The names of seven new candidates for the presidency of the government are presented, and the negotiations end in the middle of this week

Mawazine News – Al-Fateh Alliance revealed, on Tuesday, the release of new names to choose a candidate for prime minister, indicating the date of the end of political negotiations.

The deputy of the coalition, Fadel Al-Fatlawi, said, “The political blocs presented seven names of candidates during the ongoing consultations to choose whoever meets the criteria agreed upon in choosing a candidate for prime minister.”

He added that “the four nominated names were presented earlier and the other three are not affiliated with a political party and have not received previous positions.”

He pointed out that “the negotiations of the political blocs regarding the resolution of the candidate for prime minister and his presentation to the President of the Republic are expected to end in the middle of this week.

The Presidency of the Republic announced earlier, the start of consultations with the political blocs to choose an alternative to the Prime Minister after Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi’s apology for assigning the formation of the government. Ended 29 A4

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Al-Rafidian announces the recovery of about 600 million dinars during February

Rafidain Bank announced, on Tuesday, the sum of the total sums that were recovered by the delayers, who refrained from paying their funds in February.

The media office of the bank said in a statement that Alsumaria News received, a copy of it, that “the sum of the money that was recovered by those who wavered who refrained from paying their money during the month of February reached a total of more than 595,682,202.”

He added that “the bank is continuing its strict procedures to recover the bank’s money from those who are lagging behind, who failed to repay the money from advances and loans and to take all legal methods against everyone who refuses to do so.”

It is noteworthy that the Rafidain Bank began granting loans and advances to employees and retirees during the past period, according to specific mechanisms and controls.

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The Central Bank launches a program of pooled Islamic financing

Economy News – The Central Bank of Iraq announced, on Tuesday, the launch of a program of combined Islamic finance (SIFP) to create opportunities for partnership in financing between Islamic and traditional banks.

The Central Bank said in a statement received by “Al-Iqtisad News”, that it had “presented a monetary approach that combines the methodology of specific monetary policy and the basic conditions for establishing market economies by designing a program for Islamic syndicated finance (SIFP)”.

He added that this is “in an effort to reduce the unemployment rate and reduce the import gap by supporting projects that have a positive impact in raising the rate of growth of GDP.”

The statement stressed that the program “provides opportunities for partnership in financing between Islamic banks and traditional banks by targeting projects of strategic importance.”

He continued that the program “comes at a time when the current economic stage is witnessing a number of challenges in the production and consumption markets.”
The Central has allocated the following link (https://cbi.iq/static/uploads/up/file-158383413570107.pdf) to view the executive controls and basic principles of the consolidated Islamic finance program.

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Iran’s influence in Iraq is not the same as it was before the assassination of Soleimani

Baghdad / Political thinker, Hassan Al-Alawi revealed that Iran’s influence in Iraq is not the same as it was before the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

Al-Alawi said in a press statement that “without an American-Iranian consensus, it is difficult to pass a new Iraqi Prime Minister because of the different circumstances, data and the nature of the conflict between the two parties.”

He added, “After what happened between America and Iran, especially after the killing of Qasim Soleimani, Iran no longer had a major impact (in Iraq), which withdrew over its influence in Iraq, as the Soleimani assassination incident changed many equations in Iraq and the region, and thus things became more complicated even In terms of passing a prime minister. ”

He explained that “the passing of an Iraqi prime minister is linked to external factors; not only internal.”

On the ongoing efforts to return Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Al-Alawi says that “Adel Abdul-Mahdi is not a leader; rather, he is a soldier who commands the matter of the power to which he belongs, but he is neither aggressive nor vengeful and also not bold in making decisions, while we need a bold man in making decisions.” .

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Al-Kazemi’s chances of becoming prime minister are back

Mawazine News – After the Prime Minister-designate, Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, failed to form the interim government, the fortunes of the head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, Mustafa al-Kazimi, came again, to take over the presidency of the interim government.

A well-informed political source told Mawazine News that “Al-Kazemi has regained his chances of assuming the presidency of the interim government, after Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi apologized for forming the government.”

He added, “One of the main factors contributing to the rise in Al-Kazimi’s fortunes is that he does not belong to any political party, in addition to enjoying good international relations, in addition to strong relations with many political players in Iraq, especially since he was an active member of the opposition during the era of previous system”.

He stressed, “Al-Kazemi enjoys the support and support of the majority of peaceful demonstrators in the demonstration and sit-in arenas, because of his successes during the tasks he assumed, especially the presidency of the intelligence service,” pointing out that “Al-Kazemi, since he assumed responsibility in the presidency of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service, in June June 2016, he became largely the focus of attention, due to his notable success as a man with a background in journalistic and nonmilitary work. ”

He noted, “Among the successes of Al-Kazemi also, he supervised the efforts of the Iraqi intelligence on the internal and external fronts, and his administration was influential in combating ISIS and removing it from the main Iraqi lands, and he was recently in the spotlight for his role in the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the terrorist organization”.

Al-Kazemi was born in Baghdad in 1967 and holds a law degree and published a number of books, including a book called “Human Fears”, which was chosen in 2000 by the European Union as the best book written by a political refugee.

Al-Kazemi was in exile because of his opposition to the former regime’s president, Saddam Hussein, and from 2003 to 2010 he led the Iraq Memory Foundation, which was established to document Saddam Hussein’s crimes.

Al-Kazemi also worked as a journalist, and until 2016 he wrote extensively on the necessary reforms in Iraq, before he took over the post of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service.

