Government support to the private sector is the savior for achieving economic reform

The Economy News – Baghdad: The economic and banking advisor to the Association of Iraqi Private Banks, Samir al-Nasiri, stressed on Saturday that government support and special care for the national private sector is the savior and solution to all problems of the economy and achieving the national economy.

He said in an interview with “Al-Iqtisad News”, that “through discussion, analysis and study of the economic reality that Iraq is going through, it is necessary to stand logical, scientific and economic analysis on the most important axes that require finding solutions for them in the next stage in order to build the proper premises for the transition to the proper building of the economy Giving a role to the private sector in making economic decisions and for the purpose of implementing the strategy of developing the private sector until the year 2030 requires the government and the private sector in all its banking, industrial, agricultural and service fields to participate and cooperate in implementing the development strategy in the directions that achieve For intermediate, medium and long term goals. ”

He pointed out that “this means engaging the private sector in a greater role in managing the economy and forming the private sector development council,” pointing to the need for a “representative of the private sector in the cabinet and for the private sector to be represented in opinion bodies in ministries and in special follow-up committees to follow up the implementation of council decisions.” Ministers. ”

Al-Nossairi added that there is a need to secure the governmental program for the interim or ordinary government with a clear vision of the role of the private sector for the new stage and to involve non-governmental experts and specialists in the implementation of the desired comprehensive economic, financial and banking reform program.

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What does London’s Iraqi diaspora think of new PM Allawi?

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Many Iraqi Londoners are already acquainted with Mohammed Tawfik al-Allawi, prime minister-designate of Iraq.

The politician, a British citizen who spent several years living in exile in London, faces mixed expectations among the diaspora. While friends and acquaintances of the PM-designate trust he will have a positive impact on Iraq, many other Iraqis are skeptical of his ability to affect change.

Alla Khatteb, who claims to have been close friends with Allawi for seven years in London, told Rudaw that, if the PM-designate is given the chance, he will resolve many of Iraq’s issues.

“What makes Mr. Allawi special is that he is very calm and doesn’t rush to decisions. He isn’t reactionary. He has to be supported… to be able to impose his vision on the political blocs,” Khatteb said.

Khatteb further argued that “stable relations” between Baghdad and Erbil were important, maintaining that Allawi “fully believes” in the importance of such a relationship.

Allawi moved to London in 1989, following 12 years in exile in Lebanon for his political activism. In London, he built a business and obtained British citizenship. He lived in Acton, West London.

Haider Yasseri, restaurant owner, says he has been friends with Allawi for 20 years. He told Rudaw the PM-designate often ate at his restaurant and particularly enjoyed eating Kebab and Qozi (lamb meat on rice).

“Mohammed Allawi is renowned among the Iraqi diaspora in London. He is transparent and, because of his foreign relations, he may be able to bring stability to the current situation in Iraq,” Yasseri said.

Other Iraqi Londoners, however, believe the hurdles Allawi faces are far higher than his abilities will permit him to clear.

“I don’t believe that Allawi, or any other person for that matter, can alone affect change in Iraq, because Iraq is a complicated country,” Diyar Issa, a Kurdish Londoner, told Rudaw.

“I don’t think Mr. Tawfik al-Allawi can implement British policies because there is a great difference between the British and Iraqi societies,” Hussein al-Rafie, an Iraqi Londoner, told Rudaw.

The PM-designate, who was tasked by President Barham Salih on February 1, 2020 to form a cabinet, has already faced pressure from various parties for their inclusion in the new government.

Allawi inherits a chaotic atmosphere, with Iraq having witnessed more than five months of popular protests demanding change in a country plagued with corruption and instability. Since the onset of demonstrations on October 1, 2019, the protesters have been met with deadly violence, with 600 dead and thousands injured.

The PM threatened to resign last Wednesday following Sadrist violence against demonstrators in Najaf. Most of the protesters have rejected Allawi’s designation as prime minister, even prior to his formation of a government.

This is not the first senior post Allawi has occupied. The PM-designate was elected for two consecutive terms as a member of parliament and served as minister of communications, but resigned twice, allegedly for disagreements with then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki over corruption, according to Middle East Eye.

Rudaw.net

Muhammad Allawi succeeds in completing his cabinet, away from the interference of the blocs and their pressures

Baghdad / Obelisk: The Sadikoun Parliamentary Bloc, Thursday, February 13, 2020, confirmed that Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi succeeded in completing his cabinet, stating that Allawi will not give in to pressure from the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani and Speaker of Parliament Muhammad Al-Halbousi to keep Finance Minister Fuad Hussein And a number of Sunni ministers.

