Zig’s Place Chat Room Discussion and News Sunday 9-6-20

 Xyz   Refer the fiscal year 2020 budget to the Council of Ministers

Baghdad: Tariq Al-Araji   The Ministry of Planning referred the budget for the year 2020 to the Council of Ministers for approval, and then referred it to the House of Representatives for approval so that the borrowing law can be approved in order to release the entitlements of employees and citizens for the remaining months of the current year, confirming work with the relevant authorities to prepare the 2021 budget.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry Maher Hammad Johan said to “Al-Sabah”: The federal financial budget for the current year 2020 that was sent by the Ministry of Finance to the Council of Ministers last Wednesday is the same budget that was prepared earlier and contains a financial deficit estimated at 80 trillion dinars, and was based on an amount A total of 146 trillion dinars.

A promise to send the budget is necessary, stressing that the budget has not undergone any change, and also contained the launch of bonuses and promotions for all employees, indicating that the available job grades for retirement were added to the federal budget for 2021.

And Johan revealed that the Ministries of Planning and Oil, in addition to the Central Bank, Customs Authority and Public Debt Department, are currently reviewing the amounts that could be supplied to the 2021 budget, which now lacks the existence of final figures.   LINK

Xyz   A member of the Kurdistan Patriotic reveals the duration of the financial agreement between Baghdad and Erbil

Baghdad today - Kurdistan 5-9-2020

Member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Hassan Ali, revealed, on Saturday, September 05, 2020, the term of the financial agreement between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Ali said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), "The financial agreement between Baghdad and Erbil is in effect until the end of the current year," indicating that "Baghdad will continue to send an amount of 320 billion dinars to the region allocated for the salaries of employees until the end of the current year, after which the region’s share will be approved according to For next year's budget agreement."

He added that "there is a prominent Kurdish delegation headed by Qubad Talabani, who will arrive in Baghdad at a later time for an understanding with the federal government."

And Ali pointed out that "the Federal Ministry of Finance will send in the coming days the sums allocated to the salaries of employees and place them in the account of the Central Bank, Erbil branch," pointing out that "the regional government is required to distribute salaries completely without deduction, and this is what it promised in light of the improvement in financial conditions."

Earlier, Samir Hawrami, a spokesman for the Vice President of the Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, confirmed, today, Saturday, that the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation will visit Baghdad to complete the round of talks.

Hawrami said in a statement received (Baghdad today), "The delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government headed by Vice President of the Regional Government Qubad Talabani will visit Baghdad soon to complete the talks with the federal government." LINK

xyz   Kurdistan government: a high-ranking delegation to Baghdad to fix the region’s financial dues in the budget

On Sunday, the Kurdistan Regional Government announced its intention to send a high-level delegation to Baghdad, while indicating that the delegation will discuss the file of fixing the region's financial dues in the draft budget in 2021.

The spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Samir Hawrami, said in a statement to the official agency, followed by "People", (September 6, 2020), "It is likely that, today, Sunday, a high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government headed by the Vice President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, will visit. The capital, Baghdad, to discuss the outstanding problems in the issue of the budget. "

He added, "This visit will complement the previous meetings, and its aim is to stabilize the financial dues for the Kurdistan region, in the draft federal budget for 2021."

For his part, the deputy of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Sherwan Dubardani, said, "The delegation will be accompanied by a number of officials, especially those responsible for the files related to the visit, such as the oil and gas file, employees' salaries, outlets, peshmerga salaries, and the file of the disputed areas."

He pointed out that "these problems remained pending with Baghdad, and the regional government has shown its willingness to solve these problems in light of the Iraqi constitution."

And, "the personnel file, the oil file, and the ports file, all of them will be submitted in a transparent manner to the federal government, in order to end all these problems in cooperation with Baghdad." https://www.nasnews.com//view.php?cat=39593

Xyz   Parliamentary Finance: Parliament will not allow the renewal of borrowing

The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, on Sunday, that the general budget for the next year did not reach the House of Representatives, while it indicated not to allow renewal of borrowing.

The head of the committee, Haitham al-Jubouri, said in an interview followed by Al-Iqtisad News.

Al-Jubouri added, "It is assumed that the government will find solutions other than borrowing to increase its revenues through non-oil revenues, such as customs taxes and the collection of services, fees and other chapters," noting that "the draft federal budget law for 2021 has not yet reached the parliament."

The Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed, earlier that the Budget Committee at the Ministry of Finance has begun preparing a draft budget for the next three years, while it indicated that it is awaiting the arrival of the draft budget for the current year 2020. https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=21745

Xyz   9-5-2020 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat Article: "AL-KAZEMI: THERE ARE PARTIES WHO LIVE ON CHAOS, AND WE ARE WORKING HARD TO RESTORE THE PRESTIGE OF THE STATE" ...the governor of the CBI has told us many times in the past that this “prestige” does include bringing the value of the dinar to values of the past. The only way they can do this is by getting investors to buy the dinar and the only way they can do this with an RV’d rate is to get back on the currency exchanges (FOREX). We know that one of the demands of the protestors is to stop the currency auctions.

