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Mr. Ammar al-Hakim discusses with the US ambassador the situation in the region and renews his support for the demonstrations
Date: 2019/10/10 10:54 • 100 times read
The head of the National wisdom movement, Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, with the US ambassador in Baghdad, Matthew Tulir, urges the latest political situation in Iraq and the region and bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States of America.
During the meeting, Mr. Ammar al-Hakim reiterated, according to a statement received by his office, the Euphrates News Agency, a copy of which "supports the peaceful demonstration and meet the demands of the demonstrators," stressing "scheduling and finding real remedies for them," calling "the House of Representatives to assume its responsibilities in legislation in the country".
He stressed "the importance of opening Iraq to the countries of the region and the world in accordance with the principle of Iraqi interest," calling for "calm and spare the region for conflicts that will be affected by all."
He stressed "the importance of opening Iraq to the countries of the region and the world in accordance with the principle of Iraqi interest," calling for "calm and spare the region for conflicts that will be affected by all."
Iraq's economy is in the grip of Iran
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https://www.albayan.ae/one-
Date: 10 October 2019
The Iraqi citizen faces many economic crises, despite the country's huge oil reserves. These crises were widespread poverty, increased unemployment, high inflation, and widespread corruption in all parts of the country. Iran's militias, which have turned Iraq into a battlefield.
With the growing unemployment in Iraq, Iranian labor is growing on its territory, and at the expense of the living of the poor Iraqi citizen, and is noticeable increase in the number of Iranian workers in Iraq after the deterioration of economic conditions inside Iran, because of the collapse of the Iranian currency against the dollar, as a result of Washington sanctions, prompting them To come to Iraq and crowd out the Iraqi workers.
The Iraqi citizen faces many economic crises, despite the country's huge oil reserves. These crises were widespread poverty, increased unemployment, high inflation, and widespread corruption in all parts of the country. Iran's militias, which have turned Iraq into a battlefield.
With the growing unemployment in Iraq, Iranian labor is growing on its territory, and at the expense of the living of the poor Iraqi citizen, and is noticeable increase in the number of Iranian workers in Iraq after the deterioration of economic conditions inside Iran, because of the collapse of the Iranian currency against the dollar, as a result of Washington sanctions, prompting them To come to Iraq and crowd out the Iraqi workers.
Iraq .. End or calm before a new storm?
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Dubai, Baghdad - Al Bayan
Dubai, Baghdad - Al Bayan
Date: 10 October 2019
In Baghdad, the second most populous Arab capital, the return to normal life is evident, after a week of bloodshed demonstrations, clearly expressed by the deaths of more than 100 demonstrators and security men, most of them demonstrators, and more than 6,000 wounded. Overcrowding has returned to the city's roads.
But observers focus on the need to be cautious and not to be fooled quietly before the renewed storm, unless Iraqis see a serious trend against corruption and Iranian interventions in all parts of life in the country.
According to journalist and human rights activist Khaled al-Sakr, the movement protested against corruption, injustice, low living standards, high unemployment, dissatisfaction with the political system based on quotas, and the sharing of influence and wealth, which explains the shouting of “the people want to overthrow parties.”
Other dimensions
But there are other dimensions, according to d. Hoshyar Malu, president of the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization, is not a poor revolution, nor is it an Arab spring, but a revolution to demand legitimate rights. Evidence of this more shouting slogan, “Iran is his righteousness,” is evidence of the people's resentment of the neighboring state through its negative influence In Iraqi politics in the eyes of the demonstrators.
Despite the cessation of violence in Baghdad and the south, social media networks remained blocked, as activists were able to portray the violence widely. So far, the Iraqi authorities have not commented on the Internet, which includes three quarters of the country, as quoted by the AFP security organization «NetBlocks»
In Baghdad, the second most populous Arab capital, the return to normal life is evident, after a week of bloodshed demonstrations, clearly expressed by the deaths of more than 100 demonstrators and security men, most of them demonstrators, and more than 6,000 wounded. Overcrowding has returned to the city's roads.
But observers focus on the need to be cautious and not to be fooled quietly before the renewed storm, unless Iraqis see a serious trend against corruption and Iranian interventions in all parts of life in the country.
According to journalist and human rights activist Khaled al-Sakr, the movement protested against corruption, injustice, low living standards, high unemployment, dissatisfaction with the political system based on quotas, and the sharing of influence and wealth, which explains the shouting of “the people want to overthrow parties.”
Other dimensions
But there are other dimensions, according to d. Hoshyar Malu, president of the Kurdistan Human Rights Organization, is not a poor revolution, nor is it an Arab spring, but a revolution to demand legitimate rights. Evidence of this more shouting slogan, “Iran is his righteousness,” is evidence of the people's resentment of the neighboring state through its negative influence In Iraqi politics in the eyes of the demonstrators.
Despite the cessation of violence in Baghdad and the south, social media networks remained blocked, as activists were able to portray the violence widely. So far, the Iraqi authorities have not commented on the Internet, which includes three quarters of the country, as quoted by the AFP security organization «NetBlocks»
Egyptian President discusses with his Iraqi counterpart developments in Turkish military operation in Syria
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Last Updated: 10.10.2019 | | Arab World News
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Iraqi President Barham Saleh
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih the developments of the Turkish military operation in Syria.
Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Radi said that the two presidents discussed "regional developments in light of recent developments in Syria and the Turkish aggression against Syria's sovereignty and territory, which represents a serious development that threatens international peace and security and exacerbates the crisis in the region and affects the unity." Syria and its territorial integrity as well as on the course of its political process in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions. "
Radi said Sisi and Saleh had agreed to "continue bilateral consultations ... to counter the Turkish move and to preserve the integrity and unity of Syria."
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Iraqi President Barham Saleh
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih the developments of the Turkish military operation in Syria.
Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Radi said that the two presidents discussed "regional developments in light of recent developments in Syria and the Turkish aggression against Syria's sovereignty and territory, which represents a serious development that threatens international peace and security and exacerbates the crisis in the region and affects the unity." Syria and its territorial integrity as well as on the course of its political process in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions. "
Radi said Sisi and Saleh had agreed to "continue bilateral consultations ... to counter the Turkish move and to preserve the integrity and unity of Syria."
