Sunday Evening Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-28-22

Al-Kazemi Calls On Everyone To Make Concessions, Barham Salih: Iraq Is Going Through A Delicate And Sensitive Circumstance And Serious Challenges

Posted On2022-08-28 By Sotaliraq    Iraqi President Barham Salih affirmed that Iraq is going through a delicate and sensitive circumstance and grave challenges, while Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi called on all parties to make concessions.

Saleh said, during the Islamic Conference to Resist Violence against Women, yesterday, that "the current political stumbling block in achieving the national constitutional entitlements after ten months of holding the elections is unacceptable."

He added, "The dialogue option must be won, regardless of the degree of crisis and disagreement," stressing the need for "reform and addressing existing deficiencies in order to reach radical solutions that enable Iraqis to build a real state that protects and serves the interests of all Iraqis."

He added that "the political movement and its multiple paths should not turn into a dispute that threatens the integrity of the national project."

For his part, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi confirmed that Iraq is going through a political crisis that threatens the security achievement that has been achieved in the country.

Al-Kazemi said, during his participation in the conference: "It is unreasonable that the political crises in Iraq remain without solutions, and we have overcome severe security crises, we have overcome an economic crisis, and we have provided salaries to employees."

He added, "The country still has a great opportunity today to achieve economic booms." the National.

For his part, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi reiterated his support for the national dialogue initiative because the situation in Iraq cannot continue in this case. of the current political crisis.

In addition, a car belonging to the Australian Embassy in Iraq was slightly damaged in the Green Zone in Baghdad, the day before yesterday, after an improvised explosive device exploded, which did not cause any injuries, according to a security source.

A security source in the Green Zone, who asked not to be named, said: "The explosion of the explosive device caused minor material damage to one of the Australian embassy convoy cars."

The official added that the explosion did not result in injuries, and explained that the Australian convoy may not have been the target of this attack, for which no party has yet claimed responsibility.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs deplores the incident that affected a diplomatic car belonging to the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, but no injuries were reported," said Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahhaf.

He added, "While the ministry expresses its solidarity with the Australian side, it affirms its full commitment to the Vienna Convention regulating relations, to protect the cadres and buildings of diplomatic missions and to facilitate their work in a manner that enhances joint work."

The Green Zone is subject to strict security measures in Baghdad and includes especially embassies and government buildings, including the Iraqi parliament and several ministries. Thousands of supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr have been camping in the area surrounding the parliament for nearly a month to pressure his political opponents and dissolve parliament.   LINK

Economist: Parliament Should Launch Investment Financing With A Vote To Dissolve It

Posted On2022-08-27 By Sotaliraq    Economic expert Safwan Qusay confirmed, on Friday, that the political crisis has greatly affected the economic situation in Iraq, especially after disrupting the passage of the general budget for 2022, which led to the suspension of financing investment projects despite Iraq's urgent need for it.

Qusay explained: “The continuation of the political conflict, the dissolution of the House of Representatives, and going to new elections means that we will go to 2023 without an investment budget, and when projects are left for a long time, the implementers will withdraw, and consequently we will incur double losses as a result of that withdrawal.”

Avoid it through the following method, which is that Parliament should think about finding a legal tool that accompanies the process of dissolving it so that the current government or others can continue to spend investment and this can be settled through Parliament’s vote to establish self-financing funds that can finance these projects.    LINK

Legal Expert: The Federal Court Bears Responsibility For Violating Constitutional Timings

Posted On2022-08-27 By Sotaliraq   On Friday, the legal expert, Amir Al-Daami, confirmed that the Federal Court is responsible for violating the constitutional timings in the first place, before the Sadrist movement or the “coordinating framework” bears it.[/size]

Al-Daami explained: “When the Federal Court interpreted Article (76) of the Constitution in 2010, it inserted itself into the political equation by deciding that the largest bloc should be registered in the first session of Parliament, and in 2014 the political blocs postponed the issue of registering the bloc, and in 2018 the largest bloc was not registered at all and did not Something happens.”

