Sovereignty Alliance: Barzani’s initiative will achieve success, and this is its main goal

Shafaq News / The Sovereignty Alliance, led by Khamis al-Khanjar, which includes Sunni political forces, affirmed on Wednesday that the initiative of Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani will achieve success in resolving the political crisis.

The leader of the coalition, Amjad al-Dini, told Shafaq News Agency, “Barzani’s initiative came in order to find a breakthrough for the political crisis that Iraq is witnessing, and we believe that this initiative will meet with success in the near future.”

He revealed that “there will be an expanded meeting of all political forces (Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish), to find a real solution to the political crisis in the near future.”

The leader of the Sovereignty Alliance added, “We believe that the scene will be the closest to the political scene that it was in during 2018, meaning that the political forces will be divided into two parts, then the formation of a new government that includes all political parties.”

Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani launched an initiative on Monday, sending Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, and leader of the Sovereignty Alliance Khamis al-Khanjar to Najaf Governorate to meet with the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr at his residence in Hananah, in an attempt to resolve the situation and bring the destinations closer. Considering between Al-Sadr and the forces of the coordination framework to move forward in forming the new government.

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The cause of the death of legal expert Tariq Harb was revealed

{Local: Al Furat News} The famous legal expert, Tariq Harb, died at dawn today, Wednesday, in the capital, Baghdad.

Harb’s death came as a result of a heart attack, which he suffered at dawn today.
It is noteworthy that Tariq Harb is a writer and lawyer, born in Baghdad in 1945.

He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Al-Mustansiriya University in 1975, a Master’s degree in Law from Baghdad University in 1980, and a Public Law Diploma from Alexandria University.

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Al-Kazemi: Iraq has lost a high legal stature and a beloved social figure

Baghdad – Mawazine News, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, on Wednesday, offered condolences on the death of legal expert Tariq Harb, saying that Iraq had lost “a high legal stature and a bold voice in truth.”

Al-Kazemi wrote, in a tweet to him on the Twitter platform, “With the departure of the professor and friend, legal expert Tariq Harb, Iraq has lost a high legal stature, a bold voice in truth, a beloved and honest social figure, and a well-established Baghdadi imprint.”

He added, “Our deepest condolences to the family of the great deceased, his colleagues, his fans, and all our people.”

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Economists: Statements of change in the exchange rate of the dollar confused the market

Baghdad: Experts and economic specialists have criticized statements by several blocs and parties about changing the exchange rate, noting that it is a political media marketing that has confused the local market.

“Some of them see exchange rate change as just a digital process that goes up or down,” economist Uday al-Alawi told Al-Sabah, noting that “this change has a significant impact on the market and the commitments of many who live on the sale of materials.”

“The exchange rate can never be changed overnight, because the damage to those decisions made without knowledge of billions in losses to citizens,” al-Alawi said, adding that “changing the exchange rate requires overlapping processes of continuous market preparation that take at least two years.” “Statements regarding the change in the exchange rate of the dollar have confused the market and stopped many business operations, and forced families to reduce spending and be content with important goods, although private sector workers make up about 80% of society and are the most directly affected by such statements,” he said, adding that “any moves to reduce and raise the exchange rate must be considered, because there is a benefit between the trader and the simple citizen, as well as that many citizens have turned their dealings to the dollar.”

After the devaluation of the dinar, which suggests that it is not fixed internally, which causes a major economic change in the event of a decline or appreciation of the exchange rate of the dinar against the dollar.” Al-Alawi linked efforts to change the exchange rate on the one hand with talks to form a government on the other, noting that they would be temporary statements and would be nothing more than promotion and media marketing.

At the technical level, experts believe that Iraq should follow the steps of some neighbouring countries that have fixed the dollar exchange rate against their currency for years, even though they do not have any economic data, while the exchange rate in Iraq changes frequently.

