Hakim describes President Talabani as “National Symbol”
May 2013 16:47 | | |
Baghdad (AIN) -The Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Ammar al-Hakeem, pointed the importance of the historical alliance between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Islamic Supreme Council and stressed on the fact that Kurdistan Region and Iraq needs the President Jalal Talabani considering him as a national symbol.
A statement by the PUK received by AIN cited “That came during a press conference was held today 16-5-2013, by Hakeem and Mala Bakhtiar Chief of Executive Body of PUK Political Bureau, the conference was held as soon as al-Hakeem arrived to the city of Sulaimaniya today at Sulaimaniya international airport.”
“Hakeem stressed that the aim of his visit is to exchange viewpoints and concerns regarding the pending issues between Erbil and Baghdad especially the political conflicts, he had expressed his optimism regarding the dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad at the aim of resolving the pending issues as well for the mutual delegations between Kurdistan regional government and the federal government,” the statement added.
“Hakeem stressed in the press conference that everyone should respect the constitution,” the statement continued.
“Responding on a question about the resent spread news regarding the replacement of President Talabani, he said that the Iraqi constitution must be respected and the contiguous news regarding the improvement of the President's health and his soon return will put an end for all these demands,” the statement concluded.
Hakim optimistic dialogue between Arbil and Baghdad to resolve the outstanding differences
16-05-2013 12:30 PM
Sulaymaniyah (news) .. The head of the Islamic Supreme Council optimism about the ongoing dialogue between Arbil and Baghdad to resolve the outstanding differences between them, adding that the delegations exchanged between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government in the recent period, the road map that was developed to address these problems and the relevant committees formed to consider radical solutions to these problems make there optimistic in that it is possible to put an end to such dilemmas.
Hakim said in a press conference held in the city of Sulaymaniyah, where he arrived today the importance of the historical alliance between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Supreme Council, stressing the need for the Kurdistan region of Iraq to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
He said that everyone respects the Constitution and constitutional contexts in dealing with all the files, noting that the continued news that comes from improved health of President Talabani and his early return to the land of Iraq will put an end to all these issues and restore things to normal track.
He described al-Hakim visit to Sulaymaniyah as an opportunity happy and precious, describing the city as resistant to tyrants and oppressors, a city which was launched including President Mam Jalal Talabani this symbol Grand National in Iraq and the foundations of tolerance and openness and flexibility in political action in dealing with partners, pointing out that his visit to Kurdistan is a renewal of love and harmony with the Kurdish people.
And wished speedy recovery to President Talabani and return to the homeland, because Kurdistan and Iraq need to President Talabani and the role the Grand National, adding that his visit in the absence of President Jalal Talabani, but we stand today with you guys President Talabani and leaders developed the National Union of debate and exchange of views, ideas and common concerns and that With regard to national and regional files.
And especially the outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad, especially political differences to bring the views
For his part, welcomed the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Mullah Bakhtiar Hakim visit to the Kurdistan Region, and expressed his belief that the visit will have positive results on all Aloassadhkhash regarding بحلحلة outstanding problems between Erbil and Baghdad.
Mullah Bakhtiar noted that al-Hakim held meetings with First Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Rasool Ali, the political bureau of the Patriotic Union. / End / n. G /
Hakim meets Hiro in Sulaimaniya
Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:50 | | |
Baghdad (AIN)-The head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council , Ammar al-Hakim, met on Thursday during his visit to Sulaimaniya, Iraq's first lady [Hiro Khan] at the residence of the President Talabani in Sulaimaniya.
The SIIC said in a statement received by All Iraq News Agency (AIN) that “Hakim was reassured on the health of President Talabani, stressing that Mam Jalal is a personal and national symbol for all Iraqis rather than only the Kurds and has high Iraqi, regional and international impact.”
The statement added that “Iraq's first lady congratulated al-Hakim on the results of the elections and the victory of the Citizen Coalition,” noting that “Hiro also assured that President Talabani's health continues to improve and praised the historical relationship that link the Kurds with the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council.”
Hakim arrived in Sulaimaniya today within his visit to Kurdistan Region where he started by visiting Erbil, and meeting the President of the Region, Masoud Barzani.
Integrity Committee: wealthy Iraqis possess more than parliamentary immunity .. And influence on policy
Haider Ali Jawad - 05/16/2013 - 10:59 p |
The Commission on Integrity in Parliament that the private sector companies and owners of capital Iraqis, they became "upper hand" in the recovery of administrative and financial corruption and continuity in the country, but pointed out that some of the characters become "a giant and influential" and has immunity is stronger than "immunity parliamentary."
The Committee stressed that some of these companies were dealing with the former regime and specifically with Uday Saddam Hussein, but they have changed their names and addresses after the fall of the regime and got privileges great deals in great financial belong to the state, while the Committee expressed its disappointment about the difficulty of hold them accountable for their association officials gangs in the government and major political blocs.
A member of the Integrity Committee in the parliament, deputy Jawad Alshahyla, "The companies in the private sector and the owners of capital are involved in suspicious transactions relating to contracts large sums of money belonging to ministries, government institutions."
