Najaf Friday sermon to al-Sadr: Reform must be through the formation of the Iraqi government

Shafaq News / The Imam of Najaf Friday prayer, Sadr Al-Din Al-Qabbanji, said on Friday that the path of reform should be through the formation of a “strong, honest, and efficient” government.

Al-Qabbanji, a leader in the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, stressed in the Friday prayer sermon that the House of Representatives will hold a session as soon as possible to complete the formation of the government after the Federal Court issued its decision that it is not possible to dissolve the House of Representatives, revealing good preparations for holding the sessions of the Council after the visit of the Arbaeen.

While he called for the need for all sects and sects of the Iraqi people to participate in forming the government, saying: Iraq is for all Iraqis.

Al-Qabbanji added that, the path of reform must be through the formation of a strong, honest and efficient government and by being present in the political arena and not withdrawing from it.

Since the announcement of the results of the early legislative elections that took place last year in Iraq, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, raised the slogan of reform in the political process and worked on it by trying to form a political majority government, but his attempts failed and he was forced to withdraw from the entire process.

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BGG ~ I guess we know who’s pocket Najaf is in now?!?

Al-Sadr resolves the decision to return the Sadrist bloc to parliament and supports the survival of Saleh and Al-Kazemi

Baghdad – Mawazine News, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, decided the decision to return the Sadrist bloc to the House of Representatives, in what he considered that the decision to return is strictly prohibited.

Al-Sadr said in a statement transmitted by his minister, Saleh Muhammad Al-Iraqi, and Mawazine News received a copy of it, the text of which is below: ”

Some of the lovers are seeking, by legal means, to return (the Sadrist bloc) to Parliament.
Before I give my opinion on this issue, I say: It was the first desired result Their withdrawal is to block all ways to come to terms with the so-called “coordination framework” as I do not agree with them at all.

Then returning the bloc to Parliament has the possibility, even if weak, of finding this consensus.. It is forbidden by us and if it is prevented, their return will be a blockage.

Politically again, if it is said: Their return is only for the sake of dissolving Parliament, not for the sake of agreement with them.

I say: If we go back, then the solution must be satisfactory to our Sunni and Kurdish allies, and I don’t think it is.

We are aware of the many pressures on our allies… But sacrificing in order to end the suffering of an entire people is also good and required… The people, not the current, are the ones who refuse to turn faces and re-manufacture a corrupt government again.

The ball is in the court of the allies, not the court of the Sadrist bloc.

As for the final opinion on the issue of the Sadrist bloc’s return to the House of Representatives: it is absolutely and absolutely forbidden, under any pretext.

The corrupt rejects a government that is neither Eastern nor Western, with a national majority, and we reject a consensual government categorically.

The dissolution of Parliament is possible without the return of the Sadrist bloc, especially with the presence of its allies in the House of Representatives and some independents who so far are on the hill!!!

So I call on allies and independents to take a courageous stand to end the whole crisis.
The solution at that time will not be current, but rather the parliament will be nationalistic: Sunni, Shiite, Kurdish, and independents, so that the president and prime minister remain at the head of a caretaker government and to supervise early elections or with the help of others, Iraqis or internationals.

Hence, there is no need to resort to the current or the framework in solving the problem, for the keys are with the first to solve and the contract, not with the (politicized judiciary), nor with the (fearful courts) nor with the (withdrawing Sadrist bloc).

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Iraq’s gold reserves rise to 130.4 tons

Follow-up – Mawazine News, Iraq’s gold reserves rose to 130.4 tons.
The statistics of the World Gold Council showed that the reserves of the world’s central banks of the yellow metal amounted to 35,393 tons by the end of July 2022.

According to those statistics, Iraq ranked third in the Arab world, and thirty in the world, with reserves of 130.4 tons until the end of last July. Ended 29/N33

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Parliamentary: The recent Federal Court decision implicitly convicted Al-Halbousi of perjury

Shafaq News / The independent member of the House of Representatives, Basem Khashan, considered on Thursday that the recent Federal Supreme Court decision implicitly condemned Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi for suspending the legislative sessions of the Council.

Khashan said in a post on the social networking sites “Facebook”, “The recent decision of the Federal Court implicitly condemned the Speaker of the Council of perjury and violation of the Constitution because he suspended the sessions of the Council by an individual decision, and disrupted its work.”

The Federal Supreme Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq) had announced earlier today, that no authority in the country may “exceed the constitutional periods indefinitely”, stressing at the same time that it is not within its competence to dissolve the Iraqi parliament, in Its response to the Sadrist movement’s suit in this regard.

