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  1. #21
    Iraqi parliament voted to ratify election law
    Posted: November 4, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
    Tags: Baghdad, Election law, House of Representatives, Iraq, iraqi list, National Alliance, Shin Bet, Yazidi

    Urgent .. after a long labor ..
    Monday, October 04, 2 / November 2013 20:22

    House of Representatives voted to ratify the election law after a long labor and debates between the blocks that lasted several months.

    The vote came on the ratification law after being approved to determine the number of seats by 328 seats in its upcoming 2014 election and ensure determine quota seats eight seats spread over five seats for Christians and providers and one for each of the Shabak, right and Yazidis. “

    According to resolve the differences of the political blocs on the election law the controversial its agreement to increase the seats in parliament next to the [328] seats and be the parent of [310] seats and [18] seats compensatory them [8] seats for Kota and minorities [3] seats in the provinces of Kurdistan, and [7] agreed that the distribution of seats between the National Alliance and the Iraqi List.

    And seven compensatory seats were distributed on the provinces of Baghdad, Babil, Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Basra, Diyala, Anbar]

    Has today issued a presidential decree to set a date to hold parliamentary elections on 30 a month to forget 2014.

    https://bit.ly/1bTcUUB



  2. #22
    Finance Committee calls on the Government to adopt an economic plan for sustainable development in the country
    Posted: November 4, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
    Tags: Baghdad, council, Economy of Iraq, Iraq, kurdistan, News agency, Politics of Iraq, United States Senate Committee on Finance

    04-11-2013 10:33 AM
    Baghdad (newsletter). Member of the Finance Committee, a Deputy from the Kurdistan blocs Coalition//Jimmy, to the need to adopt an economic plan to support the private sector and other productive sectors to achieve sustainable development in the country.

    He said sources (News Agency): that Iraq lacks a clear economic plan and good despite the many plans being developed by the Ministry of planning and the Government but they did not meet the desired objectives, so that the economy needs the reforms adopted by the Government.

    He added: the Federal Government is required to develop an integrated economic plan and different from previous plans for promoting productive sectors and activating the role of the private sector to economic development in the country.

    The Iraqi Government has prepared a special law for economic reform includes the establishment of a higher Council for economic reform adopts the country’s economic policy and develop treatments and solutions to promote Iraq’s economy, and was sent to the House, but the Council refused to vote on it and returned it to the Government for amendments

    https://bit.ly/HwMTBy

  3. #23
    Urgent …. Parliament lefts session till November 14th
    Tuesday, 05 November 2013 01:08

    Baghdad (AIN) –The Iraqi Parliament decided to lift its session of Monday till November 14th after the endorsement of the elections law draft and conducting the first reading of the elections law allocated for Kirkuk Provincial Council.

    Parliamentary source reported to AIN Monday “The Chairmanship of the Parliament decided to lift the session of Monday till November 14th after voting for the controversial 2014 elections law draft and conducting the first reading of Kirkuk elections law draft.”

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2

  4. #24
    Urgent … Parliament starts 1st read of Kirkuk PC elections

    Monday, 04 November 2013 21:55

    Baghdad (AIN) –The Parliament started the first reading of the elections law for Kirkuk province.

    A Parliamentary source reported to AIN ''The Parliament started the first reading of the elections law for Kirkuk Provincial Council after voting on the controversial parliamentary elections law.''

    Kirkuk province did not witness elections for Provincial Council since 2009 due to disputes among its society components and the political blocs and because it is one of the disputed areas.

    https://www.alliraqnews.com/en/index....tical&Itemid=2

  5. #25
    Nijaifi: No reason to contest Election Law
    04/11/2013 21:06:00

    Baghdad (NINA) – Speaker of Parliament, Usama al-Nijaif, said that there is no reason to contest the Election Law.

    In a press conference held on in Parliament on Monday, Nov. 4, attended by leaders of political blocs, after passing the Law, Nijaif said that anyone who contests the Election Law will cost the country heavily and be disastrous.

    He added that the Law did not forfeit the right of any province; pointing out that the Law does not have faults to be contested.

    Nijaifi announced that other draft laws on Parliament's agenda will be debated and voted on later, such as Parties Law and Pension Law, as well as other important laws.

    Earlier in the evening, Parliament voted passing the Election Law, with all its articles.

    https://www.ninanews.com/english/News...ar95_VQ=GKLDMK

  6. #26
    A COMMENTARY

    What holds for Maliki after his return from Washington?

