Some "Tuesday News" Posted by Samson at KTFA 10-11-2022

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Samson:  Parliamentary Investment: Iraq has a financial abundance of more than 86 billion dollars

11th October, 2022

The Parliamentary Investment and Development Committee considered that Iraq, "for the first time since the establishment of the Iraqi state," has so far had an abundance of money that neighboring countries do not possess

Committee member Hussein Al-Sabri said, "Iraq has a financial abundance of more than 86 billion dollars and does not need aid, and thus Iraq's economic strength has become very large, as Iraq, for the first time since the establishment of the Iraqi state until now, has financial abundance that neighboring countries do not possess, they are all negative and have economic problems, as do European countries

In his speech to the official Al-Sabah newspaper, Al-Sabri continued, "Iraq lacks a strong government, if it existed, there would have been a boom in its economy," expressing his hope that "a government with full powers will be formed and bring people who are interested in serving the citizen  LINK

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Samson:  The Iraqi parliament sets a session to elect the president of the republic

11th October, 2022

The House of Representatives has set a session the day after tomorrow, Thursday, to elect the new President of the Republic of Iraq in light of the intensification of differences over this position by the two main Kurdish parties (the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan).

Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi announced in a statement today, that the session will be held on Thursday, October 13, and the agenda will consist of one paragraph, which is the election of the President of the Republic.   LINK

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Samson:  Ihsan Al-Shammari : Barham Salih is the most likely to be elected President of the Republic

11th October, 2022

Head of the Center for Political Thinking, Ihsan Al-Shammari, confirmed: that the candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan for the post of President of the Republic, Barham Salih, is the most likely to renew his selection as President of the Republic.

He told the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ): The lack of agreement is not related to eligibility, despite the existence of a prior agreement that the position of the President of the Republic belongs to the Patriotic Union's share, but the Kurdistan Democratic Party turned against this agreement and constituted a provocative factor for the Union, which firmly stuck to this position.

Al-Shammari added: The chances of Barham Salih are more for his support for reforming the political process and for setting a solution to the crises, and the Democratic Party should not antagonize Barham Salih because it will cost him a lot.  LINK

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Samson:  The Center for Banking Studies signs a memorandum of cooperation with its Egyptian counterpart

11th October, 2022

Yesterday, Monday, the Center for Banking Studies at the Central Bank of Iraq signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Banking Training Institute at the Central Bank of Egypt.
 
The memorandum aims to enhance cooperation in the field of training and development of human resources and workers in the banking sector in the two countries, as well as the exchange of experiences and studies between the two sides, especially in modern fields.
 
The signing of the memorandum of cooperation comes as one of the results of the visit paid by His Excellency the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mr. Mustafa Ghaleb Mikhib, to the Republic of Egypt earlier this year. The memorandum was signed on the website of the Egyptian Banking Training Institute in Cairo, Director General of the Center for Banking Studies at the Central Bank of Iraq and Director General of the Egyptian Banking Training Institute.

It is noteworthy that the Center for Banking Studies signed a number of agreements with local and international training centers, as part of its endeavor to enhance the training courses it provides to workers in the Iraqi banking sector annually.

Central Bank of Iraq
Media Office 
11-October – 2022  LINK

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Samson:  With the participation of Iraq, the international exhibition for national security and risk prevention was launched in Abu Dhabi

11th October, 2022

The activities of the seventh edition of the International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience "ISNR Abu Dhabi 2022", organized by ADNEC Group in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, and in strategic partnership with the General Command of Abu Dhabi Police, kicked off today, with a high-level international presence, and the participation of a prominent group of Major national, regional and global companies specialized in the field of national and cyber security.

This year, the exhibition attracts 120 official delegations from all over the world, an increase of 20% compared to the previous edition, including delegations from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Singapore, Egypt, Greece, Italy and Ethiopia, in addition to a delegation from Interpol.

The exhibition, which runs until October 12, has wide local, regional and country participation, as the number of exhibiting companies in this year's edition increased by 121% over the previous session, and the space allocated for displays increased by 15% compared to the previous edition of the exhibition in 2018. The number of participating countries increased 120% to 33 countries, and the percentage of new companies participating for the first time in this edition reached 8%, and the percentage of national exhibiting companies reached 34% of the total number of companies.  LINK

Samson:  Integrity arrests six suspects, including the director of the tax department in Baquba, red-handed with "bribery"

10th October, 2022

The Federal Integrity Commission announced Monday, the arrest of a director accused of bribery, the head and members of a procurement committee; For harming public money, in two districts in Diyala Governorate.

In a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, the commission's investigation department said that "the staff of the Diyala investigation office moved to the General Authority for Taxes in the province, and it was able to arrest the director of the tax department in Baquba red-handed, red-handed," pointing out that "the accused received the bribe, in exchange for conducting a transaction. Tax accounting for an auditor.

The department added that "the office's staff carried out two separate operations in the Diyala Electricity Distribution Directorate." The department explained that "the origin of the exchange transaction that led to damage to public money was seized, pointing out that the amount of damage amounted to (62,359,570) dinars."

The department pointed out that "the other operation, which was carried out by the office's staff, who moved to the Diyala Electricity Distribution Directorate, during which the owner of an electrical materials company was arrested in possession of exchange transactions belonging to an electricity maintenance center in Canaan district, as well as seals, receipts and purchase books for various offices."

And the department indicated that "three arrest warrants for operations were organized, and they were presented, along with the criminal features and (6) accused, who were arrested, to the judge of the Integrity Investigation Court in Baquba, who decided to arrest them in accordance with the provisions of Articles (307 and 340) of the Penal Code."  LINK