WOTS FRI JUL 29 22 Iraq is on a hot tin, amid fears that the political crisis over the prime ministership will turn into a clash in the street
The Central Bank: We continue to allocate amounts to grant housing loans with very subsidized interest
Friday, the Central Bank of Iraq confirmed the continuation of granting loans to citizens with subsidized interests, while referring to the allocation of 5 trillion dinars to the Real Estate Bank and the Housing Fund.
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, Ammar Khalaf, said, "The initiatives of the Central Bank that he launched to the banks are many and varied and include all sectors of industry, agriculture, housing, soft loans, and the purchase of ATMs with different deadlines and at different interest rates according to the sector, as well as the difference in the amount of loans that are granted. It starts from 5 million dinars to more than one billion dinars, according to the loans and the project being presented.
Khalaf added in an interview with the official news agency and followed by / Mawazine News /, that "the Central Bank has specified funds to the Real Estate Bank and the Housing Fund, up to 5 trillion dinars for each bank, granted to the real estate or the housing fund."
Khalaf pointed out that "loans are continuing through the one trillion initiative through private banks to provide housing loans with very subsidized interest and terms of up to 20 years."
Al-Hakim: The choice of Shiites was not made by an external will.. This is what Qaani discussed in Baghdad
On Friday, the leader of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, described the selection of Muhammad Shia as prime minister as an Iraqi decision without any external pressure, indicating .that no foreign visit took place to discuss the repercussions of the recent demonstrations
Al-Hakim said in a televised interview, which was followed by (Baghdad Today), that "the selection of Muhammad is an Iraqi Shiite, and the choice was not made through any external ".interventions, as was done in the past
He added, "The coordinating framework forces are sticking to their candidate for the post of prime minister, Muhammad Shia, despite the storming of the Iraqi parliament's headquarters ".yesterday
Regarding the visit of the Iranian Quds Force commander, Ismail Qaani, Al-Hakim said that "no ".visit was made by any party to discuss the repercussions of the recent demonstrations
The framework renews its call for the Kurds to agree on the President of Iraq and initiate internal negotiations
The coordination framework, which includes Shiite political forces, except for the Sadrist movement, renewed its call on the Kurdish parties to quickly agree on the nomination of a candidate for the post of President of the Republic of Iraq, at a time when he announced that his negotiating committee will start negotiations with other political parties in order to strengthen the government next federation.
A statement issued by the framework stated that "for months, the coordination framework has been working to correct the course of the political process, which I want it to go in unknown directions away from the people's desire and the votes of the voters."
The statement added that "in continuation of his efforts, the coordination framework is keen to complete the understandings between all political forces and renews the call for the Kurdish forces to hold more serious dialogues in order to reach an agreement on a candidate for the presidency."
And he added, "The framework confirms its desire for all national forces to be consistent in their stance towards completing the constitutional dues before the parliament session devoted to electing the president of the republic."
The statement also indicated that "the negotiating team formed by the coordination framework will begin its dialogues with the political and other parties in order to reach internal understandings that contribute to increasing the strength of the next government and make it able to better perform its service tasks."
This comes after hundreds of al-Sadr's supporters stormed, the day before yesterday, the Iraqi parliament building in the Green Zone, in protest against the coordination framework's move to form a government and push a candidate from the Dawa Party led by al-Maliki.
Al-Sadr had hinted on more than one occasion to stand in the way of forming a government in accordance with the principle of quotas adopted since 2003.
Al-Sadr withdrew from the political process, after months of tug-of-war with the coordination framework to form a government according to the majority principle, which he confronted in alliance with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and a Sunni political coalition that brought together Muhammad al-Halbousi and Khamis al-Khanjar.
Al-Tamimi Clarifies The Legality Of Holding The Parliament Session Outside The Capital
The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained the extent of the possibility and legality of holding the parliament session in a place outside the capital and the building of the House of Representatives, pointing out that the parliament's internal system was clear in this matter.
Al-Tamimi told Al-Maalouma, "Article 21 of the parliament's internal system authorized the convening of the parliament session in another governorate, as it was stated in this article (parliament sessions are held in Baghdad and can be held in other places when necessary)."
He added that "the legal text in the internal system, when Baghdad specified a place for parliament sessions, allowed them to be held in another governorate, and the word places in it included all governorates, even the governorates of the Kurdistan region."
And he indicated that "the internal system is clear, and in sum, it allowed for the parliament session to be held, whether in Baghdad or in other provinces, when it was necessary to move in order to hold it in another place."
