The Federal Supreme Court rejected the lawsuit of the deputy of the coordination framework

Shafaq News / The Federal Supreme Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq) rejected on Thursday the lawsuit of the deputy of the coordination framework, Alia Nassif, against the nomination of Reber Ahmed for the post of President of the Republic.

Nassif had filed a lawsuit against the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament, in addition to their guest, in which she requested the ruling of unconstitutionality and the invalidity of the nomination of candidate Reber Ahmed Barzani.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Sadrist Bloc and the Sovereignty Coalition announced the formation of the “Save the Parliamentary Homeland” coalition, while they presented “Reber Ahmed” as a candidate for the post of President of the Republic and “Jaafar al-Sadr” for prime minister.

The Kurdistan Democratic Party had announced the candidacy of the region’s Interior Minister, Riber Ahmed, for the position of the presidency of the Iraqi Republic, to enter into competition mainly with the candidate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the current president, Barham Salih, whose candidacy sparked differences between the two parties.

The Democratic Party says that the Union nominated Saleh for the position without the consent of the rest of the Kurdish forces, which prompted him to put forward a candidate from his side to fill the position.

According to the political custom followed throughout the previous sessions, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has held the position of President of the Republic since the overthrow of the previous regime in 2003.

But in terms of numbers, the fact that the Kurdistan Democratic Party won 31 parliamentary seats in the recent legislative elections, compared to only 17 seats for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, may reverse the equation this time

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Officially.. the Triple Alliance nominates “Ahmed” and “Al-Sadr” for the presidency and the ministers

Shafaq News / The Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Sadrist bloc and the Sovereignty Coalition announced today, Wednesday, the formation of the “Save the Parliamentary Homeland” coalition, while they presented “Reber Ahmed” as a candidate for the post of President of the Republic and “Jaafar al-Sadr” for prime minister.

The head of the Sadrist bloc, Hassan al-Adhari, said in a press conference he held with a group of coalition deputies, which was followed by Shafak News Agency, that “the most numerous candidate for the “Save the Homeland Alliance” for the post of President of the Republic is Reber Ahmed (Minister of Interior of Kurdistan Region), and the position of Prime Minister is Muhammad Jaafar Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (the current Iraqi ambassador to London).

Al-Adari added, “The Alliance to Save the Nation is continuing to form the national majority government and will complete the reform process.”

The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq concluded regarding the interpretation of Article 70 first of the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq for the year 2005 that the House of Representatives elects a President of the Republic from among the candidates for the position by a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of the total House of Representatives, and the quorum is achieved in the presence of two-thirds of the total number of members of the House of Representatives, which prompted the framework The coordination to win a number of deputies to form a disabled third to hold any parliamentary session that requires the presence of two thirds, far from agreeing with him.
And the Shiite coordination framework addresses, to provide the blocking third in Parliament to confront the tripartite alliance, of which the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, is one of its poles, and which seeks with his alliance to achieve the government of the “national majority” in exchange for the “consensual” government called for by the coordination framework, while calls and parliamentary demands are being made to win Wed the independents who will now be the weight of the egg in supporting the directions of the two parties.

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Masoud Barzani, Al-Sadr, Al-Halbousi, Al-Khanjar share their victory

Shafaq News / On Wednesday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, received a phone call from Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani congratulating him about forming the largest bloc and naming candidates for the presidencies of the republic and the Council of Ministers. Al-Sadr’s Office said.

The Office added that the leader of the Sadrist also made calls with Muhammad al-Halbousi, Speaker of Parliament, and Khamis al-Khanjar, head of the Al-Siyada Alliance, congratulating them on “this national achievement.”

Today, the Parliamentary alliance “Saving the Homeland,” which is consisted of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Sadrist bloc, and Al-Siyada Alliance, announced their nominees officially for the Iraqi Presidency and the Prime minister.

In a press conference, the head of the Sadrist bloc, Hassan al-Adhari, said, “our candidate for Presidency is Rebar Ahmed (the Current Minister of Interior in Kurdistan), and for the position of Prime Minister is Muhammad Jaafar Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (the current Iraqi Ambassador to London).”

“The Saving the Homeland Alliance is proceeding to form the national majority government and will complete the reform process.” He said.

Muqtada al-Sadr, considered announcing the candidates of the highest positions in Iraq by the tripartite Alliance as “a unique and important achievement.”

“I congratulate the Iraqi people for announcing the candidates for the Iraqi presidency and the presidency of the cabinet by the largest bloc in the parliament (Saving the Homeland)…it is a unique achievement and a mission to save the nation.” Al-Sadr said on Twitter.

Al-Sadr wished to form a national majority government ” capable of working by a clear government program.”

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The United States intends to exempt Iraq from sanctions on Russian weapons

A press report revealed the possibility of issuing a decision from the United States to exempt Iraq from the sanctions imposed on Russia regarding military industries, pointing out that this requires the intervention of US President Joe Biden, noting that Baghdad is currently conducting negotiations on the armament file with other countries, some of which are Arab such as Saudi Arabia. And the Emirates, in addition to France, but it is still in its infancy.

