"Tidbits From TNT" Thursday Morning 5-19-2022

May 19

TNT:

Tishwash: one down 2 to go

The House of Representatives completes the first reading of the proposed “Food Security” law

Today, Thursday, the House of Representatives completed the first reading of the proposed emergency support law for food security and development.

Earlier today, the Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Muhammad al-Halbousi, inaugurated the works of session No. (8) for the fifth electoral cycle, the first legislative year, and the first legislative term.

The session was held after a quorum was completed, with the attendance of 266 deputies, according to the council's media department.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the committee presented this proposal to the presidency of the Iraqi parliament, as an alternative to the project submitted by the current caretaker government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

The committee said in a statement yesterday, that it submitted this proposal based on the provisions of Article (112) of the Iraqi Council of Representatives' internal system.

The statement explained that the aim of presenting this proposal is to "remove the specter of hunger, deterioration and power outages in the scorching summer of Iraq."

The proposal bore the signatures of 25 members of the Iraqi parliament.

On Sunday, May 15, 2022, the Federal Supreme Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq) decided to cancel the draft law on emergency support for food security and development based on a lawsuit filed by Representative Basem Khashan, while it indicated that Al-Kazemi’s government is a caretaker and is not entitled to send bills and hold contracts. Loans, appointment to senior state positions, exemption from them, or restructuring of ministries and departments. link

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Tishwash: Parliament approves the legislation of the emergency support law

The National Product Bloc affiliated with the coordination framework announced today, Thursday, that the framework will proceed with the legislation of the emergency support law, indicating that the law will give some amounts to the governorates to implement lagging and delayed projects.

Representative of the bloc, Ibtisam Al-Hilali, told the official news agency, Mawazine News, that "there is a legal formula regarding the emergency food security support law after the Federal Court's response to it.

She added, "The emergency support law supports several segments of society and came to solve the crisis of high prices in the markets," noting that "the coordinating framework wants to legislate the budget law, but because of its delay, we will proceed to legislate the emergency support law to support the ration card and farmers and many matters that concern the citizen." ".

And she continued, "The law will give some sums to the governorates to implement some lagging and delayed projects," noting that "the coordination framework with the legislation of this law."

The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, earlier, to proceed with reading the proposal of the Emergency Support Law for Food Security and Development in preparation for discussion and passing it in accordance with the powers of the legislative authority, while noting that the schedules of amounts will not exceed 25 trillion dinars. link

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Tishwash: Cabinet Spokesperson: Excess oil money cannot be used because there is no budget law

Cabinet spokesman Hassan Nazim said, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, that there is a surplus of funds from the rise in oil prices, but it cannot be used due to the lack of a budget law, indicating that the Cabinet was .unable to meet the electricity requirements of the additional funds because it needed to law :

The government confirms its respect for the decision of the Federal Court on the Food Security Law - .There is a surplus of money from the rise in oil prices, but it cannot be used due to the lack of a budget law - The Council of Ministers was unable to meet the electricity requirements of the additional funds because it needed a - .law

.Part of the Iranian gas debt must be paid before May 31, otherwise there will be consequences - .

The 1/12 system in the financial allocation will not meet the requirements of the government - .The Ministry of Electricity needs two billion dollars to fulfill its obligations, including the Iranian gas debt -

We introduced the emergency support law to spare the government the point of inability to provide basic services -

Iraq's position is supportive of the rights of the Palestinian people and the tendency to normalization is governmental - .and popular rejected .members of the House of Representatives can submit bills, including the Food Security Law

10 - The government's cooperation with Parliament may lead us to a food security law that overcomes challenges link

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Tishwash: The conflict of international agendas... is it what delays the formation of the Iraqi government

Hoshyar Zebari, a leader in the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani, called on the political parties in Iraq to take what he described as a step backwards to save the country, stressing that the country is in a serious predicament.

This comes hours after the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced his abandonment of forming the government for a period of 30 days, and moving to the opposition during this period, opening the way for his allies, "Sunnis and Kurds" to ally with others.

Where is the process of forming the Iraqi government going?

On this subject, the guest of the “ Iraqi Concerns ” program on “ Sputnik ” radio, the journalist writer Abbas Al-Shatri says:

“It seems that things are heading towards a political blockage without any signs of a breakthrough in the crisis. Rather, we find that the political parties are going towards more complexity, but we must not forget the presence of regional and international sponsors for the political process in Iraq.

For example, there is clear American sponsorship as well as from the countries of the region, as well as There is a Gulf agenda in this regard and a Turkish one, and the issue of the American-Iranian conflict is also casting a shadow over the process of forming the government and the delay in its completion, but I do not think that the results of these political differences in Iraq will reach a societal clash, although the situation has reached the bone-breaking stage, which is Which leads to the emergence of the international player to resolve the issue, as it is not in the interest of the United States nor the interest of the countries of the region that the situation in Iraq slip into unimaginable consequences.

Al-Shatti added: The difference in this political process is that it came after a popular struggle and an uprising that led to the amendment of the electoral law, and that the percentage of participation in the elections was small and did not exceed 20%, which led to the Sadrist movement obtaining a large percentage of the votes and its emergence as a large Shiite bloc within the Shiite incubator

The same, which prompted Mr. Al-Sadr to demand a majority government, which the coordination framework rejects, as it gives him a feeling that he will exit the political process with no nostalgia. link

Mot: Siiiigggghhhhhhhh - Been one of Those Daze - Ya knows! ~~~~~