IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Representative economics submits 8 proposals to the government to maximize revenues and reduce imports

Representative economics submits 8 proposals to the government to maximize revenues and reduce imports

11/21/2020 17:16

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The Parliamentary Economic and Investment Committee submitted, on Saturday, 8 proposals to the government to maximize revenues, move the market and reduce imports.
“It is important for the government to seriously consider adopting economic activities that contribute Read more…

Parliament Presidency calls on the government to prevent the exit of hard currency from Iraq

Parliament Presidency calls on the government to prevent the exit of hard currency from Iraq

11/21/2020 17:19

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On Saturday, the Presidency of the House of Representatives called on the government to prevent the exit of hard currency from Iraq.
“The economic situation in Iraq makes it imperative for the government to control its resources, including the exit of hard Read more…

Sincere: Governmental statements regarding the Chinese agreement are an illusion to public opinion and agreement on the truth

Sincere: Governmental statements regarding the Chinese agreement are an illusion to public opinion and agreement on the truth

11/21/2020 17:22

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The representative of the Al-Sadiqon Parliamentary Bloc, Thamer Theban, confirmed, Saturday, that government statements regarding the Chinese agreement are an illusion to public opinion and circumvent the truth that confirms the withdrawal of the funds allocated to this agreement.
“The initiation of the implementation of the Chinese agreement, Read more…

The government describes 2020 as a “bitter and lean year” and tends to borrow from citizens

The government describes 2020 as a “bitter and lean year” and tends to borrow from citizens

2020/11/20 10:59:53

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} Mazhar Muhammad Salih, Advisor to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi for Financial Affairs, revealed a tendency for the federal government to borrow from citizens and use their savings to fill the fiscal deficit in the 2021 budget, and consider this as a public debt, instead of government banks.
Saleh said in a press statement regarding the draft fiscal budget bill for the next year Read more…

Planning sets a date for sending the 2021 budget to Parliament

Planning sets a date for sending the 2021 budget to Parliament

2020-11-20

On Friday, the Ministry of Planning announced the completion of the preparation of the 2021 budget, while it promised to send it to the House of Representatives within about a month.

“The ministry has finished preparing the investment component in the 2021 budget, which will be sent Read more…

Change: It is time for power in Kurdistan to give up gambling and unveil secret agreements

Change: It is time for power in Kurdistan to give up gambling and unveil secret agreements

2020-11-20

The Kurdish bloc of change in the Federal Parliament stressed, Friday, that the time has come for the authority in the Kurdistan region to give up gambling with the fate of the Kurdish people and their gains, and the disclosure of secret agreements related to oil and gas.

The bloc stated in a statement, Read more…

Khazali threatens the Americans: the truce is over

Khazali threatens the Americans: the truce is over

11/20/2020 11:57

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The leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haqq, Qais Khazali, who is close to Iran, announced on Thursday the end of the truce with the Americans in Iraq, stressing that confronting the foreign presence in Iraq is legitimate by all means.
Khazali said, in a televised interview on the government-owned Al-Iraqiya channel, that “the UN actress, Jenin Blashart, had no role Read more…

Minister of Transport: Next week, the company executing the port of Faw will be decided

Minister of Transport: Next week, the company executing the port of Faw will be decided

20/11/2020 14:58

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The Minister of Transport, Nasser Hussein Bandar Al-Shibli, announced today, Friday, that next week will witness the decision of the company executing the project to build the large Faw port.
Al-Shibli said in a statement: “The Ministry of Transport is still continuing to negotiate with the Korean Daewoo company,” pointing out that Read more…

Parliamentary Communications: The judiciary obligated mobile companies to pay their debts and taxes within a month

Parliamentary Communications: The judiciary obligated mobile companies to pay their debts and taxes within a month

11/19/2020 12:26:31

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) A member of the Communications and Media Committee in the House of Representatives, Aswan Al-Kaldani, revealed, today, Thursday, that the judiciary has given mobile phone companies to pay their debts to the government.
Al-Kaldani said in a press interview that “after the court’s decision to refuse renewal of the mobile phone companies operating in Iraq (Zain, Asiacell, Korek) after the lawsuit filed by MP Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani against it, there is a decision that it is necessary to recover all the amounts owed Read more…

An official decision to postpone the amounts owed by farmers to the next year

An official decision to postpone the amounts owed by farmers to the next year

11/19/2020 17:14:12

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Minister of Agriculture, Muhammad Karim Al-Khafaji, announced, on Thursday, that the sums owed by farmers will be postponed until next year, and the farmers will be exempted from the debts owed by the Agricultural Supplies Company for the agricultural season (2020-2021).
According to a ministry statement, received {Euphrates News} a copy of it, “This came during chaired the meeting of the board Read more…

Al-Fateh MP Karim Aliwi calls on Al-Kazemi to step down as prime minister

Al-Fateh MP Karim Aliwi calls on Al-Kazemi to step down as prime minister

2020-11-19

Al-Fateh Alliance MP Karim Aliwi Al-Muhammadawi called on Thursday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to step down from his post.

