MINISTRY OF FINANCE SAYS 200 BILLION DINARS TRANSFERRED TO ERBIL

SULAIMANI — A source from Iraq’s Ministry of Finance told NRT on Sunday (March 27) that the sum of 200 billion Iraqi dinars has been transferred from Baghdad to the Kurdistan Region as part of the budget deal between the federal government and Erbil.

The source added the available revenue would be enough to distribute the salaries for a month and a half to employees in the Region.

A source from the ministry announced on Friday the oil revenue from February was returned to the ministry from the finance’s treasury.

The government is planning to distribute salaries starting from the beginning of April, according to information obtained by NRT.

A spokesperson from the government assured its commitment to distributing salaries on the 25th of each month but the government has failed to keep to this deadline a number of times.

Despite the value of a barrel of oil exceeding $120 a month, the government still faces delays in distributing salaries and some city employees have yet to receive their salaries for the month of February.

(NRT Digital Media)

Al-Fateh: We do not want the parliament to be dissolved, and this is our position on Al-Sadr’s candidacy

Baghdad – Mawazine News, a member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Madiha Al-Moussawi, confirmed the unwillingness of the coordination framework to dissolve Parliament.

Al-Moussawi said in a television interview, “The political components, despite the negotiations, have not reached a solution to the current crisis, but the field is open until Wednesday to negotiate with all parties.”

She added, “We hope to reach a solution in Wednesday’s session, and all parties will participate in the government in order to meet the aspirations of the people.” And regarding the candidate for the Prime Minister, Muhammad Jaafar al-Sadr, announced by the Sadrist movement, she confirmed that they have no objection to him, and we objected to his candidacy mechanism and we wanted the candidate to be the framework and the movement together, and we enter the political process as a framework and a movement.
Al-Iraqi, a member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, has completely ruled it out.

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Al-Halbousi: We will continue to hold sessions until the quorum for the election of the president is achieved

Baghdad – Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halbousi confirmed, on Saturday, that Parliament will continue to hold its sessions until the quorum for the election of the President of the Republic is achieved.

And the Media Department of the House of Representatives stated in a statement that “Nass” received a copy of it (March 26, 2022), that “the House of Representatives held today, Saturday, its fourth session of the fifth electoral cycle for the first legislative year of its first term, in the presence of 202 deputies, and completed the first reading of the support bill.” Emergency Food Security and Development, and set next Wednesday as the date for electing the President of the Republic.

Al-Halbousi explained that “the paragraph of electing the president of the republic requires a quorum of two-thirds of the council’s members, as approved by the Federal Court and stipulated by the constitution in this regard,” noting that “the failure to achieve the required quorum requires us to continue holding sessions until the quorum for the election of the president is achieved.”

He pointed out that “the council voted to add the first reading of the draft law on emergency support for food security and development as a new paragraph on the agenda of the session, in addition to the council’s vote on the membership of 12 deputies in the Parliamentary Finance Committee to proceed with the procedures of a number of legislation.”

He added that “the Council completed the first reading of the draft law on emergency support for food security and development, which was referred by the government in order to achieve food security, reduce poverty, achieve financial stability in light of urgent global developments, continue to provide services to citizens, improve the standard of living, create job opportunities, and maximize the use of Iraqis from state resources and resume Working on stalled and lagging projects, and moving on with new projects of importance.

According to the council’s statement, “Al-Halbousi directed to complete the nomination of the members of the Finance Committee and the second reading of the draft law on emergency support for food security in a session next Monday, as well as announcing the appointment of a session next Wednesday to elect the President of the Republic, after which it was decided to adjourn the session to next Monday.”

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A new date to elect the Iraqi President, “Saving the Homeland” failed to reach a quorum

Shafaq News / Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi opened a regular session of the House of Representatives on Saturday.

According to the Parliament’s media office, 202 deputies attended the scheduled session to vote for the President of the Republic.

The Office stated that Al-Halbousi adjourned the session for electing the President until next Wednesday, while a regular session will be held on Monday.

In turn, a source in Parliament told Shafaq News Agency that the political blocs that attended the session are the Sadrist bloc (75 deputies,) the Al-Siyada Alliance (61 deputies,) the Kurdistan Democratic Party (31 deputies,), the Imtidad Movement (nine deputies,) the New Generation Movement (nine deputies,) and 17 independent deputies.

According to the Iraqi constitution, two-thirds of the deputies should attend the parliamentary session (220 out of 329 deputies) to elect the President.

Earlier today, the Shiite Coordination Framework had presented to the Parliament a list of the representatives that boycott the current session for electing the Iraqi President.

MP Ahmed Al-Asadi submitted the list that included 126 deputies.