The representative of the bloc Ahmed Al-Kinani said in an interview with local media, that Allawi has completed his cabinet completely without the interference of political blocs and their pressures, pointing out that Allawi’s cabin is free of partisan ministers and the House of Representatives will support it by voting to give it confidence.

He added, that Allawi refused to submit to pressure from Al-Halbousi and the Democratic Party by keeping Finance Minister Fuad Hussein and a number of Sunni ministers in his new cabinet, indicating that Allawi will succeed in managing the ministry as he was not subject to the pressure of political blocs.

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Britain: Allawi is a respected figure and we hope for a strong Iraqi government

British Ambassador to Baghdad, Stephen Hickey, said that the Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi is a “very respectable” figure, and Britain hopes to form a new new government for solutions to stability and security in the country, and he expected that Parliament will vote on the new government within days.

Hickey stated in an exclusive interview with Al-Mirbad that he has knowledge of Allawi and that he is a “very respectable” person who has news in government administration and outside, adding that he “wishes him success” in the future, and the decision will be for politicians in Parliament, not the UK government.

He added, however, that Britain “wishes Iraq a strong government, and otherwise it will not be stability and security”, adding that Allawi and his government will face many challenges, but we are optimistic about his ability, experience and success in the future, explaining that his country “supports the Iraqi state institutions and does not support personalities or politicians.” It also wants to support the armed forces and economic reforms and respond to the demands of the demonstrators in the provinces, pointing out that there will be advice and support to the government in the future.

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Al-Tamimi announces the withdrawal of his support for the Allawi government

On Thursday, Deputy Riyadh al-Tamimi announced that he would withdraw his support for the government of Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Allawi.

Al-Tamimi said in an interview with Alsumaria News, “I announce my withdrawal from the signature and support of the government of Muhammad Allawi ,” noting that “we do not know how this government was formed.”

He added, “We, the deputies, who sign him and the President of the Republic on the selection mechanism, announce our withdrawal from the mandate of the Allawi government.”

The Secretary-General of the National Masses Party, MP Ahmed Abdullah Abdel-Jabouri, “Abu Mazen”, confirmed today, Thursday, that the mechanism for nominating Prime Minister Muhammad Allawi proved its failure, while he indicated that he would neither participate in the government nor vote for it.

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BGG ~ This guy has been beating this drum for a while now… “Let me explain it to you – STUPID. You’ve lied to, cheated, stolen from and ignored your own people. THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ. The people you are supposed to be representing. That’s how this Allawi nomination happened. YOU… YOU DID THIS”.

Go ahead – do what you do. The protesters will burn your homes and offices next. Just reward, I say…

Allawi announces the formation of the new government within 72 hours and an emergency session for deputies to vote

Informed sources announced that Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Allawi has completed the formation of his government.

The sources added that “Allawi will be officially announced next Sunday,” noting that “Allawi will inform the President of the Republic and the resigned Prime Minister and ask Parliament to hold an emergency session for the purpose of voting on the government on Sunday.”

He explained, that there is pressure from some blocs, but they will not affect the passage of government formation within the House of Representatives.

The President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Salih, had appointed Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to form the new government.

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Al-Abadi presented a major project in which most of his money was looted in order to buy party votes

Baghdad today – Baghdad: Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Kujer, (Tuesday, February 11, 2020), revealed a corruption file which he described as “big”, regarding building schools in all Iraqi cities.

Cougar, in an exclusive interview with (Baghdad Today), said that “in the previous session, when I was a member of the Parliamentary Education Committee, there was an A-project for building 3,000 schools in all governorates.”

He added, “This project has only 300 schools out of three thousand completed,” stressing that “the remaining funds were looted and stolen by some of the influential parties.”

He pointed out that “the project was submitted by the former Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, and it may have been pushed for in order to buy the votes of the parties to be supportive of it.”

The former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi directed on (22/1/2018) during a cabinet session held under his chairmanship, the launch of financing the completion of unpaid completed projects related to housing the poor and building schools.

The MP, Abdel-Khalek Medhat, confirmed on Thursday 16 January 2020, that “the essence of corruption” in Iraq lies in the economic offices of the influential parties.

Medhat said in an interview with (Baghdad Today) that “corruption in Iraq is great and it is no less harmful to terrorism with its repercussions and negatives,” noting that “the essence of real corruption lies in the economic offices of the parties that were behind the creation of the black scourge, in reference to corruption “.