Al-Sadr's assistant and the Peace Brigades official in Tahrir Square )in Baghdad (photos
The general official of the Peace Brigades, Abu Mustafa al-Hamidawi, and one of the assistants of the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr, Awn Al-Nabi, was .present today, Friday, in the Tahrir Square in the center of the capital, Baghdad
The Sadrist media published a picture of the aforementioned persons present in Tahrir Square, .coinciding with the start of the demonstration on Saturday It is noteworthy that the capital, Baghdad, is witnessing security tension due to the approaching date of the start of the demonstration tomorrow, Saturday, coinciding with the holding of the .parliament session
Analysts: Al-Sadr wants to break the coordination framework in the street
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In a country that has been witnessing political paralysis for several months, hundreds of demonstrators stormed the Iraqi parliament, in a new show of the strength of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to increase pressure on his political opponents.
The country is living in a political impasse ten months after the early legislative elections that took place in October 2021, Iraq is still without a new president of the republic, and a new president has not yet been assigned to form the government.
Amid these complications, is there a risk of further escalation that could be more violent?
Why not prime minister yet?
The position of prime minister in Iraq traditionally belongs to a Shiite figure who is chosen by consensus among the Shiite political forces that dominate the political scene.
But Muqtada al-Sadr, who has a great influence on the political scene in Iraq, wanted to change this rule after his current won 73 seats in the October legislative elections. Thus, he won the largest number of seats in Parliament, and he wanted his current to be the one who nominates the prime minister of a “majority” government along with his allies.
After months of negotiations, al-Sadr left to his opponents in the coordinating framework, a coalition of Shiite forces, the task of forming the government after he took a sudden step by withdrawing his deputies from Parliament.
The framework includes, in particular, the bloc of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Fatah bloc representing the Popular Mobilization.
It took many months of back-and-forth, but the coordination framework announced on Monday Muhammad Shia al-Sudani as his candidate for prime minister. He is a 52-year-old former minister and governor, emerging from the traditional political class. The Sadrists also consider him close to Nuri al-Maliki.
In this political context, hundreds of Sadrist supporters stormed the parliament, located in the fortified Green Zone in the center of the capital, which includes government offices and embassies, on Wednesday, to protest against Al-Sudani's candidacy.
Iraqi political analyst Ali Al-Baydar believes that Al-Sadr, in this step, tells his opponents that "there is no government, no constitutional steps, and electoral benefits unless Al-Sadr agrees to them."
He added that Sadr conveyed a message "that he is strongly present and that he is an active part across the masses in the Iraqi political scene, and everyone should respect his positions and opinions," adding that he also showed "the absolute conviction that nothing can be passed without Sadr's blessing."
Is there an escalation?
Professor at the University of Baghdad, Ihsan Al-Shammari, believes that "the most important message from what happened is that the next political map, whatever it may be, will not pass as long as the Sadrist movement is outside the Iraqi parliament."
In turn, researcher Renad Mansour from Chatham House Research Center explains that Al-Sadr hopes to "use the power of the street to overthrow his opponents' attempts to form a government," explaining, "We are facing the longest path of the process of forming a government" in the country.
The storming of parliament was not the first step for al-Sadr to demonstrate the strength of his current.
In mid-July, hundreds of thousands of his supporters gathered for a unified Friday prayer in Baghdad at his call, a reflection of the extent of his popular base.
As for the prime minister's choice, political analyst Ali Al-Baydar rules out that the coordination framework will change the name of his candidate. He explains that "the coordinating framework may be politically broken if it presents an alternative that satisfies al-Sadr."
According to Al-Baydar, this increases the risk of a "civil war" with both sides owning armed groups.
"There is no tendency to make concessions by any of the parties, which means that the situation will go towards further escalation," he added.
At the same time, Renad Mansour points out that "there are many divisions and rivalries" within the coordination framework.
He adds, "Some of them are worried about working without al-Sadr and forming a government without him," fearing that his current's demonstrations and surprises "will turn into a normal thing when forming any future government."
Al-Maliki: The Sadrists' demonstration does not reflect the point of view of all Iraqis
The leader of the State of Law coalition, Abbas al-Maliki, confirmed today, Friday, that the Sadrist demonstration does not express the viewpoint of all Iraqis.
Al-Maliki said in an interview with Earth News, "The Sadrist movement's demonstrations do not express the viewpoint of all Iraqis. If several thousand came out to express a certain position, the Iraqis number 40 million, and therefore several thousand are not entitled to impose their opinion on millions of Iraqis."
Al-Maliki added that "entering the Green Zone in this way reveals a clear violation of the prestige of the state and the Sadrist movement, on the words of its leader." This is contrary to his words and his political belief.”
And al-Maliki stated that “the Sadrist movement chose to be outside the political process and it has no right to impose an order on the participants in the political process because it is the one who chose to be outside it and no one forced him to do this, and therefore a political party cannot impose its opinion on all other parties because it is due To the street, where other political parties that have an audience can turn to the street as well.”
