"Tidbits From TNT" Sunday 8-21-2022

TNT:

Tishwash:  Foreign exchange reserves in Iraq exceed $80 billion

Today, Sunday, the official Iraqi News Agency quoted the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank as saying that the country's foreign exchange reserves exceeded 80 billion dollars, and it is expected to reach 90 billion by the end of the year.

Ammar Khalaf added that the bank's gold reserves increased by 30 tons to record more than 131 tons in total.

The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Ammar Hamad Khalaf, had said in previous statements to Al-Arabiya channel that the rise in oil prices would reflect positively on the country's foreign reserves.

Regarding inflation, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank said that the inflation rate is a global phenomenon, and in Iraq the inflation rate rose after the change in the official exchange rate at the end of 2020, and the repercussions of the Covid-19 crisis, the war of Russia and Ukraine and the food crisis, all of which affected Iraq because it is a major importer of foodstuffs.

Ammar Hamad Khalaf referred to the Central Bank of Iraq, which is trying to control the inflation rate by achieving stability in the exchange rate through direct intervention in the foreign exchange market. link

Tishwash:  In percentages.. Representatives for and against the dissolution of Parliament

The leader in the coordination framework, Turki Jadaan Al-Atabi, confirmed today, Sunday, that 90 percent of the members of the House of .Representatives are against any path to dissolving the parliament Al-Otbi told (Baghdad Today), "There are facts in the Iraqi political scene that public opinion must realize that any changes in the state administration cannot proceed without a national consensus between the sects and components, and the ".constitution defines the mechanisms for these changes

He added, "Dissolving Parliament is not an easy decision, because without a road map for the next stage, it will lead us to dangerous slides in Iraq, stressing that through our direct reading with the deputies, it indicates that 90% of them are ".against any path to solve it at the present time He pointed out that "most forces realize that dissolving parliament and holding early ".elections must be preceded by the formation of a new government

Regarding the next stage, Al-Otbi explained that "there must be a national consensus for the next stage in terms of changing the election law and the commission, because part of the problems that are occurring now came because of the results of ".the recent elections and the negative indicators that we identified in advance   link

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Tishwash:  Angry protesters try to storm the crowd building in central Baghdad

The correspondent of "Mawazine News" reported, today, Sunday, that their contracts were terminated by members of the PMF, an attempt to storm the PMF building in central Baghdad.

Our correspondent said that "members of the Popular Mobilization Forces, whose contracts have been terminated, demonstrated again today, and tried to storm the building of the Popular Mobilization Authority from within the Jadriya area."

He pointed out that "the demonstration caused a partial blocking of the road near the authority's building."   link

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Tishwash:  The coordinating framework puts Al-Halbousi on a very hot boiler.. an emergency session or an urgent dismissal

An electronic platform on the social networking site Telegram transmitted what it called information from within the current political movement in Baghdad during the past hours, revealing that the forces of the coordination framework threatened to oust al-Halbousi from his position if he delays in calling the House of Representatives to reconvene.

The platform quoted by saying, "Information was received from the scenes of the political movement to resolve the crisis, revealing frantic movements of the coordination framework to persuade the rest of the political forces to resume the work of the Parliament, and to unveil different positions and strong intervention by the United Nations representative."

The sources confirm that an agreement was concluded during al-Amiri's tour that the national dialogue would precede the resumption of parliament's work, and that Massoud Barzani stipulated that the sessions be held in his official building in al-Khadra. In his last meeting, he went to dismiss Al-Halbousi in the event he refused to hold the session with a full quorum.

According to the information, the Azm alliance led by Muthanna al-Samarrai expressed insistence on the necessity of resuming the work of Parliament, and threatened in the event that the Shiite component failed to proceed with the political process, it would move towards the Sunni region, especially in light of its growing relationship with the forces of the Sunni reform movement led by Sheikh Sattam Abu Risha. .

The sources reveal a vision put forward in the corridors of the National Dialogue by the UN representative to go towards a four-way coalition to form the government, which includes the framework, the Kurds and the Sunnis, in addition to the “For the People” alliance, which includes the extension and the new generation..

The sources confirm that the framework pressures the Kurdistan Democratic Party to resolve the file The candidate for the presidency of the republic, and that he may set a deadline for that, and otherwise, he will go towards the renewal of President Barham Salih... As the sponsorship of the dialogue by the United Nations representative, Jenin Plasschaert, puts all Iraqi forces in front of an international responsibility, and he is worried about condemnation if they stand as an obstacle to the proposed solutions   link

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