    05-11-2013 12:00 AM

    Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s visit to Washington ended on a note other than what he intended to achieve. The U.S. president insisted that he see an inclusive Iraq, a democratic Iraq and a prosperous Iraq, notwithstanding an Iraq that is free of violence. Which means he was confident that Iraq would not remain under such turmoil. Maliki was called home to work the adoption of a law for the elections so that all Iraqis could discuss their differences politically, instead of resorting to violence, while Maliki, in the past has ignored all instances which was highlighted in his talks with President Obama. The two focused on cooperation in the fight against terrorism and discussed the Syrian crisis, and on what Maliki needed to do to conform to Obama’s views and the need of a political solution to address the political crisis raging in Iraq.

    Maliki did not succeed in his effort to fulfill arms contracts, which he had hoped he could get hammered out. He attempted to justify Iraq’s need to combat terrorism, by stating the country needed strategic weapons and have been in need for a long time, and while President Obama called to persuade Congress to pass these deals, they lacked confidence and refused Iraq’s unjustified request for them. Maliki said he needed them to counter what he describes security challenges but America sees arming Iraq as a way for Maliki’s government to address political entanglements to settle policies of Maliki based on exclusivity, exclusion and marginalization. However, The White House believes in the continuation of aid to Iraq as necessary, and the stoppage of such aid would interfere with U.S. interests, but American leadership cannot ignore that Maliki’s policies are those that are fully responsible for the escalation of violence, and is the catalyst for Iraq not being able to develop strategies to achieve stability.

    We have no doubt the desire of the American Administration and Congress will support Iraq in confronting al-Qaida, but only on the basis that Iraq be a Democratic government, and that it prevails when it sees a rotation of power away from the framework of a dictatorship, when they see Iraq stop the game of exclusion and marginalization, the ceasing of threatening to disclose corrupt files on politicians, and a Government that will be globally classified as one of the first countries to dump corruption, a country able to protect its executive powers, a country that will be incapable of creating obstacles despite its enormous potential due to political maneuverings of ONE to stay in power. They need to tackle the wave of violence that has harvested daily in the lives of dozens and hundreds of innocent Iraqis, where the killings peaked last month. The number of victims in total are 3 thousand dead and wounded, which require all Iraqi leaders to come together and take bold steps necessary to put an end to the chaos of the problems and thwart attempts by terrorists to destroy the social fabric of the Iraqi society.

    On the eve of his trip to Washington, Maliki tried jumping the facts to present a current reality in Mesopotamia (Iraq) - That his country is experiencing sectarian conflicts between Sunnis, Shiites or Kurds because of terrorist activity and was the driving force behind the violence that gripped the country, and the terrorists attempt to block the way for Iraq and its democracy to get out of the shadows of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Maliki tried to present that democracy in Iraq is prevailing today, as he tried to evade responsibility of what is happening the government and Iraq’s desire is to cooperate with the international community by asking for a international conference to combat terrorism by waging a global effort to combat those who are killing people and desirous to shed blood, even though he knows full well that THESE crisis are caused by his government policies, both domestic and foreign alike, are the main reasons for corruption in all aspects of the state. For this reason the U.S. President believes the escalation of violence rests on Maliki’s shoulders and does not deny that he carries a base role in exacerbating issues. He also reminded Maliki of the collusion that allowed terrorist leaders to escape from Abu Ghraib to escalate tensions after the wave of terrorism that was and is continuously sweeping the country.
    The question now is: What will Maliki do now that he is back from Washington?, We will know the question to that answer with the results of the upcoming elections which are now to take place in a timely manner.

    https://tiny.cc/v0t15w

  7. #27
    How independent is the Iraqi-Kurdish pipeline to Turkey?

    The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has nearly finished constructing its own oil pipeline to the Turkish border, hoping to export Kurdish crude and secure a guaranteed revenue source independent of Baghdad. The pipeline is being sanguinely spun by the media, most industry analysts and the KRG as “independent”; it will circumvent Iraqi state authority, further enhance the KRG’s political and energy sector autonomy and enable international oil companies (IOCs) to fully monetize production. Yet, a deeper look at the KRG pipeline questions how independent it really is, or can become. Instead of bypassing Baghdad, the pipeline will be tied into the existing Iraqi state infrastructure. Consequently, official Iraqi Kurdish oil exports will not be made by a KRG fiat, but will result from a larger bargain between Erbil, Baghdad and Ankara, although one that affirms Iraqi sovereignty.

    Turkey can be instrumental in brokering a grand bargain on oil policy that affirms Iraqi sovereignty while assuring the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s contribution to export growth.