Al-Maliki explained that "we are also in the coordinating framework, we demand reform and against corruption, but through our candidate for prime minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, who we believe will be worthy of this position and implement the framework program and solve what he can of the country's living, security and economic problems and also will fight corruption and he is an honest man who will testify to him." All in integrity.”
Al-Maliki was surprised, "How do demonstrations and protests take place against a candidate who has not yet taken over as prime minister and accuses him of failings, part of which are caused by the Sadrist movement itself as a participant in all the governments that preceded it."
Al-Maliki concluded by saying that “these protests are playing the street card, but this does not serve the political process and does not serve Iraq, and it will lead the country to more congestion.
Nabil Al Marsoumi to Nina: The current year's budget has become a thing of the past
The economic expert, Nabil Al-Marsoumi, confirmed that the current year's budget has become a thing of the past.
He told the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ) that the current year's budget is supposed to be submitted since November 2021, and we have passed the first half of July 2022, because it is real and actual to set a budget.
Al-Marsoumi added that the budget needs an approval from the Council of Ministers, which has not yet been formed, and then goes to Parliament for discussion and approval, which needs a period of between two to three months.
He explained that we have to think about next year, will there be a budget or not? .
Al-Marsoumi indicated that talking about the 2022 budget has become useless, and the Food Security Law, which was enacted two months ago, I think is sufficient to spend the surplus of oil revenues on the aspects decided by this law
The Kurdistan Regional Government will suspend the official working hours tomorrow, Saturday
On the occasion of the Islamic New Year, the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq will suspend working hours in official departments and institutions.
According to the Hijri calendar in which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia operates and on which most Islamic countries depend on religious occasions, tomorrow, Saturday, July 30, will be the first day of the Hijri year (1 Muharram) of the year 1444 AH.
According to the official holidays schedule of the Kurdistan Regional Government, the first of Muharram will be an official holiday on the occasion of the Islamic New Year.
The regional government excludes health institutions, evening counseling clinics, and security services from official holidays in order to provide the necessary services to citizens.
Mohammed Shaya is not one of us' .. the rule of law determines' the party that nominated the potential prime minister
The State of Law coalition, led by Nuri al-Maliki, confirmed today, Friday, that the candidate for prime minister, Muhammad Shia, is not affiliated with him, while .revealing the party that nominated him The deputy of the coalition, Thaer fearful, told (Baghdad Today), that “the candidate for prime minister, Muhammad Shia’a, is not affiliated with the State of Law coalition, and he left the coalition more than (6) years ago, and he has no political association with the coalition, and the ."man has a party. special to
And Mukhaib said, "Muhammad Shi'a is not the candidate of the State of Law coalition, but rather he is the candidate of all the forces of the coordination framework, and this selection was made according to controls and criteria, the most important of which are integrity, courage and success ".in government and parliamentary work
The coordinating framework had nominated Muhammad Shia for prime minister, but this nomination angered the Sadrist movement, which came out with purifications, through which he .stormed the Green Zone and the House of Representatives in particular
Source: Al-Rafidain refuses to reinstate the electronic submission of advances to employees and retirees
The source told {Euphrates News} that "the officials in charge of the bank's management refuse to return the electronic submission to the advances of employees and retirees with unacceptable pretexts and excuses, and prefer to keep the manual submission, which has damaged the bank's reputation in terms of delays in completing transactions granting advances, as well as the presence of commentators and people with weak souls Those who bargain, bargain and pay bribes in return for completing the transaction of granting advances in a manner that represents corruption in broad daylight.”
It is noteworthy that the employees are asking the Minister of Finance and members of the House of Representatives to intervene and find out the reasons for not returning to work with electronic submission, especially since the recent statements of the Minister of Finance clearly indicated the imminent resumption of electronic submission, which was also stated by the bank, but until the last moment it refuses to return the electronic submission without knowing the reasons.
Member of the Law: The negotiating framework team does not exclude the Sadrist movement
Wael Al-Rikabi told {Euphrates News} that "the members of the negotiating team that formed the framework yesterday are among the leaders of the framework, and they are: {Nuri al-Maliki, Hadi al-Amiri, Faleh al-Fayyad, Ahmed al-Asadi and Abdul-Sada al-Fariji}."
He explained that "the team will undertake to negotiate with all political parties to expedite the formation of the government and does not rule out negotiations with the Sadrist movement."
Al-Rikabi pointed out that "the powers of the team are to negotiate and reach understandings between everyone."
The coordinating framework decided in its meeting yesterday to form a negotiating team to discuss with all political forces regarding the formation of the government and the completion of the constitutional entitlements,” noting that “the team will start its dialogue rounds on Friday {today}.”
