WOTS FRI MAR 4 22 Iraq's Parliament’s deadline for the Minister of Finance enters the countdown
Parliamentary statement: Two reasons prevent the presentation of the 2022 budget to Parliament
Representative Ahmed Al-Rubaie confirmed, today, Friday, that the date for resolving the 2022 budget is unknown .for two reasons Al-Rubaie told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The current political differences have a direct and indirect impact on resolving the budget file," noting that "the date for resolving the budget is unknown for two reasons, because the current government conducts business and has no authority to approve it, as well as the factor of political ." ".differences
He added, "The new budget will be delayed until the formation of the new government, given that the caretaker ".government cannot present the draft budget, because that contradicts its duties
He pointed out that "the issue will take a little time until the current problems of electing the president of the republic and choosing the largest bloc and the government cabinet are over," noting that "there are no clear indications of ".consensus despite our ambition, urging and pushing towards convergence of views and resolving the matter
When will the government of Iraq be formed? .. Another threat to appeal the parliament session to elect the President of the Republic - Urgent
The representative of the coordination framework, Muhammad Al-Sihoud, confirmed today, Friday, that tomorrow’s session, which is devoted to voting on reopening the nomination for the post of President of the Republic, is threatened with an appeal before the Federal Court
Chihod told (Baghdad Today), "The voting session on reopening the nomination for the presidency must be two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives, ".since this matter is related to the election of the new president of the republic
And he indicated that "the feet of limited political forces by imposing their will and holding the session without agreement and consensus with the rest of the political parties will present the session to challenge before the Federal Court, and for this ".there must be agreement on this matter before holding the session and voting
The Iraqi street is upset by the delay in forming the new Iraqi government
It is not surprising that the process of forming the Iraqi government has been prolonged. This happened after every election held since 2005, but the deep differences this time were not accustomed to by the ruling class in Iraq.
This situation aroused the discontent of the Iraqi street, as citizens question the feasibility of early elections in light of this delay that accompanied the formation of the expected government, five months after the elections.
Ali Talib told Shafaq News Agency, a winning speaker from his small booth, "The demands made by the Tishreen revolutionaries are to eliminate the corrupt who took power in Baghdad. The elections were held, but they did not achieve their goals. Four months have passed since the October elections and they have not taken place yet." Choosing a President of the Republic as well as a Prime Minister, and this may negatively affect many areas related to the life of the citizen.
He added that the political parties must solve all the problems facing the political process and form a government of services as soon as possible, because the only person affected by the delay in forming the government is the simple Iraqi citizen.
The delay in forming the new Iraqi government was not only negatively reflected on the political side, but was also largely reflected in the economic reality due to the delay in approving the federal budget for the current year.
For this reason, the observer of Iraqi political affairs, Mahmoud Yehudi, confirms to Shafak News Agency, that the caretaker government does not have the right, according to the constitution, to pass the federal budget of the Iraqi Council of Representatives according to the Iraqi constitution.
And a Jew indicated that forming a government according to these data requires a time of at least five months to come, and this means disrupting many aspects of life during that period at a time when the Iraqi citizen suffers from successive crises.
However, political meetings between the various parties intensified, with the conflict remaining open between the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, who is looking for a national majority, and the coordinating framework that is looking for consensus, while no signs appeared that could be inferred to the form of the next government.
An economist determines a way to track the region's sold oil and the money obtained from it
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The economic expert, Safwan Qusay, stressed today, Friday, the importance of a parliamentary move to legislate the Oil and Mineral Resources Law, while defining a way to track the oil sold in the Kurdistan region.
Qusay said, in an interview with Earth News, that "despite the issuance of a decision by the Federal Court that oil exports from within the fields of the Kurdistan region should be handed over to the Federal Ministry of Oil through the SOMO Company, but it seems that there is an insistence by the legislative side in Kurdistan on the need to present this The matter is in the form of a federal oil law in order for the wealth to be divided in a legal way.”
He added, "Such a topic will lead to a continuation of controversy over the region's share in the federal budget," noting that "the process of presenting this issue to professional parties such as the Office of Financial Supervision, through which we can track the movement of sold oil and the money that is collected through these exports."