Iraqi president says Turkish attack in Syria "enhances terrorist capability"
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Published on: 10/10/2019 - 03:08
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi President Barham Saleh said on Wednesday that Turkey's military operation in northeastern Syria was a "dangerous escalation" that could "strengthen the ability of terrorists" to regroup.
Saleh said in a tweet on Twitter that "the Turkish incursion will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe ... and strengthen the ability of terrorists to reorganize their remnants, and pose a threat to regional and international security."
Iraq suffered more than three years of Islamic State, which invaded the country in 2014 and took control of nearly a third of its area, before Baghdad declared "victory" at the end of 2017.
The Iraqi president called on the international community to "remedy the disaster and support a political solution to the suffering of the Syrians, and the Kurds."
On Wednesday afternoon, Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish rebel-held areas in northeastern Syria, displacing thousands of civilians, in a move that came after Ankara got what looked like a green light from the United States, which withdrew its troops from border points.
Fifteen people, including eight civilians, were killed in Turkish shelling of Kurdish-controlled areas, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The UN Security Council is holding an emergency closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss the Turkish attack, at the request of Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Britain.
This is the third attack launched by Turkey with pro-Syrian factions in northern Syria, after the first attack in 2016, which took control of several border cities, and the second in 2018, its impact on the area of Afrin in northern Syria.
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi President Barham Saleh said on Wednesday that Turkey's military operation in northeastern Syria was a "dangerous escalation" that could "strengthen the ability of terrorists" to regroup.
Saleh said in a tweet on Twitter that "the Turkish incursion will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe ... and strengthen the ability of terrorists to reorganize their remnants, and pose a threat to regional and international security."
Iraq suffered more than three years of Islamic State, which invaded the country in 2014 and took control of nearly a third of its area, before Baghdad declared "victory" at the end of 2017.
The Iraqi president called on the international community to "remedy the disaster and support a political solution to the suffering of the Syrians, and the Kurds."
On Wednesday afternoon, Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish rebel-held areas in northeastern Syria, displacing thousands of civilians, in a move that came after Ankara got what looked like a green light from the United States, which withdrew its troops from border points.
Fifteen people, including eight civilians, were killed in Turkish shelling of Kurdish-controlled areas, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The UN Security Council is holding an emergency closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss the Turkish attack, at the request of Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Britain.
This is the third attack launched by Turkey with pro-Syrian factions in northern Syria, after the first attack in 2016, which took control of several border cities, and the second in 2018, its impact on the area of Afrin in northern Syria.
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The real reasons for the demonstrations in Iraq
Thursday, October 10, 2019
In a funny attempt to distance Iran from what happened recently in Iraq and still the newspapers of the Iranian regime launched a "fierce media campaign to distort the image of demonstrations witnessed in most Iraqi provinces and cities," and considered that what is happening in Iraq is a "Saudi-American" conspiracy targeting Iran and its role and influence in Region"!
News reports said that the newspaper «Kayhan» of Khamenei said that «obtained documents proving the involvement of Saudi Arabia, the United States and Israel in the demonstrations of Iraq» «…» and «« the Iraqi people will abort the sedition «Saudi Zionism» «…», while described The government newspaper «Jam Jam» demonstrations in Iraq «Saudi sedition against the ceremony of the forty Husseinism, which will be held in the presence of millions of Iranians in Iraq» «...» and that there are other reasons and convincing for Saudi Arabia to move the Iraqi street ».
These days, the Iranian regime is working hard to spread the idea that Saudi Arabia was defeated in Yemen, that "under these circumstances Riyadh should make major concessions in negotiations with Tehran" and that "the Saudis believe that by instigating chaos in Iraq they can get On concessions if they negotiate with Iran »! He stressed that the Iranian regime continues to believe that all others are stupid enough to believe these idiots and that the Iraqis who chanted the phrase "Iraq is free, Iran is free, right now" in their demonstrations are fooled by this trick.
Press reports also mentioned that the newspaper «Quds» of the conservative current in Iran showed that the main reason behind the demonstrations in Iraq is the incitement of Saudi through Hashtag «Iraq is rising»! The response is to say that a people easily moved by one hashtag means that he suffers a lot and needs only a poke to move and revolt.
Other Iranian newspapers, such as Sobh Nu, did not hesitate to attack the Iraqi demonstrators who waved the slogan “Free Baghdad is free and Iran aspires to its righteousness”. Who has been ?!
The story that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, America and Israel incited the Iraqi people and made them pretend is a story that can not be believed because it is illogical and unrealistic and because the whole world knows that the Iraqi people are suffering from the rampant corruption in his country and because of that no longer find what helps him to a free and dignified life.
The Iraqis only came out because of their suffering, which was caused by the Iranian regime's decision. Neither Saudi Arabia, the United States, Israel, nor anyone else. The Iraqi people continued to suffer from the regime governed by the Iranian regime, so it came out and demanded and raised slogans. Because the Iranian regime exploited this matter, he dealt with it with bullets, killing dozens, injuring thousands and arresting many. He will surely continue this behavior, believing that he can kneel down this authentic Arab people and that he can laugh at the world with these explanations.
It is scary, but the following is even more frightening. Iraq is about to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Imam Hussein and the Iranians are present on this occasion in numbers that make the seer believe that Iraq is part of Iran.
The correct explanation for what is happening in Iraq now is what journalists put in these quotes. “Iraqis have long protested against poor basic public services such as electricity, health and water, as well as unemployment and corruption, in one of the world's most corrupt countries, according to an index. Transparency International over the past years ». Otherwise, the Iranian regime promotes the empty talk.
News reports said that the newspaper «Kayhan» of Khamenei said that «obtained documents proving the involvement of Saudi Arabia, the United States and Israel in the demonstrations of Iraq» «…» and «« the Iraqi people will abort the sedition «Saudi Zionism» «…», while described The government newspaper «Jam Jam» demonstrations in Iraq «Saudi sedition against the ceremony of the forty Husseinism, which will be held in the presence of millions of Iranians in Iraq» «...» and that there are other reasons and convincing for Saudi Arabia to move the Iraqi street ».
