IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

The Finance Committee sets the date for the final vote on the 2023 budget

The Finance Committee sets the date for the final vote on the 2023 budget

2023-04-10

Sunday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee set the date for the final vote on the 2023 budget, and while it indicated that the price of a barrel of oil in the budget is good, it confirmed that there is no increase in the prices of gasoline and kerosene on the product internally.

Committee member Mueen Al-Kadhimi said in a televised statement, “The Finance Committee is serious about moving Read more…

Parliamentary oil refuses to increase fuel prices in the budget law

Parliamentary oil refuses to increase fuel prices in the budget law

2023-04-09 05:21

Shafaq News/ The Parliamentary Oil and Natural Resources Committee announced today, Sunday, its refusal to increase the tax and prices of oil derivatives in the general budget law for the year 2023.

Committee member Sabah Sobhi told Shafaq News agency, “The Parliamentary Oil and Natural Resources Committee rejects any increase Read more…

Barham Salih: Constitutional amendments have become a necessity, and the system of government may be replaced by a presidential one

Barham Salih: Constitutional amendments have become a necessity, and the system of government may be replaced by a presidential one

4-9-2023

Information / Baghdad..
The former President of the Republic, Barham Salih, affirmed, on Sunday, the commitment of all political parties, including the Kurdish ones, to conducting the constitutional amendment to avoid recurring crises during the formation of the government, indicating that the parliamentary system had failed in large parts Read more…

Parliamentary conquest: We will not submit to any bargaining over passing the budget

Parliamentary conquest: We will not submit to any bargaining over passing the budget

4-9-2023

Information / Baghdad..
On Sunday, the representative of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, confirmed the impossibility of passing any bargaining during the approval of the federal budget, indicating that some forces hinting at passing laws in return for Read more…

The Sudanese advisor comments on the continued decline in the “parallel” price of the dollar

The Sudanese advisor comments on the continued decline in the “parallel” price of the dollar

2023-04-09 03:02

Shafaq News/ The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih commented, on Sunday, on the continued decline in the exchange rate of the dollar in the parallel market.

Salih told Shafaq News agency, “The decline in the exchange rate of the dollar in Read more…

Towards a new national contract: a historic settlement between the state and society that puts Iraq on the right path

Towards a new national contract: a historic settlement between the state and society that puts Iraq on the right path

4-9-2023

On this day, the ninth of April, Iraq turns twenty years of change, in an event that changed the country, the region and the world, and the debate about this turning point still exists today. It is fair to say that salvation from a tyrannical regime that has committed crimes against the Iraqis and the region cannot be underestimated. It was hoped that this transformation would be Read more…

To avoid the deficit.. a parliamentarian presents a solution to resolve the oil price clause in the budget

To avoid the deficit.. a parliamentarian presents a solution to resolve the oil price clause in the budget

4-8-2023

Information/exclusive..
Member of Parliament, Rafik al-Salhi, proposed today, Saturday, a mechanism to settle the oil price clause in the budget law, while he expected it to be passed during the holy month of Ramadan.
Al-Salhi said in an interview Read more…

Deputy: The 2023 operational budget is par excellence, and we recorded 3 question points in the first reading

Deputy: The 2023 operational budget is par excellence, and we recorded 3 question points in the first reading

4-8-2023

Information / Diyala..
Representative Muhammad Qutayba Al-Bayati confirmed, on Saturday, that the 2023 budget is operational with distinction and needs important solutions for some of its items.

Al-Bayati said, in an interview with Al-Maalouma, that “the House of Representatives conducted the first reading Read more…

Washington Examiner: The Pentagon pays Barzani a quarter of a billion dollars annually to suppress his opponents

Washington Examiner: The Pentagon pays Barzani a quarter of a billion dollars annually to suppress his opponents

4-8-2023

Information/translation…
A report by the American newspaper The Washington Examiner confirmed, on Saturday, that the Pentagon pays Barzani a quarter of a billion dollars annually to suppress his opponents, noting that stopping Kurdish oil exports to Turkey cost the regional government a loss of $22 million per day, and this has led to Read more…

Parliamentary Finance expects the approval of the oil and gas law “immediately” after the budget, on condition

Parliamentary Finance expects the approval of the oil and gas law “immediately” after the budget, on condition

2023-04-08 06:44

Shafaq News/ Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ikhlas Al-Dulaimi confirmed, on Saturday, that the agreement between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government will reflect positively on the general budget and oil and gas laws.