Nassar al-Rubaie, Secretary-General of the Sadrist bloc, had filed a lawsuit against the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to rule to dissolve the House of Representatives for its fifth session, and to oblige the President of the Republic to set a date for holding legislative elections in accordance with the provisions of Article 64/second of the Constitution.

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, had called on the Supreme Judicial Council to dissolve parliament within a period not exceeding the twentieth of this month, and assigning the President of the Republic to set a date for early elections, but the Council responded to al-Sadr’s request to dissolve parliament, saying: “He does not have this authority.” .

The content of the lawsuit deals with accusations of failing to elect a President of the Republic and violating the constitutional deadlines for forming the new government.

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Al-Mutlaq: The solution lies in granting the third party the formation of the government

The Information / Baghdad: The former Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh Al-Mutlaq, confirmed, on Thursday, the impossibility of reforming the political process by the usual methods, indicating that the best solution is to form a government from a third party that enjoys legislative powers and to freeze the work of Parliament.

Al-Mutlaq said in a televised interview, which was followed by “The Information”, that “the only solution for Iraq is not to give the government to any party and transfer it to a third party, and it means a group of brave, talented, scholars and independent decision-makers without any other party.”

He added, “The government of the third party can achieve the tasks of reforming Iraq in the event that it is granted full legislative powers and freezing the parliament’s work for two or three years in order to bring about qualitative development.”

Al-Mutlaq pointed out that “the return of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies is one of the proposed scenarios, but their return will not change anything,” stressing that “the situation has become critical and there is a historical responsibility that does not require disassociation from oneself, and that the political system is “sterile” and cannot build the country.

” “The Americans and the Iranians no longer have influence in Iraq, and the Najaf Marja’iya is the only party that can play a role to save Iraq.”

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Al-Abadi proposes an initiative conditional on a “political agreement”

Shafaq News / The head of the victory coalition Haider al-Abadi put forward, on Wednesday, a new initiative to solve the political crisis that has afflicted the country for nearly 10 months.

Al-Abadi said, in a tweet seen by Shafak News Agency, “I call for presenting an initiative based on Article 64 of the Constitution, and within a scheduled political agreement that includes early elections, their laws and institutions, under the supervision of a government with full powers, and the dissolution of the House of Representatives.”

He added that “order, stability, peace and development are top national priorities, and they are in the interest of all.”

And earlier today, Wednesday, the Federal Supreme Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq), rejected the case for dissolving the House of Representatives.

The court announced that no authority in the country may “exceed the constitutional terms indefinitely,” stressing at the same time that it is not within its jurisdiction to dissolve the Iraqi parliament.

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Al-Fatlawi: The Federal Decision Gives Impetus To The Coordination Framework For Forming The New Government

Earth News / The leader of the coordination framework, Ali Al-Fatlawi, confirmed today, Thursday, that the Federal Court’s decision regarding the dissolution of Parliament will give impetus to the formation of the new government.

Al-Fatlawi told ” Earth News ” , ” The decision of the Federal Supreme Court regarding the dissolution of the House of Representatives will give a great and strong impetus to the coordination framework for the formation of the new Iraqi government, as soon as possible, after the end of the fortieth visit . ”

Al -Fatlawi indicated that “ everyone is required and obligated to implement the decisions of the Federal Supreme Court, as they are binding, irrevocable and not subject to appeal, and we respect any decision issued by the judiciary, and we are proceeding with the process of forming the government in accordance with the constitutional frameworks and to prevent the continued violation of constitutional timings . ”

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Al-Sadr rejects attempts to return his bloc to the Iraqi parliament and counts on his allies to dissolve it

Shafaq News / The so-called “Minister of Leader” Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, who is close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced on Thursday that the latter absolutely rejects the return of the Sadrist movement’s bloc to the Iraqi Parliament after the resignation of its members from it, while confirming that this withdrawal aims to block the All ways of political accommodation with the coordinating framework that includes Shiite political forces, he hoped his Sunni and Kurdish allies to dissolve parliament and proceed to early elections in the country.

Al-Sadr’s minister said in a post on social media, quoting the latter, that “some of the lovers are seeking, by legal means, to return (the Sadrist bloc) to Parliament before I give my opinion on this issue.”

He added, “The first result that was envisaged by their withdrawal was to block all paths of consensus with the so-called (coordinating framework), as I do not agree with them at all. Moreover, the return of the bloc to the House of Representatives has the possibility, even if weak, of finding this consensus… and it is forbidden to us, and in the event that If he prevents it, their return will be a political blockage once again.”

The one close to al-Sadr went on to say, and if it is said: Their return is only for the dissolution of Parliament, not for the sake of agreement with them. I say: If we return, the solution must be satisfactory to our Sunni and Kurdish allies. It will be resolved immediately.”