These days, the Iranian regime is working hard to spread the idea that Saudi Arabia was defeated in Yemen, that "under these circumstances Riyadh should make major concessions in negotiations with Tehran" and that "the Saudis believe that by instigating chaos in Iraq they can get On concessions if they negotiate with Iran »! He stressed that the Iranian regime continues to believe that all others are stupid enough to believe these idiots and that the Iraqis who chanted the phrase "Iraq is free, Iran is free, right now" in their demonstrations are fooled by this trick.
Press reports also mentioned that the newspaper «Quds» of the conservative current in Iran showed that the main reason behind the demonstrations in Iraq is the incitement of Saudi through Hashtag «Iraq is rising»! The response is to say that a people easily moved by one hashtag means that he suffers a lot and needs only a poke to move and revolt.
Other Iranian newspapers, such as Sobh Nu, did not hesitate to attack the Iraqi demonstrators who waved the slogan “Free Baghdad is free and Iran aspires to its righteousness”. Who has been ?!
The story that Saudi Arabia, Egypt, America and Israel incited the Iraqi people and made them pretend is a story that can not be believed because it is illogical and unrealistic and because the whole world knows that the Iraqi people are suffering from the rampant corruption in his country and because of that no longer find what helps him to a free and dignified life.
The Iraqis only came out because of their suffering, which was caused by the Iranian regime's decision. Neither Saudi Arabia, the United States, Israel, nor anyone else. The Iraqi people continued to suffer from the regime governed by the Iranian regime, so it came out and demanded and raised slogans. Because the Iranian regime exploited this matter, he dealt with it with bullets, killing dozens, injuring thousands and arresting many. He will surely continue this behavior, believing that he can kneel down this authentic Arab people and that he can laugh at the world with these explanations.
It is scary, but the following is even more frightening. Iraq is about to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Imam Hussein and the Iranians are present on this occasion in numbers that make the seer believe that Iraq is part of Iran.
The correct explanation for what is happening in Iraq now is what journalists put in these quotes. “Iraqis have long protested against poor basic public services such as electricity, health and water, as well as unemployment and corruption, in one of the world's most corrupt countries, according to an index. Transparency International over the past years ». Otherwise, the Iranian regime promotes the empty talk.
Presidents of Egypt and Iraq discuss Turkish aggression on Syria
2019-10-10 01:14:43Cairo - SPA
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a telephone call this evening from Iraqi President Barham Saleh, during which they discussed and exchanged views on the latest regional situation in light of recent developments in Syria,
The Turkish aggression against the sovereignty and territory of Syria represents a serious development that threatens international peace and security, exacerbates the crisis in the region and affects the unity and territorial integrity of Syria as well as the course of its political process in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.
Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement that the two sides agreed to continue bilateral consultations between President Sisi and the Iraqi President to support Arab action to confront the Turkish step and preserve the integrity and unity of Syria.d
The Iraqi government issued yesterday a second urgent action package consisting of 13 items in an attempt to absorb the anger of the protesters by meeting part of the demands they called for, especially those related to housing, providing job opportunities in the private sector, employing the unemployed in the government departments and granting loans for small projects.
The Prime Minister announced mourning for the deaths of protests from demonstrators and security forces for three days starting today, while calling on Iraqi President Barham Saleh to investigate "attacks on demonstrators and security forces," after receiving the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faeq Zeidan, yesterday.
Saleh stressed the need to "conduct a fair judicial investigation into the crimes of assault on demonstrators and security forces and the firing of live bullets during the recent protests, and hold accountable those responsible for bloodshed in Iraq."
A presidential statement pointed out that the meeting discussed (the importance of the role of the Iraqi judiciary, specifically the court of integrity issues, and the importance of activating the role of the prosecution to resolve the files of corruption and punish violators on public money), stressing the importance of cooperation and coordination between the three authorities to complete the legal procedures related to the implementation of the legitimate demands of demonstrators , And to maintain security and protect the Constitution. "
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the Iraqi government to show "maximum restraint," the State Department said, stressing that "human rights violators must be held accountable." Pompeo made the remarks in a recent telephone conversation with the Iraqi prime minister, who said on Monday he had spoken to the US secretary of state. Pompeo "deplored the loss of life over the past few days and urged the Iraqi government to exercise maximum restraint," she said. The office of Abdul-Mahdi said in a statement that Pompeo «expressed confidence in the Iraqi forces and US support for Iraq and the government's efforts to strengthen security and stability».
Britain yesterday expressed "concern" about the recent spiral of violence. British Foreign Secretary Dominique Rapp wrote in a tweet on Twitter that he assured the Iraqi prime minister of the need to "respect the right to demonstrate peacefully and freedom of the press."
Despite the return of calm on the ground, hundreds of demonstrators in front of the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Commission in Palestine Street in central Baghdad and the Jadriya area yesterday, chanting slogans accusing its leadership of corruption, including «Shala Qala, all thieves». An activist told Asharq Al-Awsat that "the demonstrations took place with the support of elements affiliated with Sadr's movement, and there are those who believe that some of the Hashd factions are responsible for the massacres that took place among the peaceful demonstrators."
Returning to the new reform package, the cabinet decided to form a higher committee headed by the prime minister and the membership of eight government bodies, whose task is to address the housing problem by distributing land to citizens who do not own homes.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister said that the committee will "prepare the agricultural lands necessary for the allocation of housing plots to the beneficiaries, and study the expansion of municipal boundaries and the required extinguishment, acquisition and modification of land use and change of sex for the purposes of the Committee."
In order to address the growing public discontent over the issue of some people receiving salaries from the state, such as former political prisoners and others, the Council of Ministers decided to abolish the previous instructions in this regard in the budget law for next year.
The committee also entrusted the Ministry of Electricity with the task of distributing integrated solar energy systems to 3,000 poor families free of charge, with a total allocation of 15 billion dinars, or about $ 12.5 million.
In order to provide a large number of jobs for unemployed youth, the Government has decided to simplify the procedure for registering small businesses for young people between the ages of 18 and 35, and to exempt from wages created. A number of service sectors have been allocated for investment and work in them, including cleaning companies, horticulture, garden engineering, contracting for secondary works, waste recycling stations and software. The new directives require companies that have government contracts from ministries and entities not affiliated with the ministry and governorates to "transfer part of their work, not exceeding 500 million dinars, to contractors who are not classified by contracting them in the form of a contract with the employer or contractor."
