IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

The US Army: We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at the moment … and it determines the reason

The US Army: We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at the moment … and it determines the reason

04/22/2021 18:47:00

The commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, ruled out the withdrawal of his country’s forces from Iraq soon.

“We do not expect to withdraw from Iraq at this time,” McKinsey said in a press statement.
“We will maintain our presence based on the strategic dialogue Read more…

The budget controversy is on the front again

The budget controversy is on the front again

04/22/2021 07:10:24

The debate over the state budget for 2021 is at the forefront of political conversations again. While the Council of Ministers authorized its Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to challenge some of its parliamentary paragraphs before the Federal Court, the debate raged about the changes that affected the version of the budget published in the official Iraqi newspaper Al-Waqi’a .

The representative of the network Read more…

Deputy: Al-Kazemi will visit Washington next July

Deputy: Al-Kazemi will visit Washington next July

04/22/2021 11:25:02

A member of the Future Bloc in Parliament, Sarkut Shams al-Din, revealed, on Thursday, that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s visit to the United States will be scheduled for next July.

According to a statement by Shams al-Din, the Euphrates News received a copy of it, “Al-Kazemi will visit Washington next July to discuss relations, especially the Read more…

Member of Parliamentary Energy: Electricity this summer will be better

Member of Parliamentary Energy: Electricity this summer will be better

4/22/2021 17:41

[Baghdad-Where]
Member of the Parliamentary Energy Committee, Amjad Al-Oqabi, announced, Thursday, that the distribution of electricity in Baghdad and the provinces will be better this summer.
“The Ministry of Electricity prepared a plan that was supposed to be implemented in 2020, but this year is devoid of the budget, and even the disbursement Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: 3 proposals regarding the budget for the next three years

Parliamentary Finance: 3 proposals regarding the budget for the next three years

04/21/2021 02:56:22

The Parliamentary Finance Committee unveiled a proposal to approve the 2021 budget for the next three years.

Al-Hajja member Muhammad Al-Shabky said in a press statement, “The holding of parliamentary elections in October next and the approval of their results, and the formation of the government, which may be delayed Read more…

The National Approach cluster presents the second set of observations on the white paper

The National Approach cluster presents the second set of observations on the white paper

Wednesday 21 April 2021 | 01:17 PM

The head of the National Approach bloc, MP Ammar Tohme, presented today, Wednesday, the second set of notes on the white paper.

And it came in the notes: –

1. The Emergency Cell for Financial Reform recommended the existence of representation of the Economic Contact Group for Iraq (and this group includes the seven industrialized countries, the World Bank, Read more…

Al-Kazemi to the Investment Commission: I warn you against being lenient with these, and I will hold accountable any negligence

Al-Kazemi to the Investment Commission: I warn you against being lenient with these, and I will hold accountable any negligence

4/21/2021 16:29

[Baghdad-Where]

The most prominent of what was said by the Prime Minister, Mr. Mustafa Al-Kazemi, during his visit to the National Commission for Investment and to see its departments, functioning and obstacles facing work:
* The Investment Commission has a major role in the country’s reconstruction process, and therefore it must be corrected and fixed from previous mistakes.

* There is a defect in the country’s infrastructure, Read more…

Deputy: Parliament demands immediate dismissal of the government if it does not control dollar prices

Deputy: Parliament demands immediate dismissal of the government if it does not control dollar prices

19:01 – 20/04/20210

A member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, MP Mukhtar Al-Mousawi, called on the government, on Tuesday, to urgently address the rise in dollar prices, which negatively affected the citizen’s income.

Al-Mousawi said, in a statement to the information agency, that “Parliament today is required to fulfill its promise and to immediately dismiss the government for its inability to manage or control the stock market, whose results have negatively Read more…

A legal expert demonstrates the mechanism for correcting errors in the Official Gazette

A legal expert demonstrates the mechanism for correcting errors in the Official Gazette

2021-04-20 08:36

Shafaq News / The legal expert, Tariq Harb, explained, on Tuesday, that errors occurred in the materials published in the Iraqi Al-Waqi’a newspaper, an issue that could be corrected by the Presidency of the Republic.

Harb said in a statement received by Shafaq News, that the errors in the Federal Budget Law when it was published in the Iraqi facts are governed by the Law of Publication in the Official Gazette No. 78 of 1977, and its correction requires Read more…

Parliamentary Finance responds to the ministry about budget errors .. And a legal expert: What happened is a scandal

Parliamentary Finance responds to the ministry about budget errors .. And a legal expert: What happened is a scandal

04/20/2021 15:58:47

The Parliamentary Finance Committee responded to the statement of the Ministry of Finance, which implicitly bears the parliament regarding the errors in the fiscal budget law for 2021.

