Iraqi News Articles Weekend Wrap May 21 and 22 2022 Barzani participates in the World Economic Forum in Davos
Al-Maliki refuses to appoint the son of (the founder of the Dawa Party) as prime minister.. We want an independent and fair candidate!
The head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, confirmed that the next Iraqi prime minister can only be nominated by the largest bloc, and we asked the independent representatives to present an independent and honest candidate for the position of prime minister.
He said in a televised statement, "The largest bloc is the only way to form a supported and strong government, and it is not possible to form a government in the way the other party is talking about, and that the tripartite alliance realized that it was unable to gather 220 deputies in Parliament to assign a president to the republic."
He added, "We have asked the independent representatives to present an independent and fair candidate for the position of prime minister, and they felt that we were serious about supporting any candidate they present to head the government. They also realized that the coordination framework initiative is real and logical, and most of them support it."
Al-Maliki stressed that the "blocking" third of the guarantor in the Iraqi parliament was found to stand up to any dangerous political project in Iraq, and that the political opposition is a choice that any party takes away from exclusion and marginalization, and no political party was forced to oppose when forming previous governments.
He said, "Iraq does not rise without the partnership of all political parties, and we call on the other party to discuss any solution. The current main node is the issue of the presidential candidate
Expectations of demonstrations erupting during the summer of Iraq, more violent than October
Political analyst Ali Al-Baydar warned, today, Saturday, of the outbreak of massive protests throughout the country with the advent of the summer which will be more violent than the October revolution
Al-Baydar said in a statement to (Baghdad Today), "The Iraqi street has completely lost confidence in the political system, as the early elections were the last opportunity to correct political and governmental work and legislative and oversight ".performance
He added, "Despite the passage of 7 months since the early elections and 5 months after the deputies took the constitutional oath, the country is heading towards a constitutional, governmental, administrative and parliamentary vacuum, as there is ".almost complete paralysis affecting state institutions
Al-Baydar pointed out that He pointed out that "the country is going through several complex crises, including the economic crisis related to the livelihood of citizens and a service crisis that includes water and electricity, as well as a security crisis as a result of the increased ".movements of terrorist organizations and armed groups
He continued, "The solution to the political crisis lies in collective and even tacit ".consensus within the components
Next Wednesday .. Who will prevail in the food security law, for the devotees or for those who refuse? Canon's brightness clarifies
In a new round of the conflict that has been going on since the end of the early parliamentary elections until now between the Sadrist movement, which won the highest seats and those who joined it, and the coordination framework and those who lined up with it, what will happen in next Wednesday’s session that was devoted to voting on the food security law that the two sides wrestled with And raised to the Federal Court and refused and then returned to the front in a parliamentary manner.
His latest developments were clarified by the representative of the Ishraqa Kanon bloc, Muhammad Jassem Al-Khafaji, in a statement to Noon news agency, saying, "The proposed law is presented within the work of the Council, specifically in the Finance Committee, and it is not hidden from everyone the active role of the Iraqi judiciary in preventing an attempt - (what he described) - slipping into more constitutional and legal violations in the process of legislating laws, the latest of which is Federal Court Decision No. (21) which was issued before days, and he explained the description of the government for managing daily affairs and what are the tasks entrusted to it, including the lack of legislation or proposing laws, so the food security law submitted by the government was rejected. As a result, the decision of the Finance Committee was to proceed with its legislation based on Article 60 of the Iraqi Constitution and Article (112) of the internal system of the House of Representatives, which It provides for the possibility of enacting laws by the competent committee, to avoid this constitutional violation, so it was submitted again to the Presidency of the House of Representatives and referred to the Legal Committee to express a legal opinion in order to proceed with its first reading in the House of Representatives and then vote on it.
He added, "It wasVoting on the decision in the Legal Committee is approval by the majority, but we proved in the vote that we do not agree with it, and that this law is also a violation within the same previous framework because it contains a financial aspect and a financial obligation for the government, which is contrary to the Constitution and the decision of the Constitutional Court and its decision No. (21) of 2015 to legislate laws The parliament had a financial aspect, so the decision was to be presented to the government to obtain its approval, and this means that we did nothing because the government, by law and constitution, does not allow it to legislate, and it was read in the first reading in the House of Representatives, and the problem is that the law contains many things far from food security and providing the food basket for the citizen And it has percentages of spending on certain projects and giving the authority to the government for the purpose of borrowing, repaying debts and repaying loans. At the same time, the Federal Court made it clear with its decision that the issue of providing food, medicine and security is a routine matter among the government’s daily work in managing matters and it is obligatory in it, and the session will be next WednesdayIt is to vote on the law and we will try to make it within the constitutional frameworks.
