The Iraqi government reveals that 3 disputes with Kurdistan that have been going on since 2003 will soon end

Baghdad today – Ahmed Mulla Talal, a spokesman for the Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, said that the government is very optimistic given the bilateral emphasis on continuing dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil.

Ahmed Mulla Talal said, in a televised interview (Baghdad Today), that “Al-Kazemi held important meetings with the President of the Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, and the head of the regional government, Masrour Barzani.”

Mulla Talal added, “Al-Kazemi inspected the port of Ibrahim Al-Khalil, and there is an agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve all pending issues, and for the constitution to be the rule, and a phased agreement was obtained from 3 months until the end of 2020, and we intend to conclude a new agreement to be implemented under the 2021 budget.”

He continued, “Al-Kazemi will meet tomorrow with the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, and a meeting will be held to deal with the outstanding issues,” pointing out that “Nechirvan Barzani was following up on common issues during his presidency of the regional government and now he is his head and has great experience and he was a few days ago in Baghdad and the topic will be followed up after.” An iftar banquet will be held tomorrow morning, to which the Iraqi government delegation was invited. ”

“The Iraqi government is very optimistic in light of the bilateral emphasis on continuing the dialogue, and it is possible to reach consensus formulas regarding the federal government’s authority over border crossings and disputed areas, and the oil and gas law,” the Prime Minister’s spokesman affirmed.

He pointed out that “the Iraqi government is responsible for securing the salaries of the region’s employees, but in return, his government must abide by the terms of the interim agreement until the end of the year in preparation for concluding an agreement regarding the 2021 budget.”

Al-Kazemi held two meetings today with the President of the Democratic Party and the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

The first meeting witnessed, according to an official statement, the overall situation on the national scene, the most prominent challenges in the country, the unification of positions at the national level, as well as the file for holding early elections.

During the meeting, Al-Kazemi stressed Iraq’s actual need for reform, and for national action to be priority to cross the country over the current challenges.

He pointed out that “the high-level coordination between the armed forces of various kinds and the Peshmerga, helped in making victory over the terrorist ISIS gangs, and it is the one who will protect the land and secure the opportunity for prosperity and development for the country.”

The Prime Minister also indicated the importance of integration in the positions between the federal government and the regional government, and stressed that the Kurdistan region is an integral and essential part of Iraq, and dialogue and the constitution are the tent that secures a secure future for a unified and stable Iraq.

He pointed out that “the opportunity is now available to raise the level of Iraqi action on the international scene, in order to strengthen Iraq’s position among nations.”

For his part, Massoud Barzani expressed his happiness at the visit of the Prime Minister, stressing the availability of intentions for everyone, to make efforts in reform and resolve the outstanding issues between the federal government and the regional government.

In the second meeting with Masrour Barzani, Al-Kazemi confirmed, according to a second statement, that “the experience of security cooperation and integration in the performance of the armed forces in the face of terrorist ISIS has strengthened national unity and made victory possible.”

He also indicated that “the sovereignty of Iraq is the word that unites us as Iraqis, and there is no room for neglecting it, indicating that the opportunity is now available to strengthen joint action and to provide the best effort that serves the Iraqi citizen, as well as to accelerate the pace of preparation for holding early elections, in a way that secures the best honest expression of the people’s voice.” Al-Iraqi and his real choices. ”

Masrour Barzani expressed his happiness at the meeting, stating that “the regional government aims to solve all outstanding issues, and that he is looking forward to consolidating long-term solutions and supporting the efforts of the Al-Kazemi government seeking reform in all areas.”

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Report: ‘A New Form’ for the Anti-Corruption Committee … Al-Kazemi intends to confront the ‘Big Whales’

It seems that the file of eliminating corruption whales in Iraq is one of the priorities of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, who recently formed a special committee with wide powers to investigate corruption files and major cases.