And he continued, "It is possible for a Sumo company to have a branch within the borders of the Kurdistan region, which is responsible for the export process as well as involving the region's side in managing this company in all transparency," stressing that "the issue needs a parliamentary move in order to resolve it and enact a law for oil and mineral resources to be Transparent to all Iraqi provinces and the region, with the need for all parties to abide by it.
The Federal Supreme Court had earlier issued a ruling ruling that the Oil and Gas Law of the Kurdistan Regional Government, issued in 2007, was unconstitutional, and rescinded it for violating the provisions of constitutional articles, as well as obligating the region to hand over oil production to the federal government.
Expert: Oil Prices Will Not Fall Below $90
The expert in oil affairs, Hamza Al-Jawahiri, confirmed, on Thursday, that the current prices will not rise more due to Russia achieving its goals after it besieged the Ukrainian cities and largely neutralized the Ukrainian forces, indicating that the coming months will witness a decrease in prices, but it will not reach less than 90 dollar.
Al-Jawahiri said in a statement to "Information", that "the Russian-Ukrainian war, which led to a large and unexpected rise in oil prices, is the golden opportunity for Iraq by investing the money earned from the rise to develop its infrastructure and activate non-oil economic activities."
He added, "Oil prices will not rise more, and if they rise very little, because Russia achieves its goals after it besieged the Ukrainian cities and largely neutralized the Ukrainian forces, and that stopping the war is almost imminent," noting that "the coming months will witness a decrease in prices, but it will not reach less than 90 dollar"
It is noteworthy that oil prices exceeded the price of Brent crude, on Thursday, the threshold of 119 dollars a barrel, while the price of West Texas Intermediate crude jumped by more than five percent, in a rise caused by the growing fears over oil supplies, as a result of the continuing Russian war on Ukraine
Legal Expert: It Is Not Possible To Go To The International Courts To Object To The Decisions Of The “Federal”
The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained that the decision of the Federal Court is binding and now, and some cannot go to the international courts to object to its decisions, because what was recently issued by them regarding the oil file in the region relates exclusively to the sovereignty of the state.
Al-Tamimi told Al-Maalouma, “The Federal Court’s decision to cancel the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region makes the mentioned law in the region null and void for violating the constitutional provisions in accordance with Articles 110, 111, 112, 115, 122 and 130 of the constitution, as the law obligated the regional government to hand over oil imports retroactively from The date of concluding the contracts and allowing the Ministry of Oil and the Office of Financial Supervision to see these contracts, and in the case of volumes, these funds will be deducted from the 17% allocated to the region in the budget.”
He added, "The Federal Court relied on Article 111 of the Constitution that oil and gas belong to the Iraqi people, and therefore the management of oil and gas is from foreign trade and is within the jurisdiction of the central Iraqi government in accordance with Article 110 of the Constitution. As for the concept of the current fields contained in Article 112, it means that they are fields Produced, explored and developed according to the most acceptable interpretation, and not only the producer as seen by the Kurdistan region.
He stressed that "Iraq is a federal country, not a confederation, and SOMO has exclusive jurisdiction in the export of oil," noting that "the decision of the Federal Court is binding and has become, and it is not possible, as some say, to go to international courts. Iraqi Kurdistan is to compensate for the damage and not to the central government.”
Electricity: 3 Iraqi delegations to Iran soon regarding gas and electricity
On Thursday, the Ministry of Electricity talked about an upcoming visit of an Iraqi delegation, comprising three ministers and officials, to Iran, with the aim of restoring gas flows and supporting the national grid with additional quantities of energy.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Moussa, said in an interview with the official channel, which was followed by “Nas” (March 3, 2022), that “under the government support provided by the Prime Minister, an early plan has been prepared since the end of last year to improve the hours of processing and we are counting on the entry of new generating stations with Completion of periodic maintenance and also we have introduced strategic lines linking the governorates.
He added, "There are transformative and secondary stations, distribution bottlenecks have been removed and nutrients have been increased, and all of these we expect through them an increase in processing hours next summer with the availability of the required requirements as well."