The framework step comes after his nomination of MP Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani for prime minister.
From: Raghad Daham
The profits of 9 banks from the currency difference as a result of the daily auction of the Central Bank amounted to 400 million dinars per day
Sales and foreign remittances of foreign currency accounted for the total sales of the Central Bank on Thursday, representing more than 92%, while the rest of the sales went as cash sales.
Today, during its auction for buying and selling US dollars, the Central Bank sold 250 million and 730 thousand and 358 US dollars, which were covered by the bank at a base exchange rate of 1460 dinars per dollar.
Most of these sales went to enhance balances abroad in the form of remittances and credits, amounting to 230 million, 980 and 358 dollars, while the rest went in the form of cash sales, which amounted to 19 million and 750 thousand dollars.
And 32 banks fulfilled requests to enhance balances abroad, and 9 banks to meet cash requests, in addition to 86 intermediary companies.
While the cash sales amounted to about 20 million dollars, and while the difference between the price of buying the dollar from the central bank and selling it in the market is about 20 dinars per dollar, the value of the profits from cash sales for the nine banks participating in the auction is 400 million dinars, and about 44 million dinars for each bank. as daily profit
Despite His Many Attempts, Al-Kazemi Will Never See The Light Of The Presidency Again
Political parties confirmed the move to form the new government after Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani was chosen as prime minister, explaining that the coordinating framework is continuing to form the government away from returning Al-Kazemi to the position again.
A member of the coordinating framework, Fadel Mawat, told Al-Maalouma, “Some internal and external parties are seeking to continue Al-Kazemi in the position in order to sign all treaties that violate the law, as well as normalization with the Zionist entity, at a time when the coordinating framework decided his order to proceed with the political process and form a service government. strong.”
On the other hand, a member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Khaled Al-Saray, told Al-Maalouma, "The coordinating framework agreed on the personality of Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani to head the new government, and this matter was welcomed by most popular circles, and therefore no other opinion can be imposed."
On the other hand, a member of the State of Law coalition, Kazem Al-Haidari, explained to "Al-Maalouma", that "most of the political blocs, including State of Law, reject the presence of Al-Kazemi or his renewal for a second term, and therefore this personality has become far from taking this position again."
Iraq is on a hot tin, amid fears that the political crisis over the prime ministership will turn into a clash in the street
Iraq has been living for weeks on a hot plate, against the background of the inability to elect a president and a prime minister, which raises fears of security slippage or political chaos, as well as external interference with ominous consequences. The conflict between the Sadrist movement and the "Coordination Framework" (ie the prominent Shiite parliamentary bloc led by Nuri al-Maliki) has spread to the street, due to the latter's appointment of former minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani to head the new government.
In addition to the fierce battle inside the Shiite house, there is also a dispute between the Kurdish components, which maintain the presidency, over the appointment of a president.
A new clarification from the coordination framework regarding the negotiating team
The coordination framework said, today, Friday, that the negotiating team will begin its dialogues with the political and other parties in order to reach internal understandings.
In a statement received by Noon News Agency, the framework said, "For months, the Shiite framework has been working to correct the course of the political process, which I want it to go in unknown directions away from the people's desire and the votes of the voters."
He added, "In continuation of his efforts, the coordination framework is keen to complete the understandings between all political forces and renews the call for the Kurdish forces to hold more serious dialogues in order to reach an agreement on a candidate for the presidency."
Al-Attar affirmed his "desire for all national forces to be in harmony in the position regarding the completion of the constitutional dues prior to the parliament session devoted to electing the president of the republic."
The statement explained, "We point out that the negotiating team formed by the coordination framework will begin its dialogues with the political and other parties in order to reach internal understandings that contribute to increasing the strength of the next government and make it able to better perform its service tasks.
Iraq calls for the launch of a common market and a unified agricultural calendar among Arab countries
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The Iraqi Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad al-Khafaji, called on Friday to launch a common market and a unified agricultural calendar among the Arab countries in order to improve trade exchanges between them to fill the food shortage due to the crisis the world is witnessing.
This came during his meeting today with the President of the Lebanese Republic, Michel Aoun, on the sidelines of his participation in the Quartet Agricultural Meeting in Beirut, according to a statement issued by the Minister's office.
The statement stated that Al-Khafaji stressed the importance of concerted Arab efforts to confront food security and secure food and agricultural products for our peoples, calling for the need to launch the Arab Common Market to improve trade exchanges and address food shortages in order to achieve food integration.
The statement quoted the minister as saying, "Our ambition is to include the largest number of Arab countries in this alliance and to strengthen relations at the agricultural level," noting that "when we can reach a unified agricultural calendar between countries, an added value will be achieved for farmers, as well as consumers in terms of easing cost.