He added that "some of the owners of capital and commercial companies are those with great influence and decision-makers influence in the economy and politics in the country," adding that "some of these have become their immunity outweigh the immunity of MP for يمتلكونه of the influence and impact of exploiting the potential of Finance."
He Alshahyla that "the biggest operations of corruption that have been detected by the Integrity Commission, supported by the owners of capital control the transactions of some ministries and government institutions," pointing out that a lot of these characters can not reach them or arrest them for being out of the country on an ongoing basis.
He pointed out a member of the Integrity Committee that "Parliament is unable to prosecute the owners of capital, huge because the House of Representatives has no mechanism to call the owners of companies to the Council to be held accountable, but he stressed that his committee forwarded a lot of corrupt files that belong to the owners of capital and the heads of companies, but it is not issuing orders arrest against them, "likely parking influential figures and government behind these characters and protect them from accountability.
And he stopped a member of the Integrity Commission on the issue of import "device detection of explosives," which raised controversy around him recently after it emerged that a fake, and stressed Alshahyla that "the device detect explosives stands behind a company headed by an Iraqi owned banks to sell currencies and controlled a large part of the currency market in Iraq" .
Moreover revealed Alshahyla "there are some venture capitalists and companies that have been dealing with the former regime and specifically with Uday Saddam Hussein, and after the fall have changed their names and addresses and got a huge government contracts not without corruption."
To that demanded the other member of the Integrity Commission MP Khalid al-Alwani hold government officials accountable by accounting firms, and attributed this to the "state officials facilitate matters for these companies by giving them the bids on service projects and security."
He said al-Alwani, in connection with the "long" yesterday that "most of the companies that contributed to the deals corruption spread in service projects and supply contracts for the ministries and provinces, pointing out that" these companies get their profits through fraud in the implementation of projects for the presence of corrupt officials يتسترون fraud under kickbacks financial big. "
The Integrity Commission revealed a few days ago about the involvement of a group of businesses in a deal to import explosives detection device, which has proved not fit to work on the one hand, and that Iraq has purchased the device higher than the price real hundreds doubles.
Iraq tops the list of most corrupt countries in the world, according to the reports of international organizations over the years, revealing the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2012, released by Transparency International (TI), the order rates of corruption among 174 countries around the world, that the situation in Iraq within the first ten of the classification.
And issued the Integrity Commission recently its annual report on corruption and talked about the devaluation of corruption cases in the country of about three trillion Iraqi dinars in 2011 to about 133 billion dinars in the year 2012, and confirmed that the total cases referred to the Iraqi judiciary amounted to about 4278, while showed that the number of defendants referred to the courts reached 5980 people, showed that the number required for the body reached 8696 accused, including 24 ministers or of Bdrjtah been sentenced to 16 of them
Biden’s plan for dividing Iraq
Posted: May 16, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
Tags: Baghdad, Iraq, Kirkuk, kurdistan, Maliki, Samarra, sunni, Sunni Islam
Biden on the road to project implementation!!.
16-05-2013 06:21 PM
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Committed the security agreement partners the political process signatories to the implementation of the final phase of occupation program, a federal application stage.
The fact that the position of the occupation was not clear in any case such as the visibility of the issue of federalism he declares at night and during the day he wants to sees a federally Iraq, and the leaders of the fundamental process required all know them completely, and they are the keepers of strictly implemented. In order rushes Iraq to the final phase of the planned decree also wants the U.S. occupation has كلت Obama administration Iraq dossier to Biden Republican Almtzin that has already been presented to Bush and Congress project to divide Iraq, and here he is today oversees the implementation itself has started its activities in practice heats the political situation in preparation for the division was distribution of roles on the partners of the political process as follows:
First: the Government Center (Maliki) repeating provoke Sunni provinces to create a public opinion accepts the invitation to the regions and federalism, testifies to the intrigue Nukhaib and mobilization of sectarian owner, and campaigns ablation in Salahaddin University and arrests Baathists real and alleged advocacy spiteful against Hashemi and output exciting for his arrest at the airport and try to arrested by ended بهروبه to Kurdistan, and the expulsion of al-Mutlaq and treason Issawi and waving files of terrorism with left and right. Within the context of advanced policy-Maliki comes unabashed arrest of thousands of innocent people and fabrication of charges unjustly and falsely as a prelude to their execution. It blows more and more Viatql the women, and blow more and more Vigtsb the women all in order to make the reaction path towards regionalization decree, الفدرلة and division.
Then it was necessary to raise sectarian shipping more and more cross-provoking protesters and shed their blood in front of screens in all media Yards sit latest massacre Hawija. It is clear in all of the above that Golan may أرخى to the cord of the owners and their leaders and gave them the green light to commit these massacres, has not missed perjurer international (United Nations), as is usual in disguise this heinous crime.