On the same level, other blocs are trying to push economic laws to the House of Representatives, where the governor of Zamili, the first deputy speaker of parliament, announced the intention of the Sadrist bloc to legislate a law to deduct a grant from oil revenues distributed directly among citizens under the title “popular oil grant”, but experts and observers pointed out that these efforts cannot be applied within the law because of a budget deficit estimated at more than 27 trillion dinars.

Observers warn that Iraq is dependent on the current high oil prices, especially since its volatility will continue in accordance with market requirements and the consequences of the actions of the countries of the world on the general closure of the Corona pandemic.
They stressed the need for alternatives away from oil rents, as such wealth might not last long and could be reduced at any moment, noting that those funds could be invested in the construction of infrastructure for industrial cities that could compete with the world.

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Al-Kazemi announces the arrest of a number of those involved in the great crime

Baghdad – Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mustafa Al-Kazemi affirmed, on Tuesday, that Iraq has no place for terrorism of all kinds, types and forms.

Al-Kazemi said during his presidency of the cabinet session, February 1, 2022, “I congratulate the heroic security forces that have made great efforts during the past week, and achieved victories against terrorist organizations, as we conducted a massive cleansing operation in the Al-Azim area to cleanse the land of terrorist groups.”

He added that “the hawks of the Iraqi Air Force carried out strikes targeting several locations of the terrorist organization’s hideouts in several remote points, killing a number of them, including important Iraqi and foreign leaders, and during our visit to the border areas in northwestern Iraq, we worked on strict security measures within a tight plan to prevent any infiltration.” to terrorist cells.

Al-Kazemi continued, “The security and intelligence services worked to track the threads of the terrorist operation in Al-Azim, and were able to arrest a number of the terrorist cells involved,” thanking “the security institutions and our heroic Iraqi forces, and we assure our people that there is no return to terrorism in the presence of these valiant forces.”

He pointed out that “last week witnessed a very unfortunate event, when a group of non-state forces carried out a terrorist and cowardly attack on Baghdad International Airport, and these groups began to operate according to the logic of terrorism and use the same tools and other actions of terrorist groups.”

Al-Kazemi stressed that “all political forces, with their various political orientations, must unite their words and actions against these groups, as there is no place for terrorism of all kinds, types and forms in Iraq.”

The Prime Minister added, “This is the Iraq of the great, the Iraq of peace, the Iraq of safety and security, and the Iraq of cooperation and partnership. We do not allow any party or person to tempt himself to harm his reputation in this random and chaotic way.”

He said, “Our security forces have followed the threads of the operation and identified some of the terrorists involved, and they are continuing the investigations, and I assure our great people that all those involved will be arrested and held accountable without exception, and no party, whatever it is, will be able to protect the criminals or smuggle them.”

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The World Gold Council publishes a report on global reserves

Baghdad – Last January, the World Gold Council published its report on the reserves of central banks in the world of gold, and the data showed that the reserves amounted to 35571.3 tons of the metal.

According to the data, total reserves increased by 11 tons in the January 2022 report, compared to December 2021.

The United States leads the world in precious metal reserves, with 8,133.5 tons, followed by Germany (3,359.1 tons), then Italy (2451.8 tons), France (2436.4 tons), and then Russia (2298.5 tons).

Gold is a safe haven, especially in times of crisis, as many people tend to buy it to hedge against inflation risks, and in the past years, the prices of the precious metal have risen in light of the Corona virus crisis and its consequences.

As for the Arab world, Saudi Arabia leads the Arab countries in gold reserves, as the Kingdom owns 323.1 tons of the precious metal, while Iraq ranked fifth, according to the first report of the World Gold Council this year.

The following is a table showing the ranking of Arab countries in gold reserves based on the World Gold Council report for the month of January 2022:

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Barzani’s initiative..a meeting between the framework, the current and the Sunni and Kurdish forces in Baghdad

Shafaq News / A source in the Shiite coordination framework revealed, on Tuesday, that a meeting of Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political forces will be held at the end of this week in the capital, Baghdad.