 Noting that “the first breach in the constitutional terms occurred with the interpretation of Article (76), which the Federal Court created out of nowhere and stole the victory at that time from the Iraqi List and gave it to the State of Law coalition.”   LINK

Parliamentary Finance: One Segment Will Be Affected By The Absence Of The Budget

Money  and business   Economy News – Baghdad  On Saturday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee identified the only segment affected by the absence of approving the budget law.

Committee member Jamal Cougar said, "The only segment that will be affected by the absence of the budget law are contract employees who are waiting to be confirmed once the budget is approved, and that the rest of the segments will not be affected."

Cougar added in a statement to "Mawazine News" and followed by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "these alone will wait for the law to be passed, as for others whose salaries are fixed employees and contractors, there is no fear for them," continuing that "the installation of any contractor on the state's owners needs legal cover." provided by the budget law.  49 . views   Added 08/27/2022 - 4:41 PM   Update 08/28/2022 - 12:06 PM https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=29478

The War Of Rumors Intensifies With The Worsening Political Crisis In Iraq

Posted On2022-08-28 By Sotaliraq    In a form of political conflict, opponents resort to media war to strike each other, through minds run by them and electronic armies that fight their battles by publishing and broadcasting propaganda, rumors and misinformation that could harm the target party. This war has intensified in the recent crisis with the intensification of political discourse.

Ghaleb Al-Daami, a political analyst, told UTV that, “Broadcasting rumors and lies harms the party behind it. When a political party broadcasts lies, the public will know that later, and therefore will have a perception that this party is a liar.”

These days, social media sites in Iraq are buzzing with audio leaks that have embarrassed large political blocs, in addition to fabricated data, forged tweets, and piracy of official and private sites, all of which are met by platforms that seek to uncover facts through teams working to reach sources to confirm or deny information.

Seif Raad, a security expert, told UTV that "the security services must intervene to preserve the cyber security of state institutions, but what happens between the parties is part of the rumor war."

Specialists in electronic journalism and communication networks say that political money is used to buy pages and accounts with many followers, and it employs writers and publishers whose mission is to target personalities and entities serving other interests, regardless of the consequences.

Hadi Al-Asami, a specialist in electronic journalism, points out that "fake publications may transform the conflict from political to security, and at this stage it will be very dangerous."

And in the first 48 hours only from the moment the protesters entered the parliament headquarters, platforms to combat false news detected dozens of misleading information, most of which related to the developments of the current crisis and were falsely attributed to politicians, senior officials and the media, and the numbers are increasing.   LINK

Dhi Qar: Calls To Activate The Parties' Law And Not To Use Public Money For Elections

Posted On2022-08-28 By Sotaliraq   Dhi Qar / Hussein Al-Amel   Activists and politicians in Dhi Qar called for the activation of the Iraqi political parties law, and the prevention of the participation of armed forces in the upcoming elections, warning against the continued use of public money in propaganda and political conflict.

The activist in the October uprising, Naseer Baqer, said in a statement to (Al-Mada), that "activating and implementing the Iraqi Parties Law No. 36 of 2015 is the right option to purify the political process of corrupt parties and armed arms that owe allegiance to foreigners, has become an urgent necessity."

Baqer continued, "The recent leaks and scandals revealed, with clear evidence, the extent to which senior politicians persisted in corruption and were involved in legal violations that caused severe damage to the country."

And the Iraqi media and activist Ali Fadel recently published audio and video leaks attributed to a number of politicians, including former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, former Minister of Industry Saleh al-Jubouri, former Salah al-Din governor and head of the People’s Party Ahmed al-Jubouri. in the Iraqi state.

Baqer, the owner of the culture tent in the demonstrations square in Al-Haboubi Square, stressed that “the call for early elections without activating the law of parties and holding the corrupt and those involved in foreign labor accountable is a form of absurdity,” stressing “the need to fortify the electoral process before holding the elections.”