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The UN Security Council approves sending a special envoy to organize negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil
The UN Security Council agreed, on Saturday, to send a UN envoy to organize negotiations .that would develop radical solutions to the differences between Baghdad and Erbil )Nas" channel on Telegram.. our latest updates
And the media office of the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region stated in a statement that "Nass" received a copy of it (May 21, 2022), that "the Security Council approved a request submitted by the President of the Region, Nechirvan Barzani, to send an envoy to the United Nations in order to organize negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad to find a radical solution ".to the outstanding issues." on both sides
He also indicated that "the Security Council will issue next week a draft resolution to renew ".the work of the United Nations mission, and to discuss the issue in a special session
Baghdad reveals the "restructuring" of oil contracts in Kurdistan and threatens violators with legal measures
The Ministry of Oil in the Federal Government revealed, on Saturday, its intention to "restructure" oil contracts in the Kurdistan Region, threatening the violating companies with legal measures.
The ministry said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, "The federal government in Iraq is seeking to establish a new oil company in the Kurdistan Region, and it is expected that the new oil company in Kurdistan will enter into service contracts with oil companies there."
The ministry indicated that it "will seek to take legal measures against companies in the Kurdistan Region that do not negotiate with Baghdad to restructure contracts."
And the day before yesterday, Thursday, a document obtained by Shafaq News revealed that the Federal Oil Ministry will manage the file of exporting crude from Kurdistan Region, based on the decision of the Federal Supreme Court, "after matters reached a dead end in this regard."
The Federal Supreme Court had declared last February 15 that the oil and gas law of the Kurdistan Regional Government was unconstitutional and abolished, and obligating the regional government to hand over the entire oil production from the oil fields in the region and other areas from which the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Government of Kurdistan extracted oil and handed it over to the federal government, represented Federal Ministry of Oil.
The Kurdistan Region described the decision as "unconstitutional" and was based on a law dating back to the time of the previous regime, and the regional government stressed that "such an unconstitutional decision cannot be accepted."
And the Kurdistan Region began to sell its oil in isolation from the federal government, after a stifling financial crisis as a result of the collapse of oil prices during the ISIS invasion of areas in Iraq, in addition to the disputes with Baghdad that prompted the latter to stop paying the salaries of the region’s employees.
Baghdad says its national oil company, SOMO, is the only one authorized to sell Iraqi crude oil, but each side claims the constitution is on its side. Since the Iraqi oil and gas law remained imprisoned in the drafting stage due to differences, there was room for maneuver.
Parliamentary Move To Dismiss Al-Halbousi From The Presidency Of Parliament
Today, Saturday, member of the House of Representatives, Suhaila Al-Sultani, revealed the collection of signatures by the deputies of the coordination framework and independents to dismiss the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Halbousi, from his position, while confirming that Al-Halbousi’s actions inside the parliament dome indicate his “recklessness, dictatorship and arrogance.”
In an interview with the Information Agency, Al-Sultani said, "The actions of the Speaker of Parliament inside the parliament are irrational and have nothing to do with democracy and indicate his dictatorship with the people's representatives."
She added, "If Al-Halbousi practices such actions and behaviors with representatives elected by the people, it indicates the extent of his recklessness, arrogance and dictatorship at a time when he must be the protector of the constitution and democracy as he represents the highest authority in the Iraqi parliament."
The member of the House of Representatives confirmed, "there is a parliamentary movement by many representatives, especially the representatives of the framework who reject the arbitrary practices of Al-Halbousi, in addition to the independent representatives and representatives of other components to dismiss him from the position of the presidency of the House of Representatives."
An informed Sunni source had revealed, earlier, the escalation of the political movement inside the Sunni House to overthrow Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, indicating that the movement is taking place on both internal and external levels.