The government action package instructed the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to take the necessary measures to provide mobile cars for the manufacture of ready-to-eat food, refreshments, hot drinks and specialized cars (such as maintenance and cleaning vehicles of all kinds), for unemployed young people registered in its database, and to finance them in various ways, including Fund for profit-making loans in the Ministry of Labor, or soft loans and token interest »from the banks Rafidain and Rashid government. He also called on the secretariat of the capital and the provinces to simplify the procedures for granting licenses to practice these professions and organize their places in commercial areas.
The package included other procedures for graduates of professional preparations. The Supreme Committee requested the Ministry of Agriculture to allocate agricultural land with water quota to agricultural preparatory graduates (as well as to graduates of agricultural and veterinary colleges and institutes) to establish specialized cooperative societies and investment of these lands.
The committee called on the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to undertake the training of unemployed young graduates and others who wish to establish projects to manufacture local products. The Council of Advisers at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers also asked to study the reduction of the retirement age for employees and to provide a vision for the Council of Ministers.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a telephone call this evening from Iraqi President Barham Saleh, during which they discussed and exchanged views on the latest regional situation in light of recent developments in Syria,
The Turkish aggression against the sovereignty and territory of Syria represents a serious development that threatens international peace and security, exacerbates the crisis in the region and affects the unity and territorial integrity of Syria as well as the course of its political process in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.
Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said in a statement that the two sides agreed to continue bilateral consultations between President Sisi and the Iraqi President to support Arab action to confront the Turkish step and preserve the integrity and unity of Syria.d
Iraq protests ... open crisis without horizon
Fears that it will take an armed turn and exploit it from pro-Iranian militias
October 10, 2019
Adel Abdul Mahdi - the chest
Baghdad: «Middle East»
Iraq has been plunged into a new cycle of instability that could be its gravest threat, barely two years after it declared victory over IS in a war that left about a third of the country rubble and displaced tens of thousands.
The Associated Press in a report on the crisis reflected in the recent demonstrations to the "harsh response" of the Iraqi security forces, which killed more than 100 people with live bullets in less than a week, in response to demonstrations «young people demanding jobs, electricity, clean water and anti-corruption ».
"It remains unclear why the government chose such a harsh response to a few hundred unarmed protesters who gathered for the first time last week on social media to organize a protest," it said. But she pointed out that the violent response to the protests "pushed Iraq on a dangerous path that may be difficult to undo."
As spontaneous protests continued - with no clear political leadership - in engagement with security forces in cities and towns, the government appeared to lack legitimacy and failed to provide solutions to entrenched problems, raising fears that another Arab state would fall into an open crisis without a horizon.
Iraq has been plunged into a new cycle of instability that could be its gravest threat, barely two years after it declared victory over IS in a war that left about a third of the country rubble and displaced tens of thousands.
The Associated Press in a report on the crisis reflected in the recent demonstrations to the "harsh response" of the Iraqi security forces, which killed more than 100 people with live bullets in less than a week, in response to demonstrations «young people demanding jobs, electricity, clean water and anti-corruption ».
"It remains unclear why the government chose such a harsh response to a few hundred unarmed protesters who gathered for the first time last week on social media to organize a protest," it said. But she pointed out that the violent response to the protests "pushed Iraq on a dangerous path that may be difficult to undo."
As spontaneous protests continued - with no clear political leadership - in engagement with security forces in cities and towns, the government appeared to lack legitimacy and failed to provide solutions to entrenched problems, raising fears that another Arab state would fall into an open crisis without a horizon.
Iraqi measures to absorb the anger
October 10, 2019
Declaration of mourning and Washington stresses accountability ... and hundreds of demonstrators in front of the headquarters of the «Popular Mobilization» in Baghdad
Mourners carry coffin of protester killed in Najaf protests
Baghdad: Fadel al-Nashmi
Baghdad: Fadel al-Nashmi
The Iraqi government issued yesterday a second urgent action package consisting of 13 items in an attempt to absorb the anger of the protesters by meeting part of the demands they called for, especially those related to housing, providing job opportunities in the private sector, employing the unemployed in the government departments and granting loans for small projects.
The Prime Minister announced mourning for the deaths of protests from demonstrators and security forces for three days starting today, while calling on Iraqi President Barham Saleh to investigate "attacks on demonstrators and security forces," after receiving the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Faeq Zeidan, yesterday.
Saleh stressed the need to "conduct a fair judicial investigation into the crimes of assault on demonstrators and security forces and the firing of live bullets during the recent protests, and hold accountable those responsible for bloodshed in Iraq."
A presidential statement pointed out that the meeting discussed (the importance of the role of the Iraqi judiciary, specifically the court of integrity issues, and the importance of activating the role of the prosecution to resolve the files of corruption and punish violators on public money), stressing the importance of cooperation and coordination between the three authorities to complete the legal procedures related to the implementation of the legitimate demands of demonstrators , And to maintain security and protect the Constitution. "
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the Iraqi government to show "maximum restraint," the State Department said, stressing that "human rights violators must be held accountable." Pompeo made the remarks in a recent telephone conversation with the Iraqi prime minister, who said on Monday he had spoken to the US secretary of state. Pompeo "deplored the loss of life over the past few days and urged the Iraqi government to exercise maximum restraint," she said. The office of Abdul-Mahdi said in a statement that Pompeo «expressed confidence in the Iraqi forces and US support for Iraq and the government's efforts to strengthen security and stability».
Britain yesterday expressed "concern" about the recent spiral of violence. British Foreign Secretary Dominique Rapp wrote in a tweet on Twitter that he assured the Iraqi prime minister of the need to "respect the right to demonstrate peacefully and freedom of the press."
Despite the return of calm on the ground, hundreds of demonstrators in front of the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Commission in Palestine Street in central Baghdad and the Jadriya area yesterday, chanting slogans accusing its leadership of corruption, including «Shala Qala, all thieves». An activist told Asharq Al-Awsat that "the demonstrations took place with the support of elements affiliated with Sadr's movement, and there are those who believe that some of the Hashd factions are responsible for the massacres that took place among the peaceful demonstrators."