Second: the Sunni provinces and reaction inspired by the Americans to the leaders of the year, the announcement regions and cling so right unconstitutional to pay injustice and stop the mop and marginalization, with titillate people demanding set of unemployed graduates and shares is greater than the financial allocations, and everything fit of logos to create and confirm public opinion to accept federalism and division. True to it has announced Salahuddin province itself Diyala provinces and announced itself Anbar provinces, on the road and it was the Council of preservation has threatened the center and أمهلها government two weeks and only فسيعلن the region!.
Third: Under the guidance Biden that the Maliki government center temporarily Baltmana and lack of response to suit the provinces, and he and his party continues in arrogance and provocation enough for continuing sectarian shipping and promote advocacy towards separation so as to reach the point of no return.
Fourth: It is also necessary to provoke the Kurds to raise the temperature and speed up the movement of centrifuge, and in this context came Maliki’s party accused of Talabani of harboring terrorists wanted for justice Abu Tabr.
Fifth: After the tug and frenzy Israeli ambassador to intervene and perhaps Biden personally to force Maliki to appeal to the Constitution and allow the transformation of the Sunni provinces successively into regions and after the issuance of the decisions of the Federal Court in this regard. Output may require a federal constitutional referendums forged in the provinces and the result will come out that federalism is the desire of the majority of the Sunni masses.
Sixth: the enhanced authority of the central government on the rest of the provinces to be a one territory governed by the Dawa Party, will be issued a fatwa from Sistani and perhaps Khamenei deprive the Shiite sect claim and federal regions.
Seventh: will the new reality of the conflict on the border and repainting among the provinces and territories, to achieve the ambitions of the government Safavid in biting Dujail, country and Syed Mohammed Salahuddin province and biting Nukhaib of Anbar province; also allows the new reality of partisan Talabani and Barzani biting Kirkuk and the eastern side of Mosul, and all This ruled Biden plan and approved by the client parties that brought the occupation and promoted him.
Eighth: The government will continue to seek to inflict Safavid central Samarra, consequently, the state after disagreements be اختلاقها between Samarra and Salahaddin province, and will be administratively justification this time not because the majority of the population sectarian Samarra are Sunni.
Ninth: Biden permission of Diyala will not be allowed to declare secession in spite of the Constitution because it is the geographic component of the components of Iraq Persians and crossing it to Samarra, have noted how the Safavid militias captured and expelled their portfolios because the thought of it.
Tenth: It consists map Biden for the new Iraq of three regions (the Kurdish region inclusive halves of Mosul and Kirkuk and Khanaqin and its capital, Erbil, and the region Safavid and inclusive of Diyala, Samarra and its capital, Baghdad, and the region’s Sunni abundance of Iraq confined in the western corner after ترشق and coming in the invitations divisive such as glass plate if crash will turn into crystals and no one can draw the borders of each piece in it. and we will enter in the war zones and lanes disputed within the same province with the provincial Sunni and Shiite alike.
Eleventh: This map Herald and current and seen them on satellite TV, but politicians Year ignore the claim of urgency and enthusiasm to the establishment of regions, what the Council called for Salahuddin province to declare the province a territory so quickly Sunni leaders in the Iraqi List to confirm the constitutionality of this requirement, and even started to pay councils in the provinces of Diyala and Anbar to declare regions and a national referendum, and we have seen how Vdaúyatem was simmering people and step up efforts in this direction.
Twelfth: We want to ask Sunni leaders advocate of regionalization, how you can that Thmoua people in the Sunni provinces of targeting and marginalization if this is you’re doing and you are in the Green Zone? Why do not you think of another alternative whitening your face if you are truthful or that malicious spirit Biden has Talpcetkm what we became hear from you is Sultanate of the Constitution and federal clang.
XIII: Then what about the year of Baghdad, which are impossible to be divided on a sectarian basis? Do تضحون Baghdad, its people and Tnfdon your hands نصرتنا and you are defenders of the year? Then protects the good Shia Arabs from the domination of the Safavid Iranians? Are not you call the National and pretend Astafavkm with Iraqis in all provinces and all sects?.
Fourteenth: The conclusion that the advocates of regionalization if they so much naive and did not understand this game and its disastrous consequences on Iraq in general and on the year especially Those calamity, and if they understood and they wanted to Eetmmoa occupier purposes Valmuseibh of the greatest.
Shabibi ousted from CBI, IQD drops; Dinar at lowest level in two years
Posted: May 16, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
Tags: Abdel Basset Turki, Central bank, Government, Hadi Abbas, Iraq, Iraqi dinar, Sinan Al-Shabibi, United States dollar
Observers: dip, Shabibi dinar missed and we fear the continued decline
THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013 17: 07
Iraqi dinar is currently experiencing a decline in its value against the US dollar since the Government sacked the former head of the Central Bank, Sinan Al-Shabibi is raising concern among money and economy in particular.
And the value of the Iraqi dinar fell gradually during the past few weeks, bringing the price of the dollar to about 1,300 dinars after was stable from 1120, the highest rate of exchange-rate mechanism for the last two years.
And observers believe that the decline rate of the Iraqi dinar has since Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki decided suddenly to exempt former Central Bank Governor Sinan Al-Shabibi, head of the Office of financial supervision Abdel Basset Turki.