Regarding these requirements, Moussa explained that "the matter is conditional on financial allocations to support the distribution sector and provide financial liquidity for the benefit of the Ministry of Electricity for the rest of the sectors, as well as the success of the fuel plan, and this is supposed to be available before the summer and from now."
He pointed out that "there are lines in which the completion rate has reached 87% and need more funds to be completed before summer, as well as addressing the issue of slum areas adjacent to the networks, which constitute additional loads."
He stressed that "the Minister of Electricity in charge, Adel Karim, informed the cabinet of the necessity of providing funds from now in preparation for the summer season and to achieve the goal of improving processing hours."
Regarding Iranian gas flows, he said, "The decline in flows is still continuing, and it is assumed that Iran will supply Iraq daily with no less than 45 million cubic meters, and the supply is still only about 8 million, and we have the possibility to add 8000 megawatts to the national grid, but provided that fuel supplies are available." .
He revealed that "high-level Iraqi delegations will visit Iran represented by the Ministers of Electricity, Finance and Oil and the Director General of the Iraqi Trade Bank, with the aim of finding solutions to restore the flow of gas quantities that Iraq needs."
He added, "What was caused by the reduction of gas flows, we managed to deal with it according to the emergency plan, and this helped us to improve the weather, but we are facing a great challenge in the summer, and all the ingredients must be available to increase the processing hours in the peak season."
Iraq and the price of Iran's signing of the nuclear agreement
Iraq was supposed to not be the price for Iran's signing of the new nuclear deal. The millions of popular protests that Iraq witnessed in 2019 presented a picture of a different Iraq from the new Iraq that the Americans invented after their occupation as an alternative to the historical Iraq.
However, this picture was not present in the Vienna negotiations in terms of what it indicates on the level of the fate of the region and the potential conflict if the Iranians continue their policies of embracing and supporting armed militias. The Americans who are urging the Iranian regime to sign the new agreement, which will be, as the leaks say, a modified version of the old agreement, did not provide the fearful countries of the region, not including Iraq, any guarantees related to the possibility of a political equation in the region whereby the Iranian regime abandons its aggressive policies Expansion based on his followers who fight by proxy.
In that ambiguous situation from which Iran suggests that it will emerge victorious, the Iraqis sought what I would call the “weakest faith” in order to enter part of the existing political system in a final test, the maximum limits of which lie in reform and fighting corruption. For this purpose, not everyone boycotted the 2021 elections. The beneficiaries of the quota system, in addition to a small segment of the protesting people, were driven by the desire to reach the last moment in the conflict. Either the system, with all its incompatible structure, decides to commit suicide, or one part of it will float to the surface and the other parts will sink.
What happened is that the current led by Muqtada al-Sadr saved the regime from falling again, but this time it imposed tough conditions on its Shiite rivals who are at the same time its opponents. His victory, as it turned out, came at a price. That price Iran must bear part of its cost, although if it exited from the agreement with a package of compensation, it would not need the money that is smuggled daily from Iraq to it.
Before the formation of the new government was announced, an important part of the negotiations of the victors and the vanquished within the political Shiites focused on the future of the fake banks that manage currency purchases and money laundering and smuggling to Iran. Even the independent government of Mustafa Al-Kazemi did not dare to approach that red line, the crossing of which could lead to dangerous repercussions in light of the proliferation of weapons that do not fall under the control of the government or the “popular mobilization.”
If al-Sadr dragged his opponents into the critical region, it is because he seeks to score additional points on them, in order to show their weakness, not only before the Iraqi people, but also in front of Iran. We must not forget that al-Sadr's power, inspired by his influence in the deprived areas, was in large part divided between favoring Iran and anger over its biased policy in Iraq.
It became clear that the defeated are the lovers of Iran. Although these loved ones sought as much as they could to hide the real points of disagreement, Al-Sadr was clever when he leaked the part related to smuggling hard money to Iran and the possibility that holding the banks that took charge of doing this to be the first steps of reform.