    AuthorDenise NataliPostedNovember 4, 2013

    In some ways, the KRG pipeline is autonomous. It lies within Iraqi Kurdistan's official boundaries and is fully controlled by the KRG. The pipeline will also be linked to an independent metering station distinct from the current Iraqi-controlled station at the Feshkabor (Turkish) border. In this way, the KRG can monitor and control its own exports without intervention from the Iraqi government. At a minimum, the 400,000 barrel per day pipeline will function as an internal feeder line that provides a more cost-effective means to transport Kurdish crude to the Turkish border than current trucking operations.

    Still, the pipeline is not independent. Even with its own metering station, the KRG will have to tie its pipeline into the existing Iraqi-Turkish pipeline if it wants to transport Kurdish crude to Turkey’s Mediterranean port in Ceyhan. There is no alternative pipeline infrastructure in Turkey in which this KRG line can be connected. Once Kurdish crude is transmitted through the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline, Baghdad can calculate the KRG portion of exports by deducting the amount shipped from Kirkuk from the total amount received at Ceyhan — ascertained by Iraqi State Official Marketing Organization officials stationed there. The KRG would also have to coordinate the timing of its crude shipments with Iraqi officials in Kirkuk who control the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline, since the heavier grade of Kurdish crude cannot be mixed with the lighter Kirkuk grade.

    Legal issues pose further challenges to independent, official KRG exports. The Pipeline Tariff Agreement renewed between Baghdad and Turkey in 2010 for 25 years (with a 10-year possible extension) affirms that all fluids inside the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline belong to the Iraqi government. Kurdish crude that enters the pipeline to Ceyhan at any point would be legally considered Iraqi property. Payment then becomes a problem, since there is no legal mechanism that permits Ankara to circumvent Baghdad and pay the KRG directly. In fact, despite the energy ties that bind Ankara and the KRG, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz has affirmed that under any export scheme Turkey would pay Baghdad directly and let the payment issues be resolved internally.

    Ankara’s unwillingness to further undermine Iraqi sovereignty is influenced by geopolitical trends and in particular the intractable Syrian crisis. As Islamic extremists and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) control and destabilize Turkey’s border areas and as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his own domestic challenges — including 2014 local elections — Ankara is reassessing regional alliances to assure its national security interests. Rapprochement efforts between Turkey and Iraq signal this concern. They will likely result in a cooling-off period until the elections and preclude a direct Ankara-Erbil export agreement that would antagonize Baghdad. Iran also retains significant influence in the region and would not support any effort to further autonomize the Kurdistan Region of Iraq at the expense of Iraqi state sovereignty.

    Indeed, the pipeline’s value is also the leverage it can accord to the KRG, particularly as the Iraqi state aims to expand its oil exports and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seeks re-election in April 2014. The KRG will likely use its increasing crude export volumes and pipeline to extract payment and political concessions from Baghdad, in exchange for Kurdish support for Maliki. Baghdad has already recognized the KRG’s pipeline potential by incorporating and expanding KRG crude exports in the 2014 Iraqi budget to 400,000 barrels per day. This amount, if realized in full, would allocate $860 million for IOC payments in the Kurdish north.

    Still, in an environment where zero-sum politics defines decision-making and not the logic of the market, the sustainability of a Baghdad-Erbil concession in a post-election period is questionable. Maliki may offer the KRG another ad hoc payment, but the KRG will ultimately need a national hydrocarbons or revenue-sharing law ratified by the Iraqi parliament to assure contract approval, minimum export levels and full payment of IOC operating costs. Local populations pose further challenges to where Iraqi hydrocarbons’ are developed and how revenues are distributed. Resource-rich provinces and the KRG may seek greater control over their energy wealth; however, these ambitions coexist with Iraqi and Kurdish resource nationalism that requires meeting rising domestic demands and expectations first.

    In this sense, Turkey can play a key role in the pipeline imbroglio by nudging its Kurdish commercial partner and Baghdad to negotiate a grand bargain that affirms Iraqi sovereignty while assuring the KRG’s key contribution to northern corridor export growth. Given the Kurdistan Region’s landlocked status, absence of alternative, large-scale transit routes, lack of regional support for an independent pipeline, and projected growth from southern Iraqi oil exports, such a bargain would likely require concessions by the KRG over official export rights and payment. This option may seem unpalatable, but it may be the only realistic means in which to expand and monetize the Kurdistan Region’s oil wealth.