According to a report by the London-based Al-Arab newspaper, followed by Nas, (September 5, 2020), Al-Kazemi’s efforts in the field of prosecuting the most corrupt people are surrounded by many doubts, given the political immunity they enjoy, as well as other issues.

Below is the text of the report:

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi has formed a special committee to investigate corruption files and major cases, directing to grant it exceptional powers, in the first indication by the prime minister of his intention to confront the big whales in his country.
Given the composition of the new committee, and the security authority that will carry out the tasks of chasing and arresting the corrupt, it seems that there is a real intention to target figures who may be from the first row.

Al-Kazemi assigned the human rights team, Ahmed Taha Hashem, who previously served in high-ranking intelligence sites within the Ministry of Interior, to head the Special Investigations Committee. He is supported by a senior official in the intelligence service, provided that the Counter-Terrorism Service, led by General Abdel Wahhab Al-Saadi, who is popular after the defeat of ISIS, will take over the task of implementing judicial arrest warrants against wanted corrupt individuals, if issued.

Al-Kazemi strengthened the committee with representatives of other oversight and security agencies, while supporting it with a large number of employees.

According to the order that bore the signature of Al-Kazemi, the Special Investigation Committee has the right to summon any Iraqi to give his testimony, except for those who were actually accused in a fundamental way in a case that falls within the powers of this committee, as these are treated through the judiciary.

According to interpretations of experts in law and procedural issues, this committee can summon all former heads of the republic, government and parliament, along with all ministers, officials, employees, politicians, merchants and businessmen, who are not officially accused of corruption cases.

The committee also has the right to open any closed corruption file against any person, and to investigate former defendants who have been acquitted, convicted, or are still under review, provided that judicial orders are issued to do so, to prevent interfering investigations.

The news of the announcement of the formation of this committee, especially its composition, sparked an enthusiastic reaction on social networking sites, where many bloggers saw that the actual war on the corrupt in Iraq had already begun.

General Al-Saadi, the commander of the US-armed counterterrorism service, is one of the main opponents of the pro-Iranian factions and politicians close to Tehran, and observers see his assignment of this type of mission as an indication of the approaching confrontation.

Professor of Political Science at Baghdad University Ihssan Al-Shammari believes that “mandating the Counter-Terrorism Service to implement decisions related to corruption cases is an indication of armed friction with leaders and mafias of corruption.”

Observers place this development in the context of urging the countries of the region and the world to urge Iraq to confront the factions loyal to Iran and put an end to its dominance over the country’s political, security and economic decisions.

Political analyst Ahmed Al-Abyadh says that the zero hour seems to have approached a lot in Iraq, pointing to the link between these developments and the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Iraq.

Al-Abyadh added that the visit of the French President can be translated as “a mediator to convey the final warning to the factions.”

“Now the difficult test for Al-Kazemi’s seriousness has begun to impose the prestige of the state,” he explained.

Al-Kazemi’s government previously had contact with former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, through one of his in-laws, when it issued a decision to freeze his properties after he exploited state property in an unorthodox manner.

Al-Maliki is among the most prominent targets that the angry Iraqi street demands to pursue, for causing a third of the country’s lands to fall at the hands of ISIS militants in the last year of his eight years of rule, in addition to his responsibility for the theft and squandering of about a thousand billion dollars between 2006 and 2014.

However, Al-Kazemi’s efforts in pursuing senior corrupt individuals are surrounded by many doubts, due to the political immunity they enjoy, and most of them close ties to Tehran, which is able to move its armed militias inside Iraq to confuse the situation.
Therefore, observers suspend their expectations regarding the seriousness of any legal campaign to prosecute the corrupt to the extent of the readiness of the Iraqi armed forces for a direct confrontation with the factions that protect them, which could reveal in the next few months.

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The Parliamentary Finance Committee issued a statement regarding the economic and financial reform paper.

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Parliamentary Finance Committee issued a statement regarding the economic and financial reform paper.