But Iran is residing in Iraq, not only because it financed it with hard currency in legal and illegitimate ways during the years of the US embargo that was imposed on it, but also because it constitutes the most important front among its open ideological war against the Arab world. And because Iraq cannot regain its weight within the framework of its Arab surroundings unless it erases suspicions of its connection to the Iranian project, the attention of the young protesters in 2019 focused on rejecting any form of Iranian hegemony, including militias, that Iran might give up on financial donations in exchange for maintaining them.
Those militias annoyed the United States when it bombed its forces that were present on Iraqi lands and bombed the vicinity of the American embassy in Baghdad, but when they referred some of them to the terrorism file, they did so modestly. No one in the United States after Trump's absence wants to bother Iran.
Al-Sadr was at that time riding the wave of protest, and his followers were shouting in the streets, “Iran out, out of Iran,” meaning demanding an end to the Iranian presence, but this may only be a maneuver in order to attract the attention of Iran, which has given all its care to the defeated. Regardless of what Al-Sadr says about his Arabism, his zeal for the doctrine pushes him not to neglect the relationship with the Iranian regime. But the American vision always remains the basis in the case of a country like Iraq. If the United States has completely abandoned Iraq in the Vienna negotiations, this means the end of the Iraqi dream of restoring sovereignty. This means that any talk of reform and fighting corruption will fall within the framework of stealing time and painful entertainment, and that the horizon for change by peaceful means will be blocked indefinitely.
One wishes that all that was said about the new nuclear deal was just speculation. But if they are true, Iraq will be facing the most violent cycle in its contemporary history.
Somo: Iraq's oil exports and revenues in February are the highest in two years
The Iraqi Oil Marketing Company "SOMO" announced on Friday that the rate of oil exports and revenues last February was the highest in two years.
The company said in a statement today received by Shafaq News Agency, that Iraq achieved the highest export rate during the month of February last two years, at a rate of 3.314 million barrels per day, with an increase of 112,000 barrels per day over last month.
The company added that Iraq also achieved "the highest financial revenues since 2014 at an amount of 8.54 billion dollars through the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) exporting all available quantity for export of Basra and Kirkuk crude oil.
The statement added that it is hoped that the revenues of the current month of March will be higher than last February, based on the current market data.
Speaker Halbousi Speech on Revaluing Iraqi Dinar Exchange Rate
Parliament’s deadline for the Minister of Finance enters the countdown
Parliament’s deadline for Finance Minister Ali Allawi enters the countdown, and deputies confirm: The exchange rate change must be gradual.
After the week's deadline, Parliament awaits the Minister of Finance's treatmentsAli AllawiTo remedy the repercussions of the dollar exchange rate and its negative effects on the market at a time when MPs assert that changing the exchange rate must be gradual and not surprising, as happened previously.
The week's deadline granted by Parliament to the Minister of FinanceAli AllawiTo provide economic treatments entered into the countdown.
In Parliament, almost all deputies are waiting for what Allawi will present after the deadline granted to him to address the market situation and the damage caused to the poor citizen as a result of the repercussions of the dollar price, and then the House of Representatives will have a position on the situation.
Addressing the economic situation at the present time should start gradually until a decision is reached to reduce the exchange rate in order to preserve the market from sudden fluctuations that will inevitably lead to a new crisis in prices, according to the description of some deputies
The Ministry of Finance’s treatments that are supposed to be presented after the parliament deadline will be completely devoid of the proposal to return the dollar exchange rate to its previous position. This is what economists expected, especially after the minister confirmed Ali AllawiChanging the exchange rate is very difficult and not possible.
Passing the 2022 budget faces parliamentary opposition without reducing the price of the dollar in it
Today, Friday, the representative of the State of Law coalition, Muhammad Al-Shammari, confirmed that there is a parliamentary majority that opposes passing the 2022 budget bill without fulfilling an important .condition Al-Shammari said in a statement to (Baghdad Today), "There is a large parliamentary majority that opposes passing the draft budget law for the year 2022, without ".reducing the exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar
He explained that "the new government must make commitments, at least, that there will be a real measure that maintains prices in the markets and plans to reduce ".unemployment and poverty And he stated that, "other than achieving these conditions, we as MPs cannot vote on the draft budget law for the year 2022, we cannot be part of the suffering of the citizen who voted for us in order to work to improve their living lives at various ".levels
SADR CALLS FOR TRUCE IN UKRAINE, BLAMES AMERICAN POLICY
The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, on Friday (March 4) called for a truce amid Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and blamed American policy for the situation there.