The political blockage threatens the pockets of citizens... the 2020 scenario looms on the horizon
Politicians and parliamentarians saw that the delay in forming the ministerial cabinet will lead the Iraqi economy to many crises due to the delay that will be reflected in the 2022 budget, while they expected a repeat of the 2020 scenarios represented in delaying salaries and stagnating the economy.
The delay in forming the government, according to Ari Harsin, a member of the leadership council of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, has political, social and economic repercussions, and all of these repercussions will negatively affect the reality of the Iraqi citizen in various parts of the country, because all these crises are reflected in the market, which directly affects the Iraqi citizen.
And about the impact of the delay in forming the new government on the scene in the region, Harsin found, during his speech to Shafak News Agency, "It is important that it not affect the political situation in the region because the general political situation in the region is different from the political situation in Iraq, and because the political situation in the region needs to To unite the Kurdish parties only within the Kurdish house.
Regarding the exploits in forming the new Iraqi government, the Kurdish official said, "There are two factors that influence the formation of the government, external and internal, and the influence of the external factor is more on the process of forming the government."
Hersin pointed out that "the solution lies in two stages. The first involves the compatibility of the components among themselves within their homes, and then requires an understanding between the homes of the components on the basis of giving priority to the public interest in accordance with the basic commonalities."
On the other hand, a member of the Iraqi parliament, Alaa al-Rikabi, said that "one of the main and constitutional duties of the Iraqi parliament is to elect the president of the republic and ratify the cabinet and the government program that will prepare the country's general budget."
Al-Rikabi added, during his speech to Shafak News Agency, that "the delay in the political process affected and delayed the approval of the federal budget, which has an impact on everyone in the country, so the delay in forming the government was reflected in the economic situation in general."
Regarding the recurrence of scenarios for 2020, the political observer Shukr Ahmed suggested, during an interview with the agency, that the delay in approving the federal budget would exacerbate the economic stagnation and for a longer period, especially since the economic conditions are in crisis this year due to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
And the Federal Minister of Finance, Ali Allawi, had confirmed during a televised meeting of the agency, that "the political blockage is behind the failure to approve the federal budget for the year 2022."
The dispute intensified between the two Shiite poles represented by the Sadrist movement, which won the highest votes in the elections that took place last year, and the coordination framework that includes blocs that expressed their rejection of the election results.
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, who chose the parliamentary opposition for a month, insists on forming a majority government that seeks to exclude the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, who held the position of Prime Minister for two terms. Saddam Hussein.
On the tenth of last October, Iraq held early legislative elections to get out of a political crisis that swept the country after large demonstrations in the central and southern regions in 2019 in protest against the widespread unemployment in society, the spread of financial and administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, and the deteriorating reality The service and the livelihood, which prompted the former prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign under popular pressure.
As soon as the preliminary results of the elections were announced, the voices of political forces and actors rose in their rejection of losing many seats, accusing them of major fraud in the ballot, which was denied by the executive and judicial authorities, at a time when the United Nations and international organizations praised the integrity of the electoral process.
Barzani participates in the World Economic Forum in Davos
The Presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, that "within the framework of the activities of the Global Forum, the Prime Minister will participate in a panel discussion entitled (A New Security Structure in the Middle East)."
On the sidelines of the forum, which kicks off from the 22nd to the 26th of this month, "Barzani will hold a series of meetings and meetings with senior officials, businessmen and economists in the region and the world."
He will also discuss during the forum, "the latest developments in Iraq and the region, and will also discuss diversification of the economy and sources of income, in addition to highlighting the importance of developing and reforming the banking system, finding new markets for Kurdistan's products and agricultural crops, and promoting trade and investment exchange
Erbil wants to develop trade relations with Washington: 138 American companies are operating in the region
The head of the local government in Erbil Governorate, the capital of Kurdistan Region, Omid Khoshnaw, expressed on Saturday the region’s desire to develop economic relations with the United States of America.
In a joint press conference held in Washington, DC, with the representative of the regional government in America, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Khoshnaw said that after the year 2014 and the emergence of the terrorist organization ISIS, large numbers of foreign commercial companies left the Kurdistan Region.
He added that the regional government has embarked on a process for the return of foreign companies to conduct their business again.