Washington: The formation of the Iraqi government is an internal matter and we will not interfere in it
The US State Department said, on Friday, that it "will not interfere" in the issue of forming the new Iraqi government.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that his country is communicating with its Iraqi partners, "but it will not interfere in the issue of forming a government," stressing that it is an "internal issue."
Price expressed Washington's readiness to work with any Iraqi government that "puts the sovereignty of its country and the interests of its people at the center of its agenda," calling on the political parties in Iraq to "exercise restraint and not resort to violence in the demonstrations."
The framework renews its call for the Kurds to agree on the President of Iraq and initiate internal negotiations
The coordination framework, which includes Shiite political forces, except for the Sadrist movement, renewed its call on the Kurdish parties to quickly agree on the nomination of a candidate for the post of President of the Republic of Iraq, at a time when he announced that his negotiating committee will start negotiations with other political parties in order to strengthen the government next federation.
A statement issued by the framework stated that "for months, the coordination framework has been working to correct the course of the political process, which I want it to go in unknown directions away from the people's desire and the votes of the voters."
The statement added that "in continuation of his efforts, the coordination framework is keen to complete the understandings between all political forces and renews the call for the Kurdish forces to hold more serious dialogues in order to reach an agreement on a candidate for the presidency."
And he added, "The framework confirms its desire for all national forces to be consistent in their stance towards completing the constitutional dues before the parliament session devoted to electing the president of the republic."
The statement also indicated that "the negotiating team formed by the coordination framework will begin its dialogues with the political and other parties in order to reach internal understandings that contribute to increasing the strength of the next government and make it able to better perform its service tasks."
This comes after hundreds of al-Sadr's supporters stormed, the day before yesterday, the Iraqi parliament building in the Green Zone, in protest against the coordination framework's move to form a government and push a candidate from the Dawa Party led by al-Maliki.
Al-Sadr had hinted on more than one occasion to stand in the way of forming a government in accordance with the principle of quotas adopted since 2003.
Al-Sadr withdrew from the political process, after months of tug-of-war with the coordination framework to form a government according to the majority principle, which he confronted in alliance with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and a Sunni political coalition that brought together Muhammad al-Halbousi and Khamis al-Khanjar.
Will the calls for calm in Iraq succeed, or will things take an ?upward direction
Political matters in Iraq seem to be heading towards a dangerous escalation that will reflect in the future on the country's situation, after the peak of the political conflict .between the "coordinating framework" and the "Sadrists" reached the street Despite the calls for calm and the search for a political exit through political negotiations between the two parties to the conflict, concern prevails that it will fail .because of the intransigence of the parties to form the new government
The government is committed to maintaining security
The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, reiterated his government's insistence on imposing security in all regions, indicating .that he is committed to protecting social peace and diplomatic missions
A statement from Al-Kazemi's office said, "On Thursday, he chaired an expanded meeting that brought together the security leaders of the armed forces to discuss the course of what happened during the demonstrations yesterday (Wednesday) in the Green Zone, and the mechanism for protecting the demonstration to ensure that ".peaceful demonstrators are not exposed
Al-Kazemi stressed that "the government is committed to its duty to maintain security, ensure social peace, and protect public and private institutions, and ".diplomatic missions
He reiterated that the security services play their role in accordance with the law, to protect government institutions and international missions, and to prevent any .attempt to disturb security and public order
Calm calls
In addition, the political researcher, Nabil Jabbar Al-Ali, ruled out that "calls for calm will affect the arena of internal conflicts, and some local agendas or the behavior of internal parties may cause the crisis to intensify and escalate, to finally reach an ".armed confrontation He continued, "What we are experiencing today is events that were predicted by many inside and outside Iraq during the days of the conflict with ISIS, and they described them as the post-ISIS phase, represented by the armed struggles of the groups that formed and grew during the period of the expansion of terrorism in the ".absence of the state and the weakness of its security institutions He added, "Iraq today is facing a difficult labor, either moving to the stage of authoritarianism and tyranny as a result of the battle of breaking political will, or emerging as a stronger democratic country capable of solving its problems with the ".tools of democracy, political negotiation and acceptance of the other
political blockage
Meanwhile, political researcher Saleh Lafta revealed that "the escalation and expansion of the protest movement, the continuation of demonstrations, and the attempt to disrupt the choice of the prime minister will not end the political blockage in Iraq, and at the same time, things will not lead to an armed conflict between ".political parties and blocs
