Monday Evening Iraq Economic News Highlights 8-15-22
.Monday Evening Iraq Economic News Highlights 8-15-22
The Government Comments On The Possibility Of Restoring The Dollar Exchange Rate And Ending The Currency Auction
Posted On2022-08-15 By Sotaliraq Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor, Haitham al-Jubouri, ruled out taking any decision regarding the dollar's exchange rate, indicating that the best solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar.
Al-Jubouri said in a televised statement that "the issuance of a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to decrease or raise is excluded at the present time."
Monday Evening Iraq Economic News Highlights 8-15-22
The Government Comments On The Possibility Of Restoring The Dollar Exchange Rate And Ending The Currency Auction
Posted On2022-08-15 By Sotaliraq Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor, Haitham al-Jubouri, ruled out taking any decision regarding the dollar's exchange rate, indicating that the best solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar.
Al-Jubouri said in a televised statement that "the issuance of a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to decrease or raise is excluded at the present time."
He added, "The ideal solution to end the crisis of the devaluation of the dinar is the currency to strengthen the local currency, expand its activity and diversify its sources."
And on the possibility of ending the currency auction, Al-Jubouri said that “the currency auction does not mean selling the dollar only, but rather buying the dinar to give 10 trillion dinars for the benefit of state employees every month, which means that it cannot be dispensed with.” LINK
Al-Kazemi's Advisor Sets An Alternative Path To End The “Exchange Rate” Crisis
15/08/2022 95 Earth News/ Haitham Al-Jubouri, technical advisor to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, confirmed that it is impossible to return the dollar exchange rate to its previous position, while the value of the dinar can be raised against the dollar.
Al-Jubouri said in a televised interview, followed by Earth News, today, Monday, that "returning to the old exchange rate is a fantasy, as the losses that Iraq will pay in the event of a return will be more than the dollar's survival at its current price."
Al-Jubouri added, "We have to say how the strength of the Iraqi dinar can be restored, against the dollar, but not by a government decision, and this matter is achieved through supply and demand."
He stressed that "the only source of dollars at the present time is the Central Bank, for what it receives in dollars from the Ministry of Finance, for Iraqi oil sales."
He pointed out that “the currency sale window cannot be stopped by the state, as it considers the department to withdraw the dinar and pump the dollar, as it delivers the dinar to the Ministry of Finance and receives the dollar instead, and then the ministry distributes the dinar in various forms, including salaries as well as investment projects.” .
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Al-Kazemi's Advisor Resolves The Controversy Over State Spending In The Absence Of The Budget
08/14/2022 74 Earth News/ The economic advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, resolved today, Sunday, the controversy over the way in which the state's financial affairs will go in the event that the general budget for the current year 2022 and next year 2023
is not approved. Because of the disruption of Parliament, the Federal Court is referred to the permissibility of the continuation of the application of the Financial Management Act of 12/1 for more than a year, based on what was achieved from actual current expenditures in the 2021 budget. ”
Saleh added that “the Minister of Finance resolved the controversy in this regard, noting that it is possible to continue spending at a rate of 1/12 per month from the actual continuous expenses that were achieved through the implementation of the budget for the year 2021.” , when the country entered a second fiscal year, specifically in 2023, and without the availability of a law for the general budget in the year 2022".
He pointed out that "the work will be similar to what is currently being done in 2022, as the expenditure is carried out and the country is without a general budget as well, and the exchange is approved by 12/1 of last year's actual continuous Expenditures included in the 2021 budget, which means that the text and spirit of Article 13 of the Financial Management Law can be applied. No. 6 of 2019 amended regarding the 12/1 exchange rate and its validity over more than one fiscal year, and it is devoid of a general budget.”
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The Stability Of Gold Prices In Baghdad And Its Decline In Kurdistan
Shafaq News/ "Foreign and Iraqi" gold prices stabilized in the local markets in the capital, Baghdad, while they decreased in the markets of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, today, Monday, (15 August 2022).
Shafak News Agency correspondent said that gold prices in the wholesale markets on Al-Nahr Street in the capital, Baghdad, recorded this morning, the selling price of one weight of 21 karat of Gulf, Turkish and European gold amounted to 373,000 dinars, and the purchase price of 369 thousand, which is the same prices as yesterday, Sunday.
Our correspondent indicated that the selling price of one 21-carat weight of Iraqi gold was also stable at 333,000 dinars, and the purchase price amounted to 329 thousand.
With regard to gold prices in the jewelers’ shops, the price of selling the weight of Gulf gold 21 carat ranged between 375 thousand and 385 thousand dinars, while the selling price ranged from the weight of Iraqi gold between 335 thousand and 345 thousand dinars.
Meanwhile, Erbil gold prices witnessed a decline in its markets, as the selling price reached, according to the Goldsmiths Syndicate in Erbil:
24 carat gold weight for 425,000 Iraqi dinars
22 karat gold weight of 390,000 thousand Iraqi dinars
A 21 karat gold weight of 380,000 thousand Iraqi dinars
An 18 karat gold weight for 320,000 thousand Iraqi dinars
It is equal to one mithqal of gold (five grams). LINK
A Slight Increase In The Exchange Rates Of The Dollar In Baghdad And Its Stability In Kurdistan
Shafaq News/ The exchange rates of the US dollar rose slightly against the Iraqi dinar, on Monday, in the main stock exchange in the capital, Baghdad, while it stabilized in the Kurdistan Region.
Shafak News Agency correspondent said that the central Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya stock exchanges in Baghdad recorded this morning, an exchange rate of 148,550 dinars against 100 dollars, while the dollar prices recorded yesterday, Sunday, 148525 dinars.
Our correspondent indicated that buying and selling prices have stabilized in banking shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price amounted to 149,000 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices amounted to 148000 dinars.
In Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, dollar prices have witnessed stability, with the selling price reaching 148,550 dinars, and the purchase price 148,450 dinars per 100 dollars. LINK
The Council Of Ministers Supports The Gulf Cup With 3 Billion Dinars
Monday, August 15, 2022 12:06 PM Baghdad / National News Center The Council of Ministers decided to support the Arab Gulf Cup football tournament with 3 billion dinars.
A statement by the General Secretariat, received by the National News Center, stated that “the Council of Ministers decided to finance the Ministry of Finance, with an amount of three billion dinars, to the Iraqi Football Association, to contract with a training angel to lead the Iraqi national football team.”
He added, "The decision came based on what the Minister of Youth and Sports presented as an emergency presentation during the twenty-ninth regular session of the Council of Ministers, held on 8/11/2022." The tournament is scheduled to be held in Basra in early 2023. https://nnciraq.com/147246/
Drought Hits Iraq Hard.. How Did The Garden Of Eden Turn Into A Barren Desert?
2022-08-15 | 06:28 2,703 views Like his father before him, he raises a buffalo, but only five are left of the herd of about 30 animals. Others died or were sold as the family struggled to make ends meet. Family members carefully watch those who remain, fearing that weak, undernourished monsters will fall into the mud and die.
“We have been protesting for more than two years and no one is listening,” Jased said. “We are at a loss as to where to go. Our lives are over."
The Mesopotamian marshes lie between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and suffered under the rule of former dictator Saddam Hussein, who ordered their draining in 1991 as punishment for the societies that protect and hunt the rebels.
Wetlands have intermittently gone through years of severe drought in the past, before being revived by good rainy seasons.
Climate change
But between August 2020 and this month, 46% of the swamps in southern Iraq, including Hawizeh and Jabayish, suffered a complete loss of surface water, according to the Dutch peacebuilding organization Pax.
Another 41% of the marshlands suffered from low water levels and wetness, according to the organization, which used satellite data to make the assessment. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Iraq said the marshes are "one of the poorest regions in Iraq and one of the regions most affected by climate change," warning of "unprecedented low levels of water".
She noted the "disastrous impact" on more than 6,000 families "losing their buffalo and their unique livelihood assets."
Biodiversity is also under threat, and swamps provide home to "several groups of endangered species".
Environmental activist Ahmed Saleh Nima said that the swamps of Al-Hawizeh were irrigated by the tributaries of the Tigris River, which originates from Turkey, but its flows decreased, adding that the Iraqi authorities are rationing supplies to cover various needs.
"The government wants to conserve as much water as possible," he added, lamenting the "unfair sharing of water" and "mismanagement (resources)."
After pressure from the protesters, the authorities partially opened the valves, he said, but closed them again. On the Iranian side, the Hawizeh marshes, called Hor al-Azim, also suffer.
Water stress
"Wetlands are facing water stress, and currently about half of the Iranian part has dried up," the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported recently.
Hatem Hamid, who heads Water Management Center Of the Iraqi government, he said, "On the Iranian side, the main river that feeds the Hawizeh marshes has been completely cut off for more than a year," and acknowledged that the water needs of Iraqi farms and marshes are only half met, as the authorities closely monitor the reserves and try to cover a range of uses, with the presence of Drinking water is one of the "priorities".
Iraqi officials point to canals and small streams that have been rehabilitated to feed the marshes—and to where some families have moved from dry areas.
But he added that it was "impossible to compensate for the very high evaporation in the marshes" in temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). The 20-year-old said:
And in Chebayish, the effects of drought are very clear to Ali Jawad Who said that dozens of families left his village. LINK
It Extends To 2030.. Iraq Reveals Its Plan To Confront Drought And Climate Change
Money and business Economy News-Baghdad The Minister of Environment, Jassem Al-Falahi, stressed that the drought threatens the security of Iraq, as United Nations reports have placed it among the five countries most affected by climate changes, in terms of the dramatic rise in temperatures and the unprecedented decrease in water revenues from upstream countries .
Al-Falahi said in a press interview, "The decrease in rainfall rates, and other factors, led to an increase in desertification, loss of a lot of agricultural land, and an increase in dust and sand storms,"noting that "drought is one of the most important threats to national security, especially that more Of the 33 percent of the Iraqi population lives in rural areas .
He added that "these people depend on agriculture and animal husbandry, and in the event of losing their agricultural habitat, due to the absence of sufficient quantities of water, they will lose their main source of livelihood, and in the end result, drought will be one of the causes of internal and even external displacement ."
According to Al-Falahi, "the Iraqi government is very aware of the problem of drought, as the Ministry of Environment has taken very bold steps, in cooperation with the countries of the world and the region, to confront the inevitable effects of climate change, and the most prominent of these steps is Iraq's accession to the Paris Agreement, and the issuance of the relevant law ."
The Minister of Environment revealed Iraq's plan to confront drought, saying: "Iraq's plan is based on two parts, after the Council of Ministers voted on it, and it was sent to the Global Climate Secretariat, before participating in the Glasgow Conference, at the end of last year, where the plan began in its first section, which starts from 2020. - 2025, and focused on reducing carbon emissions, especially in the oil and gas sector, with a focus on the need to raise national awareness towards climate change .
He added: "The other direction that begins, from 2025 to 2030, will focus mainly on two important sectors, which is the transfer of modern technology, in the field of irrigation and irrigation, and the rational management of water resources, as we suffer from serious problems in this aspect, due to the obsolescence or non-entry of modern methods in perfusion, which causes wastage of water .”
He pointed out that "one of the important initiatives, the "National Initiative for Energy Promotion and Rationalization of Consumption", has achieved good results, in terms of installing meters and obligating government institutions to rationalize .
He pointed out that "there are 540 teams working continuously to accomplish this initiative, which was approved by the Cabinet Secretariat, and the Iraqi government launched the afforestation initiative, with the participation of several specialized committees, to choose places, and others to determine the quality of materials and trees, which are suitable to face the effects of climate change, and suit Iraqi environment .
Al-Falahi continued, "Iraq is now moving towards the use of treated wastewater to create windbreaks, around and outside cities, and we focus mainly on the urban environment, because we are interested in the issue of sustainability ."
For years, Iraq has been suffering from major environmental challenges, such as drought, the decline in water flows from neighboring countries, the deterioration of agricultural land, the expansion of desertification areas, as well as dust storms and a high level of air pollution, as a result of gas emissions and oil refineries .
The challenges on the environment have also increased recently due to the remnants of war and mines in the land, as well as the amount of pollution in the water, waste issues, overcrowding, and environmental, mental, audio and visual pollution . 42 . views Added 08/15/2022 - 12:58 PM Update 08/15/2022 - 2:51 PM https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=29335
Parliamentary Finance Clarifies The Possibility Of Parliament Authorizing The Government To Send The 2022 Budget
Sunday, August 14, 2022 11:56 AM National News Center / Special Today, Saturday, Parliamentary Finance revealed the possibility of parliament authorizing the current government to present the draft general budget law for 2022.
A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Kougar, said in a statement to the National News Center that “the House of Representatives does not have the authority to authorize the government to send the budget law for 2022,” noting that “if it had this authority, it would have gone to legislate the budget law instead of the food security law.” “.
He added that "the texts of the constitution are very clear that the Council of Ministers is in charge of preparing the draft budget and sending it to the House of Representatives," noting that "the responsibility of Parliament is the legislation only." https://nnciraq.com/147077/
Monday Afternoon Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-15-22
.Monday Afternoon Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-15-22
Al-Amiri And Barzani Discuss Political Developments And Developments In The Crisis
Sumerian special 2022-08-15 | 05:17 Source: Sumerian 0 views A quick tour conducted by the leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, similar to the speed of the current events in Iraq; Hoping to get out of the dark tunnel that the political process has been going through for more than ten months. After he met the leaders of the Sunnis, al-Halbousi and al-Samarrai, he then traveled to the mountains of Kurdistan in order to sit with the leaders of the Kurdish parties to discuss the latest developments.
Monday Afternoon Iraq Parliament News Highlights 8-15-22
Al-Amiri And Barzani Discuss Political Developments And Developments In The Crisis
Sumerian special 2022-08-15 | 05:17 Source: Sumerian 0 views A quick tour conducted by the leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, similar to the speed of the current events in Iraq; Hoping to get out of the dark tunnel that the political process has been going through for more than ten months. After he met the leaders of the Sunnis, al-Halbousi and al-Samarrai, he then traveled to the mountains of Kurdistan in order to sit with the leaders of the Kurdish parties to discuss the latest developments.
A quick tour by the leader of the Conquest Alliance Hadi Al-Amri Similar to the speed of current events inIraq;
Hoping to get out of the dark tunnel that the political process has been going through for more than ten months. After he met the leaders of the Sunnis, al-Halbousi and al-Samarrai, he then traveled to the mountainsKurdistanIn order to sit down with the leaders of the Kurdish parties to discuss the latest developments.