Returning to the new reform package, the cabinet decided to form a higher committee headed by the prime minister and the membership of eight government bodies, whose task is to address the housing problem by distributing land to citizens who do not own homes.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister said that the committee will "prepare the agricultural lands necessary for the allocation of housing plots to the beneficiaries, and study the expansion of municipal boundaries and the required extinguishment, acquisition and modification of land use and change of sex for the purposes of the Committee."
In order to address the growing public discontent over the issue of some people receiving salaries from the state, such as former political prisoners and others, the Council of Ministers decided to abolish the previous instructions in this regard in the budget law for next year.
The committee also entrusted the Ministry of Electricity with the task of distributing integrated solar energy systems to 3,000 poor families free of charge, with a total allocation of 15 billion dinars, or about $ 12.5 million.
In order to provide a large number of jobs for unemployed youth, the Government has decided to simplify the procedure for registering small businesses for young people between the ages of 18 and 35, and to exempt from wages created. A number of service sectors have been allocated for investment and work in them, including cleaning companies, horticulture, garden engineering, contracting for secondary works, waste recycling stations and software. The new directives require companies that have government contracts from ministries and entities not affiliated with the ministry and governorates to "transfer part of their work, not exceeding 500 million dinars, to contractors who are not classified by contracting them in the form of a contract with the employer or contractor."
The government action package instructed the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs to take the necessary measures to provide mobile cars for the manufacture of ready-to-eat food, refreshments, hot drinks and specialized cars (such as maintenance and cleaning vehicles of all kinds), for unemployed young people registered in its database, and to finance them in various ways, including Fund for profit-making loans in the Ministry of Labor, or soft loans and token interest »from the banks Rafidain and Rashid government. He also called on the secretariat of the capital and the provinces to simplify the procedures for granting licenses to practice these professions and organize their places in commercial areas.
The package included other procedures for graduates of professional preparations. The Supreme Committee requested the Ministry of Agriculture to allocate agricultural land with water quota to agricultural preparatory graduates (as well as to graduates of agricultural and veterinary colleges and institutes) to establish specialized cooperative societies and investment of these lands.
The committee called on the Ministry of Industry and Minerals to undertake the training of unemployed young graduates and others who wish to establish projects to manufacture local products. The Council of Advisers at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers also asked to study the reduction of the retirement age for employees and to provide a vision for the Council of Ministers.
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10-9-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ [How long will we have to exchange?] I understand we will have about 10 days to make our appointments and about 30 days to do our exchanges
10-9-2019 Intel/Newshound Gurus Frank26 & Walkingstick ...Notice there has been no effect on the Iraqi dinar exchange rate due to the protesting. Not one pip movement of the Iraqi dinar exchange rate. Because it is not unstable. It is not off track. It is a process moving forward and I'm excited about Monday [October 14th]. [Reference Guru Frank26 10-8-2019 post]
10-9-2019 Newshound Guru Jeff Remember the CBI and the GOI are completely autonomous. So whatever happens with the GOI it has nothing to to do with the CBI. The CBI controls the money. The GOI controls the government and they work with the people. The only thing the CBI is seeking from the government is stability. Before they will agree to change the rate, they want the GOI to have a formed completed government...and they also need to have an approved 2020 budget because that's where post rate change monies will come from for reconstruction, Article 140 and the HCL... [post 2 of 2]
10-9-2019 Newshound Guru Jeff ...everybody else was telling us that Mahdi would be removed and that the government would be dismantled. Why aren't you giving us any of those details? Great question. Thank you for asking. Here's why. From the beginning I have told you that the demonstrations would have no bearing on this investment. If anything the demonstrations have confirmed and proven everything that I've been telling you since the end of August...the demonstrations have had no bearing. [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]
10-9-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ [via PDK] We are at the edge of our seats close today. We are in a big window of opportunity today. A number of confirmations from Iraq they are indeed expecting the LD’s and fils on the 14th...looking like a 5 day roll out is planned. [Do we have to wait until Iraq currency goes public to get. 1-800 number?] I do not think so...over 90% of their citizens have the QE card so they will get paid that way... I don’t think we will pass mid-month in October before we see the RV...
10-9-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...as an investor in the dinar, we are not yet seeing the currency reform demand of the protestors being met. Let’ s see what happens in Thursday’s session in parliament...
10-9-2019 Newshound Guru Jeff Remember the CBI and the GOI are completely autonomous. So whatever happens with the GOI it has nothing to to do with the CBI. The CBI controls the money. The GOI controls the government and they work with the people. The only thing the CBI is seeking from the government is stability. Before they will agree to change the rate, they want the GOI to have a formed completed government...and they also need to have an approved 2020 budget because that's where post rate change monies will come from for reconstruction, Article 140 and the HCL... [post 2 of 2]
10-9-2019 Newshound Guru Jeff ...everybody else was telling us that Mahdi would be removed and that the government would be dismantled. Why aren't you giving us any of those details? Great question. Thank you for asking. Here's why. From the beginning I have told you that the demonstrations would have no bearing on this investment. If anything the demonstrations have confirmed and proven everything that I've been telling you since the end of August...the demonstrations have had no bearing. [post 1 of 2....stay tuned]
10-9-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ [via PDK] We are at the edge of our seats close today. We are in a big window of opportunity today. A number of confirmations from Iraq they are indeed expecting the LD’s and fils on the 14th...looking like a 5 day roll out is planned. [Do we have to wait until Iraq currency goes public to get. 1-800 number?] I do not think so...over 90% of their citizens have the QE card so they will get paid that way... I don’t think we will pass mid-month in October before we see the RV...
10-9-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat ...as an investor in the dinar, we are not yet seeing the currency reform demand of the protestors being met. Let’ s see what happens in Thursday’s session in parliament...