Al-Dulaimi told Shafaq News agency, “The agreement between the federal Read more…

Nechirvan Barzani and Al-Halbousi: Delaying the implementation of the oil agreement between Erbil and Baghdad will have a negative impact on Iraq’s revenues

Nechirvan Barzani and Al-Halbousi: Delaying the implementation of the oil agreement between Erbil and Baghdad will have a negative impact on Iraq’s revenues

2023-04-08 05:15

Shafaq News/ The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, and the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, agreed today, Saturday, that delaying the implementation of the agreement between Erbil and Baghdad to resume exporting Kurdistan’s oil will have a negative impact Read more…

Mandalawi stresses the need to expedite the legislation of the budget law

Mandalawi stresses the need to expedite the legislation of the budget law

2023-04-08

First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, stressed the need to expedite the legislation of the budget law in a way that guarantees the rights of the governorates to implement their service projects.

And the office of the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament stated in a statement Read more…

Law: Parliament seeks to reduce the 2023 budget deficit by 50%

Law: Parliament seeks to reduce the 2023 budget deficit by 50%

4-7-2023

Information/exclusive..
The leader of the State of Law Coalition, Turki Jadaan, confirmed, on Friday, that Parliament seeks to reduce the budget deficit by 50%.
“The deficit in the 2023 budget is very high and Read more…

The President of the Kurdistan Region hopes that the oil agreement between Erbil and Baghdad will enter into force as soon as possible

The President of the Kurdistan Region hopes that the oil agreement between Erbil and Baghdad will enter into force as soon as possible

2023-04-07 04:48

Shafaq News/ The President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, expressed, on Friday, his hope that the temporary agreement reached by Erbil and Baghdad regarding the resumption of exporting Kurdistan’s oil will enter into force as soon as possible.

Barzani said in a statement to reporters today Read more…

It is declining in Iraq by about half.. The World Bank expects a decline in growth in the Middle East in 2023

It is declining in Iraq by about half.. The World Bank expects a decline in growth in the Middle East in 2023

2023-04-07 10:30

Shafaq News/ The World Bank expected, on Thursday, that a double-digit inflation in food prices in the region this year will lead to a slowdown in growth to 3% compared to 5.8% last year, indicating that growth in Iraq will decrease from 2022.

The bank thus lowered its forecast for the growth Read more…

Al-Aqili: The American ambassador is moving to save Al-Halbousi after he was besieged on corruption charges

Al-Aqili: The American ambassador is moving to save Al-Halbousi after he was besieged on corruption charges

4-6-2023

Information / Baghdad ..
The security expert, Sabah Al-Akeli, considered, on Thursday, the recent suspicious movements of the US Ambassador to Baghdad, Elena Romansky, as part of her efforts to restore the leadership of Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi, indicating that these moves come to block the way for efforts to hold him Read more…

The popular movement: The US embassy will not discourage us from dismissing Al-Halbousi

The popular movement: The US embassy will not discourage us from dismissing Al-Halbousi

4-6-2023

The information/exclusive..
The popular movement for the Belt and Road demanded, on Thursday, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi to submit his resignation immediately, stressing that “Al-Halbousi’s preoccupation with holding meetings with the American Read more…

After the first reading… A comment from the coordination framework regarding approving the budget

After the first reading… A comment from the coordination framework regarding approving the budget

2023-04-06 02:20

Shafaq News/ A member of the coordination framework, Hassan Fadam, confirmed that there is insistence on quickly approving the general budget law, especially in its tripartite body.

Fadaam told Shafaq News agency, “The House of Representatives read the first reading of the budget law, and this is a positive step, and there was a good Read more…

A “record” period… Parliamentary finance sets a date for approving the tripartite budget

A “record” period… Parliamentary finance sets a date for approving the tripartite budget

2023-04-05 13:33

Shafaq News/ A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Cougar revealed, on Wednesday, that the approval of the general budget will be after Eid Al-Fitr.

Cougar told Shafaq News agency, “The House of Representatives will work Read more…

Al-Sudani and Al-Mandalawi stress the importance of expediting the legislation of the budget law

Al-Sudani and Al-Mandalawi stress the importance of expediting the legislation of the budget law

4-5-2023

Information / Baghdad..
Today, Wednesday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’a al-Sudani and First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Mohsen al-Mandalawi discussed a number of files related to political, economic and security developments.

The media office of the First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives said in a statement, Read more…