The apparent main objective of it, the existence of efforts to find a legitimate door between Sadrist Movement And the coordination framework through Al-Amiri meeting with the leader of the current Muqtada al-Sadr,,
While members of the Al-Fateh Alliance confirm that Al-Amiri’s visit to the Kurdish and Sunni forces aims for many things, most notably: strengthening the bonds between the components and political forces in general, and finding a solution to the political blockage of which the Kurdish House is an essential part, in addition to consultations regarding the formation of the government and the arrangement of the government. her affairs.
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The fourth goal is to find real and serious dialogues with the blocs, especially with Sadrist Movement who left the formation of the new government; To try to get out of this political blockage that has lasted for nearly a year, and a mysterious calm hangs over the political crisis, after a wave of escalation, perhaps the end of it will be in the Sadrist millionaire that his minister called for and did not specify the timing and goals behind that million Sadrists, while the framework reveals the existence of a movement to start negotiations with Sadrist Movement
And achieving some conditions before heading for new elections, the current denies this news and renews its rejection of dialogue, amid expectations of a major escalation during the coming period. LINK
Zidane And Plasschaert Discuss A Number Of Issues Related To The Political Crisis – Urgent
2022-08-15 | 05:09 Source: Alsumaria news 255 views Alsumaria News – Baghdad The President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faeq Zaidan, discussed today, Monday, the representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq, Jenin Plasschaert, the role of the judiciary in dealing with legal problems related to the political crisis.
The media office of the Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, "The President of the Supreme Judicial Council received Jeanine Plasschaert and discussed with her the role of the judiciary in addressing the legal problems related to the political crisis in Iraq." LINK
Al-Sadr's Minister Responds To A Political Bloc That Accused The Sadrist Movement
2022-08-15 | 04:44 1,428 views Today, Monday, the minister of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, responded to one of the political blocs, describing it as a "liars bloc", which held the Sadrist movement responsible for its presence in previous governments.
Al-Iraqi said in his blog post, which was followed by Alsumaria News: "A mass of liars... and whoever wraps it, says: Sadrist Movement
He bears the responsibility for his presence in previous governments, the answer: Yes, we bear the responsibility and we do not deny it.”
He added: “Therefore, we were in the political process as (OnBin Yaqtin) but it did not work for you, as you insist on corruption, and also: I say: We do not bear responsibility for reasons, including:
First: We did not agree to the shameful security agreement.
Second: We resisted the occupier, which is one of the main causes of your corruption.
Third: We did not participate in the Governing Council at the time... despite your elder's insistence on participating at the time.
Fourth: We withdrew six ministers because of corruption.
Fifthly: We were held accountable for the corrupt or those whom we suspect were corrupt..and you rejected that from us..and our corrupt joined with you.
Sixth: Liars.. The clearest evidence that we have resisted corruption, otherwise you would not have been expelled from the current.
Seventh: We did not negotiate with the occupier in order to get out of prisons, as you did.
Eighth: As soon as you stirred up strife between us and you, our leader hastened to put it out.
Ninth: Dependency is the biggest cause of corruption, and your elder says what it means: Our dependence is the secret of our success.
Eleventh: I don't count you as a ghassoush.. and your elder says if the corrupt were to be held accountable, the prisons would be filled with..in the sense that they must not be held accountable.
Twelfth: We gave up participating in the elections.
Thirteenth: We withdrew 73 impudent deputies in order not to agree with your corruption. Fourteenth: You are using the Popular Mobilization members to satisfy your desires..and we want to preserve their blood and preserve their pure reputation..they are honorable martyrs Mujahideen. And he finished his tweet: "And other things...don't be ignorant."
Tenth: We did not transgress a refineryPeggy. LINK
Zidane And Plasschaert Discuss The Role Of The Judiciary In Addressing The Legal Problems Of The Political Crisis
Political | 12:16 - 15/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News, the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, discussed with the head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq, Jenin Plaschaert, on Monday, the role of the judiciary in addressing the legal problems related to the political crisis in Iraq.
A statement of the Supreme Judicial Council received by Mawazine News stated that "the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zeidan, received today the representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq, Jenin Plasschaert."
The statement added that the two parties discussed "the role of the judiciary in addressing the legal problems related to the political crisis in Iraq." https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202504
State Of Law: Next Week Will Witness A Rapid Movement To Resolve The Crisis
Political | 08:33 - 14/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News The State of Law coalition revealed, on Sunday, the goal of the recent movements of the leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri.
A member of the State of Law coalition, Haider Mawat, said in a television interview, which was followed by "Mawazine News", that Al-Amiri's movement with the Sunni and Kurdish forces aims to resolve the crisis through dialogue.
Mowat added that the next week will witness a rapid movement to resolve the current crisis.
He pointed out that the crisis today is between the Kurdish forces over the selection of the president of the republic and the framework is agreed on the person of the prime minister.
It is noteworthy that Al-Amiri visited Erbil today, during which he met a number of Kurdish politicians and leaders, including the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and then went to Sulaymaniyah to hold consultations with the leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Ended 29/R77
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The Minister Of Sadr Responds To The "Liars Bloc" With A 14-Point Statement
Political | 11:48 - 15/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News, "Al-Sadr Minister" Saleh Muhammad Al-Iraqi responded, on Monday, to what he called the "liars bloc" with a 14-point statement.
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Al-Amiri And Talabani Discuss The Latest Political Developments And New Initiatives To Resolve The Crisis
political| 10:45 - 14/08/2022 BAGHDAD - WAZINE NEWS The head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri and the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Bafel Jalal Talabani, agreed to continue talks and constructive dialogue.
In a statement received by Mawazine News, the National Union office stated that "PUK leader Bafel Jalal Talabani received Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Fatah coalition, and during the meeting, which was attended by Diwan member Shalaw Kosrat Rasoul and Khaled, the latest political developments and new initiatives to solve the problems facing the elections were discussed. and views were exchanged.
He added, "The two sides agreed to continue talks and constructive dialogue to bypass constitutional and legal ways to get out of the unwanted situation.
According to the statement, Talabani stressed that the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan will take any initiative that all parties meet, and the goal is to reach an agreement and save the country from the situation."
He explained that "President Mam Jalal's policy previously called for the Kurdish national dialogue to overcome obstacles." Ended 29 / p. 87 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202473
The Sadrists: The Judiciary's Statement Regarding The Dissolution Of Parliament Is A Prelude To Accepting The Case In The "Federal"
Posted On2022-08-15 By Sotaliraq Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan The Sadrist movement tends to believe that it will win the round of dissolving parliament, despite the fact that the Supreme Judicial Council gave introductions to the contrary.
The Council, which is the highest judicial authority in the country, denied having the powers to dissolve parliament, according to a previous request of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr.
Despite this, the Sadrists remain counting on an expected decision that may be issued at any time by the Federal Court, before the "Al-Sadr deadline" runs out, which ends at the end of this week.
On the other hand, the "coordinating framework" began a round of negotiations - some frameworks question its feasibility - in a last attempt before the launch of the "million" called by al-Sadr in Baghdad.
The frameworks are leaking information about the possibility of a meeting taking place before the end of the “Sadr deadline” between the latter and Hadi Al-Amiri, the leader of Al-Fateh, who is charged with conducting the negotiations.
Al-Amiri’s chances of meeting the leader of the movement increase, especially with the “minister of the leader” close to al-Sadr clearly identifying his Shiite opponents in the recent crisis, with the exception of the leader of the Badr Organization.
And the “minister of the leader,” Salih Muhammad al-Iraqi, in a tweet on “Tension” attacked 3 parties from the framework: the Wisdom Movement, State of Law, and Asa’ib (the Sadiqoon bloc).
In the tweet, he said, directing his words to the coordinating framework: “I do not think you are (honest) and you do not want (the rule of law) and you do not want to deal with (wisdom) and you are still chanting about dependency..”
Al-Iraqi added, borrowing famous phrases from Ammar al-Hakim, the leader of wisdom: "I do not think you are a (wide) base nor a (wide) current."
Al-Iraqi accused that group of saying: "Indeed, you are waging with your people (the struggle of existence) and it is impossible for your corruption to continue."
The one close to al-Sadr reviewed 7 positions of the "frameworkers" in the recent crisis, which he described as "imposing wills."
The most prominent of what Al-Iraqi mentioned is the phrase “what we give,” which is one of the most famous phrases of the leader of the state of law, Nuri al-Maliki, during the latter’s quest for a third term.
Al-Iraqi referred to the “demonstrations of the tireless” in which they objected to the election results, and considered them to be “imposing wills” like “the bombing of Erbil and Anbar with missiles” after the announcement of the “Save the Nation” coalition.
Al-Iraqi’s tweet came shortly after the statement of the Judicial Council, which confirmed his agreement on the one hand with Al-Sadr in “diagnosing the negative political reality” and his disagreement with him in his inability to dissolve Parliament.
A former Sadrist deputy underestimates the opinion of the last judicial council, and says in an interview with (Al-Mada): "We are waiting for the opinion of the Federal Court."
The deputy considered that the last words of the Judicial Council are “preliminaries for accepting the case in the Federal Court and not the other way around, because the Judicial Council confirmed that the matter is not within its powers and wanted to clear its responsibility.”
And the judiciary said in a statement yesterday morning, that it had discussed the request of the leader of the Sadrist movement to dissolve the House of Representatives, and that he “agrees with al-Sadr” because of the constitutional violations.
On the other hand, the statement added that: "He does not have the authority to dissolve the House of Representatives, because the tasks of the Judicial Council (...) are related to the administration of the judiciary only."
At the conclusion of the statement, the council called on "all political and media agencies not to involve the judiciary in political rivalries and competitions."
Al-Sadr's supporters had filed lawsuits with the Federal Court against the three presidencies because of "exceeding the constitutional periods" and the demand to "dissolve parliament."
The leader of the movement had given the judiciary until the end of the week to fulfill these requests, otherwise the protesters would have "another position."
To put pressure on the judiciary and political forces, the leader of the current called on his supporters to “millions” from all provinces to “Tahrir Square and then to your protesting brothers,” in reference to the protesters in Parliament.
And it is likely that the former Sadrist MP said that "the million will be in the remaining three days of the life of the deadline for al-Sadr," in which he demanded the judiciary to intervene to dissolve parliament.
The former deputy, who spoke to (Al-Mada) yesterday, indicated that "the date and date of the demonstration will most likely be determined today (yesterday)."
The call for “millions” came in a tweet from the “Minister of the Leader,” who said: “This is my last call (..) after the protest was divided into two camps, it became necessary for me to investigate which of the camps is more numerous…”.
Al-Iraqi added: “This is through a united (peaceful) (million) demonstration from all the governorates of Iraq (…) to go to the beloved capital, Baghdad, to Tahrir Square, and then to your protesting brothers..”
Amri's tour
On the other side of the events, yesterday, the leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri arrived in the Kurdistan region on a tour in which he will meet with Kurdish leaders regarding the political crisis.
Al-Amiri discussed with the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, political developments and the latest developments in the crisis.
Al-Amiri's office said in a brief statement received by Al-Mada that "the two sides met in Erbil and discussed political developments and developments in the current crisis."
And the Kurdistan Democratic Party had previously announced, in a statement, its agreement to hold early elections, on the condition that everyone agree on the results of the upcoming elections.
A week ago, the parties to the coordination framework named Al-Amiri "Sheikh Al-Attar" in preparation for the start of the last round of negotiations to persuade Al-Sadr to sit at the dialogue table.
According to information received by Al-Mada, "The framework expects that Al-Amiri will meet with the leader of the movement before the end of the week, or at least a phone call will occur between the two parties."
Before the leader of Al-Fateh arrived in Kurdistan, he had met in Baghdad with Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi, a former partner in Save the Homeland, while Al-Amiri's "tour" does not enjoy the enthusiasm of al-Maliki's wing.
According to the information, "Al-Maliki (the leader of the state of law) is against dialogue with the leader of the movement, but rather insists on holding a session of Parliament and choosing a new government."
Al-Maliki was the only leader in the coordination framework who did not participate in the "Al-Amri Sheikh Al-Attar" campaign. LINK
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The Government Comments On The Possibility Of Restoring The Dollar Exchange Rate And Ending The Currency Auction
Posted On2022-08-15 By Sotaliraq Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor, Haitham al-Jubouri, ruled out taking any decision regarding the dollar's exchange rate, indicating that the best solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar.
Al-Jubouri said in a televised statement that "the issuance of a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to decrease or raise is excluded at the present time."
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The Government Comments On The Possibility Of Restoring The Dollar Exchange Rate And Ending The Currency Auction
Posted On2022-08-15 By Sotaliraq Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor, Haitham al-Jubouri, ruled out taking any decision regarding the dollar's exchange rate, indicating that the best solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar.
Al-Jubouri said in a televised statement that "the issuance of a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to decrease or raise is excluded at the present time."
He added, "The ideal solution to end the crisis of the devaluation of the dinar is the currency to strengthen the local currency, expand its activity and diversify its sources."
And on the possibility of ending the currency auction, Al-Jubouri said that “the currency auction does not mean selling the dollar only, but rather buying the dinar to give 10 trillion dinars for the benefit of state employees every month, which means that it cannot be dispensed with.” LINK
The Central Bank Denies Granting Sums Of Money To Citizens
Economie| 03:40 - 15/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News On Monday, the Central Bank of Iraq issued a statement denying the news about granting sums of money to citizens.
And he stated in a statement that "Mawazine News" received a copy of it, that the Central Bank of Iraq had noticed the spread of fake news during the past days on social media that "the Central Bank of Iraq granted sums of money to citizens."
The statement continued, "The bank confirms the falseness of these news, and calls on citizens to adopt the official news of the Central Bank of Iraq, which is published on the official website (www.cbi.iq) in addition to its verified pages on Facebook and Twitter."
In its statement, the bank warned the weak of souls from exploiting citizens and trying to defraud them, and confirms the use of its legal right to prosecute them. Ended 29/R77
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Why Is The Central Bank And Our National Economy Targeted?
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Samir Al-Nusairi Our country is now going through suffocating and complex crises and great challenges, most notably the political crisis and the effects of the global economic and financial crisis and its negative repercussions on the national economy. The Central Bank is making clear efforts to revitalize the national economy and overcome the expected damage that the country will suffer later. At a time when our people are demonstrating and looking forward to finding immediate solutions and remedies to overcome the political and economic crises and meet their basic needs .
Some social media and some satellite channels known for their orientations and with the intent of deliberately harming the national economy and national economic institutions that have clear success experiences and work with Iraqi national cadres and that these parties are motivated by special and projective interests and target our national economy and its institutions that have achieved clear achievements during the economic and security shocks that Iraq went through it after mid-2014 until the present time, and it contributed to achieving economic resilience and supporting our national economy.