He also said, “We are aware of the many pressures on our allies, but sacrificing in order to end the suffering of an entire people is also commendable and required. The people, not the current, are the ones who refuse to rotate faces and re-manufacture a corrupt government again,” noting that “the ball is in the allies’ court, not in the court of the allies.” thoracic mass.

Al-Sadr’s minister went on to say, “As for the final opinion on the issue of the Sadrist bloc’s return to the House of Representatives: it is absolutely and absolutely forbidden, under any pretext, as the corrupt reject a government, neither Eastern nor Western, with a national majority, and we categorically reject a consensual government.”

And he continued in his post, “The dissolution of Parliament is possible without the return of the Sadrist bloc, especially with the presence of its allies in the House of Representatives and some independents who are now on the hill. and independent so that the President and the Prime Minister remain at the head of a caretaker government and to supervise the early elections or with the help of others, Iraqis or internationals.

The one close to al-Sadr concluded his publication, “Therefore, there is no need to resort to the current or framework in solving the problem, for the keys are with the first to resolve and the contract, not with the (politicized judiciary), nor with (the feared courts) nor with the (withdrawing chest bloc).

And the Federal Court recently announced that it had received a case to challenge the acceptance of the resignations of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies by the Presidency of the House of Representatives (in No. 181 / Federal / 2022), and set the date for the first session to consider the case on September 28, 2022.

A number of deputies and leaders of the Sadrist bloc denied any connection with the lawsuit submitted to the Federal Court, to challenge the acceptance of the resignation of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies from Parliament.

The author of the appeal against the resignation of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies, Lawyer Diaa Al-Budairi, confirmed on Wednesday that he will continue to file the appeal before the Federal Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq).

Al-Budairi told Shafaq News Agency, “The news that talks about the withdrawal of the lawsuit that it submitted to the Federal Court regarding the resignation of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies is incorrect,” adding, “I am going with this lawsuit, and the goal of it is not the Sadrist bloc, but the uniqueness of the parliament speaker and his taking decisions that violate the constitution and the law.” “.

Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi signed the resignations of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies, in the presence of Parliamentary Bloc Speaker Hassan al-Adhari, and then commented, saying: “Their resignations took place reluctantly,” referring to efforts made to dissuade al-Sadr from this step.

The lawyer added, “Two unknown personalities contacted him and said that they were from the Sadrist movement, and asked to withdraw the case, but he refused,” pointing out that “withdrawing the case is possible after the official request of the Sadrist movement and through well-known figures of the movement such as (Hassan Al-Adhari, Hakim Al-Zamili, Hazem al-Araji), or the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr himself. Otherwise, the case will not be withdrawn.

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An economist explains the nature of the defect in central bank sales and financial transfer

Information / Baghdad…  The economic expert, Mustafa Akram Hantoush, explained the nature of the defect in the Central Bank’s sales system and the financial transfer of foreign currency.

Hantoush told Al-Maalouma that “the central bank sells daily more than 200 million dollars as a level within 4 months, of which 25-30 million goes to the local market, while the remaining 170 million goes to foreign remittances for the purpose of import.”

He added, “The problem lies in the open credits through which funds are transferred, so that the goods enter Iraq or not, the Central Bank is not aware of it, and this is one of the biggest mistakes, as there is coordination and linkage between the Central Bank and the Remittance Department and the Customs Authority in most countries of the world.” The credit is opened and the money is placed in the credit trust account until the goods enter the country and a signal is given to the customs that it has entered the required specifications so that the amount is transferred from the documentary credits trust account to the executed documentary credits account.

Hantoush pointed out that “Iraq adopts direct accreditation so that the goods enter or do not reach the country, the competent authorities do not know whether the money has arrived or not, and this falls within the door of money laundering and corruption, and therefore Iraq urgently needs to link the customs authority with the central bank in order to legalize matters and prevent Transfer of funds in documentary credits except after the goods enter Iraq.

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BGG ~ The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem / and identifying the problem… Glad they are finally talking about it openly?!?

Officially.. Iran is offering the Iraqi dinar in its local banks

Shafaq News / The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Ali Saleh Abadi, announced on Wednesday the launch of the Iraqi dinar currency in Iranian local banks.

The governor said in a statement on the sidelines of the Iranian cabinet meeting that took place today, that a quantity of the Iraqi dinar entered the country yesterday and will be distributed starting tomorrow (Thursday).

He added that those wishing to perform the fortieth visit of Imam Hussein should go to local banks to provide the dinar currency, besides reviewing the exchange offices.

Saleh Abadi continued by saying that 25 local banks have been identified to offer the dinar currency, in order to avoid congestion in the exchange offices in the market.

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