They also believed according to radio free Iraq obtained by “twilight news this procedure and accusations with former Central Bank Administration left its impact on the Bank’s reputation and the reputation of Iraq in world markets.
He expressed this view financial expert Majid mock who explained also other internal and external factors that may have contributed to the degradation of the value of the Iraqi dinar, including the regional situation, especially in Syria and Iran and then the consumer orientation of the Iraqi Government and instability in Iraq, prompting funds to flee abroad.
Mock noted that the Central Bank sold large amounts of US dollar vary by between 50 and 100 million dollars a day.
The mock said that solutions emerge from the crisis requires joint effort at all levels in addition to the other solution is to float the currency but the main solution in his view is to revive the neglected by many development because it does not come with such a direct profit trading and import. The import volume reached 64 billion dollars in 2011 while the former does not exceed $ 9 billion.
And Economist Salim Al-jibouri tried to explain the effects of the deterioration of the value of the Iraqi dinar to the simple citizen and on the internal market and the most important effects appear in the prices of goods available in the Iraqi market and imported goods depends on the dollar if the dollar rises with increased prices of all goods and commodities.
However, Al-jubouri said the two central bank balance and currently exceeds $ 70 billion, is what makes the Government unable to intervene and support the value of the Iraqi currency.
He is a member of the Finance Committee in the House of representatives Secretary Hadi Abbas that the deterioration of the local currency occurs in all countries and in every place.
And the lack of any kind of threat to the large reserves at the Central Bank and is able to cover all the defects, according to a Deputy who accused some banking authorities of being behind the dollar trading inventory for special purposes.
Experts warns GOI against tapping into CBI financial reserves
Posted: May 16, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
Tags: Bank reserves, Central bank, Currency, exchange rate, Finance, Haider al-Abadi, Hard currency, Iraqi dinar
05/15/2013 (23:01 pm)
Warned specialize in regard financial and banking system of the use of the balance of central bank reserves of hard currency in economic development projects, comes at a time the central bank from higher reserves of hard currency it to $ 74 billion, and coincided with the devaluation of the local currency by 1127 dinars to the dollar in the local market.
stressed financial expert Farouk Ramadan that “reserves the central bank is the balance of generations, which is supportive of the country’s economy, and has no relationship with volatile local currency.”
he said in his speech to the extent that “the country depends on its economy on oil exports, only without the other aspects that is virtually parked such as industry, agriculture and other activities adopted by countries around the world and is expanding from which to support the reserves banking. “
explained “in terms of investment projects Vnsttia say that the country began to witness a renaissance mounting at the project level and work on monitoring the budget ambitious building and expansion in all areas” .
For his part, the financial expert contrary goldsmith that reserves Central represents the confidence of the international community and local levels and should not be thrown in the projects brook profit and loss.
said in his speech to the extent that “the cash reserve higher enhances the confidence of the international community and the local value of the local currency that it is based on evidence the ability of the economic activity of the country. “
and added, “these cash reserves should not be touched by the authority for purposes such as debt repayments in government institutions because it leads to shake the confidence of the international community and the local state.” He stressed, “If what happened and forced the state to for reasons كالعجز in its budget for example, prefers ask government bonds to reduce the deficit, and of course the state will be obliged to pay the value of those bonds.”
and between that it is possible to take advantage of cash reserves in case of optimal investment, which regulates additional funds equities in companies world for the purpose of development of these funds, but I think he would prefer at the moment to get away from such projects because they are not guaranteed. “
to that pointed head of the Finance Committee parliamentary Haider al-Abadi said in a statement followed the term to receive messages reassuring officials at the central bank to control the subject of volatility in the price of exchange, as well as their emphasis on the lack of seriousness on the dinar from the presence of a mass of large cash and bank officials have expressed great confidence strongly the central bank to attributes of the cash reserves of hard currency is estimated at $ 74 billion, pointing out that the problem is confined to the difference between supply and demand in Iraqi market for the dollar.
Meanwhile warned economic analyst gentle Abdul Salem Okkaily to lend part of the monetary reserves of the Central Bank in investment projects for the country because it would hurt the economy and the national currency. Ugaili said in an interview followed the Range: The increase in the balance of the Central Bank of hard currency to more of 74 billion dollars, will support the value of the Iraqi dinar and enhances the strength of the national economy. stressed that it can not use Bahtiat the central bank to finance any investment project in the country because it would affect the balance of the bank and thus hurt the economy and reduce the exchange rate of the dinar against international currencies.
revealed the source banker familiar with the size of central bank reserves of foreign currency has recorded the highest reserve him where it reached 74 billion U.S. dollars, noting that this confirms the ability of the central bank to continue its policy to cover the needs of the market of the dollar through currency auction daily and maintain the continued growth of reserves and development of cross- the areas of investment in a number of central banks and diversify its resources.