Their statements and press and media reports have preoccupied us these days by targeting the Central Bank and involving organizational and administrative problems in other institutions, or exploiting leaks to amplify fabricated information that has not been audited and verified.
Its aim is to blackmail and cover up the achievements made during the years of crises. So why target? The reason, as I see it, is that the Central Bank insists on the need for all relevant authorities to carry out its daily work, both internally and externally, to abide by the instructions, controls and regulations in accordance with its objectives contained in Law 56 of 2004, which maintains economic stability in the country .
Although I respect the other opinion that is issued by non-specialists or specialists in the economy and monetary policy in particular, but I may disagree with the opinion that is trying to dwarf, minimize and personalize the achievements made by the Central Bank in the face of challenges .
Therefore, I call on the media to look, even for once, to preserve the reputation of the Iraqi economy internally and externally, because it is illogical to allow targeting our economic institutions that are directly responsible for achieving steadfastness and economic stability .
Because accusations against the Central Bank are an insult to Iraq’s economic reputation internationally without checking and investigating the leaked information. These parties know before others through evidence and achievements that the Central Bank of Iraq has proven that it is the first independent economic institution in supporting and stimulating the national economy and maintaining its reputation locally and internationally . 117 . views Added 08/15/2022 - 3:12 PM Update 08/15/2022 - 7:03 PM
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Details Of The Meeting Of The Governor Of The Central Bank And The US Ambassador To Iraq
Economie| 02:37 - 15/08/2022 BAGHDAD - Mawazine News Central Bank Governor Mustafa Ghaleb Mokhif discussed with the US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowsky the efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
A statement by the Central Bank stated, "The Governor of the Central Bank, Mustafa Ghaleb, received the US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, and her accompanying delegation."
Makheif reviewed, "The Central Bank's efforts to support development through monetary policy tools and the direct impact of its initiatives on the real sector march, job creation and sustainability, in addition to the efforts made in combating money laundering and terrorist financing through the adoption of an integrated legal system and its effective application to sectors that may used to commit it.
Makheif stressed, "the importance of cooperation between the two countries in terms of monetary policy and the activation of financial instruments."
For her part, Romanowski affirmed, "its support for the Central Bank and its independence, and to contribute to the training of its employees through financial institutions that have continuous partnerships with the Central Bank."
She pointed to "the success of the central bank's policy and modern methods in its management, which was manifested in the indicators of monetary and gold reserves." Ended 29/N33
Save the Marshes of Iraq" .. a campaign in the face of an unprecedented drought
Reports| 03:54 - 15/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News An unprecedented drought was recorded in the marsh areas of southern Iraq, which caused new migrations of hundreds of families, as well as losses in livestock and crops. The social media under the title "Save the Marshes of Iraq".
The Iraqi marshes, in which the nature of this country is unique, are huge bodies of water that derive their water mainly from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and extend in the governorates of Dhi Qar, Maysan, Basra and Muthanna and border areas with Iran in the south and southeast of the country. Birds, fish, aquatic plants, reeds and papyrus, while thousands of Iraqi families live around them on agriculture, fishing and livestock.
On July 17, 2016, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) agreed to include the marshes in the World Heritage List, an international nature reserve, in addition to nearby ancient archaeological cities such as Ur, Eridu and Warka.
Since the beginning of this year, drought has hit the country, which has been caused by a decline in water levels through the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as a result of the water policies of Iran and Turkey, through building dams, diverting the course of branch rivers and preventing their entry into Iraq. Today, the Iraqi marshes appear to be facing a serious challenge for survival, in light of the aggravation of the drought crisis, which experts describe as the most severe in decades, as water levels have declined in the water bodies that cover large areas of several governorates, and are a source of fertile environmental life around which residential communities have been formed. Many different villages and towns contain tens of thousands of Iraqis.
In recent weeks, a significant number of families have been displaced from the marshlands due to drought, as they depend on raising buffaloes, livestock and fishing, which have been affected by drought, while agriculture has also been affected.
Iraqi activists launched a campaign to urge the government to help the people of the marshes, and activists are preparing to organize a sit-down on Monday evening, August 15, in the center of Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhi Qar governorate, to denounce the government's failure to contain the crisis and help the people affected by the drought crisis.
In this context, environmental activist Muhammad Abbas said in a tweet on Twitter that the United Nations should intervene in such “stifling conditions” and solve the crisis of the Great Marshlands, especially as it is on the World Heritage List. Abbas described the crisis as a "political failure", referring to the Iraqi government's failure to complete its negotiations with the Turkish and Iranian sides, and to achieve the desired results to raise the quantities of water reaching the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Earlier, the rapporteur of the Iraqi Parliament’s Water Committee, Representative Adel Al-Mukhtar, said that his committee “called on the three presidencies to use pressure papers on neighboring countries to get them to join international agreements and treaties related to the distribution of water between countries,” explaining in press statements “the need to develop solutions to address The negative effects of declining water levels, the most important of which are the high rates of pollution, especially in the central and southern regions, and the increase in desertification areas, as well as the expansion of family migration, especially from marsh dwellers and villages to city centers.”
Al-Mukhtar added that "the most important of these treatments include rationalizing water consumption, by stopping fish farming, and changing the old irrigation systems for orchards." Ended 29 / h https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202522
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Samson: Zebari warns of a civil war in Iraq: Shiite tension has reached its peak
15th August, 2022
The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Hoshyar Zebari, warned on Monday of a civil war that may occur in Iraq unless it is prevented, while indicating that the political tension between Shiite forces has reached its peak.
Zebari wrote in a tweet he posted on his Twitter account, "Civil wars do not happen by leadership decisions. The Kurdish war in 1994 did not start with a decision by Messrs. Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, but isolated and sporadic incidents of violence by field leaders were the cause."
He added that "the current political tension between the Shiite forces, the framework and the current, has reached its peak and must be prevented, and let us benefit from history."
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Samson: Zebari warns of a civil war in Iraq: Shiite tension has reached its peak
15th August, 2022
The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Hoshyar Zebari, warned on Monday of a civil war that may occur in Iraq unless it is prevented, while indicating that the political tension between Shiite forces has reached its peak.
Zebari wrote in a tweet he posted on his Twitter account, "Civil wars do not happen by leadership decisions. The Kurdish war in 1994 did not start with a decision by Messrs. Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, but isolated and sporadic incidents of violence by field leaders were the cause."
He added that "the current political tension between the Shiite forces, the framework and the current, has reached its peak and must be prevented, and let us benefit from history."
The political scene in Iraq has been going through a dangerous turn since supporters of the Sadrist movement led by prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the parliament building in the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, and staged a sit-in in protest against Al-Sudani’s nomination for the position of Prime Minister of the next federal government, at first, before the ceiling rose
Their demands are to dissolve parliament and hold early elections, after a call from their leader Muqtada al-Sadr. LINK
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Samson: The Integrity Commission announces the imminent recovery of two billion dollars smuggled from abroad
15th August, 2022
Today, Monday, the Federal Integrity Commission announced the imminent recovery of two billion dollars, while confirming that some countries deliberately not cooperate to recover Iraqi funds
The head of the Integrity Commission, Alaa Al-Saadi, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency that "there is a law to recover Iraq's money issued in 2012 and until the year 2019 was administered by the Ministry of Finance, after which the Integrity Commission took over its administration," noting that "during this period, we gained the confidence of the citizen to report on Iraqi money abroad by giving privileges to the informant
He added, "Most of the collaborators are the heirs of those who trespass on public money as a result of the privileges granted by the state and their inability to complete the official papers," noting that "one of the collaborators, who is one of the servants of the former regime, revealed details of money totaling two billion dollars that will be recovered, as well as telling details about a lot of money, whether inside or outside the country
He explained, "Part of the countries deliberately refrain from not cooperating to recover Iraq's money, and we need the higher authorities to conclude agreements for the extradition of Iraqis and convicts
Al-Saadi called "the higher authorities authorized to negotiate and contract with countries in order to recover funds abroad because most countries are not cooperating with Iraq to return its money
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Samson: Is the dissolution of the Iraqi parliament the only way out of the crisis?
15th August, 2022
The dissolution of the Iraqi parliament has become the only way for Iraq to get out of its stifling crisis, which has begun to turn into a major political conflict that threatens armed confrontations between the two parties to the conflict, the "Sadr movement" and the "coordinating framework" that have armed factions and large numbers of fighters.
These fears seem to have leaked to most Kurdish leaders, most notably the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, who called for dialogue to resolve the current political crisis, alluding to the approval of early parliamentary elections after the Iraqi political forces agreed on how to organize them and ensure their integrity.
There is no alternative
Barzani's position was the closest to prominent Sunni leaders, such as Iraqi Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, who stressed the organization of early elections, but according to the constitution and the law in a way that guarantees a political consensus to hold them without major objections.
Sarwa Abdel Wahed, head of the "New Generation" bloc, the most prominent opposition bloc in the Kurdistan region, also called for "a meeting in Baghdad that includes the heads of all the parliamentary blocs that won the elections and in the presence of the United Nations, to take the necessary steps to dissolve parliament and set a road map for the pre-election phase and its preparations."
Constitutional Path
Although there is support within the "coordinating framework" itself for holding early elections, some of its parties have a different viewpoint from al-Sadr's, which includes the necessity of holding a parliament session, choosing a president and a prime minister, and then setting a date for new elections after forming the government, which they called The designation of the "constitutional path".
The leader of the "State of Law" coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, said that "the coordination framework demonstrations sent a message to all political components represented in respecting the constitutional and legal track in Iraq before taking any steps regarding the current parliament," while noting that "it is not possible for the street to be taken over by one party without the other."
The only solution
Ghazi Faisal, director of the Iraq Center for Strategic Studies, said that "dissolving parliament is the only solution in the current period to form a new political map," while referring to "the authority of the Federal Court to dissolve parliament because the formation of the government exceeded the constitutional terms."
Faisal said, "It is certain that the dissolution of Parliament has become the only solution for the current period, which represents a political crisis, a constitutional vacuum, conflicts and sharp contradictions between the parties to the political process, especially the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement, as well as the contradictions and challenges facing the return of consensus between the coordination framework and the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the deep differences over Article 140, the oil and gas law, the issue of zeroing crises, disbanding militias, balance and consensus, which were put forward as a basis for forming the government by Massoud Barzani.
Deep crisis
Faisal considered that "today's deep crisis will not lead to any breakthrough unless Parliament is dissolved and the political map reconfigured so that the next majority that can appear in the elections will be able to participate in the elections provided that the majority of boycotters participate in the previous elections if the United Nations guarantees its integrity."
Faisal continued, "The available frameworks for dissolving Parliament are represented by its failure 10 months ago to elect the president of the republic and assign a prime minister, which was deliberate by the coordination framework," noting that "this failure came despite the ability of the Sadrist movement, the Sovereignty Alliance and the Kurdistan Democratic Party to provide 208 Out of a total of 220 votes, this is the constitutional number for the session.
Faisal stressed that "the re-election represents the only solution to restore an equal and integrated political map and to form a majority representing an Iraqi government that elects a president and a democratic opposition minority that plays an important role in the legislative authority."
Al-Sadr will not give up
The head of the "Colwadha" polling center, Basil Hussein, rules out that the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, would make concessions to the coordination framework to resolve the crisis, as he was going towards escalation, referring to it as "a battle of breaking wills, in which al-Sadr does not want to appear to the public broken."
Hussein said that "there are two ways to dissolve Parliament. The first is the direct one defined by Article 64 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the House of Representatives dissolve itself by an absolute majority of its members at the request of one-third of the members' representatives, or a request from the Prime Minister or with the approval of the President of the Republic."
The decision rests with the Federal Court
Hussein explained that "the indirect way is for the Federal Court to dissolve Parliament through a lawsuit filed by relying on the general theory of constitutional interpretation, for example, to issue a fatwa for the perjury stipulated in Article 50 of the Constitution, or to issue a fatwa that the House of Representatives no longer enjoys constitutional legitimacy due to exceeding the constitutional deadlines,” he said, noting that “the Court had previously issued a ruling that the House of Representatives must elect the President of the Republic within a short period.”
Crossing gate
Hussein considered that "the re-election is the gateway to overcoming the current crisis and a basic condition for resolving it, because the current parliament no longer embodies the representation that resulted from the election results due to the withdrawal of the first winning bloc, the Sadrist bloc," noting that "the elections are held without constitutional reforms through the umbrella of constitutional justice." It will only mean a deportation of the crisis without a solution."
Hussein explained that "the Federal Court should make constitutional amendments in relation to Article 76 by assigning the first winner in the elections to form the government, thus we will get rid of the burden of the largest bloc or the most numerous parliamentary bloc, which is an obstacle to forming a government," noting that "the second amendment is related to Article 70." It is represented in the court ruling that the quorum for the second round of voting is the absolute majority of the number of members of the House of Representatives, thus ending the issue of the two-thirds quorum.”
Hussein referred to the third amendment related to Article 72 (Second B), which is that the 30-day period for electing the President of the Republic should be a constitutional and not an organizational period, in order to force the parties to proceed with forming the government and to abide by the constitutional timings, stressing that “the lack of reforms means that early elections are of no use.” to her".
Legal researcher Ali Al-Tamimi also considered that " The Federal Court can dissolve Parliament for not performing its constitutional role within the deadlines set for it.”
Al-Tamimi said that the Federal Court can dissolve Parliament in accordance with Articles 47 and 59 of the Civil Code related to the failure of this institution (Parliament) to perform its constitutional role and exceed the constitutional deadlines, noting that “ Article 64 of the constitution does not provide for this.
We return to the general principles contained in the Civil Code, which affirm that when the institution fails to perform its role, the judiciary takes over dissolving it. Al-Tamimi said that "the large number of cases that are being filed before the Federal Court is the best way to obtain a decision to dissolve parliament, which is a popular demand." LINK
Samson: The head of the Integrity Commission calls for a media bloc to fight corruption
15th August, 2022
The head of the Integrity Commission, Jawad Alaa Al-Saadi, called on Monday, August 15, 2022, for the formation of a national anti-corruption bloc that strongly pushes pressure on the corrupt and supports the national oversight bodies in their noble mission in the fight against corruption and curbing the corrupt, suggesting that this bloc be from the media, which represents the fourth authority, and community organizations and events.