Medhat added, “All solutions to tackle corruption in Iraq are formal, and most of them end without deterrent solutions and procedures.” He stressed that “implementing a law from where did you get this and removing the country’s capabilities from the economic offices of the parties is the one that addresses the scourge of corruption in the country that was behind the conditions reached The current special. ”

He pointed out that “most of the governorates suffer from a lack of services despite the large budgets that have been allocated for 17 years.”

Baghdadtoday.news

Integrity seizes an Iraqi official who is caught in the act of receiving thousands of dollars in bribery

Shafaq News / The Integrity Commission announced, on Tuesday, the arrest of an official of the Antiquities and Heritage Authority, in the act of bribery.

“Its owners managed to seize the director of the legal department of the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage in the company of another employee in it, for the crime that they received for the amount of (12,000) USD, in exchange for changing the discovery of an ancient building,” the authority said in a statement to Shafaaq News.

And indicated that “the defendants agreed to submit a new disclosure for the purpose of the legal department withdrawing the complaint submitted by it before the Money Laundering and Organized Crime Court against the owner of the property of the antique building, and closed the investigation with it.”

The authority added that “a fundamental arrest report was prepared for the exact amount of bribery, the numbers and details of which are fixed by the investigation papers, and presented to the judge of the investigative court in charge of integrity issues in Baghdad, who decided to arrest the accused in accordance with the provisions of resolution (160 of 1983).”

Iraq is among the most corrupt countries in the world, since successive governments have been unable since 2003 to provide basic services such as electricity, drinking water, health and education services, and others.

Iraq ranked 168 out of 180 countries in 2018 according to the “Transparency International” report, a rank that has been repeated for 15 years in a row.

Shafaaq.com

Deputy for Saeroun: Allawi is working to choose his cabinet himself without inference…

The blocks will not informed of his consultations

Baghdad today: The deputy of the Alliance Alliance, Raad Al-Maksousi, confirmed today, Monday, that the person in charge of forming the government, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, is working on choosing his cabinet cabinet himself without involving the political blocs or informing them about them.

And Raad Al-Maksousi said, in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that “Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi assured us that he will choose his ministers himself without the interference of political forces, while he affirmed his agreement with all political blocs of various components on this matter and his rejection of any interference.”

Al-Maksousi added: “We cannot know which ministry decides its prime minister in charge of forming the government.” Allawi is working on his government without informing the political blocs on this, and for this we do not have any information about the new ministers because he is exclusively in Allawi’s hands.

The head of the Bairaq Al-Khair bloc, member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Al-Khaldi, has revealed, today, Monday, the date of the announcement of the cabinet cabinet of the Prime Minister-designate, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi.

Al-Khalidi told (Baghdad today), that “the beginning of next week may witness the announcement of the formation of the ministerial cabinet for the government of the Prime Minister-designate,” noting that “the new government will be free from any party candidate to assume ministerial positions.”

He added that “there are some bankrupt parties that are still moving some demonstrators in order to continue the process of rejecting Muhammad Allawi and fueling the street,” noting that “the process of forming Allawi’s government is on its way.”

And added that “Allawi’s cabinet cabinet has been decided, and did not include any candidates for the blocs at all,” noting that “the new government did not witness any rotation in the names of ministers in the previous government and previous governments.”

On Wednesday (5 February 2020), Representative Yusef Al-Kalabi confirmed that the Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, set a condition in exchange for agreeing to his appointment to head the transitional government.

Al-Kalabi said, to (Baghdad Today), “We are a group of independent deputies, (23 deputies) who call ourselves the Parliamentary Correction Gathering. The purpose of this grouping is to correct mistakes for 15 years. We met with Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, and we informed him that we will stand With him strongly in order to be free to choose a cabinet cabinet, from the qualified, independent and brave, in order to build a state and not build parties. ”

And he stressed, “Allawi told us that he did not agree to assign him to the prime minister, except in the event that freedom was given to choose the cabinet,” noting that “Allawi alone will not be able to impose this condition, but if he finds someone who stands with him and supports him, he will be able, Especially we have seen Allawi’s sincere intention for the new government to be strong and independent. ”

Baghdadtoday.news

Bloc leader: Allawi still insists on (being) independent despite the pressure.

A member of Parliament and head of the Bayraq Al-Khair bloc, Muhammad Al-Khaldi, confirmed that the Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi is still insisting on an independent ministerial cabinet despite the pressure being exerted on him.

“Allawi is still insisting on choosing an independent ministerial cabinet, despite the pressures exerted on him, and he will reject any party candidate, from any party,” Al-Khaldi said in a statement to an Arabic website.

And Khalidi said, “Allawi will take into consideration the balance of ingredients in the cabinet, and there will be participation by women, as well as minorities, in the upcoming new cabinet”.

Mohammed Al-Marsoumi

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