A report by The National news website, translated by Al-Mada, stated that “US sanctions against Russia may cause great damage to the arms industry sector in the country whose annual arms exports amount to $15 billion, including arms exports to the Iraqi army, which is still fighting a war against Remnants of the terrorist organization ISIS.

US exemption from sanctions

The report quoted a US official, who requested not to be named, saying, “Washington is seeking to impose its sanctions in a comprehensive manner, but it may grant exceptions to some countries from these sanctions, such as Iraq, according to very specific cases based on national security exceptions.”

He pointed out that “Baghdad had submitted a request to Russia in 2017 to obtain Russian tanks worth 1 billion dollars, and was considering buying Russian anti-aircraft air defense systems with several billions of dollars, including the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems.” He pointed out that “many of the Iraqi army’s armored vehicles are of Russian manufacture.”

He noted that “the sanctions imposed on Russian arms manufacturers have increased in severity over recent years.”

And the report added, “A round of sanctions had affected Russian arms manufacturers, including Kalashnikov, after the annexation of the Crimea to Russia in 2014, while another law issued in 2017 placed every American company dealing with Russian companies in a dangerous position and subjected them to the so-called secondary sanctions. “.

And he stressed, “The US president has the authority to take exemption measures from the sanctions for major allies, and he has done so previously in the interest of Egypt and India.”

According to the report, in 2020, Washington imposed sanctions on several Turkish defense officials in accordance with this law, after Turkey purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system.

Ukrainian war

And the report continues, “Donald Law, a US State Department official, said recently, after the invasion of Ukraine, in remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that dealing with Russian defense companies was considered risky.” He explained, “Exceptions require the approval of US President Joe Biden, but after ensuring that these countries will refrain in the future from importing any weapons from Russia.” The report noted that “Bilal Wahhab, a researcher specializing in Iraqi affairs from the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, said that Baghdad is trying to balance its various interests in its stance on the war.” The report quotes Wahab as saying, “Iraq refrained from denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations General Assembly in an attempt to keep the door open for lasting ties with Russia, especially since the Iraqis feel that the United States has begun to move away from them significantly, and that Russian military cooperation is not It is still necessary for Iraq in the absence of American options.”

Wahhab stated, according to the report, that “the Iranian missile attacks on Erbil necessitate that Iraq focus on developing its air and missile defense systems, and with the slowdown in the supply of American Patriot missile systems and there is an urgent need for them in Europe, Baghdad may reactivate its discussions with Moscow on The possibility of purchasing the Russian S-300 defense system.”

The report also stated, “Since 2018, Iraq had proposed the idea of ​​purchasing the Russian S-300 defense system and the most advanced S-400 system.”

The report stressed that “the Central Bank of Iraq proposed to the government to stop signing contracts with Russia, in order to protect the Iraqi financial system from Western sanctions.”

Expensive American equipment

And he indicated, “Since 2003, the United States of America had provided Iraq with military equipment worth tens of billions of dollars, and while some of the equipment had been provided by the United States as a grant to Iraq, the vast majority of them had been purchased, especially the fleet of F-16 fighter planes, in a deal Its value reached $4.3 billion, accompanied by other maintenance and follow-up contracts. He added, “The United States also gave Iraq a $3 billion credit line to purchase American weapons during the war against ISIS.”

And the report continued, “A section of experts say that the Iraqis prefer Russian equipment, which made up the majority of the Iraqi weapons arsenal during the rule of the former regime, as well as after 2003.”

He pointed out that “the maintenance of US military equipment is expensive and prone to failure in the absence of specialized trained technicians.” The report emphasized that “Iraq borrowed $2.7 billion during the height of the war against ISIS, and amid the collapse of oil prices, to maintain and rehabilitate expensive American weapons.” And he went on, that “Iraq, instead of more complex American systems, increased its purchase of Russian tanks, including the T-90 tank manufactured by the Russian Uralvakonzavod company.”

The report spoke of “Iraq currently possessing a fleet of 73 T-90 tanks and is forming a new brigade of armored vehicles.”

He revealed many requests made by Baghdad to purchase Russian BMP-3 armored combat vehicles manufactured by the Russian company Kurganmashzadov, which was included in the US sanctions list in March.

Iraqi weapons sources

The report quotes a senior military official that “Iraqi military leaders have plans to avoid any relevant consequences.”

He added, “Our armament sources are widely varied and numerous, as we have many agreements, understandings, good relations and coordination with many countries in this field, in addition to the United States, part of our weapons come from European countries as well as from Ukraine, China, South Korea and other countries.” ” The military official stressed that “Iraq can rely on other countries, especially Eastern European countries, which still produce Russian weapons and even spare parts.” He disclosed that the Iraqi government has held talks with countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and France to enhance security cooperation with them, but it is still in its early stages. The Iraqi military official pointed out that “the country is working to expand its own military industry, and it has revived this industry after 2014 with ammunition production lines.”

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The reduction of the price of the dollar is coming…

Coordination framework: Our participation in the voting session on the new president depends on our agreement with Al-Sadr

Shafaq News / The coordination framework, which brings together Shiite political forces, revealed today, Saturday, support for resolving his decision to participate in the parliament session devoted to voting on the new president of the republic.