During his speech at the press conference held by the authority, Al-Saadi praised the disclosure of the details of the investigative, legal, preventive and educational work accomplished by its departments, directorates and investigative offices throughout Iraq, except for the Kurdistan region. and its general managers, “with the efforts of the bodies supporting the work of the authority and describing them as real partners who contributed to the achievements made by the authority, especially the judiciary and the Board of Financial Control,” noting that “the authority aspires for the legislative and executive authorities to take some important decisions that contribute to the development of the oversight work and bypassing the obvious defect left by the abolition of the system of public inspectors.”
Al-Saadi expressed his "regret for the cases of bribery, extortion and bargaining that the citizen is subjected to during his review of state institutions," while urging "citizens to cooperate with the authority by taking the initiative to report these cases; In order for the commission’s teams to be able to apprehend those accused of the red flag, he demanded that “the applications of digital systems and e-government replace routine procedures and prevent the citizen from interacting with the employee; This will contribute to reducing cases of bribery, extortion and bargaining.”
In his review of the most important achievements of the authority during the first half of this year, the head of the authority stated that “the public funds that were recovered and for which judicial rulings were issued to return them, which prevented and stopped their waste, and which were actually returned to the account of the public treasury through preventive measures, totaled 380,06,773, total (106,773) trillion dinars.
Al-Saadi added that "the commission considered (34,209) communications, reports and criminal cases with the reporter from him, explaining that the number of reports was (8,877), while the number of reports reached (10,535) news, while the criminal cases amounted to (14,797), the number of them were judged. 7,739 defendants were charged with 9,557 charges, pointing out that among the defendants in criminal cases were 39 ministers and those of his rank, and 241 people with special degrees, general managers and those of their rank.
He pointed out that “the number of defendants referred to the trial court - misdemeanors and felonies during the first half of the current year amounted to (1754), while the commission’s investigations led to the issuance of (731) arrest warrants, of which (396) were executed, including ( 8) Ministers and those of their rank, and (53) of those with special degrees, general managers and those of their rank, indicating that the number of judicial recruitment orders issued based on the commission’s investigations amounted to (3,871) orders, of which (2,824) were executed, noting that orders were issued against (32) ) Minister and those of his rank, as well as (147) of those with higher ranks, general managers and those of their rank.
He reviewed the number of defendants covered by the general amnesty law, noting that "the number of convicts and defendants during the first half of this year reached (746), while the amount of money paid under it amounted to (522,392,537) million dinars."
Al-Saadi referred to the seizure operations and the seized funds carried out by the authority during the first half of this year, explaining that "the number of operations carried out by the authority reached (452), in which 378 suspects were seized and nearly half a billion dinars." He explained that “the commission worked during the same period on (58) files related to fugitives wanted in corruption cases, of which (23) files were prepared, including (11) files against people with special degrees, general managers and those of their rank, while at the same time it worked on (104) Files to recover the smuggled money, 166 judicial decisions were issued against them.
He pointed out that “the authority received (28,340) forms for disclosure of financial disclosure, where the response rate of the presidents of the republic, ministers, the parliament, the judiciary, the two deputy speakers of the parliament, ministers, heads of bodies and entities not associated with a ministry was (100) percent, and the members of the House of Representatives responded to (51) percent. 2%) percent, as only (167) MPs disclosed their financial accounts out of a total of (326) MPs until the middle of the year. He continued, "The authority monitored the integrity and validity of the data presented in the financial accounts statements for (1,500) covered persons distributed among (152) entities, and it was found that the data of (165 of those covered) did not match."
He stressed that “the number of taxpayers whose financial statements were analyzed reached (720), while the number of forms that were analyzed for the purpose of detecting inflation for their owners reached (2982), pointing out that clarification and inquiries were carried out for those covered by submitting forms to disclose their financial liabilities, as their number reached (245) clarifications and inquiries, while (7) files were referred to the Investigation Department; Because there was an increase in funds, while only one court ruling was issued in the matter of one of the taxpayers.”
He pointed out that "the work of audit teams for the codes of conduct and job performance monitoring conducted visits between a number of administrative formations affiliated with ministries and entities not affiliated with a ministry, which numbered (342), noting the efforts of these teams, whose visits resulted in the preparation of (21) various reports, among which were investigative reports diagnosed. Imbalances in the work of some ministries, their strengths and weaknesses, the level of service provided to citizens, and the level of bribery.”
The head of the commission concluded by noting that the commission “prepared (9) drafts of cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding with Iraqi, Arab and international ministries and governmental institutions, one of which was concluded. (2,897) participants, in addition to issuing (3) magazines and one newspaper, and (4) radio and TV programmes. LINK
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Oil Prices Are Witnessing A Slight Decline
Economie 2022-08-15 | 01:31 707 views Alsumaria News - Economy Oil prices fell for the second session, today, Monday, after the CEO of Saudi Aramco, the largest exporter in the world, said that the company was ready to increase production, at a time when production resumed in many platforms. The US Navy is in the Gulf of Mexico after a brief break last week.
Brent crude futures were down 27 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $97.88 a barrel by 0034 GMT, after a 1.5 percent drop on Friday. US West Texas Intermediate crude reached $91.87 a barrel, down 22 cents, or 0.2 percent, after a 2.4 percent drop in the previous session.
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Oil Prices Are Witnessing A Slight Decline
Economie 2022-08-15 | 01:31 707 views Alsumaria News - Economy
Oil prices fell for the second session, today, Monday, after the CEO of Saudi Aramco, the largest exporter in the world, said that the company was ready to increase production, at a time when production resumed in many platforms. The US Navy is in the Gulf of Mexico after a brief break last week.
Brent crude futures were down 27 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $97.88 a barrel by 0034 GMT, after a 1.5 percent drop on Friday. US West Texas Intermediate crude reached $91.87 a barrel, down 22 cents, or 0.2 percent, after a 2.4 percent drop in the previous session.
Amin Al-Nasser, CEO of Aramco Saudi Arabia
Reporters on Sunday said the company is ready to increase its crude oil production to its maximum capacity of 12 million barrels per day if the Saudi government requests it.
He added, "We are confident in our ability to increase our production to 12 million at any time the need arises, or at the invitation of the government or the Ministry of Energy to increase our production."
Oil prices rose more than 3 percent last week after damage to a pipeline disrupted production at several offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A port official saidLouisiana, producers moved to reactivate some of the stalled production after repairs were completed late Friday. LINK
Low Oil Prices In World Markets
Economie| 08:38 - 15/08/2022 Follow-up - Mawazine News: Oil prices fell for a second session, Monday, while production resumed on several US offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after a brief interruption last week.
Brent crude futures were down 27 cents, or 0.3%, at $97.88 a barrel, after falling 1.5% on Friday.
US West Texas Intermediate crude reached $91.87 a barrel, down 22 cents, or 0.2%, after a 2.4% drop in the previous session. Ended 29/N33 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202480
The Dollar Recorded A Rise In The Iraqi Market
Economie| 09:30 - 15/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News The dollar exchange rates witnessed, today, Monday, a slight increase in the Iraqi Stock Exchange. Selling price: 148,600 dinars per $100, buying price: 148,500 dinars per $100 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202487
The Financial Control Determines The Percentage Of Completion Of The Job Intersection File For Those Covered By The Appointment
Political | 08:36 - 14/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News The Financial Supervision Bureau has determined, today, Sunday, the percentage of completion of the job intersection file for those covered by the appointment in food security.
The head of the court, Rafel Yassin, said that "the data of 90,000 graduates of high school and first degree holders out of a total of 132,000 were audited, and 42,000 were returned due to a lack of their data."
He added, "The employees of the career intersection department in the Bureau continue on official working days on holidays to complete the job intersection file for all graduates covered by appointments within the Emergency Support Law for Food Security and Development," noting that "the Bureau is waiting for the data of graduates from the rest of the universities and colleges affiliated with the rest of the ministries." .
He continued, "The Diwaniyah Order Committee (35) assigned the Bureau to conduct the job intersection within 30 days, and we were able to complete 90% of the file within only a week." Ended 29 / h
Iraq's Debts Owed By Lebanon Exceed Half A Billion Dollars... And Baghdad Sends A Delegation To Negotiate
Money and business Economy News-Baghdad Lebanon announced today, Monday, the arrival of an Iraqi delegation to Beirut to discuss the mechanism for repaying the fuel exported to it, amounting to 550 million dollars .
The Lebanese government said, "An Iraqi delegation arrived in Beirut on a two-day visit to negotiate with the Lebanese side for the purpose of benefiting from the $550 million deposited in Lebanese banks ."
And she added, "The Iraqi authority expressed its desire to meet with the Lebanese parties, namely Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Energy Minister Walid Fayyad, and Governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salameh," noting that "the visit will be dedicated to the mechanism of spending the money that Lebanon is supposed to have paid Iraq for the imported fuel under The last contract was to supply Lebanon with about one million tons of electricity production plants .
She indicated that "so far, Iraq has accumulated about 550 million dollars, which is supposed to be paid through services provided by the Lebanese side to the Iraqis," explaining that these services include "the side of government hospitals, the payment of Iraqi airline fees, and the field of education as well ."
The Lebanese government's statement pointed out that "the matter also applies to the amounts that come from renewing the contract with an additional one million tons of fuel over the next 12 months ."
Lebanon and Iraq signed an agreement in July 2021 to import one million tons of fuel fuel to alleviate the country's electricity crisis, and the first ship arrived in Lebanon carrying 31,000 tons of this substance on September 16, 2021 .
And “fuel” is a mixture of oils that remain in the oil refining unit after distillation (heavy fuel) and burn in a furnace or boiler to generate heat or to generate electrical or kinetic energy .
Iraq and Lebanon agreed on an energy exchange, under which Iraq would give Lebanon, which is going through the worst economic crisis in its history, heavy fuel oil, in exchange for "services and goods" that Iraq would get from Lebanon . Views 81 Added 08/15/2022 - 9:23 AM Update 08/15/2022 - 12:47 PM
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Planning Invites Ambassadors Of Donor Countries To Review The Working Mechanisms Of The Reform And Recovery Fund
Reconstruction and building Economy News – Baghdad The Iraqi Minister of Planning, Khaled Battal Al-Najm, called, on Tuesday, the ambassadors of a number of donor countries to reconsider the working mechanisms of the Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Fund for Iraq.
A statement by the ministry stated that the star "met the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Mark Bracson Richardson, the Canadian ambassador Gregory Gallivan, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden Jonas Lofven, in addition to the representative of the World Bank mission in Iraq, Ramzi Noman, and the political advisor to the German Embassy, and during the meeting, they discussed and discussed the mechanisms of work. of the Fund for the Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction of Iraq.
The minister valued, according to the statement, "the level of support provided by donor countries to Iraq," expressing "Iraq's desire to continue joint cooperation for the service of development and reconstruction and facing the difficult circumstances and challenges resulting from the global food crisis."
Al-Najm called for "reconsidering the mechanisms of work for projects funded by the Reform and Recovery Fund, and in line with the development and economic reality in Iraq," stressing "the importance of follow-up to projects, and effective coordination between donor countries, ministries and Iraqi authorities, through the Ministry of Planning, which handles the process Follow-up and coordination, as well as its task in approving projects, and including them within the budget schedules, according to the development gaps in the governorates.
For their part, the ambassadors of the donor countries and the World Bank expressed their "appreciation for the level of cooperation provided by the Ministry of Planning, and its tireless quest to find solutions and remedies for any problem facing the work of the Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Fund," stressing "their countries' readiness to provide more support to Iraq."
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"Economy News" reveals the developments of the Greek tanker loaded with Iraqi oil hijacked by Iran
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Energy Economy News – Baghdad An informed source confirmed that the Greek oil tanker " DELTA POSEIDON ", loaded with Iraqi oil hijacked by Iran, docked on the island of Lark in the Strait of Hormuz controlled by Iran.
The source told "Al-Iqtisad News", "The Greek oil tanker loaded with Iraqi oil left Basra on May 26, but it was lost one day later, as a result of it being kidnapped by Iran in response to Greece's seizure of an Iranian oil tanker."
He added that "the Greek tanker, loaded with one million barrels of Iraqi oil, docked on the island of Lark in the Strait of Hormuz and is still under the control of Iran."
During the month of May, Greece bought nearly 2 million barrels from Iraq, and Greece also buys oil from Kurdistan, as it is considered the second largest buyer of Kurdish oil.
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Finance Committee: The Year 2023 Will Proceed According To The 12/1 Exchange Rule If The Current Situation Continues
Money and business Economy News-Baghdad The Parliamentary Finance Committee clarified that it is premature to speculate that there will be no budget for the next year, but if the current political impasse continues and the situation remains as it is, the year 2023 will proceed according to the 12/1 disbursement rule for the last approved budget .
A member of the Finance Committee, Jamal Kougar, said in a statement, “In the event that a new government is not formed and a new budget is not passed, we will proceed according to the 12/1 disbursement rule for the last budget, which was in 2021, and we will proceed with the operational aspect in it, and there is no text that prevents proceeding with the implementation of it.” this principle ."
Cougar stressed that "the salaries in all cases will remain continuous, whether there is a budget or not, because it is operational and not linked to approving the budget ."
Cougar indicated that "it is premature to say that there will be no budget for the next year, because we have not entered the tenth month, in which the government is supposed to send the budget of 2023, and we have not yet reached this time," noting that "the circumstance is difficult, but it may be There is a breakthrough soon, as the Iraqi situation is subject to change at any time ."
Regarding those who were recently appointed according to the Food Security Law, he explained that “these matters remain pending, as the amount of one trillion dinars has been allocated for their salaries according to the Food Security Law, and when it runs out, they need to legislate another financial law similar to the Food Security Law that provides them with financial cover or the adoption of the budget law. next ".
Kuger continued that "in case the budget is approved, they will be added to Schedule C of the centrally funded workforce schedule, and their amounts will be included in the general budget law ."
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The Integrity Commission Announces The Imminent Recovery Of Two Billion Dollars Smuggled From Abroad
Money and business Economy News-Baghdad Today, Monday, the Federal Integrity Commission announced the imminent recovery of two billion dollars, while confirming that some countries deliberately not cooperate to recover Iraqi funds .
The head of the Integrity Commission, Alaa Al-Saadi, said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency that "there is a law to recover Iraq's money issued in 2012 and until the year 2019 was administered by the Ministry of Finance, after which the Integrity Commission took over its administration," noting that "during this period, we gained the confidence of the citizen to report on Iraqi money abroad by giving privileges to the informant .