Regarding the relations between America and the region, American companies are ranked eighth in the classification of foreign companies operating in the region, noting that there are 138 American companies operating in the region.
Khazali reveals al-Sadr's acceptance of representatives from al-Maliki's coalition to form a government and urges him to take an order
The Secretary-General of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Qais al-Khazali, revealed on Saturday, the acceptance of a delegation from the Sadrist movement, with the participation of deputies from the coordination framework representing Nuri al-Maliki in the new government that the Sadrists seek to form.
Khazali said in a televised interview with Al-Ahd TV channel, owned by Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, which was followed by Shafak News Agency, that "a Sadrist delegation requested 40 deputies from the Shiite coordination framework, even if they represent the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki."
He added, "The framework has made many concessions and is ready to make more, but it will not give up the component's right to form the largest bloc."
Khazali added that "giving up the largest bloc means putting the component's right to the wind," explaining that "the Sadrist bloc is required to make real concessions."
He pointed out that "the Sadrist bloc wants the premiership and 9 ministries," stressing that "there are electoral benefits and the framework has 83 seats."
Khazali indicated that "the Sadrist bloc is not ready to contain the framework and give it political benefits," continuing that "the Sadrist bloc has the right to nominate the prime minister and we have the right to refuse."
He said that "what is happening now is a political conflict and competition that the people pay their taxes," adding that "the people's interest forces the political forces to make concessions."
The Secretary-General of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq considered the understanding of the two Kurdish parties (the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) as a big step towards a solution," noting that "the Kurdish agreement is a strong motivation for the Shiite parties towards understanding, and it will dismantle the equation of the tripartite alliance.
We do not reveal everything to the media.. The coordination framework explodes it: the political blockage is destined for a !solution
The leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance, representative of the coordination framework, Rafiq Al-Salihi, said today, Friday, that the political blockage is being resolved and there are dialogues that we will not reveal in the .media
Al-Salihi said to (Baghdad Today), “The delay in forming the government affected the citizen, especially with the lack of access to the budget, because the caretaker government cannot send the budget, and accordingly many sectors were affected by its failure to pass, and therefore the budget step and its legislation must be preceded by the step of forming a government with full powers, and accordingly, the ”.endeavors are present.” for this matter
He added, "Dialogues to end the political blockage are ongoing and there are steps in the dialogue that cannot be revealed to the media at the present time, but the ".issues are heading towards a solution
Al-Kaabi: The Food Security Law will include 500 billion dinars to serve Baghdad
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, confirmed today, Saturday, that the Food Security Law will include 500 billion dinars to serve Baghdad.
Al-Kaabi said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the emergency support law for food security and development will include, for the first time in 18 years, additional allocations to the Baghdad Municipality."
He added, "Including it, an amount of 500 billion dinars will be allocated to serve and reconstruct the capital, Baghdad, and Sadr City in particular."
He pointed out that "the Finance Committee will hold a number of meetings, this week, to complete the provisions of the proposed Food Security Law to expedite its second reading and vote on it soon."
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Barzani and Talabani meet in Sulaymaniyah and the Presidency of the Republic at the table for discussions
Upon his arrival, Barzani, accompanied by the co-chair of the Patriotic Union, Bafel Talabani, went to the Third Military College - Kallagolan to participate in the graduation ceremony of the sixteenth batch of college graduates.
After the ceremony, there will be a meeting between Barzani and Talabani, which will be followed by a meeting with Salah al-Din Bahaa al-Din, Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, Omar Syed Ali, coordinator of the Change Movement, and Ali Babir, head of the Kurdistan Justice Party (formerly the Islamic Group).
On the 21st of this month, the Kurdistan Democratic Party announced an upcoming meeting with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to resolve the dispute over the presidency, with the latter sticking to its candidate Barham Salih for a second presidential term.
Democratic Party spokesman Mahdi al-Faili told Al Furat News: "It is hoped that there will be a meeting between the two parties, and if there is a response from the union, it is possible that we will find a solution to the political dispute and the outstanding crisis," noting that "the response is to change the National Union of their candidate, and resort to A settlement candidate to end the dispute.
Al-Rasheed decides to raise the credit card limit to five times the salary
Al-Rasheed Bank decided today, Sunday, to raise the grant ceiling for the Credit Card to five times the salary, instead of three times for all those wishing to obtain the card.