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The House of Representatives raises its session to Monday and sets next Wednesday to elect the president

Shafaq News / The Iraqi parliament adjourned on Saturday its session to next Monday, after it failed to complete the quorum for the presidential election session.

A brief statement by the Parliament’s media department stated that the Speaker of the House of Representatives adjourned the session to elect the President of the Republic next Wednesday, while a regular session will be held on Monday.

On Saturday, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi opened a regular session of the House of Representatives, in the presence of 202 deputies, in a session that was scheduled to choose the President of the Republic, which requires the presence of 220 deputies.

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In the presence of 202.. Parliament holds a regular session headed by Muhammad Al-Halbousi

Shafaq News / Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi opened on Saturday a regular session of the House of Representatives, attended by 202 deputies, in a session that was scheduled to choose the President of the Republic.

For his part, a source in Parliament told Shafaq News Agency that “the number of deputies present was distributed among the Sadrist bloc 75 deputies, the Sovereignty Alliance 61 deputies, the Kurdistan Democratic Party 31 deputies, independent deputies 17 deputies, and the extension of the New Generation Movement with 9 deputies each.”

The session was scheduled to choose the President of the Republic, in light of the “Save a Homeland” coalition seeking to pass its candidate, Reber Ahmed, while the Shiite coordination framework rejects this nomination, and calls for a consensual government and not a national majority as the leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr wants.

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Iraq is in the process of forming a government that is preparing for the benefits of the next stage

Baghdad / Obelisk: The Council of Ministers approved the issuance of the pension fund system for teachers and workers in private universities and colleges.

Council spokesman Hassan Nazim said, “Iraq is in the process of forming a new government that is preparing for the benefits of the next stage.”

He added, “The Prime Minister directed all ministries to continue working and prepare for the next stage,” noting that “the Council of Ministers decided to allocate a financial grant of one billion dinars to support technical activities.”

He pointed out that “the Council of Ministers decided to resume work at Mosul Airport and develop it within the available allocations,” pointing to the Council’s approval of “issuing the system of the retirement fund for teachers and workers in universities and private colleges.”

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The head of the Extension movement agreed with al-Sadr to attend the Saturday session in exchange for a ministerial position

Baghdad / Obelisk: An informed source revealed, the position of the extension movement from participating in the session to choose the President of the Republic.

The source told Al-Masala that the head of the extension movement, Alaa al-Rikabi, agreed with the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, to attend Saturday’s session to choose the president of the republic.

According to the source, the agreement included the presence of the extension movement in the session in exchange for a ministerial position.

The head of the extension movement, Alaa Al-Rikabi, had announced in a speech before the meeting of independent representatives in Babylon, that the extension movement had not yet decided to participate in the session, indicating that there would be a statement clarifying the decision to enter the session or not.

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A government with Iraqi free will for the first time!

The head of the Sadrist bloc is optimistic about Saturday’s session: a government with Iraqi free will for the first time

Baghdad / Obelisk: The head of the Sadrist bloc, MP Hassan Al-Adhari, confirmed that Saturday’s session will pave the way for the formation of a government by an Iraqi decision and will.

Al-Adhari said in a statement received by Al-Masala that one of the fruits of the parliament session next Saturday is the formation of the Iraqi government by a free Iraqi decision and will for the first time, the approval of the 2022 budget, and the expulsion of the country from an expected economic crisis.

He added: The approval of service projects and infrastructure for the country will be sped up, projects and laws that are submitted from the government to the House of Representatives, and activating the oversight role of Parliament over the government, noting that members of Parliament will exercise their parliamentary role through the formation of committees and parliament sessions.

He continued: A democratic, competitive and representative atmosphere will be created in the interest of the country, in addition to fulfilling the promises made by the representatives to their constituents and providing the service they deserve.

The statement concluded by saying: There are multiple benefits to be mentioned for too long… Do not sell the harvest of your planting to others, Iraq is more deserving of it.

The House of Representatives is scheduled to hold a session on Saturday to elect the President of the Republic.

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Baqir Al-Sadr: I am honored to be a candidate for a coalition that represents the country in all its sects

Today, the candidate for the presidency of the Council of Ministers, Muhammad Jaafar Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, welcomed his nomination by the National Salvation Alliance for the position, while calling for work to restore the state that all Iraqis aspire to.

Jaafar al-Sadr said in a tweet on his Twitter account, which was followed by “Mawazine News”, “I am honored to be a candidate for a coalition that represents the country in all its sects.”

He added, “Let us work together to restore the state that all my dear countrymen aspire to.”

Earlier in the day, the Save the Homeland Alliance announced the nomination of Riber Ahmed for the presidency and Muhammad Jaafar Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr for the position of Prime Minister. Ended 29 / p. 87

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