He added, "Most of the collaborators are the heirs of those who trespass on public money as a result of the privileges granted by the state and their inability to complete the official papers," noting that "one of the collaborators, who is one of the servants of the former regime, revealed details of money totaling two billion dollars that will be recovered, as well as telling details about A lot of money, whether inside or outside the country .”
He explained, "Part of the countries deliberately refrain from not cooperating to recover Iraq's money, and we need the higher authorities to conclude agreements to hand over the convicts and Iraqi money ."
Al-Saadi called "the higher authorities authorized to negotiate and contract with countries in order to recover funds abroad because most countries are not cooperating with Iraq to return its money ." 47 . views Added 08/15/2022 - 11:31 AM Update 08/15/2022 - 12:48 PM
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The Government Is Commented On The Possibility Of Re-Exchange Rate Of The Dollar And The End Of The Currency Auction- Urgent
Economy 2022/14/14:53 Baghdad today – Baghdad Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor Haitham al -Jubouri ruled out that the government took any decision towards the dollar exchange rate, indicating that the best solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar.
Al -Jubouri said in a televised statement followed by (Baghdad Today) that "a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to reduce or raise is excluded at the present time."
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The Government Is Commented On The Possibility Of Re-Exchange Rate Of The Dollar And The End Of The Currency Auction- Urgent
Economy 2022/14/14:53 Baghdad today – Baghdad Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor Haitham al -Jubouri ruled out that the government took any decision towards the dollar exchange rate, indicating that the best solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar.
Al -Jubouri said in a televised statement followed by (Baghdad Today) that "a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to reduce or raise is excluded at the present time."
He added that "the best solution in ending the crisis of the low value of the dinar is the currency to strengthen the local currency, expand its activity and diversify its sources."
Regarding the possibility of ending the currency auction, Al -Jubouri mentioned that "the currency auction does not mean selling the dollar only,
but also buying the dinar to grant 10 trillion dinars for the benefit of state employees every month, which means that it is not possible to dispense with it." https://baghdadtoday.news/ar/news/197923/A
Al-Sadr's Minister Sets The Date For The "Million Demonstration"
Political | 08:00 - 14/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News, Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, nicknamed the Minister of al-Sadr, set the date for the million-strong demonstration that his leader had called for.
According to Al-Iraqi, the demonstration will start from Tahrir Square next Saturday to the Celebration Square in the Green Zone. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202452
From A Land Abundant With Water To A Barren Land...The Marshes Of Iraq Succumb To Drought
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Reports Economy News-Baghdad Hashem was forced to travel ten kilometers across arid lands in southern Iraq, to obtain water and fodder for his buffaloes and to protect them from destruction, due to a drought that hit the marshes, after they were for thousands of years, as plentiful as the abundance of water in them .
Today, very large areas of water have disappeared from the Hawizeh Marsh, which is located on the border with the eastern neighbor Iran, and the Jabayish Marsh, which is a tourist destination to the south, and these swamps have turned into dry cracked land, among which yellow bushes emerged .
The reason is the drought and the almost complete absence of rain during the last three years, but also the low level of water flowing from the rivers that originate in the neighboring countries of Iran and Turkey, forcing Baghdad to legalize the use of its reserves .
Hashem Kased (35 years old) lives in a poor village near the Hawizeh Marsh. "The drought has affected us very much, both humans and animals, " he says.
In this area, only muddy pools of water here and there, and dry lines of streams that descended through the swamps of the once fertile marshes, remain on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2016. .
Like his father before, Hashem works as a buffalo breeder. He recounts, "We used to live in the marshes. We fished, and the animals drank the water and graze among the reeds .
Today, the Hashem family has only five buffaloes out of more than thirty that it owned as a result of the death of some of them, and others were sold during the past few years to cover the family's expenses .
The family was forced to pay attention to the livestock they had left to protect them from perishing in the event that they fell in the mud. Animals that are exhausted and malnourished will not be able to extricate themselves .
Poverty And Climate Change
The marshes experienced previous years of severe drought before being irrigated by heavy rains .
Between 2020 and 2022, the water level and humidity decreased in 41% of the area of the marshes in southern Iraq, including Al-Hawizeh and Al-Jabayish, while water bodies dried up in 46% of the area ofthe marshes, according to a survey conducted by the Dutch NGO “Pax” based on images from satellites .
In light of the sharp decline in the waters of the marshes, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sounded the alarm, warning in a report published in mid-July that the marshes are "one of the poorest areas in Iraq and one of the areas most affected by climate change and water shortages ."
She pointed to "disastrous effects on the livelihoods of more than six thousand rural families, as they lost their buffaloes, which are their only source of livelihood ."
Environmental activist Ahmed Saleh Nehme, 40, who lives in the neighboring city of Al-Amarah, said, "The drought has completely destroyed biodiversity. There are no fish or animals such as water dogs, wild pigs or birds ."
On its website, UNESCO recalls that the marshes are home to "multiple species of endangered animals" and are "one of the largest wintering sites" for ducks and a "key stopping site" for about two hundred species of migratory birds .
According to activist Ahmed Saleh, the Al-Hawizeh Marsh is mainly fed by two tributaries of the Tigris River, which originates in Turkey. However, the authorities legalized their flow as part of a government plan to rationalize the use of water to meet all the country's needs .
"The government wants to conserve as much water as possible to protect its strategic reserves," Saleh says. But at the same time he criticizes the "wrong management of the water file" and the "unfair division of water ".
Under the pressure of the demonstrations, the authorities partially opened the water flow before stopping it again, according to the activist .
- 'In search of water' -
From the Iranian side, these marshes, which are called "Hawr al-Azim", also suffer from receding water. Half of the Iranian part has dried up, as recently reported by the official Iranian news agency (IRNA) .
Hatem Hamid, the director general of the National Center for Water Resources Management, blames neighboring Iran for the crisis. He says that "the main feeding of the Al-Hawizeh Marsh is from the Iranian side, but the river has been completely cut off for more than a year ."
The official added that the water needs of agricultural activities and the marshes are only partially covered in light of water rationing from the Iraqi side as well, while among the priorities there is the need to secure drinking water .
The official explained that "the agricultural sector and the marshes are the most affected by the scarcity of water, because they are the two largest consumers of water ."
With temperatures exceeding 50°C, it also refers to "high evaporation that occurs in the marshes" and cannot be compensated for by available water .
He added, "We cannot secure 100% (water) for agriculture, or 100% for the marshes ."
For his part, the Director-General of the Marsh Recovery Center Hussein al-Kilani says that there is a program this year to expand, deepen and rehabilitate the waterways and rivers that irrigate the marshes, explaining that this helped reduce the migration of buffalo breeders and their concentration on the banks of rivers feeding the marshes .
The marshes extend between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia, described by some as "Gardens of Eden on Earth ".
But this land rich in life, was subjected to frequent droughts and suffering during the rule of the former regime. In order to suppress opponents who took them as refuge, Saddam Hussein drained the marshes in the 1990s. Since then, its wet areas have almost halved .
In the Chabayish marshes, Ali Jawad (20 years) sums up the current conditions by saying, "Before, when we entered the marshes, we saw green spaces, water and inner peace... now a desert ."
Dozens of families have left the place, he says, "in search of places with water."
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“Despite The Crises” .. How Does The International Community View Iraq?
Politician 08/14/2022 | 7:58 pm information/special. The researcher in political affairs, Nabil Jabbar, explained today, Sunday, the extent of Iraq's acceptability and international legitimacy at the United Nations, while stressing that
the international community, despite the country's internal problems and recurring crises, views them as challenges that can be resolved and reformed.
Jabbar said in an interview with the Information Agency, that "although the Iraqi regime was forcibly changed in 2003 without international legitimacy or a UN mandate from the Security Council, it has received wide international attention and support from the international community."
He added: "Many international conferences on Iraq have been held, many debts have been extinguished, and many embassies have been opened,
in addition to removing Iraq from the restrictions of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations," stressing that "this matter means Iraq's independence and recognition of its sovereignty and international legitimacy."
The researcher explained in the political affairs that “internally, Iraq suffers from weak state authority and the enforcement of the law, the spread of corruption, the spread of the power of uncontrolled political weapons, in addition to the weakness of successive governments in providing basic services, which generated a state of widespread popular discontent.”
He continued, "Despite all that, the international community views these challenges as internal problems that can be resolved and reformed with the help of friendly countries or international systems,
and do not require international or international intervention, which would make a broad political change by military force or regime change measures." Done/25 SR https://almaalomah.me/2022/08/14/613780/
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TishWash: The government comments on the possibility of restoring the dollar exchange rate and ending the currency auction – urgent
Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor, Haitham al-Jubouri, ruled out taking any decision regarding the dollar's exchange rate, indicating that the best .solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar
Al-Jubouri said in a televised statement, which was followed by (Baghdad Today), that "the issuance of a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to decrease ".or raise is excluded at the present time
He added, "The best solution to end the crisis of the devaluation of the dinar is the currency to strengthen the local currency, expand its activity and diversify its ".sources
And on the possibility of ending the currency auction, Al-Jubouri said that "the currency auction does not mean selling the dollar only, but also buying the dinar to give 10 trillion dinars for the benefit of state employees every month, which means ".that it cannot be dispensed with link
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TishWash: The government comments on the possibility of restoring the dollar exchange rate and ending the currency auction – urgent
Today, Monday, the government's economic advisor, Haitham al-Jubouri, ruled out taking any decision regarding the dollar's exchange rate, indicating that the best .solution lies in strengthening the national currency against the dollar
Al-Jubouri said in a televised statement, which was followed by (Baghdad Today), that "the issuance of a decision regarding the exchange rate of the dollar to decrease ".or raise is excluded at the present time
He added, "The best solution to end the crisis of the devaluation of the dinar is the currency to strengthen the local currency, expand its activity and diversify its ".sources
And on the possibility of ending the currency auction, Al-Jubouri said that "the currency auction does not mean selling the dollar only, but also buying the dinar to give 10 trillion dinars for the benefit of state employees every month, which means ".that it cannot be dispensed with link
Tishwash: Despite The Crises” .. How Does The International Community View Iraq?
The researcher in political affairs, Nabil Jabbar, explained today, Sunday, the extent of Iraq's acceptability and international legitimacy at the United Nations, while stressing that the international community, despite the country's internal problems and recurring crises, views them as challenges that can be resolved and reformed.
Jabbar said in an interview with the Information Agency, that "although the Iraqi regime was forcibly changed in 2003 without international legitimacy or an international mandate from the Security Council, it has received wide international attention and support from the international community."
He added: "Many international conferences on Iraq have been held, many debts have been extinguished, and many embassies have been opened, in addition to removing Iraq from the restrictions of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations," stressing that "this matter means Iraq's independence and recognition of its sovereignty and international legitimacy."
The researcher explained in political affairs that “internally, Iraq suffers from weak state authority and the enforcement of the law, the spread of corruption, and the spread of the power of uncontrolled political weapons, in addition to the weakness of successive governments in providing basic services, which generated a state of widespread popular discontent.”
He continued, "Despite all that, the international community views these challenges as internal problems that can be resolved and reformed with the help of friendly countries or international systems, and do not require international or international intervention, which would make a broad political change by military force or regime change measures." link
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Dutchie: Dissolved or not dissolved, that is the question
A member of the Iraqi parliament for the "Extension" movement considered, on Saturday, dissolving the Iraqi parliament without going to the formation of an interim government and setting a date for early legislative elections in the country, which means keeping the current prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the President of the Republic, Barham Ahmed Salih.
Alaa Al-Rikabi said in a tweet to him on the social networking sites "Twitter", "The parliament is now dissolved without the formation of a temporary rescue government for a year, for example, and it was formed of independent ministers, without setting a date for a new round of parliamentary elections, without changing the election law. What does it mean?"
He explained that "it means only the survival of Al-Kazemi and Dr. Barham, both of whom have expired terms, and the government's survival, but without parliamentary oversight.
The political scene in Iraq has undergone a dangerous turn since supporters of the Sadrist movement led by prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the parliament building in the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, and staged a sit-in in protest against Al-Sudani's nomination for the position of head of the next federal government.
The Sadrist bloc had obtained the highest votes in the early legislative elections that took place in October of 2021, but the efforts of the leader of the current failed to form the new federal government due to the Shiite coordination framework standing in its way by obtaining a fatwa from the Federal Court with the so-called blocking third in a contract The session for electing the President of the Republic, which paves the way for naming the Prime Minister.
The three-way alliance between the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani, the Sovereignty Alliance headed by Khamis al-Khanjar, and the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr was broken following the resignation of the Sadrist bloc's deputies, and the movement's withdrawal from the political process by order of al-Sadr.
The political scene is in a crisis situation and a dead end unprecedented in the history of Iraq, as more than 300 days have passed since the early elections without being able to form a new government in the country, and the caretaker government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi remains.
On the tenth of last October, Iraq held early legislative elections to get out of a political crisis that swept the country after large demonstrations in the central and southern regions in 2019 in protest against the widespread unemployment in society, the spread of financial and administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, and the deteriorating reality The service and the livelihood, which prompted the former prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign under popular pressure.
As soon as the preliminary results of the elections were announced, the voices of political forces and actors rose in their rejection of losing many seats, accusing them of major fraud in the ballot, which was denied by the executive and judicial authorities, at a time when the United Nations and international organizations praised the integrity of the electoral process.
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Tishwash: Member of Parliamentary Integrity: Entities are trying to access unaudited final accounts
A member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Ali Turki, explained, on Monday, that there are attempts to remove the House of Representatives from the monitoring and accountability process that takes place before the final accounts of the institutions.
Al-Turki said in an exclusive interview with {Euphrates News} that "the basis of the parliament's work is supervisory and legislative, and the oversight of it is on government institutions," noting that "there are attempts to push the parliament out of the monitoring and accountability process that takes place before the final accounts of the institutions."
He concluded by saying, "We have a food security law that needs oversight, especially with the speech of the Ministry of Finance yesterday, and there are parties trying to reach final accounts that are not monitored or audited."
It is noteworthy that the financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, made it clear about the presentation of the final accounts of the current government that there are two main factors that have contributed to the failure to approve the final accounts on a regular basis 10 years ago.
Saleh said on June 30 that "the current government's presentation of the final accounts requires the submission of final accounts extending from the year 2015-2020, taking into account that the year 2020 there is no general budget, which requires the submission of a draft law called the current budget, which is a legal expression of a final account and budget in At the same time, the revenues and expenditures are now realized.
Saleh said that "the oversight task of the House of Representatives in this regard will be a little arduous in following up on the completion of the country's final accounts for the years 2013-2021, but it will certainly be fruitful after passing the final account for the fiscal year 2013 and enacting a budget law for the current situation for the year 2014 so that the government can refer the rest of the government accounts sequentially only previous years".