The bank called, "all those wishing to apply through the Rashid Bank application and not to deal with any party claiming its relationship with the bank."
Increasing the capital of the Central Bank enhances its balanced monetary
The Central Bank of Iraq announced the decision of its board of directors to increase its capital to 5 trillion dinars, an increase of 40% over its previous capital of 3 trillion dinars. 2 trillion dinars.
From a specialized point of view, we see that this increase embodies the sobriety of the Central Bank and the solidity of its assets and will lead to the following:
1- Following safe investment policies, which will raise the financial position of the Central Bank and enhance its credit position internationally and restore confidence in the Iraqi economy and its banking relations with international banks and financial institutions.
2‐ Benefiting from the rise in global oil prices, reaching more than $100 per barrel, and building foreign cash reserves to cover imports and the local currency in circulation, and to maintain monetary and financial stability.
3- The continuation of the Central Bank’s intervention in supporting the national economy and stimulating and revitalizing the economic cycle in conditions of challenges and crises, and this now requires the government to invest the abundance available to it during the first quarter of 2022, which exceeded 11 trillion dinars and is expected to reach more than 45 trillion dinars at the end of 2022 And the equivalent of (30-35) billion dollars to pay off the internal debt, which amounts to about 46 trillion dinars, for the account of the Central Bank only.
4- Confronting the effects of reducing the exchange rate of the dinar and strengthening and activating the central financing and lending procedures and initiatives, which exceeded 15 trillion dinars during the years 2016-2022.
And that all of these measures led to an improvement in the government’s financial position and a reduction in the actual deficit rates in the 2021 budget and the plan for 2022, which achieved the central bank’s goal as far as its tasks and objectives contained in its Law 56 of 2004, in particular preserving its independence and what was mentioned in the reform objectives of the banking sector in the white paper .
All of this has clearly contributed to supporting the national economy and will give it flexibility and sufficient space to face the challenges that the economy suffers from for subjective and objective reasons.
Thus, the Central Bank, with its distinguished national team and its wise management, will be able to achieve its main tasks and objectives and is now proceeding strongly, effectively and with rational steps to achieve the objectives of strengthening the economy and banks for sustainable development and economic stability.
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President of the Region: We have reached a ground to solve the political blockage, and there are no problems that cannot be addressed.
The President of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani said on Sunday that a ground had been reached to resolve the political impasse in the region and all of Iraq, announcing the success in stopping the media war between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
President Barzani said in his speech on the occasion of the graduation of the sixteenth batch of graduates of the Third Military College - Kallagolan, that "we are still in contact with the parties in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to address the political blockage."
He added, "We succeeded in stopping the media war between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union, as we reached a ground for resolving the political blockage," adding that "there are no problems that cannot be resolved, but there are many obstacles that appear from time to time."
Adoption of emergency support is a necessity.. Parliamentary finance talks about the difficulty of presenting the 2022 budget
The Finance Committee confirmed today, Sunday, that the approval of the emergency support is an urgent necessity, while noting that it is difficult to present the draft budget law.
A member of the Finance Committee, MP Khalil Al-Dosky, said that "after the first reading of the second emergency support bill for food security, it will be discussed from several sides and aspects, in addition to the Finance Committee."
Al-Dosky added that "the most important paragraphs that will be discussed are the ceiling of the amount of money that will be allocated in the law, and some items may be added or subtracted from it according to the requirements of the public interest and the expected financial abundance."
He added that "there is harmony between the members of the Finance Committee and a preliminary approval of the second food law in principle, except for some disagreements about the items they wish to be covered by the law."
And he continued, "Some members of the Finance Committee favor excluding some items or paragraphs, and some of them agree with all the paragraphs mentioned in the statement, with the addition of water resources."
As for the budget law, Al-Dosky stressed that "it is difficult to present the draft budget law, but the emergency support law, as the Finance Committee mentioned, is not a substitute for the budget, but there are urgent necessities for its approval."
Al-Dosky pointed out that "it is not possible to keep all the financial affairs of the state in line with the advances, especially after the existence of the financial abundance that reached billions of dollars or trillions of dinars, and therefore we cannot provide it with advances.
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