Lafta cited this by saying, "We remember how the previous protests, civil disobedience, and the suspension of work in all state institutions to pressure for new elections did not achieve the people's goals of forming a government away from the traditional ruling parties, and those same parties came out winning, and the crisis complicated the larger and prolonged formation of The government is more, and reducing the escalation or resorting to calm depends on the extent to which the ”.leaders of the blocs agree on their interests and agree to share governance
He continued, "It is not the right of any political party to take everything alone, either participation or violence, so each party resorts to trying to blackmail the other party, showing great hardness in positions and threatening to go away for what has undesirable consequences, then the knot is unraveled and the parties agree without ".a loser. The only solution is calm that guarantees that each side gets what it wants
He believes, "Any citizen has the right to express his opinion and try to convey his voice to those who have the solution, but citizens must accept the fait accompli and leave aside escalation and resorting to violence. When the leaders of the blocs agree, ".no one will care about their demands dangerous escalation
Political analyst Ali Al-Baydar believes that "so far, there are no solutions that can get the country out of the crisis it is experiencing. Perhaps there are parties that want to strike opponents together in order to dominate the scene, while there is no party ".that presents an initiative to bridge the rift between the various parties
Al-Baydar expected that "the situation is heading to escalate, and we may witness a possible confrontation between the two parties, Nuri al-Maliki and his companions on ".the side of the Sadrist movement, and this may lead to a civil war
The coordinating framework accuses Al-Kazemi of supporting the Sadrist movement's demonstrations: It is not popular
The leader in the coordination framework, Rafiq Al-Salihi, confirmed, today, Friday, that the demonstrations that took place against the framework candidate are not .popular and supported by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi Al-Salihi said in a statement to (Baghdad Today), "The aim of these demonstrations is to keep Al-Kazemi in power, and this is clear through Al-Kazemi's support for her ".and facilitating her entry into the parliament building with ease
He added, "When the demonstrations rejecting the election results came out at the time, they were confronted with repression, and resulted in casualties and injuries, and this indicates the existence of the current demonstrations to keep Al-Kazemi in ".power It is noteworthy that the director of Al-Sadr's office in Baghdad, Ibrahim Al-Jabri, .hinted, earlier, to the return of demonstrations next Saturday "?Al-Jabri said in a post on his Facebook page: "The people say, isn't Saturday near
Ammar al-Hakim: I call on all national forces to bypass previous intersections and open a serious and responsible dialogue
Today, Friday, the head of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, called on the national forces to open a new page based on mutual trust and joint action.
Al-Hakim said during the annual Husseini gathering in Al-Khilani Square in Baghdad, which was followed by (Al-Oula News), that "respecting the law and the constitution, and preserving the prestige of the state and its institutions, is the safe path to preserve the rights and sovereignty of the people."
He added, "From here, I call on all patriotic and benevolent forces to transcend previous sensitivities and intersections and open a serious and responsible dialogue in a spirit worthy of Iraq and its position, and open a new page based on mutual trust and joint national action, both from its position and effective participation in making supreme strategic decisions."
He continued, "Here we recall the heroism of the sons of the Popular Mobilization, which has become a national military institution that we are proud of, and we renew the resolve and praise its annual anniversary that is full of feats and heroism, and we salute its valiant types that you saw and witnessed by the world in its last review, solemn, confident and victorious, which necessitates renewing the call to continue its institutionalization, support and development to remain The bond and the back.”
Al-Hakim demanded that “there should be a clear and public mechanism in front of the people in choosing the president of the republic, and not to keep this behind the scenes and closed meetings, to get rid of the personalization of matters and aggravate situations. For what Parliament produces, and in a specific and near time.”
Al-Kazemi’s advisor sets priorities for investing financial savings and increasing revenue
Today, Friday, the financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, identified priorities for investing financial savings and an increase in total revenues.
Saleh said, "The increase in total revenues, based on oil revenues, is subject when it is outside the limits of financing the expenditures set forth in Law No. 2 of 2022, i.e. the Emergency Support Law for Food Security and Development, or exceeds the funding limits set forth in accordance with the provisions of Article (13) / Second. From the effective Financial Management Law No. (6) of 2019 disbursing 12/1 of the actual current expenditures realized in the fiscal year 2021.
He added, "Based on the provisions of the two laws above, and when actual revenues exceed expenditure estimates, and after covering the actual deficit, if any, in the emergency law as mentioned, the surplus is directed and employed in the budgets of the following years through a (sovereign fund) as stipulated by the provisions of Article 19 of the Financial Management Law. The aforementioned, provided that the legal adjustment to the current fiscal year conditions is available because the financial savings that go to the sovereign fund’s account is required under the effective Federal Financial Management Law to have a law for the annual general budget, which does not exist for the year 2022,” according to the official agency.