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Because Of The Invalidity Of The Exchange .. The Iraqi Government Warns Of A "Financial Blockade"
Economic Last Update 08/14/2022 | 9:56 AM The Information/Baghdad..Adviser to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, warned, on Sunday, of what he described as a “financial blockade” due to the public finance problem, while indicating that there are fears of entering 2023 without a budget.
Saleh said in a statement reported by the official "Al-Sabah" newspaper, which was seen by "The Information", that "one of the most serious concerns that is currently being raised is the problem of public finance, which may enter into a financial impasse or siege," noting that "there is no power to exchange at all, as the Financial Management Law Effective No. 6 of the amended 2019 allows it, in the absence of the budget law in the subsequent year, to spend at a rate of 1/12 of the actual expenditures made in the previous year’s budget.”
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Because Of The Invalidity Of The Exchange .. The Iraqi Government Warns Of A "Financial Blockade"
Economic Last Update 08/14/2022 | 9:56 AM The Information/Baghdad..Adviser to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, warned, on Sunday, of what he described as a “financial blockade” due to the public finance problem, while indicating that there are fears of entering 2023 without a budget.
Saleh said in a statement reported by the official "Al-Sabah" newspaper, which was seen by "The Information", that "one of the most serious concerns that is currently being raised is the problem of public finance, which may enter into a financial impasse or siege," noting that "there is no power to exchange at all, as the Financial Management Law Effective No. 6 of the amended 2019 allows it, in the absence of the budget law in the subsequent year, to spend at a rate of 1/12 of the actual expenditures made in the previous year’s budget.”
He added, "The fears are entering 2023 without a budget, so what is the exchange rule in this case with the absence of the 1/12 rule? .. The Emergency Food Security Law No. 2 of 2022 expires at the end of this year."
Saleh explained: “The public finances will fall into a dilemma, unless the prime ministers and the republic resort to the Federal Court to obtain a decision that allows them to continue spending according to 1/12 in 2023 until the legislative arrangements are completed to issue and accept the 2023 budget, even if it is a caretaker government.” finished/25 https://almaalomah.me/2022/08/14/613644/
Al-Kazemi’s Advisor: There Are Fears Of Entering 2023 Without A Budget
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On Sunday, August 14, 2022, Adviser to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, warned of what he described as a “financial blockade,” while indicating that there are fears of entering 2023 without a budget.
Saleh said in a press statement, "One of the most serious concerns that is currently being raised is the public finance problem, which may enter into a financial impasse or blockade," noting that "there are no exchange powers at all. The absence of a budget law in the following year, spending at the rate of 1/12 of the actual expenditures made in the previous year’s budget.”
Saleh added, "The fears are entering 2023 without a budget, so what is the exchange rule in this case with the absence of the 1/12 rule? .. The Emergency Food Security Law No. 2 of 2022 expires at the end of this year."
Saleh explained: The public finances will be in trouble, unless the prime ministers and the republic resort to the Federal Court to obtain a decision that allows them to continue spending according to 12/1 in 2023 until the legislative arrangements are completed to issue and accept the 2023 budget, even if it is a caretaker government.
According to the chancellor, the federation can issue a decision that protects the interests of the people and the economy from stagnation by what is called force majeure.
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The Iraqi Stock Exchange Records Trading Of More Than "Two Billion Dinars" In A Week
Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Stock Exchange announced today, Sunday, the trading of shares with a financial value of more than two billion dinars during the past week.
The market said in a report seen by Shafaq News Agency, "The number of companies whose shares were traded during the past week amounted to 52 joint-stock companies, while the shares of 31 companies were not traded due to the lack of convergence of purchase orders prices with sales orders, while 20 companies continued to be suspended for not providing disclosure out of 103 companies." listed on the market.
He added that "the number of traded shares amounted to 1,64 million and 725 thousand shares, with a financial value of two billion and 20 million and 50 thousand dinars through the implementation of 1610 deals," noting that "the ISX60 traded price index closed at 566.47 points, recording a decrease of 0.37% from its closing in the previous session.
He pointed out that "the number of shares purchased from non-Iraqi investors for the past week amounted to 67 million shares, with a financial value of 97 million dinars, through the implementation of 56 deals, while the number of shares sold from non-Iraqi investors reached 206 million shares, with a financial value of one billion and 297 million dinars, through Execution of 167 transactions.
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Stock Exchange organizes five trading sessions per week from Sunday to Thursday, except for the official holiday, and includes 103 Iraqi joint stock companies representing the sectors of banking, telecommunications, industry, agriculture, insurance, financial investment, services, tourism and hotels. LINK
From A Land Abundant With Water To A Barren Land...The Marshes Of Iraq Succumb To Drought
Reports Economy News-Baghdad Hashem was forced to travel ten kilometers across arid lands in southern Iraq, to obtain water and fodder for his buffaloes and to protect them from destruction, due to a drought that hit the marshes, after they were for thousands of years, as plentiful as the abundance of water in them .
Today, very large areas of water have disappeared from the Hawizeh Marsh, which is located on the border with the eastern neighbor Iran, and the Jabayish Marsh, which is a tourist destination to the south, and these swamps have turned into dry cracked land, among which yellow bushes emerged .
The reason is the drought and the almost complete absence of rain during the last three years, but also the low level of water flowing from the rivers that originate in the neighboring countries of Iran and Turkey, forcing Baghdad to legalize the use of its reserves .
Hashem Kased (35 years old) lives in a poor village near the Hawizeh Marsh. "The drought has affected us very much, both humans and animals, " he says.
In this area, only muddy pools of water here and there, and dry lines of streams that descended through the swamps of the once fertile marshes, remain on the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2016. .
Like his father before, Hashem works as a buffalo breeder. He recounts, "We used to live in the marshes. We fished, and the animals drank the water and graze among the reeds ."
Today, the Hashem family has only five buffaloes out of more than thirty that it owned as a result of the death of some of them, and others were sold during the past few years to cover the family's expenses .
The family was forced to pay attention to the livestock they had left to protect them from perishing in the event that they fell in the mud. Animals that are exhausted and malnourished will not be able to extricate themselves .
Poverty and climate change
The marshes experienced previous years of severe drought before being irrigated by heavy rains .
Between 2020 and 2022, the water level and humidity decreased in 41% of the area of the marshes in southern Iraq, including Al-Hawizeh and Al-Jabayish, while water bodies dried up in 46% of the area ofthe marshes, according to a survey conducted by the Dutch NGO “Pax” based on images from satellites .
In light of the sharp decline in the waters of the marshes, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) sounded the alarm, warning in a report published in mid-July that the marshes are "one of the poorest areas in Iraq and one of the areas most affected by climate change and water shortages ."
She pointed to "disastrous effects on the livelihoods of more than six thousand rural families, as they lost their buffaloes, which are their only source of livelihood ."
Environmental activist Ahmed Saleh Nehme, 40, who lives in the neighboring city of Al-Amarah, said, "The drought has completely destroyed biodiversity. There are no fish or animals such as water dogs, wild pigs or birds ."
On its website, UNESCO recalls that the marshes are home to "multiple species of endangered animals" and are "one of the largest wintering sites" for ducks and a "key stopping site" for about two hundred species of migratory birds .
According to activist Ahmed Saleh, the Al-Hawizeh Marsh is mainly fed by two tributaries of the Tigris River, which originates in Turkey. However, the authorities legalized their flow as part of a government plan to rationalize the use of water to meet all the country's needs .
"The government wants to conserve as much water as possible to protect its strategic reserves," Saleh says. But at the same time he criticizes the "wrong management of the water file" and the "unfair division of water ".
Under the pressure of the demonstrations, the authorities partially opened the water flow before stopping it again, according to the activist .
- 'In search of water' -
From the Iranian side, these marshes, which are called "Hawr al-Azim", also suffer from receding water. Half of the Iranian part has dried up, as recently reported by the official Iranian news agency (IRNA) .
Hatem Hamid, the director general of the National Center for Water Resources Management, blames neighboring Iran for the crisis. He says that "the main feeding of the Al-Hawizeh Marsh is from the Iranian side, but the river has been completely cut off for more than a year ."
The official added that the water needs of agricultural activities and the marshes are only partially covered in light of water rationing from the Iraqi side as well, while among the priorities there is the need to secure drinking water .
The official explained that "the agricultural sector and the marshes are the most affected by the scarcity of water, because they are the two largest consumers of water ."
With temperatures exceeding 50°C, it also refers to "high evaporation that occurs in the marshes" and cannot be compensated for by available water .
He added, "We cannot secure 100% (water) for agriculture, or 100% for the marshes ."
For his part, the Director-General of the Marsh Recovery Center Hussein al-Kilani says that there is a program this year to expand, deepen and rehabilitate the waterways and rivers that irrigate the marshes, explaining that this helped reduce the migration of buffalo breeders and their concentration on the banks of rivers feeding the marshes .
The marshes extend between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia, described by some as "Gardens of Eden on Earth ".
But this land rich in life, was subjected to frequent droughts and suffering during the rule of the former regime. In order to suppress opponents who took them as refuge, Saddam Hussein drained the marshes in the 1990s. Since then, its wet areas have almost halved .
In the Chabayish marshes, Ali Jawad (20 years) sums up the current conditions by saying, "Before, when we entered the marshes, we saw green spaces, water and inner peace... now a desert ."
Dozens of families have left the place, he says, "in search of places with water."
Source: AFP Views 125 Added 08/14/2022 - 1:07 PM Update 08/14/2022 - 4:45 PM
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The Obelisk Publishes Financial Instructions Regarding The Powers Of Disbursing The Food Security Law
Baghdad / Obelisk: On Sunday, August 14, 2022, the Ministry of Finance issued instructions for the powers of disbursing the Food Security and Development Law No. 2 of 2022.
The Ministry of Finance called on "all ministries and agencies not associated with a ministry to review the budget department to receive instructions."
To view the financial instructions regarding exchange in law
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To Ensure The Warmth Of The President's Chair.. Al-Halbousi Is Dying To Award Contracts To Turkey More Than One Billion Dollars
Politician Last Update 08/14/2022 | 12:49 PM The Information/Baghdad..A Sunni political source revealed, on Sunday, the issuance of a directive to a party headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi to support any Turkish project in the liberated areas and to grant Turkish companies new contracts as soon as possible within the food security law, indicating that these directives come to ensure that al-Halbousi remains in his position. .
The source said in a statement to "Al-Maalouma" that "about a trillion dinars of the financial share within the emergency support law approved by Parliament opened the appetites of Sunni parties, especially the Takadum party, which is headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi."
He added, "There are 500 billion dinars within the fund for the reconstruction of liberated areas, 300 billion within the compensation fund for those affected by the war operations, and about 250 billion allocations for the Sunni governorates to raise the level of poverty, in addition to the contracts of the Ministry of Trade with Turkish companies to import food items within the food basket."
He added, "These sums are earmarked for the reconstruction of airports, roads, hospitals, and the establishment of some projects. Most of them will go to Turkish companies, according to direct directions from the Progress Party to the heads of administrative departments such as the governors of Anbar and Nineveh, as well as projects in Diyala and Salah al-Din."
The source pointed out that "those suspicious deals increase the Turkish dominance on Iraqi lands, in conjunction with its conduct of military operations to control the entire provinces of the Kurdistan region, amid government silence." Ended / 25 D https://almaalomah.me/2022/08/14/613690/
Economist: Salaries Continue For The Next Year, Bonuses And Appointments Depend On The Budget
Economic Last Update 08/14/2022 | 8:53 AM Information / Baghdad...The economist, Mustafa Hantoush, confirmed that the salaries will not stop and will continue to be on the 1 by 12 system next year, even with the absence of a budget for the previous year, pointing out that the bonuses and appointments will stop until a budget is approved.
Hantoush told Al-Maalouma, "The Financial Management Law No. 6 of 2019, Article III / A, addressed the situation of the absence of the state's general budget in the event that a budget was not approved."
He added that "in the absence of a budget, work is carried out according to the last approved budget, and the actual final expenditure is taken into account, and the disbursement is made according to it in the other year in which a budget was not approved. A balance was approved in it with the increases that took place in the emergency food security system.”
And he indicated that "the process of stopping salaries does not exist at all, but the bonuses that are postponed until a budget is approved will be stopped, and new appointments also need a budget." finished 25 https://almaalomah.me/2022/08/14/613630/
"Shorja" Suffers Stagnation And Merchants Point To The Political Crisis
Shafaq News/ The Iraqi markets are witnessing an increase in supply offset by a lack of demand, due to the political crisis and the protests that cast a shadow over the Shorja market, Iraq's largest economic market.
Economic observers and traders believe that the "Shorja market" is going through a recession, the third of its kind.
Shafaq News Agency conducted a tour in Al-Shorja market in central Baghdad, and spoke to a number of its merchants.
One of the traders, who asked not to be named, explained that the first stagnation in the market was when the October protests broke out in 2019.
He added that the second period of recession that Al-Shorja traders faced was when Mustafa Al-Kazemi's government raised the dollar exchange rate.
He pointed out that the third state of recession that Iraq is going through at this time after the start of the Sadrist movement's protests. LINK
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Parliamentary Finance Clarifies The Possibility Of Parliament Authorizing The Government To Send The 2022 Budget
Sunday, August 14, 2022 11:56 AM National News Center / Special Today, Saturday, Parliamentary Finance revealed the possibility of parliament authorizing the current government to present the draft general budget law for 2022. A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Kougar, said in a statement to the National News Center that “the House of Representatives does not have the authority to authorize the government to send the budget law for 2022,” noting that “if it had this authority, it would have gone to legislate the budget law instead of the food security law.” “.
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Parliamentary Finance Clarifies The Possibility Of Parliament Authorizing The Government To Send The 2022 Budget
Sunday, August 14, 2022 11:56 AM National News Center / Special Today, Saturday, Parliamentary Finance revealed the possibility of parliament authorizing the current government to present the draft general budget law for 2022. A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Kougar, said in a statement to the National News Center that “the House of Representatives does not have the authority to authorize the government to send the budget law for 2022,” noting that “if it had this authority, it would have gone to legislate the budget law instead of the food security law.” “.
He added that "the texts of the constitution are very clear that the Council of Ministers is in charge of preparing the draft budget and sending it to the House of Representatives," noting that "the responsibility of Parliament is the legislation only." https://nnciraq.com/147077/
Supreme Judicial Council: We Agree With Al-Sadr
The Supreme Judicial Council announced today, Sunday, that it agreed with the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr.