10-9-2019 Intel Guru Frank26 ...the CBI 4 days ago told [guru] walkingstick's firm that on the 14th 'the acceptance of new currency to be followed by the fils.' The "Acceptance". These aren't just ordinary words. They are up here for a reason. They're well calculated...the bank must accept the responsibility of the lower denoms. This is the highest intel of the monetary reform of the Iraqi dinar...I believe very deeply in my heart they're about to show pictures and descriptions of the lower denoms to the citizens...and one more thing they will be given, the explanation...behind why their exchange rate has changed. [Reference Guru Frank26 10-8-2019 post]
10-8-2019 Newshound Guru Kaperoni Oil credits and reduced prices for oil is all... nonsense...Iraq could never sell oil in exchange at a reduced price...because the budget is 90% dependent on Iraq's oil exports. And over 50% of the annual budget itself is salaries. Therefore they could never sell oil for less that that amount in the budget calculation for a particular year or they couldn't meet their budget not to mention they wouldn't be able to pay their people. Maybe someday if Iraq ever had a fully functional market economy and diversified to 50% or so and the state payroll was less than it is they may be an opportunity to do something like that but that is so far in the distance...
10-8-2019 Intel Guru Frank26 ...what are we looking for? We're looking for pictures and descriptions [of lower denoms]...Saturday or Sunday it's possible we might finally be introduced to those pictures and descriptions...
10-8-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ [via PDK] I am not under an NDA…yet...Rumors that elderly in Iraq are going first... Frank [Guru Frank26] had big news yesterday from [Guru] Walkingstick who is a bank owner...LD’s and Fils expected on the 14th...Close to what I just received from a number of sources in Iraq. [Reference Guru Frank26 9-8-2019 post below]
10-8-2019 Intel Guru Frank26 ...what are we looking for? We're looking for pictures and descriptions [of lower denoms]...Saturday or Sunday it's possible we might finally be introduced to those pictures and descriptions...
10-8-2019 Intel Guru MarkZ [via PDK] I am not under an NDA…yet...Rumors that elderly in Iraq are going first... Frank [Guru Frank26] had big news yesterday from [Guru] Walkingstick who is a bank owner...LD’s and Fils expected on the 14th...Close to what I just received from a number of sources in Iraq. [Reference Guru Frank26 9-8-2019 post below]
10-8-2019 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat So, there was talk of dismissal of current prime minister Mahdi. According to the constitution this would be a no confidence vote. So what happened on this vote on Saturday? A parliamentary source said on Monday that the House of Representatives will hold its eighth session to discuss the demonstrations on Tuesday. The source said in an interview with Alsumaria News, "The House of Representatives will be held at one o'clock on Tuesday, its regular session." He added that "the session will be dedicated to discuss the demonstrations and take the necessary measures to meet the demands of the demonstrators." [post 2 of 2]
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ARTICLE 1 (from PM Mahdi's website; posted only on the Arabic side, not on the English side)
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's speech to the Iraqi people
In the name of of Allah the Merciful
(And the preachers of the patient, who, when they are afflicted with calamity, said, I am God, and to him we return.)
O sons of our noble people
My sisters, brothers, sons and daughters in every province, city, village and Iraqi house
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
It is the second time that I am addressing you in a week, a sincere heart-to-heart speech, at a sensitive time the country has gone through ...
We have been through a week in which Iraq, all of Iraq, faced a social and political challenge to its developing democracy.
A week in which citizens came out with demonstrations guaranteed by the Constitution.
Your security forces came out with a sound intention and a sincere commitment to fulfill their constitutional and legal duty to protect the demonstrators, lives and public and private property.
We have issued strict instructions not to use live bullets, but nonetheless, a large number of demonstrators and security forces fell as a result of the shooting.
Yes, there are legitimate questions about what happened during the past days, which we study in depth, professionalism and objectivity.
But we have a clear truth about why it will not change, and we must agree on it, and we must affirm it all:
We have sincere and courageous forces that have done their duty.
We have an audience that wanted to express its demands for peaceful demonstrations.
Let it be clear to all of us, it is not contradictory that we are with the demonstrations and with the security forces and with the freedom of the media and activists at the same time,
These are all brothers in one country ..
These are all one fact .. and belonging one .. The goal of one .. is to build a state citizen, maid, sponsor and protector of its people, in his long march to achieve its legitimate goals and aspirations.
Therefore, we reject together the logic of sedition, we will stand together against selfish schemes, we will always stand with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators, we will always stand in support of our security forces, we will always stand with public freedoms.
It is the struggle of non-state with the state ... and chaos with the regime and respect for the law, advocates of chaos will not succeed .. We will stand one man's stand in front of the magnitude of the threat that threatens us all if the foundations of the state is shaken ..
It is our great house that brings us together and which under our shadow preserves our rights, our ambitions and our future.
Those who target or seek to weaken the state are mistaken. It is the constant, no matter how many governments change, especially in the light of our democratic system, and the peaceful transfer of power in it.
This given people has written many stories of heroism, fortitude and nobility over the past few days, and we have seen the policeman treat the protester, and the protester water the soldier.
Cases of assault or arson and vandalism do not belong to these people, whether they are demonstrators, public or private interests, security forces, satellite TV, party headquarters, media, activists, bloggers or other websites that respect the Constitution, law and order.
It is your unity, you Iraqis, it is the one that brought you down the dictatorship, and you established - hand in hand - this democratic system ... despite what you suffered for years of destruction, wars, killing and terrorism.
With your unity, you defeated ISIS yesterday ..
With your unity, we promote our democratic values and public freedoms ...
With your unity we are building our own house - Iraq - where we work together to overcome all the negative situations that the demonstrations came out to remedy.
Today, we are moving from anger to deep sorrow, sincere review and reform.
We lost a large number of martyrs and wounded, from our sons and daughters, demonstrators and security forces ..
At a time when this sacrificed country has to lose one drop of blood from the bodies of its loyal sons - all its children - without distinction between a civilian and a military, between a protester and a security man, a media man and an activist.
We lost - with broken hearts - brother and brother, father and son, mother and daughter, and friend and friend ...
And, God, they have left us in our hearts with pain, free livers, and deep wounds.
But for us the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) is a good example, we say: (The eye to tear, and the heart to grieve, and I am on your parting Mzzon).
It is time for the Iraqi wound to heal with serious and sincere work to serve this people.
The people must have a pause of pride and respect, contemplation and sorrow.
Therefore, we have decided the following:
First: The declaration of general mourning in Iraq, for three days,
From Thursday to Saturday.