Iraqi Integrity and Economic Committee discuss IQD’s rapid decline; Points part of the blame at GOI
Posted: May 16, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
Tags: Alwani, Central bank, Committee, Finance, Integrity Committee, Iraq, Iraqi dinar, shabibi
Congress: Dinar setback for errors not far from the central government in the file
Range – 05/16/2013 – 10:23
He said deputies from the Integrity Committees and economic النيابيتين that measures suffered by the central bank and the former crew, led to a significant setback for the dinar against the dollar recently, as part of a package of measures is studied which led to a decline in the reputation of Iraq in front of the financial community in the world.
Recent weeks have seen the high exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar as it was about 1300 dinars to the dollar after it was at 1270 early last April. The price of 1170 dinars to the dollar in the fall of 2012.
In a surprise move met with استهجانا parliamentary wide, decided Maliki last October, the prime BSA Abdul Basit Turki functions of the central bank governor, rather than bank governor, former Shabibi, against the backdrop of “charged issues of financial and administrative corruption,” especially in the processes Auction dollar, charges have not proven the judiciary.
And confirms MP Aziz Kadhim Alwan, a member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, said that “the measures taken by the government against the previous administration of the Central Bank and in front of the market and the global banks overshadowed a significant rise in the price of the dollar against the dinar,” and believed that “these actions were not deliberate and healthy and affected on teams currency “.
In a statement to the “long” yesterday, confirms Alwan said “the policy of the Central Bank of the current is not better than the previous one where we saw the decline dinar significantly, which opens several questions about the bank’s policy,” adding that “the problem behind them political agendas, in addition to the sanctions being selectively. “
The promise of a member of the Integrity Committee that “the involved conduct a waste of public money is a circle of money laundering only, and instead charge for this circle were honored its president by the government which is surprising,” adding, “There are also implicated clear of banks and supplements and businesses, which are the other not held accountable, despite involved money laundering operations. “
The attention of member bloc citizen that “what is happening is accountable for the innocent and not for thieves and this applies to the President of the Integrity Commission Previous Rahim Okkaily who wanted to tackle corruption Foukb were deported as well as the head of Alfodah Electoral former Faraj al-Haidari there were attempts at being fired.”
Alwan is that “all the arrests that took place against the staff of the Central Bank, which, amounting to 29 prisoners and detained all of them are innocent, according to the decisions of the judiciary, which freed us all.” In the opinion of a member of the Parliamentary Integrity that “the problem lies in the management of the country’s political, security and economic and commercial shoddy and poor development of import and export as well as customs tariff,” adding that “this has encouraged the spread of corruption in all government departments, even offices of the three presidencies.”
Meanwhile, a deputy Ahmed al-Alwani, a member of the parliamentary economic committee, said that “there are financial companies belonging to the political forces that manipulate the price of the dollar as you want without any accountability by the government.” Alwani adds, in an interview for the “long” on Wednesday, saying that “these companies are monopolizing the dollar banking in its banks and its own banks, raising the price of the dollar against the dinar.”
The Chairman of the Committee emphasizes that the economic “measures the new central bank administration greatly bothered by this banking companies paid to the monopoly of the dollar,” pointing out that “the deteriorating political situation has a great impact in the decline rate of the dinar against the dollar.”
And on the measures taken by the government against the former central bank chief Sinan Shabibi and his crew administrative, see Alwani said, “What happened to the prosecution and arrests do not tolerate Shabibi and his crew, but there were procedures hasty has Ptivha Integrity Commission against the bank’s management earlier,” returned that this “was actions were arbitrary and incorrect. “Alwani was a member of the Parliamentary Committee to investigate the file’s central bank, confirms that” the problem reached by the Commission investigative parliamentary regarding the central bank is having banking companies belonging to political parties made bonds forged the bank. “
And stresses the Iraqi List MP that “the existence of mismanagement and not corrupt in the administration Shabibi after the intervention of banking companies do not apply the controls, because these companies linked بالقنصليات and Missions overseas business, and therefore all the measures taken were harsh and incorrect and the government re rights of these employees. “
He adds Alwani, saying, “The government tried to acquire initially on hard currency, but Shabibi did not agree and argued a lot on the grounds that the bank is an independent body unrelated third party, according to the Constitution,” adding that “the central bank is linked administratively parliament and thus is of يحاسبه If a mistake is not the government” . Alwani believes that “the Integrity Commission has not real duties toward the central bank because of political pressures brought to bear them in order not to hold negligent.” The deputies, politicians and economists have accused the central bank to last six months to burn “an average of four billion dollars a month in an auction of hard currency for the benefit of ten banks, mostly with capital Gulf, you buy a day most of the claims of the Central Bank of hard currency and make a profit obscene Up to 6%, which it controls the Iraqi economy. “
IQD value rapidly deteriorates; 1220 to 1 USD…Now 1300 to 1 USD
Posted: May 16, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
Tags: Baghdad, Central bank, Central Bank Iraq, iran, Iraq, Iraqi dinar, Syria, United States dollar
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 20:53 | | |
Baghdad (AIN) -The price of the US dollar in the local markets reached 1,300 Iraqi dinars, compared to 1220 dinars in mid-March and represents a significant reduction of the Iraqi dinar’s value since the two last years.
