Within 72 hours .. Declaration of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi

Baghdad / .. An Iraqi political source said Tuesday that the formation of the new Iraqi government will be announced within the next 72 hours.

The RT quoted the source as saying that “the new government formation includes a few former ministers, and the largest proportion of the faces that were not within the previous cabinet cabins.”

He added that “the charge to form a government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, will be announced before the end of this week,” noting that “there may be a government lobbying includes some ministries by merging them together.”

Source: Faceiraq.net

Abadi: The current ministers have handed over their bags in full to the government of Abdul Mahdi

Baghdad / .. The outgoing Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, on Tuesday, directed his ministers to hand over their bags in full to the next government.

“His current government has full constitutional powers,” Abadi said during his weekly press conference held at the government palace in central Baghdad. “He directed his ministers to hand over their bags in full to the next government.”

“It is his government’s duty to submit the fiscal budget for 2019, on time.”

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Deputy for construction: Abdul-Mahdi will provide a full ministerial cabin to parliament next Saturday

Baghdad: al-Furat News –  Said MP for the construction block Hamid al-Musawi, the Prime Minister in charge of Adel Abdul-Mahdi, will present his cabinet full cabinet in parliament on Saturday.

“What is happening today in the formation of the government, which was assigned to Abdul-Mahdi and the political movement led by the blocks that cost him the position, we find that there is political pressure exercised on him whenever the constitutional times approached to announce the government.”

He added, “Maarha reconstruction and construction has not objected to one and so far did not hear from any block that has certain conditions,” pointing out that “the next government is the sixth government after 2003, which differ significantly in terms of circumstances and even the blocks and the House of Representatives as there are more than A view towards this government, including the supreme authority. ”

He said that “Abdul-Mahdi put forward a program in agreement with the coalition of reform and construction and agreed to by the political blocs and any offering of benefits means a breach of the agreement and there is betting on the failure of the government and not held in a constitutional time.”

“The government will announce on Saturday next and this is confirmed by the leaders of the blocks and there will be a complete cabin is not like the previous sessions,” pointing out that “the House will vote on the cab with great conviction even if the leaders of the blocks on the deputies decision to abstain.”

Keywords: Alforatnews.com

The Central Bank calls for companies to mediate to merge and identify a number of points

Twilight News – The Central Bank of Iraq called on companies to broker the sale and purchase of foreign currencies to merge to form a single banking institution, based on the Companies Law No. (21) for the year 1997 amended.

The bank said in a statement that in light of its goal of achieving financial and banking stability and creating a competitive work environment, it calls on companies wishing to merge to form a single banking institution based on the amended Companies Law No. (21) of 1997, indicating that this process will create the strong possibility of providing these institutions with rapid growth and that the formation of a larger entity covers services more broadly commensurate with the size of the merged institution and thus access to financial services broader by the Central Bank commensurate with the size.
He explained that the merged companies will be classified according to the request submitted by them and will depend on the granting of privileges according to the merged category and as follows: …

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Commission likely to announce the final results of the parliamentary elections by this date

Twilight News – The spokesman for the Electoral Commission for Elections and Referendum in the Kurdistan Region, Monday, announced the final results of the parliamentary elections in Kurdistan within 5 to 7 days.

UNHCR spokesman Shirwan Zerar said in a press statement that no specific time had been announced to announce the results, but he expected the commission to need 5-7 days to announce the final results.

The elections of the Kurdistan Parliament took place on the 30th of last September, has not been announced final results so far.

Keywords: Shafaaq.com

BGG ~ There is a reason they haven’t been very forthcoming with these results… we shall soon see why.

Iraq’s Sadr calls on Kurds to abandon ‘quotas’

The leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement Muqtada Al-Sadr yesterday called on Kurdish leaders to keep all “corrupt” people away from the state’s senior positions.

Since the overthrow of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 2003, Sunnis, Shias and Kurds have been sharing senior positions in the state under the so-called “quota” system.

“We want you to live with us without separation,” Al-Sadr wrote on Twitter, addressing Kurdish politicians. “This is the highest meaning of love to be together in a unified Iraq,” he added.

“We know that among you are some who love moderation and do not differentiate between a Kurd or an Arab except with piety and patriotism,” he continued, calling on the Kurds to “save Iraq and leave the quota and all the corrupt, and renew the covenant for Iraq with new faces who would preserve the country’s prestige, raise its status and cherish its people.”

Al-Sadr’s message comes two days after his similar letter to Sunni Iraqis urging them “to provide public interests and to rely on the competent technocrats to lead the country in the next stage.” He also advised them to stay away from “treachery of treason and corruption deals”.

Iraq is among the world’s most corrupt countries, according to the Transparency International Index, over the past years.

Corruption is one of Iraq’s main challenges. According to the UK-based International Centre for Development Studies, $120 billion simply disappeared during the term of office of former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.

Source: Middleeastmonitor.com

BGG ~ Is it just me or is it very curious this piece regarding the Kurds also makes light of the mass corruption under the Maliki regime? Coincidence? I think not…

Sadr’s spokesman reveals the opening of files, “Maliki’s corrupt system and the accounting of theft”

Shafaq News / Salah al-Obeidi, a spokesman for the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr, on Monday, the files in the “corrupt Maliki’s system,” stressing the need to open and “Accountability of theft.”

“The large number of files of corruption in previous years does not mean that crimes committed against the Iraqi people are left,” he said in a statement.

He added that “of these files funds leaked by the Red Crescent before 2010 when the administration of Jamal Karbouli.”

“It is very important to open these files and hold the scourge and hold accountable the corrupt Maliki regime that returned the siphon to the country, and covered their corruption in suspicious political deals in previous years,” he said, noting that “the days are pregnant with events.”

Keywords: Shafaaq.com

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Reveals 150 Ghost Employees within His Predecessor’s Office

ERBIL – Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi said on Monday that he has been put under a great political pressure after revealing that tens of ghost employees were amongst his predecessor Salim al-Jabouri’s office.

“I am under a lot of political pressure after discovering and revealing that a total of 150 ghost employees were within the office of Salim al-Jabouri, the former speaker of the parliament,” the newly elected parliament speaker said on his Twitter account on Monday.

Iraq gains UN leadership post to counter trafficking, money laundering

Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the election of Iraq as vice-president of the ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime.

“Iraq was elected as vice-president of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime at the ninth session held at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna today,” ministry spokesman Ahmad Mahjoub said in a press statement.

Mahjoub added, “The Iraqi chargé d’affaires in Vienna, Osama al-Nashi, was chosen for this post, which is a high position attained by Iraq.”

The UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime was adopted in 2000 to prevent the laundering of money and the trafficking of arms and humans.

Source: Thebaghdadpost.com

The next (vote) may be to vote on the (next) government

BAGHDAD  – The House of Representatives raised, Monday, its meeting to another notice, while its president Mohamed Halabousi expected that the next session, especially to vote on the new government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi.

A parliamentary source said in an interview with “Mawazin News” that “the House of Representatives raised its meeting to another notice, after the completion of hosting the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.”

He added that “the President of the Council, Mohamed Halbusi, is likely to be the next meeting, especially the vote on the Cabinet Cab, which will be presented by Adel Abdul-Mahdi.”

Keywords: Mawazin.net