A statement by the committee stated that the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it, “While we are waiting for the government to present the economic and financial reform paper to the House of Representatives, as stipulated in the domestic and foreign borrowing law, which has not yet been submitted, despite the passage of the time period specified by it.” The law, which is 60 days from the date of its approval, and we also did not see its signs, neither in words nor in action. Rather, the government ignored all the reform texts contained in that law.

He added, “We are surprised by decisions and appointments in sensitive and extremely important centers in the Ministry of Finance and other relevant institutions that are not in the public interest, as most of those orders were issued against them, all of which are annotated with the phrase” based on the book of the Prime Minister’s Office} whose history is tainted. The job is a lot of suspicions and failure, and this will negatively affect any real intention or step for reform, and it will cast a shadow over a decline greater than it is now in the financial and economic file. ”

The Parliamentary Finance affirmed, “In terms of the legal and moral responsibility entrusted to us as a supervisory and legislative body, we will have a firm and strict position as a result of those measures that adopted the mood and favoritism in their approval by the government and the Ministry of Finance, which unfortunately we did not see any cooperation or consultation with the authority from them.” Legislative Council of Representatives in general and the Finance Committee in particular during the previous period of the life of the current government.

Ammar Al-Masoudi

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Sairoun: The political forces have set strict specifications for the new central bank governor

The deputy of the Saeron Alliance, Riyadh Al-Masoudi, confirmed, Thursday, that no candidate for special grades will not pass the later the approval of the political forces, indicating that the position of the bank governor is a sovereign position and represents the spirit of the state and a professional and honest personality must be chosen.

Al-Masoudi said in a statement to “the information”, that “the prime minister has the right to nominate a candidate for the position of central bank governor or any position of special ranks, but it cannot be imposed unless it is approved by the political forces, and that any candidate will only pass through that gate.”

He added that “the position of the central bank governor is a very important position and is the economic spirit of the state. Therefore, all political forces will be closely scrutinized for the seriousness of the financial position,” indicating that “the political forces today have defined strict specifications for the personality of the central bank candidate and are summarized by efficiency, integrity and professionalism.”

The deputy for the State of Law coalition had warned Al-Kazemi, in a previous statement to “the information”, against naming his advisor Salem Chalabi as governor of the Central Bank, because he was involved in corruption files and that he was imposed by a foreign country of her nationality.

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Alia Nassif presents the first file before the ‘Committee for Major Cases and Exceptional Crimes’

On Friday, Representative Alia Nassif confirmed that she had brought the first corruption case before the eyes of the committee formed by the Prime Minister’s Office to investigate important corruption and crimes cases.

In a statement, “Nas” received a copy of it, (4 September 2020), Nassif called on the committee formed by the Prime Minister’s Office (to investigate cases of corruption and important crimes) to begin opening the first corruption file among the hundreds of files that Representative Nassif published in her previous statements. , Calling for “clarification of the limits of the committee’s relationship with other supervisory bodies, such as the Integrity Commission.

Nassif added, “While we express our happiness in forming this committee, which we hope will contribute to the elimination of corruption, even partially, we believe that this committee can open hundreds of corruption files that we have previously published details supported by evidence and documents in the media, and we have called for dealing With her on the grounds that they are official reports to the competent authorities, she asks, “Will the committee begin to practice its work and initiate the investigation and refer the corrupt to the judiciary ?!”

Nassif continued, “On the occasion of the formation of this committee, we present to it a file ready to start an investigation about it, and it is related to the Ministry of Finance completing the necessary financial allocations for the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity for cooling production units (Upstream cooling) at five times the real price (at a price of 86 million dollars), and it was referred Fast-tracked units in Zubaydah are at a price of two and a half times (at a price of 470 million dollars), while they can be implemented through a transparent and clear declaration of twenty million dollars instead of 85 million dollars, which means a difference of 4.25 times, “explaining that” the Siemens case is a cover for Iraqi companies. ” Associated with corruption whales in the Ministry of Electricity, and they are both (R.H) and (H.H.).