Second: Conducting transparent fundamentalist investigations to honor the heroes and sacrifices, and to hold accountable those who did not abide by the orders and rules of engagement, and to all ranks. We have begun to receive the results of the field investigations and will continue to investigate the events associated with the demonstrations or the subsequent attacks.
Third: To initiate immediate measures to arrange the material and moral rights of the families of the martyrs, in accordance with the laws in force.
Fourth: Promote the wounded of the military, honor the civilians, materially and morally, and ensure their treatment at the expense of the government, whether from the security forces or peaceful demonstrators.
Fifth: Honoring the family of every martyr, and honoring every wounded person, with the highest allocation within the authority of the Prime Minister.
Sixth: Immediately release the detainees, who are under investigation, if there is no evidence against them to commit criminal cases related to murder or serious harm to persons, property or public security, if they are sponsored by any known party.
As we turn today to the page of violence and the bloodshed of Iraqis, we are opening the page of true and comprehensive review.
The review process should take place at two levels: urgent actions, and comprehensive reforms.
We have started early, intensified all efforts, to identify the most important government can do to respond to the demands of the demonstrators, and to achieve as much as possible, while avoiding resort to prosthetic solutions that contradict the strategic plans and government program, and disrupt the real reform desired.
In this regard, the Council of Ministers issued in an emergency session last Saturday night a first package of resolutions, in response to the demands of the demonstrators and the people, included (17) seventeen decisions, including:
- Open the door to apply for residential land within the grand housing plan promised by the government,
- The distribution of 17 thousand pieces of land in the province of Basra, followed by the rest of the provinces
- Building more than 100,000 housing units, with the poorest governorates giving priority
- 150,000 unemployed who are currently unable to work are granted a three-month monthly allowance
- Giving 150,000 other unemployed able-bodied people a chance to train and qualify, giving them three-month monthly payments, and lending the successful ones to start their own entrepreneurial projects.
- Creation of about 450,000 jobs through the establishment of commercial marketing complexes
- To identify 600,000 disadvantaged families for social welfare salaries, and our goal is that there will be no Iraqi families without income that will raise them above the poverty line as a minimum.
As we released on Tuesday, a second package of urgent measures included:
- Promote productive vocational education in order to create 20,000 jobs
- Granting agricultural preparatory students facilities, land and money to enhance production, support agriculture, invest land, and create jobs
- Requiring private universities and colleges to absorb additional numbers of graduate holders of teaching staff
- Facilitating the procedures of registering small companies for young people aged 18-35 years, and referring government projects to these companies on favorable terms
- Support young people to work in the collection of electricity bills ..
- Restrict the vacant grades on the movement of owners to determine the possibility of appointing the largest number of graduates and graduates and the rest of the youth according to transparent mechanisms, and according to need and specialization
- The formation of committees in the provinces to follow up the decisions of the Council of Ministers on meeting the demands of the demonstrators, headed by one of the ministers and members of the House of Representatives and the Governor and the police chief and a representative of the Office of the Prime Minister to follow up implementation
- Forming a committee in cooperation with the judiciary to follow up the files of missing people from all governorates of Iraq and to know their fate ...
- And other decisions
We will continue to develop additional solutions in response to the demands of the demonstrators and to achieve our ministerial approach .. We issue them successively after package after study as much as possible so as not to give promises do not provide the requirements for implementation.
Someone might say: Why do you pay attention to all this now, and you have overlooked it during the last period?
Our answer: These reform decisions, some of which were under implementation, and some under study, and some developed in response to the demands of the demonstrators,
However, the sagging state, the proliferation of legislative and administrative obstacles, the dependency cultures and the narrow selfish interests competing in our three powers, and between our various forces, impede the wheel of reform, and put us in contradiction with the aspirations and desires of our people and fulfill the promises of reform .. Which justifies the demonstration and gives him full legitimacy to remind everyone That there are two ways:
As for moving forward, boldly and courageously, to overcome all obstacles, achieve the aspirations of our people, and give everyone with their right, and this requires the support and cooperation of the people
Or to stay within the framework of justifications, procrastination and prosthetic solutions that lose our people's confidence in their government and be one of the most important factors of the spread of injustice and chaos and out of law and order.
When the state is not an adult, everyone loses his senses.
On the level of comprehensive reform, we have already affirmed the government's full commitment to the text of the Supreme Religious Reference Speech.
It is the one who has identified the path, and drew a roadmap for reform ...
It is what has returned us to be the safety valve for this country in its crises, and to diagnose the features of the solution with its insightful vision, and its usual wisdom.
The road map drawn up by the Supreme Reference included the formation of a committee of personalities known for competence and integrity, and defined the scope of the committee's work.
The word upper reference is the final word in diagnosis, and in treatment.
The government immediately began to identify the names to which these specifications apply, and to provide the required logistical support to enable the committee to carry out its work with complete independence, and to communicate with the demonstrators and the various segments of the society, and concerned, and to be informed of the progress and all the data required in its work.
We will announce the names of the members of the Committee within a week, to start its work as soon as possible.
The Committee shall submit its periodic recommendations to the Government and the authorities concerned for the immediate commencement of their implementation.
The Committee shall submit its full recommendations within a period not exceeding forty-five (45) days.
After the completion of its work, the role of the Committee becomes an advisory role to follow up on its recommendations and ensure their implementation as it sees fit, and to advise on the treatment of unforeseen obstacles to implementation.
In addition, we have issued a package of resolutions, or are about to be issued, concerning the fight against corruption.
These are a few examples of many decisions and actions, including:
• The state stopped at a time to determine any payment in paper currency, but the liberalization of sukuk and smart card that prevents the manipulation of funds, and encourage those who receive sukuk to open bank accounts to get rid of money laundering and corruption.
• Accelerate the localization of salaries and the decline in dealing in paper currency, which allows to achieve transparency and accountability in accordance with the principle: Where do you get this? ..
• Carrying out a wide campaign to uncover and falsify networks of seizing public and private lands and real estate records and seizing public and private property for personal interests.
• Within hours, we will issue a preliminary list of the referral of a number of senior officials to the courts to complement the list issued about a week ago by 1000 employees referred to the judiciary.
Dear people ..
