Eco Iraq Observatory: 70% of the government curriculum is copied from the “White Paper”
Eco Iraq Observatory: 70% of the government curriculum is copied from the “White Paper”
2026-05-08
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Eco Iraq Observatory announced on Friday that more than 70% of the axes of the government’s economic program for the prime minister-designate are based on ideas and contents contained in the “White Paper” for economic reform that was presented in 2020 by the government at that time.
The observatory stated in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency that “many paragraphs of the government’s economic program are directly inspired by the contents of the White Paper that was presented during the time of former Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.”
He added that “the similarity is not limited to general titles, but includes similar terms and themes such as (digital transformation, electronic signature, support for the private sector, reform of the banking sector, and smart networks).”
The observatory noted that “the government program did not provide clear mechanisms to address the rentier economy or reduce the bloated public sector, which constitutes an increasing burden on the general budget, nor did it address in detail the tools for addressing the financial deficit or how to confront the shocks associated with fluctuations in oil prices and the decline in exports.”
Earlier today, the “Green Iraq” Observatory criticized the absence of any focus on the environment and its solutions during the next phase in the country in the ministerial program presented by the Prime Minister-designate to the Iraqi Parliament yesterday, Thursday.
Yesterday, Prime Minister-designate Ali Faleh al-Zaidi presented the ministerial program for the new government to Speaker of Parliament Hebat Hamad al-Halbousi, in preparation for circulating it to members of Parliament for their review, with the names of the government formation to be submitted later.
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