Xyz   Finance: The 2020 budget contains a deficit of 80 trillion dinars

Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance confirmed that the 2020 budget that the ministry sent last Wednesday to the government contains a deficit of "80 trillion dinars."

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, Maher Hammad Johan, said in a press statement, that "the federal financial budget for the current year 2020 that the Ministry of Finance sent to the Council of Ministers last Wednesday is the same budget that was prepared earlier and contains a financial deficit of 80 trillion dinars, and was approved For a total amount estimated at 146 trillion dinars. "

He added that "the budget has not undergone any change, and also contained the launch of bonuses and promotions for all employees," indicating that "the available job grades for retirement assignment have been added to the federal budget for 2021."

He pointed out that "the ministries of planning and oil, in addition to the Central Bank, the Customs Authority and the Public Debt Department, are currently reviewing the sums that could be supplied to the 2021 budget, which now lacks the existence of final figures." https://www.ikhnews.com/index.php?page=article&id=225787

Xyz   Parliamentary Finance: The budget reaches Parliament in the middle of this month, and we need two weeks to vote on it

Today, Sunday (September 06, 2020), the financial committee reporter, Ahmed Al-Saffar, suggested that the 2020 budget will reach the House of Representatives in the middle of this month, while indicating that Parliament needs two weeks to pass the budget and vote on it.

Al-Saffar said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that "the 2020 budget arrived at the Council of Ministers 4 days ago, and the Council also needs a period to discuss and then vote on it, and after that, it is sent to the House of Representatives."

He suggested, "Perhaps in the middle of the ninth month of this month, the budget will reach Parliament, and within two weeks the vote will be completed, because the budget does not bear a delay and is short."

Earlier today, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, Maher Hammad Johan, said in a press statement, "The federal financial budget for the current year 2020 that the Ministry of Finance sent to the Council of Ministers last Wednesday is the same budget that was prepared earlier and contains an estimated financial deficit. With 80 trillion dinars, and it relied on a total amount estimated at 146 trillion dinars. "

Johan emphasized that "the budget has not undergone any change, and also contained the launch of bonuses and promotions for all employees," indicating that "the available job grades for retirement referrals have been added to the federal budget for 2021."

"The ministries of planning and oil, in addition to the Central Bank, the Customs Authority and the Public Debt Department, are currently reviewing the sums that could be supplied to the 2021 budget, which now lacks the existence of final figures," Johan said. https://baghdadtoday.news/ar/news/130117/المالية-النيابية-الموازن

Dave   Al-Kazemi prepares for the start of the major battle with the corrupt

Dave    BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi has formed a special committee to investigate corruption files and major cases, directing to grant it exceptional powers, in the first indication of the prime minister’s intention to confront the big whales in his country.

Given the composition of the new committee, and the security authority that will carry out the tasks of chasing and arresting the corrupt, it seems that there is a real intention to target figures who may be from the first row.

Al-Kazemi assigned the human rights team, Ahmed Taha Hashem, who had previously served in high-ranking intelligence sites within the Ministry of Interior, to head the Special Investigations Committee. He is supported by a senior official in the intelligence service, provided that the Counter-Terrorism Service, led by General Abdel Wahhab Al-Saadi, who is popular after the defeat of ISIS, will take over the task of implementing judicial arrest warrants against wanted corrupt individuals, if issued.

Al-Kazemi strengthened the committee with representatives of other oversight and security agencies, while supporting it with a large number of employees.

According to the order that bore the signature of Al-Kazemi, the Special Investigation Committee has the right to summon any Iraqi to give his testimony, except for those who were actually accused in a fundamental way in a case that falls within the powers of this committee, as these are treated through the judiciary.

According to interpretations of experts in law and procedural issues, this committee can summon all former heads of the republic, government and parliament, along with all ministers, officials, employees, politicians, merchants and businessmen, who are not officially accused of corruption cases.

Dave   The committee also has the right to open any closed corruption file against any person, and to investigate former defendants who were acquitted, convicted, or are still under review, provided that judicial orders are issued to do so, to prevent interfering investigations.

The news of the announcement of the formation of this committee, especially its composition, sparked an enthusiastic reaction on social networking sites, where many bloggers saw that the actual war on the corrupt in Iraq had already begun.

General Al-Saadi, the commander of the US-armed counterterrorism service, is one of the main opponents of the pro-Iranian militias and politicians close to Tehran, and observers see his assignment of this type of mission as an indication of the approaching confrontation.

Professor of Political Science at Baghdad University Ihssan Al-Shammari believes that “mandating the Counter-Terrorism Service to implement decisions related to corruption cases is an indication of armed friction with leaders and mafias of corruption.”

Observers place this development in the context of urging the countries of the region and the world to urge Iraq to confront the militias loyal to Iran and to put an end to its dominance over the country’s political, security and economic decisions.

Political analyst Ahmed Al-Abyadh says that the zero hour seems to have approached a lot in Iraq, pointing to the link between these developments and the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Iraq.

Al-Abyadh added that the visit of the French President can be translated as “a mediator to convey the final warning to the militias.”