Nassif asserted, “Today I place before the committee the first case for the purpose of investigating it, and I register myself as a reporter for all the cases that I have previously announced, and I put all my information at the disposal of the committee, to see if this committee exceeds the capacity of the monitoring institutions? Finally, we ask the committee to review and evaluate the recent appointments even in The government of Mr. Al-Kazemi, especially in the financial sector.

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Report: The scenario of ‘sacrifice’ began, Bouziri Abdul Mahdi … and approaching al-Maliki happened in itself!

A press report, Friday, sheds light on the new procedures in the files of holding the killers of demonstrators accountable and fighting corruption, against the backdrop of government pledges to prosecute those involved in acts of violence, confront corruption and protect state resources.

The report, which was published by the London newspaper Al-Arrab, and which was followed by “People”, (September 4, 2020), linked the summoning of the defense and interior ministers in the government of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who are the most senior officials to be summoned to investigate the violence that accompanied the protests, and the measures taken by the bank The central right of officials, including Yasser Sakhel, son-in-law of the State of Law coalition, Nouri al-Maliki.

The text of the report follows:

On Thursday, the Iraqi judiciary announced the summoning of the former interior and defense ministers to investigate the killing of protesters during the months-long popular protests, in the most prominent development in this embarrassing case for the Iraqi authorities, which is seen as a measure of the state’s seriousness and its ability to reduce the phenomenon of impunity and impunity. Which has always been a manifestation of its weakness and declining prestige.

The government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi says that it is serious about imposing law, fighting corruption and ending the chaos of weapons, but many doubt its ability to do so, given the presence of powerful forces of armed parties and militias that the state is contesting its powers and directing its policies away from prejudice to the interests of the leaders and leaders of these forces Those involved in corruption and those involved in major crimes, including the killing of protesters and the assassination of leaders of the popular movement that has continued since the fall of last year and harassing them.
Iraqi activists have often doubted the possibility of accountability for the killing of protesters and militia leaders, and it is likely that it will be limited only to state officials and some security leaders.

A few days ago, the Al-Kazemi government issued an indication that the accountability process could reach circles close to influential figures, when announcing the decision of the Central Bank of Iraq to freeze the assets of nine former and current officials and seize their property, including the son-in-law of the former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Yasser Sakheel and his brother Luqman Sakhel, on Background of non-payment of debts owed to the state.

The approach to the circle close to Maliki was considered an event in itself, because the man who headed the Iraqi government for eight years between 2006 and 2014 was able, by planting his followers in the various parts of the state, to create immunity for him against accountability despite his being accused of spreading corruption on a large scale and wasting hundreds Billions of dollars in oil money, and the weakening of the security and military establishment, causing ISIS to enter Iraq with all the disasters and tragedies that followed.

The announcement that the former defense and interior ministers would be subjected to investigation came in a statement by the Supreme Judicial Council, the structure that manages the affairs of the judiciary, which it issued after a meeting with the council’s chairman, Faiq Zaidan, National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji, National Security Service chief Abdul Ghani Al-Asadi, and counter-terrorism chief Abdul Wahab Al-Saadi.
The statement stated that judicial procedures were discussed in the meeting regarding the killings and injuries of demonstrators and members of the security forces during the protests.

He explained that the judicial investigative body in Rusafa in Baghdad had summoned both the defense ministers Najah al-Shammari and the interior minister, Yassin al-Yasiri in the previous government, to seek clarification from them about information related to the investigation of these cases.

He added that the commission also issued a number of arrest warrants against a number of employees of the ministries of defense and interior, in addition to arresting officers pending investigations and issuing sentences against others.

The defense and interior ministers of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s government are the most senior officials to be called to investigate the violence that accompanied the protests.

Last May, Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s government announced the formation of committees to investigate the violence that left 565 protesters and security forces dead during the protests, according to an official count.

Al-Kazemi has repeatedly pledged to prosecute those involved in the violence, but no accused has yet been convicted, in addition to his promises to tackle corruption and protect state resources.