Sadr stressed during his Friday sermon that international organizations must demand an immediate truce in order to remove the dead and wounded from both sides and to deliver food and medical supplies.
He also asked for Russia to review its decision to go to war and to work on serious dialogue with Ukraine.
Sadr stated Ukraine was suffering "because of American policy there” and said the suffering of the people there was a "shame on humanity.”
The Shia cleric said he prayed for other countries suffering war, including Yemen, "with which we are united as brothers in religion.”
Al-Sadr announces his position on the Russian attack on Ukraine
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced on Friday his position on the Russian-Ukrainian war, stressing that the voice of Najaf must rise to demand peace throughout the world.
Al-Sadr, and in a speech during the central Friday sermon, mentioned that “from the words of the master of the two guardians, the Commander of the Faithful, Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may God’s peace be upon him): (People are of two types: either you are a brother in religion, or your equal in character), hence the voice of Najaf. The most honorable to rise resoundingly to demand peace throughout the world, and enough war and blood, and to leave the weapons aside.”
He added, "From here, too, I find it necessary for us to pray to God the Almighty, the Almighty, to grant all the countries that are under the threat of war, such as the sisterly Yemen, with which we are united by brothers in religion first," explaining that "then we single out our counterparts in creation, I mean: (Ukraine) which It is suffering under the lethal Russian weapon because of a direct cause... and it suffers calamities because of the American policy there."
Al-Sadr continued, "From here, we raise our hands in supplication, asking the Almighty to spare everyone from the scourge of wars and to grant them security and peace. What is happening in Ukraine in terms of suffering for the people and civilians is a shame on humanity."
Al-Sadr stressed that "international organizations must take this into account and demand a truce to remove the dead and wounded from both sides and to deliver food and medical supplies to them as soon as possible."
He concluded, "I cannot fail to call on the Russian forces to review their decision to go to war and to work seriously for dialogue with their neighbor Ukraine. Dialogue and reason are a commendable characteristic of all religions and prophets (Moses, Jesus and Muhammad) peace be upon them all, and peace be upon the people of peace."
For the first time... Unearthing an amazing project in central Baghdad {Photos}
takes money to build this!
The sources said that "the project aims to develop 1,750,000 square meters in the center of the capital, Baghdad, to transform the Peace Palace and its lakes, located in Al-Nusour Square, from a neglected military barracks to a vibrant and business district."
The sources indicated that the project "includes a center for culture and arts (the current Al-Salam Palace building), residential towers with heights of up to 28 floors and office towers with heights ranging between 35 and 50 floors within an integrated financial and business center, in addition to hotel towers."
It also includes "a walkway with a length of approximately 1 km with a central courtyard surrounded by buildings with designs that reflect the identity of the city, with indoor and outdoor seating overlooking the lakes and green spaces, a private hospital, green spaces and parking lots."
The sources confirmed that "no official approvals have been issued on the project so far."
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The price of the dollar today in Iraq came against 100 dollars in the local markets and the Iraqi stock exchanges in the capital, Baghdad, Basra and Erbil as follows:
The price of 100 dollars today in most Baghdad exchanges
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Parliament’s deadline for the Minister of Finance enters the countdown
Parliament’s deadline for Finance Minister Ali Allawi enters the countdown, and deputies confirm: The exchange rate change must be gradual.
After the week's deadline, Parliament awaits the Minister of Finance's treatmentsAli AllawiTo remedy the repercussions of the dollar exchange rate and its negative effects on the market at a time when MPs assert that changing the exchange rate must be gradual and not surprising, as happened previously.
The week's deadline granted by Parliament to the Minister of FinanceAli AllawiTo provide economic treatments entered into the countdown.
In Parliament, almost all deputies are waiting for what Allawi will present after the deadline granted to him to address the market situation and the damage caused to the poor citizen as a result of the repercussions of the dollar price, and then the House of Representatives will have a position on the situation.