The Council said in a statement, "It held its ninth session at eight o'clock in the morning on Sunday, August 14, 2022, headed by the President of the Federal Court of Cassation, Judge Dr. Faiq Zaidan.
He added, "During its session, the Council approved the promotion of a number of judges and members of the public prosecution and the assignment of a number of them and the granting of judicial positions that require approval of formations in some federal appeal presidencies according to the proposal submitted by the Appeals Presidency. The Council also voted to confirm the Deputy Prosecutor General, Mr. Ali Hamid Afar appointed his position due to the expiration of the legal period specified for the trial
The statement continued, "The Council discussed Muqtada al-Sadr's request dated 08/10/2022 regarding the dissolution of the House of Representatives. After discussion and research, it was found that the Judicial Council agreed with His Eminence in diagnosing the negative political reality the country is witnessing and the ongoing constitutional violations represented by the incomplete formation of the authorities.
Constitutionalism by electing a President of the Republic and the Prime Minister and forming a government within the constitutional terms, which is an unacceptable situation and must be addressed and not repeated.As for the request to dissolve the House of Representatives by the Supreme Judicial Council to address these constitutional violations, the House had previously been presented with the same proposal in March 2022 (before the date of the Sadrist bloc’s resignation) by some civil society organizations and a number of political, media and academic figures.
The response of the Council at the time was that the Supreme Judicial Council does not have the authority to dissolve the House of Representatives, because the tasks of the Judicial Council are specified under Article (3) of the Supreme Judicial Council Law No. 45 of 2017, which in its entirety relates to the administration of the judiciary only and not Among them is any authority that allows the judiciary to interfere in the matters of the legislative or executive authorities in application of the principle of separation between the three legislative, executive and judicial powers stipulated in Article (47) of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005.??
On this occasion, the Supreme Judicial Council calls on all political and media parties not to involve the judiciary in political rivalries and competitions. The Council affirms that the judiciary stands at the same distance from everyone because the basis on which it rests is the application of the constitution and the law. These are general rules that apply to everyone with the same standard and not subject to interpretation or interpretation https://www.radionawa.com/all-detail.aspx?jimare=30710
The Iraq Crisis..The Street Is Between Sit-Ins And Demonstrations, And Al-Amiri Is Moving Between Three Cities To Find A Solution
Political | 05:01 - 14/08/2022 Special- Mawazine News The sit-in of supporters of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, continues in the vicinity of the House of Representatives, in contrast to the sit-in of supporters of the coordination framework on the walls of the Green Zone from the side of the suspension bridge, but a political movement led by the head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi al-Amiri to reach a solution to the political crisis in Iraq that has continued since the elections last October.
An Iraqi official said in an interview with Mawazine News that "Al-Amiri leads the last movement to end the political crisis, especially since all solutions have been implemented and the crisis is still continuing without solutions. Al-Jadida and today in Erbil, he met the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, to put forward his initiative, and he will try to go to Najaf to meet Al-Sadr."
According to the official, al-Amiri’s initiative is summed up in holding a conference of Iraqi political forces, including the Sadrist movement, and discussing al-Sadr’s demands for dissolving parliament and holding early elections no later than six months, as well as forming a new government that prepares for new elections. Legal commission and elections to be counting and sorting manual.
He pointed out, "Al-Amiri seeks to exploit his good relations with Al-Sadr, to reach an understanding on resolving the political crisis and considers it the last opportunity to salvage what can be saved."
The initiative comes in light of the exchange of accusations between the Sadrist movement and the coordination framework. This morning, Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, nicknamed the Minister of al-Sadr, launched a broad attack on the leaders of the coordination framework, accusing them of bombing Erbil and Anbar with missiles when announcing the Save the Homeland Alliance (consisting of the Sadrist bloc before the resignation, the Alliance of Sovereignty and the Kurdistan Democratic Party It was aimed at forming a majority government.” Al
-Sadr’s minister said, “The framework is the one who imposed the will and disrupted the parliament’s sessions,” in response to the statements of leaders in the coordination framework that Al-Sadr imposes his will on the Iraqi street
. The last call for reform starts from the governorates to Tahrir Square, to the sit-in in the vicinity of the parliament building. On the other hand, according to the official, theThe coordinating framework works to respond to the Sadr demonstration, by directing other demonstrations in the governorates under the title of supporting state institutions and preserving legitimacy.” Ended 29 / h
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Mazhar Muhammad Salih: Public Finances Are In Trouble!
Money and business Economy News-Baghdad Adviser to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, warned, on Sunday, of what he described as a “financial blockade” due to the public finance problem, while indicating that there are fears of entering 2023 without a budget .
Saleh said, in a statement reported by the official "Al-Sabah" newspaper, that "one of the most serious concerns that is being raised is the public finance problem, which may enter into a financial impasse or siege," noting that "there are no exchange powers at all, as the effective financial management law No. 6 of 2019 is amended." It allows it, in the absence of the budget law in the subsequent year, to spend in the ratio of 1/12 of the actual expenditures made in the previous year’s budget .”
He added, "The fears are entering 2023 without a budget, so what is the exchange rule in this case with the absence of the 1/12 rule? .. The Emergency Food Security Law No. 2 of 2022 expires at the end of this year ."
Saleh explained: "The public finances will fall into a dilemma, unless the prime ministers and the republic resort to the Federal Court to obtain a decision that allows them to continue spending according to 1/12 in 2023 until the legislative arrangements are completed for the issuance of the 2023 budget and its acceptance, even if it is a caretaker government." Views 271 Added 08/14/2022 - 9:36 AM Update 08/14/2022 - 8:32 PM https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=29312
Central Bank Governor: Positive indicators of an increase in GDP growth rates and non-oil revenues
Economie| 09:31 - 13/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb, said today, Saturday, that the reserves of central banks are variable and depend on how they are managed, while confirming the existence of positive indicators that confirm the continued increase in the growth rates of domestic product and non-oil government revenues.
He explained, “Central banks’ reserves change from time to time, and this depends on how these reserves are managed, in addition to the ways in which Iraq was financed at the end of 2020, as the Central Bank, in cooperation with financial institutions operating in Iraq and the Ministry of Finance, initiated a number of measures that It has paid off over time, especially after the improvement of oil revenues to the Ministry of Finance at a time when there was a lack of liquidity in the government, especially in the distribution of salaries, and economic indicators indicated that oil prices would improve and there would be positive indicators in the coming period.”
He added, "These indicators were within the economic analyzes and were well positive, and included the rise in oil prices, the government's implementation of the white paper seriously, and then the search for an increase in non-oil government revenues, and this we expect to reap its fruits during the next stage."
He pointed out that "the Central Bank has taken a very big initiative during the last period, as it launched an initiative within a fund that was allocated 18 trillion dinars and was distributed in various industrial, agricultural, commercial and investment sectors. Facilitating this initiative without benefit."
He expressed his hope that "during the coming period, there will be a continuous growth of economic indicators, especially in the reserves, to give indicators for the region and the world that encourage investment projects in Iraq," stressing that "all indicators so far indicate a continued increase in GDP growth rates for a short period."
He noted that "the residential complexes have provided, during the past few years, through the initiative of the Central Bank, a lot of job opportunities as well as provided housing for many citizens," stressing "continuing to provide the initiative in addition to allocating a fund for this support, and the next phase will be much better." Ended 29 / p. 87 https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202351
The Dollar Recorded A Decline In The Iraqi Market
Economie| 09:55 - 14/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News , the dollar exchange rates fell, today, Sunday, on the Iraqi Stock Exchange. The selling price of the dollar was 148,550 dinars per $100, while the purchase price of the dollar was 148,450 dinars per $100. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202375
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Samson: The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq receives the head of the Iraqi Media Network
14th August, 2022
His Excellency the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mr. Mustafa Ghaleb Mukhaif, received today, Sunday, the President of the Iraqi Media Network, Dr. Nabil Jassim.
And discussed aspects of cooperation between the Central Bank of Iraq and the Iraqi Media Network
Central Bank of Iraq
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Clare: WHY? I WOULD IMAGINE BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THE RELEASE OF A BIG MEDIA CAMPAIGN ABOUT CHANGES COMING FROM THE CBI.... JUST LIKE WS & FRANK TOLD US...IMO
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Samson: The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq receives the head of the Iraqi Media Network
14th August, 2022
His Excellency the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mr. Mustafa Ghaleb Mukhaif, received today, Sunday, the President of the Iraqi Media Network, Dr. Nabil Jassim.
And discussed aspects of cooperation between the Central Bank of Iraq and the Iraqi Media Network
Central Bank of Iraq
Media Office
14-August 2022
Clare: WHY? I WOULD IMAGINE BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THE RELEASE OF A BIG MEDIA CAMPAIGN ABOUT CHANGES COMING FROM THE CBI.... JUST LIKE WS & FRANK TOLD US...IMO
Samson: Extension”: Dissolving Parliament without forming an interim government means that Al-Kazemi and Barham will remain
2022-08-13 19:55
A member of the Iraqi parliament for the "Extension" movement considered, on Saturday, dissolving the Iraqi parliament without going to the formation of an interim government and setting a date for early legislative elections in the country, which means keeping the current prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the President of the Republic, Barham Ahmed Salih.
Alaa Al-Rikabi said in a tweet to him on the social networking sites "Twitter", "The parliament is now dissolved without the formation of a temporary rescue government for a year, for example, and it was formed of independent ministers, without setting a date for a new round of parliamentary elections, without changing the election law. What does it mean?"
He explained that "it means only the survival of Al-Kazemi and Dr. Barham, both of whom have expired terms, and the government's survival, but without parliamentary oversight." LINK
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Clare: IS THIS A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT ? ...NO IT IS NOT.... PLEASE SEE PAST THE ARTICLES...PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN PUSHED OUT OF KAZEMI'S GOVERNMENT JUST LIKE FRANK & WS TOLD US... DO YOU SEE THE CHESS GAME GOING ON???
KAZEMI, SADR & SALIH HOLD THE CHECKMATE MOVE ... THIS MAN Alaa Al-Rikabi, HAS ANNOUNCED WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND HOW?.... THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE!
AS WITH IRAQ WE WILL SEE THE BACK AND FORTH IN THE ARTICLES ... BUT FRANK TOLD US TO WATCH FOR THIS ... ON HIS CC'S.
WE WILL SEE KAZEMI MAKE HIS ANNOUNCMENTS VERY SOON... ALL IMO
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Samson: Central Bank Governor: Positive indications of an increase in the rate of non-oil revenues
13th August, 2022
The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Mikhaif, said, 08/13/2022, that the reserves of central banks are variable and depend on how they are managed, while confirming the existence of positive indicators confirming the continued increase in the growth rates of domestic product and non-oil government revenues.
In a statement followed by the obelisk, he stated that the reserves of central banks change from time to time, and this depends on how these reserves are managed, in addition to the ways in which Iraq was financed at the end of 2020, where the Central Bank initiated cooperation with financial institutions operating in Iraq and the Ministry of Finance.
Among other measures, which bore fruit over time, especially after the improvement of oil revenues to the Ministry of Finance at a time when there was a lack of liquidity in the government, especially in the distribution of salaries, and economic indicators indicated that oil prices would improve and there would be positive indicators in the coming period.
He added that these indicators were within the economic analyzes and were well positive, and included the rise in oil prices and the government's implementation of the white paper seriously, and then searching for an increase in non-oil government revenues, and this we expect to reap its fruits during the next stage.
He pointed out that the Central Bank has undertaken a very large initiative during the last period, as it launched an initiative within a fund that was allocated 18 trillion dinars and distributed in various industrial, agricultural, commercial and investment sectors. This initiative is useless.
He expressed his hope that during the coming period there will be a continuous growth of economic indicators, especially in the reserves, to give indicators for the region and the world that encourage investment projects in Iraq, stressing that all indicators so far point to the continuation of the increase in GDP growth rates for a short period.
He noted that, during the past few years, through the initiative of the Central Bank, the residential complexes provided many job opportunities as well as housing for many citizens, stressing that the initiative will continue to be provided in addition to allocating a fund for this support, and the next stage will be much better.
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The Governor Of The Central Bank Reveals Positive Indicators Of Non-Oil Revenues LINK
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MilitiaMan: A very bullish report out from the CBI. Increase in reserves is expected, continuous growth from non oil revenues and the implementation of the white papers. The CBI is telling us the next stage is to be even better. Well with what we see and hear, then there is likely to be a boost coming. CBI told us the 08/15/2022 all banks must be hooked up to the new electronic platform. Why would they need a new platform, if they were going to stick around at a 1460 rate? They wouldn't.. The next stage is going to the private sector. There is a lot of evidence from the SDR basket changes made 08/01/2022 and the call for the BUNA platform in the second half of the year. the GOI put out all the educational videos over the last week or two.. All for the next stage.. imo.. ~ MM
Samson: Muqtada al-Sadr sets next Saturday as a date for an "unprecedented" demonstration
14th August, 2022
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, set next Saturday evening, a date for the launch of a peaceful demonstration in the capital, Baghdad, "unprecedented" in terms of numbers.
And his close relative, "Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi", said in a statement received by Shafak News Agency, "After a lengthy discussion session with him (Muqtada al-Sadr), in which he focused on the upcoming demonstration being peaceful and unprecedented in terms of numbers."
He added, "It was decided to set a date for the demonstration, next Saturday, with the gathering in Tahrir Square first at five o'clock in the afternoon and then marching towards the Celebrations Square."
Earlier, Al-Sadr called on all Iraqis to stage "peaceful, millions" demonstrations in Tahrir Square in the center of the capital, Baghdad, "against corruption, militias and corrupt authoritarian parties."
The political scene in Iraq has been going through a dangerous turn since supporters of the Sadrist movement led by prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the parliament building in the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, and staged a sit-in in protest against Al-Sudani's nomination for the position of head of the next federal government.
While supporters of the Shiite coordination framework came out with a second counter-demonstration, and decided to sit in front of the green walls until the formation of a new government. LINK
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Al-Sadr's Minister sets the date for the "Million Demonstration" LINK
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OlLar: hmmmmmm "It was decided to set a date for the demonstration, next Saturday, with the gathering in Tahrir Square first at five o'clock in the afternoon and then marching towards the Celebrations Square."
Celebration Square? Why? Celebration perhaps? Heehee IMO
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The Ministry Of Finance Issues Instructions Regarding The Powers Of Disbursing The Food Security Law[/Size]
Economie| 12:13 - 14/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News, today, Sunday, the Ministry of Finance issued instructions regarding the powers of disbursing the Food Security and Development Law No. 2 of 2022.