During the past few days, one of the corruption files implicating a number of close associates of the former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was opened, as the Central Bank decided “to seize the movable and immovable funds of Yasser Saqil and his brother Luqman Sukhail, the former governor of Karbala, Aqeel al-Taraihi, Zuhair al-Araji, MP in Parliament, and Hajem. Al-Hasani, the former president of the House of Representatives.
The list of names also included Ali al-Quraishi, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Walid Rida, an official in the Prime Minister’s Office, and Saeed Khader and Abdullah Muhammad Abdullah, government employees.

Al-Kazemi pledged to refer all the corrupt to the judiciary, regardless of their location in the country, but Iraqi observers are ruling out that this campaign will expand or take the character of a clash with Maliki at a time when the current Iraqi Prime Minister seeks to calm down with the parties and militias close to Iran that are moving on more than one front. To weaken him after his visit to the United States, and the stances and statements issued by it that bring him closer to Washington’s side than to Tehran’s side.

Observers pointed out that Al-Kazemi’s move is closer to reassuring protesters and achieving their demands than a declaration of war against influential figures, especially since fighting corruption is at the top of the demands of the massive protests that Iraq has witnessed since last October.

Well-informed Iraqi sources stated that al-Maliki had previously distributed his wealth among his relatives in anticipation of what might happen in the future.

The sources considered in a previous statement to “Al-Arab” that the Al-Kazemi strike did not miss its target, even if it did not proceed directly in the direction of Al-Maliki, and that it sent a message to him that his condition is completely unsafe, as he believes.

Large segments of Iraqis often look indifferent to the measures taken by the authorities of their country to confront the phenomenon of corruption and fight the widespread crime, and the media noise that accompanies these measures.

Some of them describe these procedures as superficial, formal, and circumstantial, and that the purpose behind them is to obtain a propaganda and media return, even if the matter requires the sacrifice of some of those responsible.

The families of the murdered, assassinated, kidnapped and forcibly disappeared protesters fear that some employees and even ministers will be sacrificed to appease the street demanding accountability and justice for the victims.

Even the most pessimistic Iraqis regarding confronting corruption see that achieving concrete results in this is impossible, given that the phenomenon is being fought at the hands of people who are already corrupt and run corrupt institutions, including the judiciary itself.

Political activists and opinion leaders describe anti-corruption measures as selective, challenging the authorities to dare to hold accountable one of those most widely accused of corruption, like Maliki, the leader of the Dawa Party. This is because most of the cases that the judiciary settles in relate to lower-ranking officials without approaching what the Iraqis call the big corruption whales, in reference to senior political officials and leaders of parties and militias whom suspicions have been hovering around for many years without anyone daring to open their files. In addition, many of those being tried on corruption charges are former officials and not current officials, and it is customary to give some of them the opportunity to flee outside the country and transfer the money they stole abroad, before their files are opened and judgments are passed against them.

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Ziad Khalaf Abed stresses the need for central banks to support capital markets in the Corona pandemic

Economy News – Baghdad: The Union of Arab Banks organized a virtual conference on Tuesday and Wednesday 1 and 2 September 2020, during which it discussed ways to support central banks for capital markets in light of the Corona pandemic, and the conference witnessed the participation of Arab and European stock markets, banks, Arab central banks and the International Monetary Fund, with Arab and European participation with The participation of senior officials in central banks, heads of Arab stock exchanges and Arab and international capital market bodies, elite decision makers, senior banking and financial leaders, and Arab central bank governors.

In this context, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Development Bank, Mr. Ziad Khalaf Abdel-Muhtaram, participating in the activities of the conference, delivered a valuable speech on the air directly on the second day of the conference, in which he dealt with a number of practical and economic analyzes and the most important repercussions imposed by the Corona pandemic and the economic effects of it throughout the markets. Finance, warning at the same time of the repercussions of a recession and a serious financial crisis in the global economy, which would generate a significant decline in economic growth.