We will ask the House of Representatives to vote on cabinet reshuffles tomorrow,
The Council of Ministers will vote on Tuesday on the candidates of the Federal Service Council, to be submitted to the House of Representatives for a vote.
We will submit before the 24th of the month our lists to end the file of the grades of the agency.
In addition to the legislation related to the amendment of the election law and to make some constitutional amendments in accordance with the mechanisms of the Constitution and the budget law of 2020, and other basic laws required to put the country on the right track, and all this requires the cooperation of all authorities, forces and blocs in accordance with the Constitution and the law.
We are moving forward with the implementation of our government program as we will receive at the end of this month the second report of what has been achieved or not achieved for the period from the end of April to the end of October 2019.
I do not promise my people rosy promises, and I do not say that these steps are the end of the road, but is the beginning ..
Let us all cooperate to achieve the interests of our people, especially its poor segments and the masses of our youth and our generations upon which the future of our country depends.
Our armed forces will protect the army, police, popular, tribal, and peshmerga of our political system, the rights of our people, the security of our homeland, the sovereignty and independence of our country. The greatest protector after Allah Almighty is the brave and noble Iraqi people.
I say frankly: that we - according to our current data - do not accuse, any country with which we have friendly relations or cooperation, nor any known political force or parties or media, all of these have an interest in continuing calm and stability in the country and maintain our security and our political system, although different Look. Here I thank the large number of friendly countries and international institutions that have contacted and expressed their support and solidarity with the government and people of Iraq, especially the neighboring countries: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey and Syria.
I reiterate my thanks to everyone who stood up in defense of Iraq, for the rights of its people, for its constitution and democratic system, and the freedoms guaranteed therein.
Oh God, save our people and our homeland ..
All of those who have been recovered must be treated promptly.
Our martyrs are shed with your mercy,
And inspire their families, and inspire us all, patience and solace,
And unto God and to Him we shall return..
Long live Iraq and its people
Peace, mercy and blessings of God.
Abdul Mahdi
Prime Minister
October 9, 2019
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ARTICLE 2 (from Government of Iraq twitter account)
At the time this report was submitted, there are no new tweets posted on the Government of Iraq twitter
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ARTICLE 3
"We will announce today a cabinet reshuffle," Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Wednesday evening.
"We will issue anti-corruption resolutions and we will issue a list of the top corrupt individuals who were convicted a few hours later.
He explained: "We are going to meet all legitimate demands after the recent decisions, and no family will remain without monthly income."
Abdul-Mahdi announced a number of resolutions that included the declaration of public mourning in Iraq for three days starting on Thursday and accountability for negligent.
Abdel Mahdi also decided to release the detainees immediately if there was no evidence against them of criminal cases.
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ARTICLE 4
Abdul Mahdi refuses to resign .. What about the deadline of Sadr?
10/10/2019
As popular protests mount in Iraq, and political blocs demand the prime minister step down and go to early elections, Abdul Mahdi faces a sharp political divide over the future of his government a year after giving it confidence.
Abdul Mahdi's government was formed on November 25 by a political agreement between the blocs of "Saeron" supported by Moqtada al-Sadr and "conquest" led by Hadi al-Amiri, but calls for the dismissal of the former in line with the demands of the protesters, while the latter still supports his survival.
Sadr's calls for the removal of Abdul Mahdi came with the expiry of the "year of probation" he had given to the current prime minister after the vote in parliament, and therefore the questions raised, whether Sadr joins the demonstrations to overthrow the government, and what are the options of the current leader who raises the banner of reform in Country?
Commenting on the subject, MP of the bloc "Sa'ron" Raad al-Maksousi in a statement to an Arab newspaper followed by "Kalkamsh Press" that "the coalition of Sa'roun has a reform project, and in the previous government took Moqtada al-Sadr several steps, began with demonstrations and then sit-ins to the sit-in leader of the same movement inside Green Zone, until Haider Abadi responded and made adjustments in the cabinet. ”
He added: “Today, too, Sadr has given a full year, which is now over, and the government program of Abdul-Mahdi did not implement 20 percent of it, and therefore Sadr suspended the membership of others in parliament to protest the failure to meet the wishes and requirements of the Iraqi people, and the people out demonstrations against the corruption and the political class in full ”.
Al-Maksousi stressed the insistence of "others" to dismiss the government, saying: "Today we are determined by peaceful and legal ways to dismiss the government, but if some amendments in the ministries it is possible to wait for the next."
If the demonstrations intensify and the protesters insist on the dismissal of the government, what will Sadr's decision be? By dismissing the government and bringing in others capable of meeting the demands of the oppressed people. ”
On the other hand, said MP Rashid al-Azzawi, head of the "national contract" in the coalition "construction" that "Muqtada al-Sadr, if invited to participate in the demonstrations would be very cautious, because it will bear any violence as it broke out because it is the only known among the forces demonstrating today , Which no one represents. ”
He explained that "Sadr when he calls his supporters every time to demonstrate the demonstrations are dominated by him, but his participation today in protests from several quarters, he will be responsible for these demonstrations, because he is the only known and public participation in the demonstrations. If the current is involved, it will be limited. ”
Regarding Abdul-Mahdi's performance, Al-Azzawi pointed out that although Al-Binaa sticks to the prime minister, the National Contract bloc has notes on the performance of his government, because he talked about fighting corruption and possibly imprisoning corrupt young people, but the people want to overthrow corrupt big heads. Billions were looted. ”
He stressed that "the Iraqi street is waiting for this government, a real fight against corruption, not just a declaration of the inclusion of a thousand employees in anti-corruption operations .. The Prime Minister is supposed to address corruption in a transparent and real way."
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday he would ask parliament to approve a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, in light of last week's bloody protests.
In a televised speech, Abdul-Mahdi stressed "the government's standing with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators, and its rejection of the manifestations of violence," announcing at the same time "begin receiving the initial results of the investigation of the demonstrations."
On October 1, demonstrations took place in Baghdad demanding better public services, job creation and fighting corruption, before spreading to the provinces in the predominantly Shiite south, leaving more than 100 demonstrators dead and about 6,000 wounded, as security forces resorted to violence to contain Demonstrations.
Protesters accuse security forces of firing at them. Government authorities deny this and say that "unidentified snipers" shot protesters and security personnel alike to create strife.
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