The first statement of the new Iraqi central governor: We drew up a plan to strengthen the national currency
Shafaq News / In his first press statement since assuming the position, the new Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Al-Kitab, announced, on Thursday, a plan to strengthen the national currency.
The book said in a statement issued after his meeting with the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, and reported to Shafaq News Agency, that ” a deliberate banking plan has been developed that will develop the work of the central bank, strengthen the national currency and address negatives in cooperation with the courts specialized in joint work with the Central Bank .”
For his part, the President of the Supreme Judicial Council affirmed that “the selection of independent personalities from among the employees of state institutions to run these institutions gives an indication of the government’s seriousness in pursuing the professional institutional approach in building the state as well as stressing the importance of preserving the independence of the Central Bank in accordance with the constitution and the Central Bank of Iraq law .”
He stressed the need to “abide by banking laws, the law against money laundering and terrorist financing, and the instructions issued pursuant to them, to build a sober banking sector capable of facing financial and economic challenges and providing real opportunities for development .”
On September 14, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi made major changes in a number of positions, including the Central Bank, the Iraqi Trade Bank, the Baghdad Municipality and the National Investment Commission.