He stressed the need for central banks to take care of banks by providing more liquidity in order to be able to advance the banking reality, provide better services to customers, encourage the establishment of joint collective funds, and reduce the administrative and supervisory requirements of banks.

Khalaf stressed the International Development Bank’s keenness to preserve capital and liquidity more than it was in the past, and the bank has proven that it has more strength and tolerance than before to market fluctuations and its various repercussions and expected losses and stumbling in the credit granted, noting that the support of central banks in providing cash has contributed greatly. In reducing the financing risks, which made banks in a better position than before since the beginning of the crisis, calling on legislators and central bank administrations to pay more attention to banks so that they do not fall into more crises and problems.

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Iraq is moving to join global trade … and an Arab country: We will facilitate its mission

Baghdad: Al Furat News – Iraq opened the file for its accession to the World Trade Organization.

According to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it, “The Chargé d’Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary {Abbas Kazem Obeid} met in Geneva the head of the working group concerned with Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, Ambassador Omar Hilal / Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations in New York, In the presence of the Director of the WTO’s Accession Department, Ms. Maika Oshikawa, and her assistance at the Organization’s headquarters.

The two sides exchanged, according to the statement, “talking about ways to activate the file of Iraq’s accession to the organization and the importance of continuing work in completing technical documents to complete the requirements for accession and overcome the obstacles and challenges facing the accession process.”

The statement indicated that “it was agreed to prepare training programs for the members of the national negotiating team, as well as discuss the importance of setting a new date for the high-level conference on Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, which was supposed to be held in Baghdad for the period 26-27 / 11/2019. “.

Last Thursday, Moroccan state television – Channel 1 – announced that Moroccan Ambassador Omar Hilal, head of the working group concerned with Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, held a series of meetings last week in Geneva with the parties participating in the World Trade Organization. Activating the file of integrating Iraq into this organization.

On the other hand, identical sources indicated that these meetings follow a telephone conversation that Ambassador Omar Hilal held during the past month of July, with the Minister of Trade, Alaa Ahmed Hassan Al-Jubouri.

The same source added that during the aforementioned meeting, the two sides agreed to activate negotiations, with a view to speeding up the process of the Iraqi Republic’s accession to the World Trade Organization.

Here it is noteworthy that Ambassador Omar Hilal, Chairman of the Working Group on Iraq’s Accession, had a discussion with the Director General of the World Trade Organization, Roberto Azevedo, and held a working session with the Deputy Director General in charge of accession operations, Alan Wolf, as well as with Mika Oshikawa, Director of the Accession Operations Department, Where Wolff pledged to work to sensitize the countries of the World Trade Organization, in order to facilitate the process of joining Iraq.

On the other hand, according to a report by MAP, he highlighted that Ambassador Omar Hilal held bilateral meetings with ambassadors and permanent representatives in Geneva, and the main countries participating in this process, especially the European Union, Switzerland, Russia, China and Saudi Arabia, in their capacity as coordinator of the Arab Group He also had a fruitful phone conversation with the representative of the United States, who was in Washington.

The report also highlighted that the interlocutors of Moroccan Hilal were unanimous in expressing thanks and praise for Morocco’s tireless efforts aimed at re-launching the process of Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization, in the difficult context of the “Covid-19” epidemic.

On the other hand, the aforementioned source added that the Moroccan diplomat held a virtual working session from Baghdad, with Adel Al-Masoudi, Director General of Foreign Economic Relations at the Ministry of Trade and head of the delegation in charge of negotiations. All documents required to join.

To this end, the Iraqi side requested technical assistance for the benefit of the various ministerial sectors concerned in order to form an effective negotiation team, capable of enabling Iraq to better negotiate its interests during this process, which will be long and arduous, and this virtual working session was completed by coordination meetings held with the mission. Al-Iraqiya, with Abbas Kazem Obeid, the Iraqi ambassador to Geneva.