Baqir finds that "the competition in the elections will be unequal between independent candidates and influential politicians in light of the control of arms and political money looted from the state and external support for loyalists to foreign parties."

For her part, Iman Al-Amin, a member of the Iraqi Women's Association, said in an interview with (Al-Mada), that "the boycott of the previous elections by political parties and civil and democratic forces came from the fact that they took place in a charged atmosphere in which the clatter of arms overshadows the political discourse."

Al-Amin continued, "Repeating the same scenario in such a tense atmosphere will make the results similar," warning against "holding early elections before embarking on a comprehensive purge of the political process."

And she stressed, "the necessity of dissolving parliament and holding early elections with an appropriate electoral law that prevents the recurrence of obstacles that hinder the formation of the next government."

Al-Amin considered, "The parliament crossed the constitutional threshold to form a government and plunged the country into an atmosphere of political blockage and became a focus of tension and not a pillar of stability."

She explained, "Today, Parliament is unable to devise any solution to the crises plaguing the country, and it is clinically dead in light of the current tensions."

For his part, a member of the Iraqi Communist Party and activist in the demonstrations in Dhi Qar Watan Khamis, demanded that "the parties be held accountable for the corruption they committed against public money."

Khamis added to (Al-Mada), that "the influential political parties involved in corruption are using what they acquired from the money of the poor to finance their electoral campaigns and buy votes."

He called for parties to "disclose their sources of funding," and spoke of "the use of large financial empires owned by corrupt parties and their economic bodies in managing and financing the activities of influential parties in power."    LINK

Member Of Wisdom: Parliament Session Will Take Place Even Without Its Speaker And Deputy

By Moahmad Editor Iraq news   A member of the National Wisdom Movement, Ahmed Al-Issawi, revealed that the parliament session will be held even without the speaker and his deputy, noting that the site in which it will be held is completely ready.

Member of the National Wisdom Movement, Ahmed Al-Issawi, today, Saturday (August 27, 2022), that the parliament session that was scheduled to be held after all the signatures of 180 deputies, was postponed to “open the door for dialogue and not pressure the opposing party.”

He explained that the request to hold the session will be submitted within days to the Presidency of the Council, pointing out that the first session will be to “activate the legislative authority in the country, and then there will be steps to elect the President of the Republic and assign the Prime Minister.”

Ahmed Al-Issawi stated that the session will be in Baghdad, but will not be held in Parliament in order to “preserve the lives of the demonstrators, not to destabilize the situation of the Iraqi street, and to prevent the use of force against the demonstrators.”

He added that the session will be held "in an area close to the Green Zone, which is also a presidential area, which was used to hold council meetings in the past."

A member of the National Wisdom Movement saw that the important matter would be the attendance of 180 deputies, noting that the independents, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Alliance of Sovereignty would be invited to attend. Then we will go to early elections.”

He noted that "the government will be more like a temporary government for a year or more, but it will proceed in constitutional ways to preserve people's lives, and not to plunge Iraq into the abyss."

He added that the coming days will witness setting the date of the session, indicating that they have 180 deputies, except for the Sovereignty Alliance, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, some independent representatives and some important parties in the country.

Regarding the demands of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, he saw that his biggest wish is to “go to early elections and dissolve parliament,” adding that this will be raised in the House of Representatives after the election of the President of the Republic, and assigning the Prime Minister to form a new government and change the Commission and the election law.

A member of the National Wisdom Movement, expressed his belief that all these steps will be achieved within a period not exceeding a month and a half, saying that “the country needs a “permanent government” to manage it and end the problems it faces, such as people’s salaries and interests and the budget.

In this regard, he pointed out that “everything is on hold until the budget is approved,” which puts pressure on the government, noting that “the Emergency Support Law for Food Security and Development was approved to “manage people’s interests, not solve their problems.”