He continued, "Nevertheless, this means, in all cases, the generation of official reserves that are used for spending in the coming years through a sovereign saving fund inevitably, and it is managed in accordance with international best practices in managing and investing official reserves and benefiting from the investment returns of these official foreign reserves or disposing of them." In financing the budgets of the coming years and achieving the so-called financial sustainability, as confirmed by the Central Bank of Iraq in its recent statements about the management of the Fund.
He continued, "Certainly, the priority will go in an important aspect towards financing investment projects that contribute to the development of national income and the economic prosperity of our country."
He explained, “If the fiscal year 2022 ends, for example, without approving the general budget, and starting spending at a ratio of 1/12 of the actual current expenditures for the past year 2021, the financial surpluses will go to a fund or reserve account that represents the sovereign wealth, and certainly the priority will go.” Towards the sustainability of financing investment projects that contribute to the development of national income and the economic prosperity of our country.
He concluded by saying: "Despite the foregoing, there is a fundamental development that came in the effective Federal Financial Management Law that was amended in 2020, whereby governorates that did not benefit from their share of the allocation for investment projects were allowed to keep those allocations in the following year in a trust account to resume the exchange. The approved investment projects shall do so in the following year without interruption, even in the event of a delay in approving the budget.
Sadrists flock to Tahrir Square and concrete blocks block them from Al-Khadra (photos)
Dozens of supporters of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, flocked this evening, Friday, to Tahrir Square in the center of the capital, Baghdad.
Supporters of the Sadrist movement are seeking to prevent the parliament session on the presidential elections, the date of which has not yet been officially set.
And the security forces rushed to put concrete blocks at the beginning of the Jumhuriya Bridge to prevent the demonstrators from crossing into the Green Zone, where the parliament building is located.
The security forces also cut the Al-Sinak, Al-Ahrar and Al-Shuhada bridges that separate the two sides of Baghdad, Karkh and Rusafa.
On Wednesday, hundreds of al-Sadr's supporters stormed the Iraqi parliament building in the Green Zone, in protest against the coordination framework's move to form a government and push a candidate from the Dawa Party led by al-Maliki.
Al-Sadr had hinted on more than one occasion to stand in the way of forming a government in accordance with the principle of quotas adopted since 2003.
Al-Sadr withdrew from the political process, after months of tug-of-war with the coordination framework to form a government according to the majority principle, which he confronted in alliance with the Kurdistan Democratic Party and a Sunni political coalition that brought together Muhammad al-Halbousi and Khamis al-Khanjar.
The Sadrists respond to Al-Hakim by closing his offices in Baghdad and waving "other steps"
A source in the Sadrist movement said today, Friday, that the supporters of the movement closed a number of offices of the al-Hikma movement in Baghdad due to the speech of its leader Ammar al-Hakim regarding the formation of the government and the Sadrist demonstrations, indicating that the closures will extend to other governorates.
The source, who asked not to be named, told Shafak News Agency, "The speech of the head of the Al-Hikma Movement, Ammar Al-Hakim, regarding the formation of the government and the demonstrations angered the Sadrist movement's fans, as a number of Sadrist movement's supporters directed the closure of a number of Al-Hikma Movement offices in a number of Baghdad districts, and it will also be closed." their offices in the provinces.
The source added that the Sadrist movement called the demonstrations the Ashura reform revolution, as Muqtada al-Sadr spoke about in recent tweets.
The head of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, confirmed, on Friday, that he would not stand idly by in front of the voices of sedition and plunge young people into chaos, calling at the same time to amend the election law, indicating that the selection of the Prime Minister by the forces of the coordination framework came with a high level of responsibility and denial. Self from the leaders of the first row and a number of leaders of the second row.
The head of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, confirmed today, Friday, that the coordinating framework forces are sticking to their candidate for the position of Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani, despite the storming of the Sadrist movement to the headquarters of the Iraqi parliament yesterday, rejecting his candidacy.
Al-Hakim criticized the government security forces' handling of the demonstrations by supporters of the Sadrist movement and allowing the demonstrators to enter the Green Zone.
Al-Hakim comments on the closure of his headquarters by the Sadrists: No to sedition
The head of the Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, commented on Friday on the closure of the headquarters of the al-Hikma movement among the followers of the Sadrist movement.
Al-Hakim said in a tweet with a Quranic verse, “If you stretch out your hand to kill me, I will not stretch out my hand to you to kill you.”
And he sealed it with the hashtag, "#No_for the fitna".
Today, Friday, a security source in Basra governorate said that a number of Sadrists had surrounded the office of Ammar al-Hakim, head of the al-Hikma movement.
The source told Shafak News Agency; Supporters of the Sadrist movement closed the office of al-Hakim and another affiliated to the al-Furat channel affiliated with the al-Hikma movement.