In order to mobilize the necessary financial contributions for technical assistance, training and strengthening the capabilities required by the Iraqi authorities, Hilal held a virtual working session with representatives of the World Bank in both Baghdad and Beirut. On the other hand, the head of the working group called in a meeting with the director of technical assistance for the mall International to strengthen technical support for the benefit of the Iraqi delegation.

The re-launch of the process of Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization comes in a positive context, reinforced by encouraging signs following the formation of the new Iraqi government led by Mustafa Al-Kazemi, as the latter expressed his aspiration to open up to its regional and international surroundings.

Thus, Al-Kazemi aims to fight corruption, and to carry out many reforms in the country, especially at the level of the judicial system, as well as to implement the necessary economic transformation so that oil is not mainly dependent on oil as a main source of Iraq’s GNP, by focusing on diversifying his income through Promote the sectors of agriculture, livestock, agricultural industries and trade.

On the eve of these preliminary discussions, led by Hilal Maghribi in Geneva, the World Bank published a report on the economic situation in Iraq.

This report stresses the importance of the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization, which will help complete many reforms, through binding international commitments, and enable Iraq to benefit from a multilateral trading system that is transparent, extrapolable, and based on rules.

Ammar Al-Masoudi

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In the document .. Federal Court Law is the most prominent of what will be discussed by Parliament in the session next Saturday

Baghdad – news: Al-Akhbariya obtained a document issued by the Media Department of the Council of Representatives that stipulates the agenda for the parliament session to be held next Saturday, and the Federal Court’s law, the most prominent of what the parliament will discuss during the session.

The document states:

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Integrity comments on the “Committee for Major Cases” .. These are the corruption whales!

Baghdad – Today, Tuesday, the Parliamentary Integrity Committee promised the government’s formation of a committee to combat major corruption cases, a step in the right direction.

Member of the committee, MP Hassan Shaker, said in a statement to the official agency, followed by “Nass”, (September 1, 2020), that “Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s intention to form an anti-corruption cell or committee is a good step in the right direction,” calling on the government to “follow the correct mechanisms in Facing corruption whales. ”

He added that “the sources of corruption and the mechanism of its spread in Iraq must be identified, and complete information gathered, to form an integrated database, then stop the corrupt and send them to the courts to receive their just penalty,” pointing out that “corruption is widespread and widespread in Iraq, but it needs seriousness and real work.” To combat it. ”

He explained that “the so-called corruption whales are influential people in ministries and state departments, and they must be held accountable.”

The Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, had previously announced the formation of a supreme committee to deal with major corruption cases and exceptional crimes, while announcing the end of the first phase of investigating the facts of violations against the October demonstrators.

The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, believed that the formation of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi of an investigative committee to look into major and exceptional cases of corruption agrees with the constitution in Article 78, and it will also be a gateway to open important files.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement, which “People” received a copy of, (August 30, 2020), that “the formation of this committee is in accordance with the constitution, Article (78) that granted broad powers to the Prime Minister, as well as Article (2) of the Cabinet Bylaw No. 2 of 2019 And also the State Employees Discipline Law No. 14 of 1991.

He added, “This committee can refer investigative files to the judiciary or the public prosecution … but I think the cabinet can coordinate with the Judicial Council in establishing a specialized court for investigation and trial, as well as clarifying the source of the information and receiving the files and allowing them.”

He pointed out that “the formed committee will be a gateway to open important and large files, for example the file of the fall of Mosul, the killing of demonstrators, the waste of public money, and the smuggling of money out of Iraq, which is estimated at 500 billion dollars.”

Al-Tamimi stressed the need for the files to be examined by this committee for confidentiality and also coordination with the public prosecution to demand the return of the fugitives and the smuggled money in accordance with the International Interpol agreement and coordination with the American side in accordance with Article 27 of the Strategic Cooperation Agreement.

He continued, “I think this is an important step in the right direction towards correcting the tracks.”

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