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The central bank demands citizens to stop dealing in banknotes

The Central Bank of Iraq called, on Thursday, merchants and citizens to avoid dealing in cash payment as much as possible to prevent the emerging corona virus.

The bank said in a statement received by Shafak News, “We coincided with what our dear country is going through, and as a result of the Central Bank of Iraq following up on international reports that warn of the ability of banknotes to be a carrier medium for viruses.”

The bank called on merchants and citizens to “deal with electronic payment tools (cards, points of sale, mobile wallets) and avoid dealing in cash for the sake of public health.”

Iraq recorded 3 deaths from coronavirus infections, two in Baghdad and one in Sulaymaniyah, out of a total of 38 recorded infections.

The injuries are distributed as follows: 14 Baghdad, 8 Sulaymaniyah, 5 Kirkuk, 4 Najaf, 2 Wasit, 2 Diyala, 1 Maysan, 1 Karbala and 1 Babel.

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BGG ~ Listen folks…

Think about all this for just a sec…

They have had several Shia dominated government’s that were corrupt and not getting anything done for anyone but themselves… (Maliki, Abadi and Mahdi).

They were headed for another Shia dominated government with even less accountability than in the past.

1) The protesters didn’t like this guy.

2) The Kurds didn’t like him.

3) Sadr didn’t like him.

4) The Iraqi President of the Republic, Barham Salih, very nearly resigned over having to “nominate” him in the first place.

There are is a very good chance we just dodged another bullet with the developments of last Sunday.

If he wasn’t the right guy to get this done – he wasn’t the right guy.

Instead of always thinking THIS was some kind of delay…

If these protests continue and we get a real reformer in there, this could still be a huge win for us… especially with Iran getting “blacklisted” like they are.

There will be very little latitude for Iraq to continue doing business with (and selling US Dollars to) a country under such international scrutiny.

The end result? Less Iranian influence and not nearly as much need for the CBI / IQD / currency auctions. The ending of these auctions will likely usher in true currency reform in Iraq.

An agreement between the Communications Commission and the Central Bank to activate the electronic banking system

The Media and Communications Commission discussed with the Central Bank of Iraq, on Wednesday, a memorandum of understanding on the basis of which the system will develop the electronic bank and provide technical consultations within the projects of the Dom 2025 strategic initiative.

The authority stated in a statement received by Mawazine News, a copy of it, that “the authority, in the presence of the head of the executive branch Ali Nasser Al-Khuwaildi, member of the Board of Trustees Salem Mashkour, technical assistant, directors of the video and audio regulation department, the comprehensive service department and the communications regulation department, discussed with the governor of the Central Bank Ali Al-Alaq and members From the Board of Directors, the Dom 2025 strategic initiative has set among its priorities the development of the financial and banking sector and the contribution to the transition towards digital financial trading, as well as training and development programs for technical cadres with the assistance of the International Telecommunication Union.

Al-Khuwaildi said, “The commission is keen to communicate with all institutions and the central bank, foremost of which is the basic pillar of the state.” Al-Khuwaildi suggested “forming a joint team that takes it upon itself to develop a memorandum of understanding between the authority and the central bank to implement strategic technological programs that could benefit the rest of the sectors, such as agriculture, the economy, health, education, and education.”

For his part, Al-Alaq stressed that “the economic and financial aspect is the most challenging in Iraq, and the electronic banking transformation will contribute to its growth, especially with the presence of 70 private banks and hundreds of exchange companies,” expressing “welcome to the initiative of the commission to hold a memorandum of understanding for joint cooperation in implementing vital programs On the level of Iraq.”

In turn, the Board member of the Board of Trustees, Salem Mashkour, referred to “the importance of the media in disseminating electronic banking awareness and dealing with the media in a transparent manner to establish a solid banking culture in a clear way away from ambiguity”, calling the central bank to “sponsoring media campaigns aimed at spreading economic awareness and the importance of technology in developing”.

The statement pointed out that “the first items of the memorandum of understanding were also discussed, which included developing programs and applications for the banking and financial transfer system and training cadres to manage them, in addition to technological projects to support other sectors and state institutions in general. The agreement also included the establishment of projects in rural and remote areas represented in the delivery Communications services, building schools, hospitals and other service projects.

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The blocs supporting Allawi reject any candidate … One option is to stay on the “voluntary absence” scenario

A political source revealed that the blocs supporting Muhammad Allawi reject any candidate for prime minister, while noting that one of the options is to stay on the “voluntary absence” scenario.

The source said that “there is difficulty out of a crisis of personal assignment to the Prime Minister and to put forward a candidate who has support and who can obtain the confidence of Parliament”, indicating that “President Barham Salih tried, through yesterday’s dialogues, to explore points of view, especially for alliances that supported Allawi, It turned out that it was heading towards rejecting any candidate proposed by the forces that were refusing to assign Allawi, in a clear personalization of the file of government formation.

He added that “one of the options is to maintain the caretaker government, that is (the scenario of voluntary absence), and to prevent the selection of any alternative candidate, meaning that the situation remains as it is until early elections are held,” noting that “that is what many political blocs oppose, finding it an option.” It is in the interest of continued corruption, the rule of arms in the country, and the weakness of the rule of law.

Yesterday, Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Allawi announced his apology for the formation of the government, while noting that “some political parties are not serious about reform and put obstacles in the way of the birth of the government.”

While the President of the Republic, Barham Salih , announced the start of his consultations to choose an alternative candidate for Allawi within 15 days, and thanked Allawi for his efforts and his position by apologizing for the assignment

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