It is known that the official price of the USD until this day, according to the Central Bank of Iraq is IQD 1166 and that means that the value of the Iraqi dinar has reduced more than 11%.
According to representatives of All Iraq News Agency (AIN), this decline has led to increasing prices for a lot of goods in local markets and especially the imported ones.
The central bank has promised to take measures to stabilize the value of the dinar as it was in the past, but the degradation rate of the dinar continued for up to 1,300 dinars per dollar.
Employees and retirees who receive their salaries in dinars complain from inflammation of prices since their salaries are no longer sufficient to meet their needs and that the rise in prices has included real estate and rentals, as well as transportation, food and clothing.
Many believe that the growing demand to buy the dollar from local markets has led to this significant decline in the price of the dinar.
This is attributed to smuggling the USD sold daily by the Central Bank of Iraq to Syria and Iran, which face financial sanctions and their growing need to hard currency.
The Iraqi Central Bank announced short period before new measures to restrict the availability of U.S. currency in markets, amid suspicions over possibility of smuggling large amounts of hard currency from Iraq for neighboring countries.
Human Rights Watch: the government is trying to sweep the incident Hawija and Maliki need to book teaches leadership
16-05-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Range Press / Baghdad
Accused the organization Human Rights Watch, said Thursday the Iraqi government to "throwing the country into sectarian war new", and stressed that government's attempt to "sweep the incident storming Hawija," will not work, as pointed out that al-Maliki needs to book contains lessons in leadership and reform, stressed that the ministerial committees formed to investigate the killing of demonstrators lacked systematic investigation.
The Director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa, Sarah Whitson in an article published her today and seen by (range Press), "The Iraqi government threw the country into the outskirts of a sectarian war new and fueled During one month the Iraqi government to launch an attack and brutal Square sit-in Hawija killing 44 people and has one day after the execution of 21 people on charges of terrorism, in addition to the withdrawal of broadcast licenses to ten satellite channels, mostly in support of the demonstrators. "
She Whitson that "the message Maliki for his countrymen of protesters disgruntled very indifferent what happened from the fighting between his forces and extremists have helped ignite this sedition," asserting that "the government's attempts to sweep this incident tragic under the carpet will not lead to increased anger and frustration demonstrators more."
Whitson confirmed that "al-Maliki needs to a new book by the rules of the game book contains lessons on leadership and reform that would afflict the country included on the basis of respect for the freedom of every citizen and not more than tearing the country more
The Whitson that "the country is still bloodied after years of sectarian war and ten years on the U.S. invasion of what people still suffer a lack of processing power and the scarcity of water and educational services and health, which was on the day of what is considered a gem Middle East, has now become skeletons of her past Lama unemployment and poverty rates have recorded a record high. "
She stressed Whitson that "ministerial committees formed to achieve an accident attack on the demonstrators did not come with something so far it lacks to investigate the systematic collection of information and to obtain evidence supported the ministers themselves the management of the investigation," noting that it "When I asked the Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, whether will conduct interviews with the security forces to investigate the issue of who ordered the attack, says he shook his head with a smile on my question and also told her Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, do not expect a lot of us because we do not have enough time to this issue. "
He pointed director of the Middle East and North Africa that "the government has failed to meet any of the demands of the demonstrators, which includes a policy of exclusion and delay the provincial elections and the absence of any repairs and modifications to the de-Baathification law and the anti-terrorism law, and also increase the concentration of power, however, the Prime Minister and cases of mass arrests and unfair courts and rampant torture in Iraqi prisons. "
Whitson explained that "The partnership promises to power has helped alleviate the winds of war, and perhaps the state of absolute attrition big role in the extension of relative calm experienced by the country in recent years, bigger than any role can be played by any wise political leadership."
The indictment of the Organization for the Iraqi government, within 12 days of confirmation, the 4 of May 2013, that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Minister of Defense Agency Saadoun al-Dulaimi and senior officials in the ministries of Interior and Defense have ordered the attack on the Square sit-in Hawija despite warnings from the use of "excessive force", usually report Ministerial Committee on the events of Hawija as a "red herring", demanded that the Iraqi government to "provide financial and political support" to the Commission, Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said that "the Commission is not qualified" to conduct a detailed investigation of the incident.
And formed the presidency prosecutor, on Monday (12 May 2013), the investigative to consider the events of Hawija be based in the presidency of the Court of Kirkuk Federal, as confirmed Send investigation file received from the House of Representatives on the issue to the judiciary for unification with Aleroaq investigative at the Court of achieving Hawija.
The Association for Defending Victims of events Hawija, announced on the 11th of May, 2013, for the selection of a new president of the body, and called on the International Criminal Court and human rights organizations to cooperate with the Commission, as called for United Nations and the Arab League to "criminalize and condemn" the incident and to support the Commission and facilitate its work, called Both possess a function of the incident submitted to them.