A source in the Sadrist movement said, earlier today, Friday, that the supporters of the movement closed a number of the offices of the al-Hikma movement in Baghdad because of the speech of its leader Ammar al-Hakim regarding the formation of the government and the Sadrist demonstrations, indicating that the closures will extend to other provinces.
The source, who asked not to be named, told Shafak News Agency, "The speech of the head of the Al-Hikma Movement, Ammar Al-Hakim, regarding the formation of the government and the demonstrations angered the Sadrist movement's fans, as a number of Sadrist movement's supporters directed the closure of a number of Al-Hikma Movement offices in a number of Baghdad districts, and it will also be closed." their offices in the provinces.
The source added that the Sadrist movement called the demonstrations the Ashura reform revolution, as Muqtada al-Sadr spoke about in recent tweets.
Parliamentary Legal: There will be no session for the House of Representatives tomorrow
Today, Friday, the Parliamentary Legal Committee confirmed that there will be no session of the House of Representatives tomorrow, while it has set a condition for the parliament to reconvene.
The head of the Legal Committee, Muhammad Anouz, told Al-Iraqiya News, and the Iraqi News Agency (INA) followed it, that "10 months have passed since the electoral process, and there are still political overlaps regarding the file of government formation, and we are waiting for the results of the current negotiations."
He added that "there is a paralysis that affected the parliament's sessions as well because of the political situation, as we are supposed to witness 8 sessions per month, while the total of its sessions in this legislative session did not exceed 12 since its first session last January."
He added, "There is no session tomorrow, and holding the session requires the candidates to come to hold the presidential election session, and the Kurdish brothers have not yet agreed to nominate one agreed candidate.
After the demonstrations, Al-Fateh intends to approach the Sadrists to nominate names for positions in the Shiite government
The Al-Fateh Alliance announced, today, Friday, its intention to approach the Sadrist movement to nominate some names for positions in Muhammad Shia's government, indicating that the government will be .attended by all
A member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Ali Al-Fatlawi, said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that "the ministerial cabinet of the expected government of Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, all political parties will participate in it, and no political party will be ".marginalized
He added that "the framework intends to approach the Sadrist movement if it wishes to present candidates for some positions," noting that "the expected Sudanese government of Muhammad Shia'a, will be a service government working to solve the crises that the Iraqi people have been suffering from over the past years, on top of which is the file of services, electricity and health." As well as preserving the sovereignty of Iraq in a real way in a way that preserves the prestige of Iraq and the .Iraqis
Today, Friday, the dollar exchange rates witnessed stability in the local markets.
The selling prices of the dollar were 148,500 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices of the dollar were 148,400 dinars per 100 dollars.
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Nabil Al Marsoumi to Nina: The current year's budget has become a thing of the past
The economic expert, Nabil Al-Marsoumi, confirmed that the current year's budget has become a thing of the past.
He told the National Iraqi News Agency ( NINA ) that the current year's budget is supposed to be submitted since November 2021, and we have passed the first half of July 2022, because it is real and actual to set a budget.
Al-Marsoumi added that the budget needs an approval from the Council of Ministers, which has not yet been formed, and then goes to Parliament for discussion and approval, which needs a period of between two to three months.
He explained that we have to think about next year, will there be a budget or not? .
Al-Marsoumi indicated that talking about the 2022 budget has become useless, and the Food Security Law, which was enacted two months ago, I think is sufficient to spend the surplus of oil revenues on the aspects decided by this law
Washington: The formation of the Iraqi government is an internal matter and we will not interfere in it
The US State Department said, on Friday, that it "will not interfere" in the issue of forming the new Iraqi government.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that his country is communicating with its Iraqi partners, "but it will not interfere in the issue of forming a government," stressing that it is an "internal issue."
Price expressed Washington's readiness to work with any Iraqi government that "puts the sovereignty of its country and the interests of its people at the center of its agenda," calling on the political parties in Iraq to "exercise restraint and not resort to violence in the demonstrations."
Al-Tamimi Clarifies The Legality Of Holding The Parliament Session Outside The Capital
The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, explained the extent of the possibility and legality of holding the parliament session in a place outside the capital and the building of the House of Representatives, pointing out that the parliament's internal system was clear in this matter.
Al-Tamimi told Al-Maalouma, "Article 21 of the parliament's internal system authorized the convening of the parliament session in another governorate, as it was stated in this article (parliament sessions are held in Baghdad and can be held in other places when necessary)."
He added that "the legal text in the internal system, when Baghdad specified a place for parliament sessions, allowed them to be held in another governorate, and the word places in it included all governorates, even the governorates of the Kurdistan region."
And he indicated that "the internal system is clear, and in sum, it allowed for the parliament session to be held, whether in Baghdad or in other provinces, when it was necessary to move in order to hold it in another place."
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