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Samson: Parliamentary finance is "resentful" by the government for not sending the budget

12:30 - 08/07/2020

Parliamentary Finance Committee, on Wednesday, expressed its strong dissatisfaction with the government for not sending the 2020 budget to the House of Representatives, indicating that the government's failure to answer the House of Representatives raises constitutional questions.

The committee’s rapporteur, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said in a statement to “Al-Maalouma”, that his committee “is surprised at the government's failure to respond to sending the state’s general budget for the year 2020 to the parliament.”

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Don961: A "serious" note from specialists and interested in the money market .. Has Iraq resorted to printing the currency?

2020-07-07 Yassin Iraq: Baghdad

A page dedicated to currencies and exchange-rate monitoring posed a serious question looming over “printing the currency”.

The page wrote a post that was monitored by "Yassin Iraq" as well as some comments, which I indicated through the continued pumping and delivery of banks "new currencies", in a sign that raises the question of whether there is a printing of the currency without a cover of gold that threatens inflation and the loss of its value, which is the option that was previously It was proposed by some economists and government officials to address the economic crisis.

The post stated: “Before the printed dinar was new (sulfoned), we would only see it at the beginning of each new year, and after that it disappeared. This year, we entered the seventh month, and the banks distributed all new !!!”

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Samson: After Washington .. Al-Kazemi visits Europe for security and economic talks

6th July, 2020
The Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee revealed today, Monday, a forthcoming visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to European countries after a scheduled visit to Washington.

Committee member Amer Al-Fayez told Shafaq News that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will head on a forthcoming visit to the United States of America at the head of a high-level delegation, to complete the strategic dialogue and schedule the withdrawal of the American army from Iraqi territory."

Al-Fayez added, "The visit was not scheduled, but it will come within the schedule of visits to the Prime Minister, which will be determined later to the countries of the region and some European Union countries, to enhance confidence and economic and security cooperation between Baghdad and the countries of the world."

And Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein announced earlier that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will visit Washington this July, to complete the strategic dialogue between Iraq and America.

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Samson: Iraq wins an international position that it did not obtain in 50 years

5th July, 2020

The Ministry of Education announced today, Saturday, that Iraq won the position of Director of the Department of Science and Scientific Research at the International Science and Culture Organization (ALEXO) for the first time in 50 years.

She said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that the Minister of Education and Chairman of the National Committee for Education, Culture and Science in Iraq Ali Hamid Mekhlef congratulated all intellectuals and academics on the victory of Iraq in the position of Director of the Department of Science and Scientific Research in ALEXO, which he did not obtain in 50 years.

He added that, "after strenuous efforts made by the Iraqi National Commission for Education, Culture and Science for two consecutive years, the fourth day of July culminated in the approval by ALEXO of this victory in its 113th session, which was held remotely after intense competition between seven Arab countries."

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Samson: Parliament: The government secured 3-month salaries ... then "God is generous!"

4th July, 2020

The Iraqi Parliament's Economy and Investment Committee revealed on Saturday that the government had three months' salary payments to the government

Committee member Nada Shaker Jawdat told Shafaq News that "the Iraqi government delayed the payment of salaries of Iraqi state employees, last June, because of the lack of liquidity to pay those salaries

She explained that "the government was seeking to obtain internal loans, for the purpose of securing salaries, and achieving that, and released salaries

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Samson: Kurdish lawmaker: economic reforms will not succeed without political reforms

29th June, 2020

MP for the Kurdistan Islamic Group, Salim Hamza, confirmed on Monday that the economic reforms will not succeed without political reforms.

Hamza said, "The House of Representatives blesses the Prime Minister's reform efforts that contribute to eliminating corruption," stressing that "the reforms are of two types, political and economic and go in one parallel direction, because economic reforms will not succeed if there are no political reforms that support them in decisions and legislation."

He called on the Prime Minister to "pursue the spoilers abroad and recover the looted funds that were transferred outside Iraq," noting that "these are steps that the Iraqi street is awaiting because it restores the prestige of the state."

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Samson: Iraqi banks are waiting for a notice to launch salaries within 24 hours

28th June, 2020

A source in the Ministry of Finance revealed on Sunday that government banks are awaiting a notice to release the salaries for the employees of the month of June.

The source said to Shafaq News, that the banks are waiting for a notification from the ministry to enter data on the electronic regulations and launch the salaries of state employees. He added that it is hoped that the notice will reach the banks to launch and pay salaries within the next 24 hours.

Yesterday, Saturday, the Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, instructed the Ministry of Finance to expel the salaries of employees.