The ministry called on "the ministries and agencies not associated with a ministry to review the budget department to receive the instructions."
Below is a link to the instructions for the authority to disburse the Food Security Law:
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The Ministry Of Finance Issues Instructions Regarding The Powers Of Disbursing The Food Security Law[/Size]
Economie| 12:13 - 14/08/2022 Baghdad - Mawazine News, today, Sunday, the Ministry of Finance issued instructions regarding the powers of disbursing the Food Security and Development Law No. 2 of 2022.
The ministry called on "the ministries and agencies not associated with a ministry to review the budget department to receive the instructions."
Below is a link to the instructions for the authority to disburse the Food Security Law:
The Volume Of Trade Exchange Between Iraq And Lebanon Increased To 150 Million Dollars[/Size]
Economie| 09:37 - 14/08/2022 Follow-up - Mawazine News, the volume of trade exchange between Iraq and Lebanon amounted to only 150 million dollars during the past year 2021, including 125 million Iraqi imports from Lebanon and more than 5 million dollars the volume of Lebanese imports from Iraq, according to the trade map website, which provides a map of trade for countries for exports and imports.
The website stated in a statistic on its website, which was reviewed by Shafak News Agency, that "Iraq imported 24 items of goods from Lebanon during the past year, with a value of 125.028 million dollars," noting that "these imports reduced the growth in them by 9% between 2017 to 2021."
He added that "the three most important materials and commodities imported by Iraq from Lebanon are essential oils and cosmetics, with a financial value of 26.064 million dollars, followed by machinery and electrical equipment with a financial value of 17.512 million dollars, followed by machines and mechanical devices with a value of 11.625 million dollars."
The website also indicated that "Iraq's exports to Lebanon amounted to $5.362 million, indicating that" these exports grew by 11% between 2017 to 2021.
It stated that "the most important Iraqi exports to Lebanon are prepared vegetables, fruits or nuts, with a financial value of 2.093". million dollars, followed by mineral fuels, mineral oils and their distillation products, with a value of 813 thousand dollars.” https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=202373
Who will save Iraq's environment? Drought and desertification increase the suffering of millions of citizens!
Posted On2022-08-14 By Sotaliraq Baghdad / Hussein Hatem
There are many challenges facing Iraq's environment as a result of various and varied factors, foremost of which are air pollution and severe water shortages, as well as drought and desertification and an increase in the number of dust storms.
Iraq is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, as its skies are raining with dust and pollutants, and Mesopotamia is no longer providing the country's lands with abundant rain that saves them from an imminent drought.
Among the most prominent admissions of the future disaster is what the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, admitted that “seven million Iraqis will actually be affected by drought and forced displacement” as a result of climate change.
Ironically, in 2021, Iraq celebrated the centenary of the founding of its modern state in conjunction with environmental challenges that threaten its existence! In just 100 years, its ecosystem is on the verge of collapse, and the level of water flow in its historical rivers has decreased to less than a tenth.
After recording in 1920 a flow of 1,350 m3/sec, the flow became less than 150 m3/sec in 2021.
Iraq spends more than 63% of its water resources on agriculture without meeting its domestic need for crops, and often depends on imports from abroad, which means that there is water wastage that is not matched by an abundance of productivity.
The Minister of Environment, Jassim Al-Falahi, told Al-Mada that "the challenges facing the environmental sector are great and include three levels, and the most prominent challenge facing us is climate changes, a significant increase in temperatures, the shortage of our water revenues, the challenge of drought, dust storms and the desert, in addition to environmental pollution, which includes water and air. and soil.”
Al-Falahi added, "There are great challenges related to the increase in pollution rates, and these need a serious pause, in addition to the challenge that includes biodiversity and natural reserves and is related to the presence of polluted sites that need serious follow-up."
He explained that "the most prominent pollution in Iraq is the contamination with mines and explosive devices, and we lead the countries of the world in it, especially after the occupation of large areas by ISIS terrorist gangs," adding: "We have great cooperation with international organizations, and I say frankly that the ministry for many years did not receive the necessary support from a financial point of view." Rather, it relied on funding from international organizations and donors, and was able to carry out very large work to clean many contaminated areas from mines and explosives, but the contaminated areas are large and need solidarity and support at the level of the federal budget or at the level of international support.”
Al-Falahi indicated that “the environmental sector, after separating the Ministry of Environment from health and issuing paragraphs within the health insurance articles 37 and 44, is a sure confirmation that this ministry’s laws are still in force and have not changed, and we have special support from the Prime Minister who is interested in environmental issues and the introduction of the concepts of renewable energies and clean energies to compensate The massive shortage of energy and in line with international environmental standards, and he is interested in introducing the concept of a green economy, and this is an additional factor for the Iraqi economy, which is concerned with crude oil as a main factor.
He pointed out, "Baghdad suffers from a significant decline in infrastructure and needs a new administrative city," noting that "the environmental pollution in Baghdad has reached levels that cannot be tolerated."
He pointed out that "the ministry has a database for pollution in all governorates," noting that "the investment law needs to be amended, as a strategic vision must be developed for investment and to move away from randomness."
Al-Falahi went on to say, "There is a great potential for making investments in the health and environmental sectors on the outskirts of cities."
The Director General of the Environmental Awareness and Information Department at the Ministry of Environment, Amir Ali Al-Hassoun, told Al-Mada that "the Iraqi environment is facing several updates, most notably the pollution of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in addition to the abuses," noting that "what is happening has been going on since the eighties, but things have greatly intensified during In recent years, especially after the decline in water levels due to the water policy of Turkey and Iran.”
Al-Hassoun added, "Currently 35% of the percentages that were up to four decades ago reach Iraq," noting that "the municipal departments have not worked to establish infrastructure that treats sewage water."
He pointed out that "the Baghdad Municipality and the municipalities' departments are among the biggest polluters of the Tigris River, in addition to the rest of the health and industrial activities, especially that oversight is weak and not strict."
Al-Hassoun pointed out that “the pollution rate increases as water becomes scarce, and the Ministry of Environment gives a weekly position on the numbers for each governorate,” noting that “the Ministries of Environment and Water Resources are following up the issue well, but the volume of pollution is large in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.”
He believed, "The Iraqi citizen is currently at risk, especially in the south, and the Ministry of Environment and its departments are officially monitoring and sending measures with every party working to pollute the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, whether it is an industrial or oil activity that causes damage according to Law 27 of 2008, a law that authorizes the ministry to take A set of procedures, including a warning and a closure penalty for all violations.
Al-Hassoun noted, “The ministry sometimes cannot close an oil facility or a facility that generates electric power with old origins and life depends on it,” noting that “there is a Diwaniyah Order No. 99 of 2019, according to which a higher committee was formed under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, which is still active and supervised.” The Prime Minister to find solutions to those problems,” stressing that “despite the difficult financial circumstance of the budget, the committee is determined to address these problems in the Baghdad Municipality and the sectors that cause pollution in order to avoid Iraq falling into a major pollution crisis.”
Despite Iraq’s accession to the “Paris Climate Agreement” in late 2021, climate change is being used as a political tool or a means of blackmail, as Turkey and Iran do with Iraq.
Iraq’s ranking according to the environmental performance efficiency standard was ranked 116 out of 180 countries. Therefore, Iraq recently tried, with international aid, to address its environmental failures by launching a national adaptation plan to combat climate change in late 2019 over a period of 36 months, in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Program And with a reduced funding not commensurate with the size of the environmental disaster, at a value of $2.5 million, granted by the Green Climate Fund.
However, until August 2021, none of the objectives of the plan were achieved, and Iraq is now classified as the fifth most exposed country in the world to water and food scarcity and high temperatures, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Organization. The report was supported by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) and Journalists for Human Rights (jhr .). LINK
Posted On2022-08-14 By Sotaliraq On Saturday, Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani attributed the high salt tide in the waters of the Shatt al-Arab in the Basra Governorate, the southernmost province of Iraq, to the Iranian side's cutting off all the tributaries flowing into this beach.
This came in a statement made by the Minister to reporters on the sidelines of an inspection visit to the ongoing work in implementing the first phase of the Basra pipeline project.
Al-Hamdani said in his statement, that the high level of salinity in the Shatt al-Arab is a result of the high tide, indicating that this year is different from the previous ones with regard to the tide of sea water, and that this tide is accompanied by high salt concentrations in addition to the issue of cutting off Karun water, and the work of a dam by the Iranian side, as well as Other negative factors affected the dispersal of high tide waters in the Shatt.
He added that the Iranian side built a dam without taking into account the interests of Iraq, and diverted the course of the Karun River, and the courses of all rivers and tributaries that flow into the Shatt al-Arab, and the pressure on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers became in strengthening the releases.
The minister added, "We are releasing significant quantities of water to stop this local tide, and in the coming days, its results will be positively reflected." LINK
On Saturday, Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani attributed the high salt tide in the waters of the Shatt al-Arab in the Basra Governorate, the southernmost province of Iraq, to the Iranian side's cutting off all the tributaries flowing into this beach.
This came in a statement made by the Minister to reporters on the sidelines of an inspection visit to the ongoing work in implementing the first phase of the Basra pipeline project.
Al-Hamdani said in his statement, that the high level of salinity in the Shatt al-Arab is a result of the high tide, indicating that this year is different from the previous ones with regard to the tide of sea water, and that this tide is accompanied by high salt concentrations in addition to the issue of cutting off Karun water, and the work of a dam by the Iranian side, as well as Other negative factors affected the dispersal of high tide waters in the Shatt.
He added that the Iranian side built a dam without taking into account the interests of Iraq, and diverted the course of the Karun River, and the courses of all rivers and tributaries that flow into the Shatt al-Arab, and the pressure on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers became in strengthening the releases.
The minister added, "We are releasing significant quantities of water to stop this local tide, and in the coming days, its results will be positively reflected." LINK
Iraq invites three international companies to build a dam to treat the salt tongue in the Shatt al-Arab
Money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The Ministry of Water Resources invited three international companies to submit bids to treat the salt tongue in the Shatt al-Arab in the Basra Governorate.
According to documents obtained by "Economy News," the ministry submitted official books to three companies, including Serbian Energoprojekt, the Dutch Deltares and the Italian Hydronova, to submit their bids directly to treat the salt tongue in the Shatt al-Arab and to establish a regulatory dam to prevent the expansion of the salt tongue within the first stage.
According to the books, the ministry demanded that companies submit their bids no later than 5 September 2022.
It is noteworthy that the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers has called on the Ministry of Water Resources to expedite the preparation of studies related to the project, after allocating earlier four billion and 700 million dinars. 37 . views Added 08/14/2022 - 11:15 AM Update 08/14/2022 - 12:45 PM
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Professors In Financial And Constitutional Law: Salaries Are Insured And Will Not Be Interrupted
Posted On2022-08-14 By Sotaliraq Baghdad/Bright news
Professors specialized in financial and constitutional law denied the possibility of the state stopping paying salaries at the end of the current year, stressing that the legislation in force obliges the state to continue spending on all its facilities even in the absence of a budget for more than a year.
Politicians had published tweets and press statements in which they warned of the state's inability to pay salaries at the end of the current year, on the grounds that the Financial Management Law allows for the payment of expenses for one year if the budget is absent, and that does not extend for another year.
In an interview with Al-Mada, Professor of Financial Legislation at the University of Mosul, Qabas Al-Badrani, said that "Financial Management Law No. (6) of 2019 (amended) regulated the budget preparation process, what it includes, and the cases that may occur there."
Al-Badrany added, “The third chapter of this law consists of several articles, including Article 13, which stipulates two cases. The first is the delay in approving the budget beyond the date set before December 31.”
She indicated, "The solution is through the Minister of Finance to issue a circular according to which he will spend monthly on the basis of the budget for the previous year."
Al-Badrany reported, "The law allows spending according to this mechanism until the approval of the federal budget, and this means that there is a legal extension even if the approval of the budget continues to be disrupted."
Al-Badrany stated, "The second case, referred to by the law, is the failure to approve the budget for a full fiscal year, and in this case the final financial statements for the previous year are the same as for the year that did not witness the approval of the budget."
And she stressed, "The last budget approved in Iraq is for the year 2021, and therefore its data is approved on the basis of exchange, and the Minister of Finance in this case does not need approval, but merely issues a circular, and these data are submitted to the House of Representatives for the purpose of approval."
Al-Badrany went on to say, “No country in the world can dare to stop public spending, especially current expenditures such as salaries, maintenance, and daily and monthly exchange, and therefore the law in force allowed for monthly spending to be repeated on the basis of the 2021 budget in 2023.”
For his part, Professor of Constitutional Law at Al-Mustansiriya University, Wael Munther, stated in a statement to (Al-Mada), that “the claim that Article 13 of the Financial Management Law cannot be applied to the next year is incorrect.”
Munther continued, "Those who support this trend have interpreted the article literally, which is incorrect, and said that the exchange on a monthly basis according to the previous budget is for one year only."
He pointed out, “Adherence to this literal interpretation contradicts the principle of the permanence and continuity of the state, especially when we are under a caretaker government with daily tasks.”
Munther believes that “the interpretation closest to the legal reality is to rely on the monthly percentages of the closest approved budget if the fiscal year in which we are in did not witness the adoption of a budget.”
He stressed, "It is incorrect to say that salaries will stop at the end of the current year, because the budget has not been approved for two consecutive years."
Munther concluded, “The government should be committed to paying salaries and spending from the operating budget, because we are facing a basic principle on which the state is based, which is the principle of permanence and continuity of the public utility represented by the state.”
In turn, the resigned MP from the Sadrist bloc, Ali Hussein Al-Saadi, said in a statement received by Al-Mada, "We are paid from time to time by paid trumpets whose purpose is to mislead public opinion in a desperate attempt to spread malicious rumors to achieve suspicious goals."
Al-Saadi added: "A media statement was recently issued by one of those trumpets, warning against stopping the payment of employee salaries on the pretext of delaying the formation of the government."
He stressed, "The salaries of the employees are secured and their disbursement cannot be stopped in any way, even if the government is not formed or the general budget of the country is approved."
He pointed out, "The possibility of disbursing salaries and managing the rest of the state's affairs through the effective financial management law, which the country is following, according to the principle of 1/12 disbursement."
Al-Saadi went on to say that "past years witnessed the disbursement of employee salaries, despite the absence of a budget, as well as this year with the current caretaker government."
It is noteworthy that Iraq was unable to approve the budget for the current year, with expectations that this will be suspended for more time due to the delay in forming the government. LINK