“Now the difficult test for Al-Kazemi’s seriousness has begun to impose the prestige of the state,” he explained.

Al-Kazemi’s government previously had contact with former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, through one of his in-laws, when it issued a decision to freeze his properties after he exploited state property in an unorthodox manner.

Dave   Al-Maliki is among the most prominent targets that the angry Iraqi street demands to pursue, for causing a third of the country’s lands to fall at the hands of ISIS militants in the last year of his eight years of rule, in addition to his responsibility for the theft and squandering of about a thousand billion dollars between 2006 and 2014.

However, Al-Kazemi’s efforts in pursuing senior corrupt individuals are surrounded by many doubts, given the political immunity they enjoy, and most of them close ties to Tehran, which is able to move its armed militias inside Iraq to confuse the situation.

Therefore, observers suspend their expectations regarding the seriousness of any legal campaign to prosecute the corrupt to the extent of the readiness of the Iraqi armed forces for a direct confrontation with the Iranian militias that protect them, which could reveal in the next few months.

Arabs    الكاظمي يجهّز لانطلاق المعركة الكبرى مع الفاسدين

Dave   squandering of about a thousand billion dollars between 2006 and 2014.chump change

Dave   Wonder if maliki is going to run again?

Dave   Very popular too...like last time kept his seat....

butterfly   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-06/trump-ended-2018-france-trip-having-art-loaded-on-air-force-one

butterfly   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL5PZFjkvSw

butterfly   The state of Oregon votes by mail, has for years. We in KY are voting by mail now because of the pandemic. Other states vote by mail-in. They say that is the safest way to vote. Machines can and have been hacked. Ivanka Trump has the trademarks on the voting machines. So it is a free country (so far) and people have to option to chose mail-in or machine voting.

Dave   Battle of the Masks.....

Butterfly   With the mail-in ballots, you can track your mail-in and see if it was counted.

Doug_W   mail in is great when teh voter requests it YES

Doug_W   not millions sent uhnsolicited NO

Butterfly   In Oregon, it is automatically sent to them.

Doug_W   so every registered voter gets one or they have to be requested?

Dave   Masked States Yes unmasked NO?

butterfly   There is a gentleman stating he hasn't lived in CA for 10 yrs and received a ballot. Question is, how the hell do you know that you received a ballot since you haven't lived in CA for 10 yrs. He posted it and it was slammed down that it was NOT even a ballot. There is so much crap being spread that people need to use their common sense.

butterfly   Doug_W My VN Vet in Oregon says that if you are a registered voter, no matter what party, an automatic ballot is sent to your latest residence.

Sheila   Maybe the people that live in that house actually know that man and let him know about the ballot?

Sheila   Plausible story yet could be false.

butterfly   10 yrs sheila?

Doug_W   butterfly ty 4 clarifying that 4 me

Sheila   Yes, 10 years. Maybe he just moved to another house in same community and they know each other. Yes, 10 years is plausible.

butterfly   If I did not make a request of sending my mail forward, then it is not the "new" resident's responsibility. When I get mail that does not belong to me, where do you think I put it? If you guessed File13, you are correct.

Dave   still get mail for folks that lived here 25 yrs ago

butterfly   No, he moved on the East Coast from the West Coast.

Sheila   There are communities out there. Have family member that moved bought house just 2 miles away from their previous property. New owner was coming by bringing them mail for 5 years. It is possible.

Sheila   They still might know each other and keep in contact.

Butterfly   West Coast MOVED to East Coast........thousands of miles away. You can try to resolve this in your mind, but he put something out that he said was the ballot..........it wasn't even a ballot.

butterfly   It wasn't even a "request" for a mail-in ballot.

Sheila   I do not know anything more than what you have brought here to chat. Just saying it is plausible that this man kept in touch with people who bought his house, regardless of the miles between. PLAUSIBLE!

butterfly   In CA you have to request for a mail-in, just like it is here in KY. In OR it is automatically sent to you.

butterfly   Have a great Holiday.

Sheila   butterfly You go out and enjoy the day! It is beautiful. Let your spirit be light today.

TWW   Interesting Vid, SDR & GOLD & other stuff. Hope thiz has not been posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=55&v=w5ln3T2hjP4&feature=emb_logo

Sheila   @TWW Only question is when?

Sheila   @TWW great video

Sheila   TWW it was a good video, full of possibilities

Sheila   TWW Next couple of weeks should be extremely interesting - good and bad.

TWW   I emailed Mike & ask where found the link, he "Recaps" lololol dont know he read recaps...he said only once in a while...but now he views here too

TWW   sheila oh yes

Sheila   TWW whose Mike?

TWW   Mike is a gentleman that was in the military with my dad & both then served together in the WH. Mike is now in his 90' in FL but alert & sharp minded

  Sheila   one man's opinion - (9/6) Iraq RED HOT News   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmrHK9_M830

TWW   sheila i will view it in a moment

Sheila   TWW no hurry, just posted it for anyone to consider his viewpoint.

TWW   sheila im already on it listening

Sheila   me too

Sheila  TWW all those news sources point to this month - September. guess Iraq will wait until the very minute to rv.

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