The head of the committee, Haitham al-Jubouri, said, “The revenues were not included in the financial fees, the foreign workers’ work fee, the expected sales tax for cigarettes and alcoholic beverages, the amount Read more…

Legal expert: Some budget errors are only corrected by law … and he explains the method

Legal expert: Some budget errors are only corrected by law … and he explains the method

04/2020 18:21:43

The legal expert, Tariq Harb, said today, Tuesday, that some errors that occurred in the fiscal budget law for 2021 cannot be corrected except by law.

Harb said to {Euphrates News} that “the errors that occur are of two types. The first is in printing the House of Representatives because they say one thing and another thing is printed and published,” indicating that “the mistake of the Presidency Read more…

The Council of Ministers authorizes Al-Kazemi to appeal some budget provisions to the Federal Court

The Council of Ministers authorizes Al-Kazemi to appeal some budget provisions to the Federal Court

2021-04-20

Today, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers authorized the Speaker of the Council, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, to file an appeal with some of the articles of the federal budget before the Federal Supreme Court.

Government spokesman Hassan Nazim said during a joint press conference with the Minister of Finance and Planning, attended by Read more…

Al-Kazemi suspends the Finance Book on the tax withholding of employee salaries

Al-Kazemi suspends the Finance Book on the tax withholding of employee salaries

20/4/2021 15:22

[Baghdad-Where]
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi suspended the book issued by the Ministry of Finance regarding taxation of state employees’ salaries.
The Minister of Finance, Ali Allawi, recently sent an official letter to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers demanding that taxes be deducted Read more…

Alia Nassif: We will vote on the removal of the Minister of Finance as soon as the deductions decision are implemented

Alia Nassif: We will vote on the removal of the Minister of Finance as soon as the deductions decision are implemented

Monday 19 April 2021 | 11:04 a.m.

Today, Monday, Representative Alia Nassif confirmed that the House of Representatives will vote on the dismissal of Finance Minister Ali Allawi if the decision to impose taxes and deduct from the salaries of employees is implemented .

Nassif said in a statement, “Parliament represents the authority of the Iraqi people, and Parliament has previously removed the tax deductions paragraph Read more…

Parliamentary Finance responds to the conflicting figures in the 2021 budget

Parliamentary Finance responds to the conflicting figures in the 2021 budget

4/19/2021 16:15

[Baghdad-Where]
The Parliamentary Finance Committee responded, on Monday, to the conflicting figures between the 2021 Fiscal Budget Law, which the House of Representatives voted on, and the law published in the official Al-Waqi’a newspaper.
The committee stated, in a statement, that it “has seen some data and the inquiries Read more…

Al-Waqae ‘newspaper publishes the general budget for 2021

Al-Waqae ‘newspaper publishes the general budget for 2021

04-18-2021 12:20 PM

On Sunday, the official newspaper Al-Waqi’a published the fiscal budget law for 2021. By publishing the law in the official newspaper, Read more…

Parliamentary movement to make amendments to the oil and gas law

Parliamentary movement to make amendments to the oil and gas law

04/18/2021 07:47:21

The Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee has opened the cabinet and the Ministry of Oil for the purpose of expediting amendments to the oil and gas law and sending it to Parliament.

Committee member Sadiq Al-Sulaiti said, in a press interview, that the oil and gas law is one of the most important stalled laws, and the Parliamentary Oil Committee Read more…

Legal expert explains the importance of Iraq leaving the British classification of high risk countries

Legal expert explains the importance of Iraq leaving the British classification of high risk countries

04/18/2021 18:18:57

The legal expert, Tariq Harb, explained the importance of Iraq leaving the British classification of high risk countries.

Harb said {to Euphrates News} that “many foreign companies were reluctant to enter into projects inside Iraq; but after the recent British decision, the doors of work were opened in front of them.”
He added, “We find foreign companies currently operating Read more…

Nassif confirms: Al-Kazemi rejected the Finance Minister’s decision to withhold salaries due to pressure

Nassif confirms: Al-Kazemi rejected the Finance Minister’s decision to withhold salaries due to pressure

Sunday 18 April, 2021 | 01:57 PM

A member of the House of Representatives, Alia Nassif, confirmed, on Sunday, that the Prime Minister’s retreat from approving Finance Minister Muhammad Allawi’s book on the tax deduction for employees ’salaries came as a result of media and specialist pressure .

Nassif said, “Finance Minister Muhammad Allawi’s decision to impose tax Read more…

Advisor to the Prime Minister reveals the budget materials that the government will challenge

Advisor to the Prime Minister reveals the budget materials that the government will challenge

4/18/2021 14:32

[Baghdad-Where]
Advisor to the Prime Minister for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, revealed the articles that the government will challenge in the 2021 fiscal budget law.
Saleh said, “The two most important points that will be included in the government appeals to the budget are Read more…