanged messages.

He explained that the agreement is still in place, and there are some observations from the federal government and the conditions and work is underway to reform them, stressing that in the end an understanding will be made and a comprehensive agreement signed during the coming period.

On Saturday August 15, 2020, the MP for the rule of law, Kata Al-Rikabi, proposed solutions to end tensions between Baghdad and Erbil, while noting that they begin forming committees.

Al-Rikabi said in a press statement followed by Al-Masalla that it was not the first time that tensions rose between the center and the region regarding issues of salaries and financial entitlements. Paragraphs and the agreement passes, but after a month or two of the agreement’s life, tensions and obstacles return to what they were, and the region did not comply with what was agreed upon. He added that the financial distress cast a shadow over the opinion of the current government, and its opinion was different from the usual views every year, so the Ministry of Finance demanded clarifications from the region regarding the money it received, and it is clear that the regional government did not respond to the central government's claims and show the details, so the response of the Ministry was The region has a message of limitations or tensions, which is what increased tensions between the region and the center.

Al-Rikabi pointed out that the solutions that contribute to ending these tensions start with the formation of committees from the region and enter into a serious dialogue with the central government, in which all obstacles are dissolved, indicating that the overall solutions are clear and the region should abide by the pledges and the agreement that is made with the central government.

He continued that the government’s agreement with the region does not involve any wrongdoing in the region, but the central government will bear its responsibilities towards this agreement, however the region has not adhered to this agreement, noting that the region’s repeated calls to the center regarding employee salaries have raised the center’s questions about the reason for the delay in the distribution of salaries in The region is responsible for the employees, at the time when the center delivered the salary dues to the region.  LINK

MilitiaMan:  Interesting that they do talk about this today. So many things in motion that imo they had to! The agreement they have is still in effect. Thus, today is effective... Let that one simmer in the pot a few moments.. They have a deal on the oil.. imo.. That means they have an expectation of what is in the White Papers.. Kahdimi and Allawi are holding close to their chest. Why? We all know why.. imo ~ RATE, comes to mind  imo... ~ MM

MilitiaMan:  They have resolved the issues. imo... ~ MM ~ $$$$$$$$$$$$$ lol