Ahmed Al-Issawi, warned that dissolving the parliament and going to early elections, in the manner demanded by the Sadrist movement, would threaten the stability of Iraq.     https://altahreernews.com/38315/

Victory Alliance: A Proposal To Hold A Session Of The House Of Representatives Outside The Dome Of Parliament Faces Opposition From Within The Framework

By Moahmad Editor Iraq news   A member of the Victory Alliance reported that there is a proposal and collection of signatures to hold a session of the Iraqi parliament, whether in the capital, Baghdad or elsewhere, noting that this proposal faces opposition from parties within the coordination framework.

Hassan Al-Bahadli said that “there is a proposal to hold a session of the House of Representatives, and the signatures of about 170 deputies have been collected in this regard,” noting that “parties within the coordination framework presented the proposal in line with the constitution and the law, but there is opposition within the framework to that.”

Since the 30th of last July, the followers of the Sadrist movement have continued their sit-in inside the Green Zone and in front of the Iraqi Parliament building, rejecting the nomination of Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani for the position of prime minister by the coordination framework, and demanding the dissolution of the House of Representatives and going to early elections, at a time when the differences between the forces continue.

 The political situation that prevents the formation of a new government, despite the passage of more than ten months since the last elections on October 10, 2021.

Al-Bahadli believed that the other party, in reference to the Sadrist movement, "is the root of the problem," pointing out that there is a negotiating move to hold a session of the House of Representatives, whether in Baghdad or elsewhere.

A member of the Victory Alliance, indicated that “there is a proposal to form a delegation by a third party, to pass the stalled electoral benefits, the presidency of the republic and the presidency of the government, and then start negotiations to find solutions to the basic problems that are discussed, provided that the problems of the constitution are transferred to the next government and to the next elections.” Pointing out that "there are controversial issues on the basis of the election law, the commission and the prime minister."

Al-Bahadli noted that “the Sadrist movement wants to keep the current government, the same election law and the same commission, while the coordination framework sees that the commission and the law caused a problem, and the proposal to keep Al-Kazemi is tantamount to nothing new happening,” noting “the possibility of offering two solutions, with the aim of solving the current crisis.”

Through the intervention of an external mediator party,” without referring to the identification of this external party.  https://altahreernews.com/38333/

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The State Of Law Coalition Responds To Sadr's Proposal: It Is Unconstitutional And Cannot Be Implemented

Iraq   State of Law Coalition   Sadrist Movement   Minister of Al-Sadr    Erbil (Kurdistan 24) - The State of Law Coalition responded on Saturday to the statement of the Minister of Al-Sadr, in which he announced an initiative not to involve blocs and parties in the political process during the next stage, describing it as impossible to implement.

The leader of the coalition, Fadel Mawat, said, in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that "what the minister of al-Sadr has proposed cannot be implemented, especially since it is neither constitutional nor legal, so there is nothing to prevent the participation of political forces in the political scene during the coming period."

Mwat explained that "what al-Sadr put forward deepens the political crisis and does not solve it. It is not possible to accept the marginalization of political blocs and parties that have popular bases according to the request and conditions of a political party, and this is why what the Minister of al-Sadr proposed cannot be applied on the ground."

On Saturday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, put forward a proposal that he considered "more important" than dissolving parliament, which is the signing of an agreement stipulating that all political forces, including the Sadrists, not participate in the elections.

Iraq has witnessed an unprecedented political stalemate since the inconclusive parliamentary elections held in October 2021, in which the Sadrists won, but they were unable to form a government.

The Sadrists have been protesting for about a month in front of the House of Representatives to prevent the coordination framework from forming the government, while the frameworks have been holding a sit-in since August 12 on a road leading to the Green Zone through the suspension bridge in Baghdad.

On August 10, al-Sadr demanded the dissolution of Parliament within a week, but the judiciary later said that it did not have this authority. The Federal Court is expected to hold a hearing within three days to consider that claim.   LINK

Coordination Framework: We Are Continuing To Repeat Parliament Sessions.. This Is What The Al-Kazem

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