Addressing the economic situation at the present time should start gradually until a decision is reached to reduce the exchange rate in order to preserve the market from sudden fluctuations that will inevitably lead to a new crisis in prices, according to the description of some deputies
The Ministry of Finance’s treatments that are supposed to be presented after the parliament deadline will be completely devoid of the proposal to return the dollar exchange rate to its previous position. This is what economists expected, especially after the minister confirmedAli AllawiChanging the exchange rate is very difficult and not possible.
Electricity: 3 Iraqi delegations to Iran soon regarding gas and electricity
On Thursday, the Ministry of Electricity talked about an upcoming visit of an Iraqi delegation, comprising three ministers and officials, to Iran, with the aim of restoring gas flows and supporting the national grid with additional quantities of energy.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Moussa, said in an interview with the official channel, which was followed by “Nas” (March 3, 2022), that “under the government support provided by the Prime Minister, an early plan has been prepared since the end of last year to improve the hours of processing and we are counting on the entry of new generating stations with Completion of periodic maintenance and also we have introduced strategic lines linking the governorates.
He added, "There are transformative and secondary stations, distribution bottlenecks have been removed and nutrients have been increased, and all of these we expect through them an increase in processing hours next summer with the availability of the required requirements as well."
Regarding these requirements, Moussa explained that "the matter is conditional on financial allocations to support the distribution sector and provide financial liquidity for the benefit of the Ministry of Electricity for the rest of the sectors, as well as the success of the fuel plan, and this is supposed to be available before the summer and from now."
He pointed out that "there are lines in which the completion rate has reached 87% and need more funds to be completed before summer, as well as addressing the issue of slum areas adjacent to the networks, which constitute additional loads."
He stressed that "the Minister of Electricity in charge, Adel Karim, informed the cabinet of the necessity of providing funds from now in preparation for the summer season and to achieve the goal of improving processing hours."
Regarding Iranian gas flows, he said, "The decline in flows is still continuing, and it is assumed that Iran will supply Iraq daily with no less than 45 million cubic meters, and the supply is still only about 8 million, and we have the possibility to add 8000 megawatts to the national grid, but provided that fuel supplies are available." .
He revealed that "high-level Iraqi delegations will visit Iran represented by the Ministers of Electricity, Finance and Oil and the Director General of the Iraqi Trade Bank, with the aim of finding solutions to restore the flow of gas quantities that Iraq needs."
He added, "What was caused by the reduction of gas flows, we managed to deal with it according to the emergency plan, and this helped us to improve the weather, but we are facing a great challenge in the summer, and all the ingredients must be available to increase the processing hours in the peak season."
Legal Expert: It Is Not Possible To Go To The International Courts To Object To The Decisions Of The “Federal”
The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained that the decision of the Federal Court is binding and now, and some cannot go to the international courts to object to its decisions, because what was recently issued by them regarding the oil file in the region relates exclusively to the sovereignty of the state.
Al-Tamimi told Al-Maalouma, “The Federal Court’s decision to cancel the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region makes the mentioned law in the region null and void for violating the constitutional provisions in accordance with Articles 110, 111, 112, 115, 122 and 130 of the constitution, as the law obligated the regional government to hand over oil imports retroactively from The date of concluding the contracts and allowing the Ministry of Oil and the Office of Financial Supervision to see these contracts, and in the case of volumes, these funds will be deducted from the 17% allocated to the region in the budget.”
He added, "The Federal Court relied on Article 111 of the Constitution that oil and gas belong to the Iraqi people, and therefore the management of oil and gas is from foreign trade and is within the jurisdiction of the central Iraqi government in accordance with Article 110 of the Constitution. As for the concept of the current fields contained in Article 112, it means that they are fields Produced, explored and developed according to the most acceptable interpretation, and not only the producer as seen by the Kurdistan region.
He stressed that "Iraq is a federal country, not a confederation, and SOMO has exclusive jurisdiction in the export of oil," noting that "the decision of the Federal Court is binding and has become, and it is not possible, as some say, to go to international courts. Iraqi Kurdistan is to compensate for the damage and not to the central government.”
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