The group of human rights in Kirkuk, announced on the first of May 3013, the formation of the first body to defend the victims of a "massacre Hawija," while demanding the People's Committees in the province to form an international investigation committee and sending envoys from the international community and the Muslim and Arab world to find out what happened, as announced those with the victims of the incident Hawija, Saturday, in the 4 May 2013, for exemption chief of the defense of "rights" Mohammed Ajaj known al-Obeidi from his duties, and they confirmed that hundreds of lawyers, judges and activists civilians expressed تطوعهم to work with the body, while pointing out that the new president will be chosen by election.
Saw Hawija, (55 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk), in (the 23 of April 2013), break into a security force Square sit-in, killing and wounding at least 163 of the protestors and the loss and the arrest of hundreds of others, while the Ministry of Defence announced Iraqi They attacked Square sit after he refused sitters to obey an order to leave the arena and exposure to fire from the protesters, and confirmed that it suffered three dead and nine wounded troops carried out a raid Square sit-in Hawija, confirmed that the operation killed 20 "terrorists" who were holed up in the yard the protest and arrested 75 others, indicating that it had found 45 pieces of weapons and bombs and sharp machines inside the arena.
The House of Representatives form at the 24 April 2013, a parliamentary committee to investigate the incident to storm the security forces to Square sit-in Hawija (55 km southwest of Kirkuk), comprising seven MPs from various political blocs headed by a member of the Security and Defense Committee Ammar Tohme, while reaching the Commission to the city Kirkuk, in the April 26, 2013, and met with Governor Necmettin cream and visited a hospital treating the injured and sit Arena.
Also announced the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, in the 23 April 2013, for directing the Prime Minister General Commander of the Armed Forces, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, the formation of a ministerial committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, and the membership of the Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, the Ministers of Defense Agency Saadoun al-Dulaimi, Human Rights Mohammad Xiaa Sudanese, and the State for Parliamentary Affairs purity of net debt, to investigate the circumstances of what happened in Hawija and identify defaulters and hold them accountable.
The government also announced on the same day, also for guidance to "the form of an urgent" to compensate the families of the victims and treat the wounded in both inside and outside Iraq if necessary.
He accused the coalition of state law, on the 29th of April, 2013, House Speaker Osama Najafi to "commit violations of the law and hiring location for political purposes," and among the decision Najafi accession of the Human Rights Commission to the Commission investigative in an incident Hawija longer disregard of the House of Representatives, stressed that the formation of Committee must be through "Council members vote."
Hakim and Rasool agree to be part of the solution to the crisis that beset the political process
16-05-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Baghdad (news)
The head of the Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim on the need to implement the provisions of the conventions that took place during the visit of the delegation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to the holy city of Najaf.
A statement by the Office of Hakim received the Agency (news) copy of it: The President of the Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim discussed with First Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Rasool, the overall political situation in Iraq.
The statement added: that the two sides stressed the need to implement the agreements that took place during the visit of the delegation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan to the holy city of Najaf.
The statement pointed out: that the two sides agreed to continue bilateral dialogues and be part of the solution to the crisis without stand by any national or religious conflict and sectarian in Iraq, and work to establish peaceful coexistence among all components and sects.
Hakim meets with the President of the Kurdistan Islamic Union .. And confirms that the recent elections produced a new balances
16-05-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Baghdad (news)
The head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim, Iraq's need a clear vision in building a state within a balanced equation assured all Iraqis.
A statement by the Office of Hakim received the Agency (news) a copy of it: The head of the Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim discussed with the head of the Kurdistan Islamic Union Muhammad Faraj Ahmed of the political situation in the country.
The statement added: The two sides stressed the need to adopt a national partnership and solve problems through dialogue, calling on all political blocs to move a step forward in the direction of some of them.
The statement noted: Hakim stressed that the cooperation between the political blocs built Iraq and progresses forward, noting that the recent elections produced a new balances.
Hakim stressed in his statement: the need to be carefree citizen service is not to be carefree of governing.
For his part, Faraj on the historical relationship between the Kurds and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, calling for communication and dialogue and calm the best way to resolve problems.
Hakim during a meeting with the President of the MDC confirms the need to continue in order to ease the crisis
16-05-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Baghdad (news)
The head of the Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim, the need for continued exchange of visits in order to ease the tense atmosphere and gives a wider space for browning solutions.
A statement by the Office of Hakim received the Agency (news) a copy of it: that the head of the Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim discuss with Prime Movement نيشروان Change Mustafa political situation in Iraq.
The statement added: The two sides stressed that mutual visits and communication ease the tense atmosphere and gives a wider space for browning solutions.
For his part, congratulated نيشروان Mustafa, Hakim victory in the local elections that took place recently, and wished for the Supreme Council further progress and prosperity.
Kirkuk governor: Talabani's okay, and we demand the departure of the Tigris forces of the city
16-05-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Talk | شالاو m Mohammed | Kirkuk
Said Dr. Necmettin cream governor of Kirkuk, he did not know the date of the Kirkuk Provincial Council elections.
And that the delay was not the guilt of the Kurdish side, stressing the need to remove the leadership of the Tigris forces from the city.