Aliwi, a leader in the Badr Organization, said, “The issue of collecting parliamentary signatures continues to host the prime minister inside the parliament Read more…

Al-Fateh: The Al-Kazemi government lost its legitimacy by its silence on the violation of sovereignty

Al-Fateh: The Al-Kazemi government lost its legitimacy by its silence on the violation of sovereignty

11/19/2020 18:20

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Al-Fateh Alliance affirmed, on Thursday, that the government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi lost its legitimacy through its silence and silence over the violation of Iraqi sovereignty by the United States of America.
A member of the coalition, Hamid Al-Mousawi, said that “the American violations of Iraqi sovereignty and the airspace of Iraq Read more…

Al-Kaabi: The President of the Republic does not have the power to veto laws and return them to Parliament

Al-Kaabi: The President of the Republic does not have the power to veto laws and return them to Parliament

11/19/2020 15:02

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The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, confirmed, Thursday, that the President of the Republic does not have the authority to veto laws and return them to Parliament.
Al-Kaabi said in a statement, “The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, does not have the power to veto laws, object to them, or return them Read more…

Parliamentary Finance: Parliament is ready to read and approve the 2021 budget in intensive sessions

Parliamentary Finance: Parliament is ready to read and approve the 2021 budget in intensive sessions

11/18/2020 19:27:46

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Mazhar Al-Jubouri, called on the government to quickly send the budget for next year to parliament for approval before the end of this year.
Al-Jubouri said in a statement that the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it, that “the government must work to send a budget that reflects the financial and economic reality of the country without obstacles to ensure its speedy Read more…

Finance Minister: The state has lost control of its finances .. 450 measures that must be implemented to improve the economy

Finance Minister: The state has lost control of its finances .. 450 measures that must be implemented to improve the economy

11/18/2020 10:48:39

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Minister of Finance, Ali Abdul Amir Allawi, confirmed that more than 450 measures must be taken to achieve the goals and remedies of the White Paper.
Allawi said during an economic seminar held by the Iraqi Economic Council to discuss the white paper, that “in the first meetings of the Council of Ministers, we agreed to form a committee to address the financial crisis consisting of five people.”

He added, “The committee started working on the white paper in cooperation with five other Iraqi experts. The core Read more…

Al-Nasr: We are still far from the requirements that guarantee a fair electoral process

Al-Nasr: We are still far from the requirements that guarantee a fair electoral process

11/18/2020 12:17:00

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The victory coalition, headed by Haider Al-Abadi, confirmed today, Wednesday, that there are no conditions guaranteeing the integrity of the electoral process.
“We are still far from the requirements that guarantee a fair and just electoral process,” the coalition said in a statement Read more…

Achieving more than one trillion Iraqi dinars, tax revenues, customs revenues, and security

Achieving more than one trillion Iraqi dinars, tax revenues, customs revenues, and security

11/18/2020 17:48:14

{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} The Border Ports Authority confirmed the increase in customs, tax, and safety revenues, which are kept at the border crossings from the beginning of this year until November 13, 2020
In a statement, the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it today, “despite the closure of the eastern border crossings with Iran for a period of (6 months), work resumed after the closure, and the outlets worked two days a week, with complete Read more…

Former military advisor: Al-Kazemi will lose a lot of American support after Trump’s departure

Former military advisor: Al-Kazemi will lose a lot of American support after Trump’s departure

2020-11-18

On Wednesday, the former military advisor, Safa Al-Asam, expected Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to lose a lot of American support after the departure of the losing President Donald Trump, indicating that the government’s reliance on Trump’s survival caused Iraq to be in a critical position.

Al-Aasem said in a press statement that “US President Donald Trump is the one who came and supported Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi Read more…

The Iraqi Council of Ministers issues nine new decisions

The Iraqi Council of Ministers issues nine new decisions

11/18/2020 11:24

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Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi chaired, on Tuesday, a regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which discussions were held on developments in the country, and the topics on the agenda were discussed.
During the session, developments in the work of the Committee for Promoting Governmental Measures, in the areas of Read more…

Al-Nasr: We support the dismissal of Al-Halbousi

Al-Nasr: We support the dismissal of Al-Halbousi

11/18/2020 15:26

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The victory coalition headed by Haider al-Abadi announced, on Wednesday, that it supports the dismissal of Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, while indicating that he is looking forward to restoring the citizen’s confidence in the political process.
“The victory coalition today, with the dismissal of Al-Halbousi and Read more…