    Denise Natali

    Columnist, Iraq Pulse

    Denise Natali holds the Minerva Chair at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, and is the author of The Kurds and the State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey and Iran (Syracuce: Syracuse University Press, 2005), in Turkish, Kurtler ve Devlet: Iraq, Turkiye ve Iran’da Ulusal Kimligin Gelismesi (Istanbul: Avesta Press, 2009), and The Kurdish-Quasi-State: Development and Dependency in Post-Gulf War Iraq. The views expressed are her own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense or the US government.

    https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/orig...cy-export.html

  8. #28
    Coalition of Kurdish blocs congratulates the Iraqi people in accordance to the election law

    04-11-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)

    Kurdish blocs congratulated the Iraqi people in accordance to the enactment of the national elections April 2014, saying it would have been like if some components preserved their rights to Kota parliamentary Almhaad.
    According to a statement released by the Office of the coalition of Kurdish blocs "congratulates the Kurdish blocs in the House of Representatives Federal Iraqi people by the year Hijri new, and looks forward to be a good omen for the Iraqi people and the rest of the Islamic peoples, and to take this opportunity to congratulate the sons of our great people to reach a consensus on the materials election law , voted by the House of Representatives.
    And Kurdish forces expresses regret for not achieved the required quota seats for components Alosideh and fillet Kurds and Armenians, a demand draft look forward to working to achieve it in the next parliamentary session.
    In the opinion of Kurdish blocs that the legislation of the electoral law has been achieved thanks to the great efforts made by the cooperation with the rest of the blocks, in order to achieve a national consensus to ensure the participation of all parties in the political process, both in the formulation of the decision or its implementation, which confirms conclusively that Kurdish blocs were not a constraint for legislation Elections Act, but is keen to national consensus and partnership firm foundation settled and security, progress and prosperity.
    We are confident and hope to be the enactment of the elections in accordance with the principles of national consensus step on the right track in promoting civil peace, security and stability Qaeda true democracy, progress and prosperity, through legislation, a number of laws critical of them: the law of the Federal Council, parties, and oil and gas, and the Federal Court .

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  9. #29
    Iraq Amends Its Electoral Law and Is Ready for Parliamentary Elections in April 2014
    by Reidar Visser

    Iraq has finally amended its electoral law, paving the way for general elections to go ahead no later than 1 May 2014.

    The most significant change to the electoral law concerns the seat distribution method. Following a supreme court ruling that deemed the previous largest-remainder principle unconstitutional, a more proportional, so-called modified St. Lague method will be used to calculate seats. This gives smaller parties slightly better chances to win seats than under the previous system.

    Other major systemic changes that were on the table were all dropped. There will be no change to the open-list system, nor will there be any revision to a single, nationwide electoral constituency, which the Kurds had pressed for.

    Instead, there are minor adjustment to the seat distribution between governorates. The seven seats that were distributed to the winning blocs at the national level in 2010 have been allotted to governorates instead, and three extra seats have been added to the mix. The governorates that won one extra seat each are Baghdad, Basra, Dhi Qar, Babel, Karbala, Anbar, Diyala, Erbil, Dahuk and Sulaymaniyya. The eight minority seats remain the same.

    It is noteworthy that in this way, the Kurds came best out of the new apportionment. Compare with 2010, where the Kurds won one of the seven national/compensation seats, or 14%. This time they are guaranteed a third of the ten seats that are allotted on top of the 310 seats that are distributed based on population statistics. Kurdish assertiveness in this question in turn reflect their dissatisfaction with the ministry of trade statistics (based on ration cards) used to determine the number of deputies per Iraqi governorate. The Kurds had hoped that ministry of planning estimates would be used instead, thereby increasing the number of MPs to 351. When this didn’t happen, the Kurds achieved a respectable second best alternative through a disproportional increase in the newly added governorate seats. Generally speaking, since the Kurds have reasonable internal coherence and discipline among its parliamentarians, seat increases work in their favour. Conversely, the Shiite Islamists have strenuously fought against seat increases, probably fearing even greater fragmentation as a result. For their part, the secular and now increasingly Sunni-backed Iraqiyya has already fragmented to such a degree that it leaders may have supported the Kurdish position simply in the hope that any increase in seat number would offer them a greater chance to keep their own personal seats!

    One caveat concerning the new law needs to be mentioned: Its status as a “law proposal” rather than a “legislative project”. The Iraqi federal supreme court has consistently struck down such proposals as unconstitutional when challenged. There are however two ameliorating factors here: Firstly, the law was passed as an amendment to an existing law, rather than a brand new law. Second, the new law successfully addresses specific issues that the supreme court itself had raised regarding seat distribution method. Hopefully, there is now so much momentum towards elections in April 2014 that no side will try to fish in the legal murky waters that admittedly exist. It would, after all, be a parody if the supreme court used a technicality to strike down changes to a law that the court itself dictated.

    Reidar Visser | Monday, 4 November 2013 19:51 at 19:51 | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/pBkdV-11p

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