The leader in the framework, MP Ahmed Al-Moussawi, told Shafak News Agency; “The forces of the coordinating framework have not made up their minds until this moment in participating in the parliament session devoted to voting on the new president of the republic, and this matter depends on negotiations and dialogues with the Sadrist movement.”
Al-Moussawi indicated that “in the event that there is a final agreement with the Sadrist movement on the process of forming the new government, the forces of the coordination framework will participate in the session.

The Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, announced on March 15 that “it was decided to set Saturday, corresponding to March 26, as the date for the parliament session to elect the president of the republic.”

Earlier, the Iraqi Council of Representatives announced the names of 40 candidates for the presidency.

The council noted the exclusion of five candidates, one of whom is covered by the accountability and justice procedures, and the other four for reasons related to their university degrees.

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Deputy: Raising The Dollar Exchange Rate Exhausted The Iraqi People, And There Are No Signs Of Treatment

Information / Member of Parliament Daoud Al-Eidan confirmed, on Saturday, that the continuation of raising the exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar has burdened citizens, in addition to the crisis of rising prices of basic commodities, stressing that there are no signs of returning the exchange rate to its previous era.

Al-Aidan said in a statement to “The Information”, that “raising the dollar exchange rate was a wrong decision and exhausted citizens and burdened them with increases at all prices.

He added that “the exchange rate negatively affected the level of Iraqi per capita income, especially those with limited income.”

He explained that “the decision to raise the exchange rate of the dollar was taken in order to exhaust the Iraqi people and damage their purchasing power,” and indicated that “there is no intention of the government to reverse the decision to return the dollar exchange rate to its previous era.”

State of Law MP Muhammad al-Shammari accused the government of shirking its responsibilities towards citizens, stressing that the government is unable to rein in the price hike.

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Sovereignty: The Triple Alliance has candidates for the presidency and the ministers

Shafaq News / The Sovereignty Alliance, led by Khamis al-Khanjar, confirmed on Saturday that the “Triple” Alliance to Save the Nation owns the candidates for the position of President of the Republic and Prime Minister, while noting that the number of deputies of the coalition exceeds 180.

The leader of the coalition, MP Raad Al-Dahlaki, told Shafak News Agency, “The Alliance to Save a Nation, which includes (the Sadrist bloc, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and the Sovereignty), will be announced at an official conference, before the presidential election session.”

Al-Dahlaki added, “The coalition is, in principle, on the ground, integrated, and has a platform, program and a clear vision for forming the next government.”

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, seeks, through the tripartite alliance, to form a national majority government, while stressing the exclusion of the “State of Law” coalition led by al-Maliki, but the rest of the Shiite forces within the “coordinating framework” reject this and demand a consensual government in which all political forces in Parliament participate. Similar to previous courses.

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The Triple Alliance intends to announce the “Save a Homeland” bloc

Baghdad – Political sources in the capital, Baghdad, reported that the tripartite alliance intends to announce the “Save a Homeland” bloc, which is the gathering of the “Sadr bloc” and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, in addition to the “Sovereignty Alliance.”

An informed political source told “Nass” that “the understandings between the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, and the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani, have reached advanced stages, as these parties are close to announcing A united bloc, in the name of (Save a Homeland).”

The source added, “The announcement of the bloc was delayed, due to the political movement that developed, through the contact that took place between the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, and the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, and the developments that followed,” noting that “the Iranian bombing of Erbil.” He also disrupted the announcement of this alliance.”

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The Iraqi government justifies the reasons for adopting a new exchange rate for the dollar

Shafaq News / Today, Sunday, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance clarified the reasons for adopting a new exchange rate for the US dollar against the local currency, noting that this came to supplement national production, protect the central bank’s reserves and support the budget.

In a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, the Ministry of Finance said that, during the past three years, it has borne the burden of a stifling financial crisis that threatened the state’s ability to fulfill its obligations that were already burdened by a large legacy represented by the inflation rate of public spending and the rise in the wage bill, which threatened to secure the salaries of its employees, in light of the low Sharp global oil prices and a dangerous health situation due to the consequences of the Corona pandemic on the national economy and its repercussions on the economic reality and the social fabric.

The Ministry of Finance indicated that the general budget continues between the need for a wise public financial management with its obligations to ensure the protection of the weakest and most needy groups, pointing to the support of the international community for the policies of the Ministry of Finance, as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank approved public financial management under extremely difficult circumstances.

In a previous statement, the Iraqi Ministry of Finance issued, on the fifth of last October, a clarification regarding the exchange rate of the US dollar, noting that changing it worked to “stop the fall of the reserve currency and enhance import capabilities.”

The indicators showed, according to the financial statement, a clear improvement in commercial activity in the past nine months of the current year 2021 in light of the crisis of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and it also helped to stop the penetration of the Iraqi market and flood it with cheap goods that curb attempts to upgrade local production.

It is noteworthy that the Central Bank of Iraq, on December 19, 2020, officially announced the amendment of the foreign exchange rate (the US dollar) to be 145,000 dinars for every $100, according to the state’s general budget for the year 2021 approved by the House of Representatives.

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