The source told Shafaq News Agency, “The meeting will include the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, or his representative, the head of the Fatah Alliance Hadi al-Amiri, leaders from the coordination framework, the head of the Progress Alliance, Muhammad al-Halbousi, and the representative of the presidency of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union.”

He pointed out that “the meeting will discuss preparations for holding a session to elect the president of the republic without any political crisis, in preparation for assigning an appropriate person to form the next government during the period specified by the constitution.”

This movement comes in the wake of an initiative launched by Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, which led to the meeting of the Triple Alliance, in Al-Hanana (Sadr’s residence in Najaf), which included Nechirvan Barzani, President of Kurdistan Region (the Democratic Party), Khamis Al-Khanjar and Muhammad Al-Halbousi for (sovereignty), with the chest.

Only seven days remain until the date of the election of the President of the Republic of Iraq, as the Iraqi parliament is scheduled to hold a session, the second of its legislative life, next Monday, in which the president is chosen.

Most of the odds indicate that Hoshyar Zebari, the candidate of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, will be president of the republic, and that the latter will assign the Sadrist bloc’s candidate to form the Iraqi government.

In terms of numbers, the tripartite alliance (Al-Sadr, the Democratic Party and the Sovereignty) constitutes about two-thirds of the parliament’s members, as the Sadrist bloc has 73 seats, the Democratic Party has 31, and the Sovereignty Alliance has 67 seats, bringing a total of 171 seats out of a total of 329 deputies.

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Tariq Harb expects a “new defeat” in the Federal Court regarding the “largest bloc”

Shafaq News / Legal expert Tariq Harb expected on Tuesday that the Federal Court will reject the lawsuit filed by the two deputies of the coordination framework regarding the most numerous bloc.

Harb said in a statement received by Shafak News Agency; It is “with reference to the lawsuits submitted by the plaintiffs, some of whom are Representatives Aley Nassif Jassem, Atwan Sayed Hassan, and Abdul Amir Najm, which were set on 2/1/2022, that is, hours after writing this opinion, in which they requested the invalidity of the current Presidency of the House of Representatives elections and the acceptance of the parliamentary bloc.

The most numerous presented by the coordination framework on that day, and we simply say that the outcome of the lawsuits and their fate will be the same as the fate of those who preceded them.” and between war; The Federal Court will reject, reject and reject these cases, based on the provisions of Article (105) of the Evidence Act.

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Parliament Presidency: The end of the preparations for the presidential election session.. No delay even for one hour

Baghdad – The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Shakhwan Abdullah, announced that all technical preparations for holding the presidential election session on the seventh of this month have been completed, stressing that the election of the presidency will not be postponed, even for one hour, from its scheduled date.

Abdullah added, in a statement to his party’s official website, seen by “Nass” (February 1, 2022), that “the parliament’s presidency is committed to the constitutional deadlines, and it is not linked to political disputes between the competitors, and it is proceeding with the constitutional entitlement, after announcing the names of the competitors and completing the technical preparations for the process.”

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More than $8 billion…the volume of Iraq’s oil revenues last month

Baghdad – Mawazine News, The Ministry of Oil announced, on Tuesday, the total exports and revenues achieved for the month of last January, stressing that they amounted to more than 8 billion dollars, at a price of 83.246 dollars per barrel.

A statement by the ministry, received by Mawazine News, stated that “according to the preliminary statistic issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company SOMO, the amount of crude oil exports amounted to (99) million (286) thousand and (78) barrels, with revenues amounting to (8.27) billion dollars. “.

He added that “the total quantities exported of crude oil for the month of last January from oil fields in central and southern Iraq amounted to (96) million (430) thousand and (596) barrels, while from the Kirkuk fields through the port of Ceyhan, the exported quantities amounted to (2). One million (545) thousand and (656) barrels.

He pointed out that “the average daily exports amounted to (3) million and (203) thousand barrels, while the average price per barrel amounted to (83,246) dollars.” Ended 29/A 4

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