The cream is a member of the political bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the personal physician to President Jalal Talabani and the secretary general of the party that the health status of Talabani stable but denies knowing well in his return to practice his
"Talk" with cream introduced a group of political and security issues in the province and the interview reads as follows:
Talk: Six years have passed since the date the application of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, and is still the problem of the disputed areas unresolved, Maroakm the statements released by some political parties about the illegality of the material at the moment?
Cream: Article 140 is a constitutional article will never die, but their application at this stage is turned off and the central government is one of the reasons disabled, as it was falling short in expediting the census and referendum, and we have a meeting with all the parties and to discuss our program before normalization, because the Arabs and Turkmen in Kirkuk make up about half of the components of the city, and if so many opposed to joining the Kurdistan region will not be able to normalize the situation.
Talk: the text of the Constitution on the application of Article 140 by the end of 2007, but this means that the application is difficult today?
Cream: I think that setting a time limit of Article 140 was a mistake from the beginning, because the Constitution was written in 2005 and was not of logic in thinking that we can normalize the situation in those areas in two years, however, it does not mean we Snstgne for the application of Article.
Talk: Do you have any knowledge of the date to hold the elections in Kirkuk?
Cream: foremost Kurdish side was not the cause of the delay in the elections in Kirkuk, because we demand constantly made without conditions, but the Arab side has had some observations with because we feel that those conditions there was no insistence them and they were interested in holding the elections because the Arabs in Kirkuk have been affected due to non-participation in the 2005 elections and do not have today only six representatives in the province of Kirkuk, out of 41 members.
Talk: Are not you afraid that the results are in non صالحكم, especially since the Kurds have lost a large part of the votes in the disputed areas in the elections in March (March) last year?
Cream: It is true that the Kurds have lost some seats in those elections because of the passage of the consumer to the provincial elections in the Iraqi Council of Representatives and the turnout was low in addition to many of the Kurds in Khanaqin and Tuz and Sadia and Kara Tepe deprived from participating in elections because they had left those areas for fear of the war on terrorism, as well as it was مسؤولونا in those areas to fall short, especially in terms of providing services of interest to people.
Talk: The formation of the Tigris Operations Command, one of the problems that created the crisis in the region, what happened to the fate of this file?
Cream: still dependent we as governor of the provincial council rejected that leadership, but we have agreed to form a committee in Baghdad to resolve the problems, we will not accept the survival of the leadership of these operations in the region, but must leave.
Talk: against the background of the events of chaos in Hawija Do you think that the victims who were killed were protesters or rioters?
Cream: We are certain that those killed and injured were protesters and innocent, but in every crisis there are people sparking political chaos contribute to the complexity of the security situation, as we are certain that there are innocent we had information also the existence of high-level Baathists leaders amid the demonstrators.
Talk: After these events, is the entity that manages the security file in Kirkuk today?
Cream: the security file of Kirkuk is a mixture with it has to be within the powers of the governor, but the greatest power exists in the city is a band 12 of the Iraqi army and owns more than 15 thousand soldiers, as well as possession of heavy weapons, tanks and armored personnel carriers, artillery and helicopters, as well as forces Police with that paid and Tervaatha come from Baghdad, but operate under commanded us, as well as the Peshmerga forces deployed in Kirkuk is officially under the command of the President of the Kurdistan region.
Talk: I was a member of the Kurdish delegation that negotiated with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi what اتفقتم?
Cream: document was signed by seven points between the two parties with the return Minister Kurds according to those points included compensation with Anfal and improve the security situation of the region and re-budget law to the House of Representatives for a vote again and form a committee to discuss oil and gas law in order to vote on it and work to restore the administrative border of the provinces before the House of Representatives as well as reverse the decisions of the Revolutionary Command Council dissolved.
Talk: outside the scope of your job as governor and being the personal physician to the president, how is his health today?
Cream: Talabani's health improved a lot and seen a significant positive change, and his doctors bodyguards were very satisfied with this improvement and soon we will publish important news about his health.
Presidency of the Kurdistan region calling on the government to end "armed militias" .. And security agencies responsible for protecting citizens
16-05-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Erbil (news)
Presidency of the Kurdistan region called on the federal government to the need to end the phenomenon of 'militias', loaded it with the responsibility to protect the lives and property of citizens.
And condemned the presidency of the Kurdistan region in a statement received Agency (news) copy of it: the deaths of nearly 13 Kurdish Aesidea in Baghdad during the month, noting that this is the second time that exposed citizens of Kurdish Yazidis to attacks by armed militias have been cited by the Fourteen people.
The presidency of the province called in a statement: the federal government to end the phenomenon of 'armed militias' and stop the spread of this phenomenon and detect criminal circumstances and to bring the perpetrators to justice to receive their fair punished, loaded with the appropriate bodies of the federal government has the responsibility to protect the lives and property of citizens.
And demanded: the need to protect the lives and rights of all religious and sectarian components and work with all seriousness in order to end the phenomenon of the proliferation of armed militias in Baghdad, which has become a threat to the lives and security of citizens and their safety.
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