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Tishwash:  Will the 2022 budget be approved before the formation of the Iraqi government? – Urgent

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Cougar, revealed today, Sunday, the possibility of approving the 2022 budget, before the formation of the .new Iraqi government Cougar said in a statement to (Baghdad Today), "The current government has become a caretaker government from the date of 10/10/2021, so it does not have ".the authority to send the budget law to the House of Representatives

He added, "When the House of Representatives is formed, its relevant committees should be formed, especially the Finance Committee, in order for the draft budget to ".be read first, second and third Cougar added, "It is not possible to pass any law before choosing the presidency, forming committees, and completing all the paragraphs of the council to be ".effective   link

Tishwash:  A special source: The new alliances will be announced within the next forty-eight hours, and Al-Kazemi, the candidate of the first movement, is competing with Allawi and Jaafar al-Sadr

A political source revealed that the leader of the Progress Alliance, Muhammad al-Halbousi, will meet with the Sadrist bloc soon or within the next two days, which will be matched by a move from the coordinating framework towards the Azm alliance led by Khamis al-Khanjar to hold a similar meeting and determine "loyalties."

The source said that "individual meetings will be held by the leaders of the two Sunni alliances (Progress) and will be headed by Al-Halbousi, indicating that the latter will meet with the Sadrist bloc soon, or perhaps within the next two days at the latest.

The source indicated that Al-Halbousi will discuss entering into a strategic alliance in harmony with the aspirations of the two parties and the mechanism for implementing those ambitions. , explaining that the leader of progress sees the Sadrist bloc as supportive of him in his quest to win the presidency of Parliament again, in addition to his support for the Sadrist bloc's candidate for prime minister, which, according to recent information, is limited to three people, including (Mustafa Al-Kazemi, Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi and Jaafar al-Sadr).

The source added, "On the other hand, the coordination framework with the Azm alliance led by Khamis al-Khanjar will hold an expanded meeting during the next two days to determine the latter's position on the alliance with the coordination framework or not, indicating that the last movement will determine the map or features of the political scene and the quality and form of political alliances."

The source explained, "The Sadrist bloc has strengthened its parliamentary seats through the joining of some small forces to it, adding that according to the information, the number of its representatives reached 85 seats, thus enabling it to achieve comfortable dialogues with Sunnis and Kurds, although the latter needs more assurances about meeting its demands."  link

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Cutebwoy:  Al-Kazemi’s advisor: The withdrawal of the combat forces is a historic achievement

Baghdad / Obelisk: Adviser to the Prime Minister, Hussein Allawi, said on Saturday, January 1, 2022, that the government faced great challenges in the past year.

Allawi added, during a televised meeting, which was followed by the obelisk, that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi was able to hold integrated Iraqi elections, and the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, also called on the Iraqi parliament to hold the first session, on January 9.

He explained that the economic situation has witnessed great developments, as well as remarkable progress in regional and international relations, which helped a lot in overcoming these crises, especially with the spread of the Corona pandemic in the country, and the rise in oil prices.

He stressed that the Iraqi government was able to make an achievement in the security sector during the year 2021, as it developed the performance of the armed forces to confront terrorism.

He pointed out that the Iraqi-Jordanian and Iraqi-Egyptian relations have witnessed a great development on the economic side.

And he continued, Al-Kazemi had achieved a historic achievement with the agreement he concluded with US President Joe Biden, regarding the withdrawal of combat forces and the end of their missions in Iraq.

Al-Kazemi’s advisor: The withdrawal of the combat forces is a historic achievement

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