The central bank went to the national adoption of international support divided

01/08/2012

BAGHDAD / JD / .. Director confirmed the balance of payments at the central bank to complete all sacrificed Abdul Altkhaddarat in cooperation with the Association of Banks of the adoption of the national system of divided support from USAID and the World.
She said in an interview with Abd / JD / that the system will be applied in all Iraqi banks during the first half of next year, which provides for the adoption of advanced payment systems and open the gates with advanced banking systems adopted by private banks and access to services in the global payments system.
She noted that the system divided the national need of international companies specialized in this matter, where the contract has been signed with international companies have the ability to manage the costs borne by the organization (USAID) World.
Director and demanded the balance of payments in central bank of private banks submit their proposals in a detailed training on competencies for this card-based system in which capital management Bhozat person, as well as the adoption of mobile money transfer in a subsequent step / expire / 21 h

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The start of the meeting of heads of parliamentary blocs with al-Maliki at the prime minister

01/08/2012

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Alsumaria News correspondent, on Tuesday evening, that the meeting of heads of parliamentary blocs with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about the crisis that hit the country just before the start of the Iraqi Prime Minister at the Green Zone in central Baghdad.

The correspondent said that "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki began shortly before a meeting with heads of parliamentary blocs to discuss the political crisis gripping the country today," noting that "One of the presence of the head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Salman Jumaili and the representative of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc Khaled Shwani and several other heads of parliamentary blocs. "

Sources close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki revealed in a number of statements to the media during the past few days about the presence of intention by the al-Maliki's meeting with leaders of political blocs or his representative to find solutions to the political crisis the country has seen for several months.

This meeting is the first of its kind in more than four months between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the heads of parliamentary blocs and representatives of the leaders of the blocks Alssayashhat intensified the crisis between the Maliki and the Iraqi List and the Kurdistan Alliance after the claims withdraw confidence from the Prime Minister in the meetings of Erbil, Najaf, and calls for deputies of the coalition of state the law to withdraw confidence from the House of Representatives Speaker Osama al.

The leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi said in an interview for "Alsumaria News" in (22 July present), he had not heard of the existence of a political crisis in Iraq, because there is a government of national partnership, stressing at the same time there is a crisis in the electricity and jobs only.

Observers believe that the political crisis, and claims to withdraw confidence from the al-Maliki began Balhalhh, especially after the decline of the Sadrist movement for his position, and the formation of the National Alliance for Reform Commission, which presented a paper of 70 material, notably resolving the mandate of the three presidencies, ministries, security and balance in the armed forces and independent bodies and organs of the state.

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Paper reform will be completed next week

 01/08/2012

Union: expected mass of the Liberal MP for Uday Awad, Tuesday, the announcement by the reform paper, next week, by all the political blocs. Awad said in a press statement, quoted by news agency Voices of Iraq.


"The next few days will witness the announcement of the proposed reform paper, although exposure to some of the problems that delayed the approval," pointing out that "the duration of the prime minister is the most important priorities of being a legal requirement." Awad added, "We are trying to undermine the reform of the paper will offer a total satisfaction of our interest on the interest of the other blocs under any circumstances." The National Alliance was announced last month the formation of a committee of seven members shall prepare a paper for political reform to be presented to the political blocs in order to find a solution to the current political crisis.
Furthermore, according to the National Alliance MP Zeinab Sahlani, that the meeting of leaders of the blocks will be held after the end of the meetings of the House of Representatives next week, noting that the regional situation cast a shadow over the political situation in the country. The Sahlani's (news) that "the crisis began Tthlhal since the beginning of the National Alliance to form a committee reforms to prepare a paper of the reforms, and this initiative would begin a wheel of reform, as well as taking into account what is out of the meeting (Erbil _ Najaf _ national) and communicate with other blocks." "After the end of the sessions of the Council of Representatives in the middle of next week will see the political process, meetings between the leaders of political blocs in order to agree on a sheet of reforms and resolve the outstanding problems between the political parties.
For his part, MP for the mass of the solution were part of the coalition, the Iraqi Ziad worldwide abolition, for providing mass of paper reforms to the president of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari to be included with the paper of the National Alliance, said the worldwide abolition of (news) that "the current crisis began to be afraid and politicians use them to improve their relations with each other to resolve the crisis and are not repeated and to provide the best possible for the people "and added that" the current apathy in the political process may generate another crisis, "and urged the reform initiative (National Alliance) to begin repairs on the ground. He noted that the mass "met with the National Alliance did not find any paper Introduction reforms, but there are ideas about the reforms taking place," revealing to provide the solution to block reforms of the paper to the president of the National Alliance, Ibrahim al-Jaafari to be included with the paper of the reforms will be issued.
Moreover, he criticized the MP for the Liberal bloc Rafie Abdul Jabbar, the political blocs, describing it as not serious about the reform process in order to preserve the gains achieved. Said Abdul Jabbar's (news) on Tuesday, "The political crisis will remain constant until the end of life of the government, because most of the political blocs to not wish to resolve their differences," noting that the reform process is managed as a matter of partisan interests, and when the bargains on these interests, the blocks Stmatal for their implementation. He pointed out that the crisis will continue and affect the work of the government and the House of Representatives in terms of laws and legislation meet the needs of citizens.
In contrast, the MP said the coalition of state law Haitham Jubouri that "the consent of the political blocs access to the paper reforms are a tacit acceptance even if it is conditional on the conditions or demands, saying that" this confirms the acceptance of the participation of all political blocs to the project. " He Jubouri told all of Iraq that "paper reforms were focused on to be approved important laws and the importance of naming ministers security and the need for an internal system of the Council of Ministers and also focused on the reform of the judiciary and to speed up legislation to the second part of the authority legislative, a Council of the Federation and the legislation of the Federal service and the issue of appointments and keep it away from patronage and clientelism, and these are all important points and head in a paper reforms ". "The draft of this paper reflect the vision of the National Alliance as a sponsor of the process Lisseeasah towards the reform process and how it must be that process." He Jubouri "As for the issue of acceptance of the blocks the policy of the paper or not I think that the mere consent to listen to that paper and accept meetings with Almtsidin of the paper I think it is a tacit acceptance can be a condition of any conditions or demands of a particular, but at least there thinking to accept the paper and thinking Introduction to accept and agree to all the blocks to be involved in the political project. "
On the other hand, deputy chairman of the Alliance of Kurdistan in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Dr. Mohsen Saadoun that "attempts to question al-Maliki did not fail it still exists, but that the delay in the process of questioning was to allow the Committee prepared to file the Inquisition to carry out its functions in a legal and constitutional." He Sadoun's (Rn), that "it is certain that questioning al-Maliki will be because of the Kurdistan Alliance and the coalition of Iraq and the Sadrists insist on questioning", pointing out that "the process of questioning legal, and will be questioning al-Maliki if the completion of preparations for the legal process."
For his part, said the independent MP Hassan Al-Alawi, on Tuesday, said talk of a cabinet reshuffle and the formation of a government of technocrats comes in the context of the approach taken by the government and based on procrastination and delay to the duration of an unknown, in order to gain time. The leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, Abdel Halim Zuhairi may likely possibility of a reshuffle limited, ruling out at the same time form a majority government policy, stressing that the desire to turn "toward the formation of a new adoption of technocrats away from quotas and settlement and to persuade the parliamentary blocs and political parties, but this issue is ruled out in the middle of the current path, and could be adopted to establish the base for a future stage. " And MP Hassan Al-Alawi's (Rn) that "the government said it is serious to make amendments in the governmental and ministerial, to begin completing the composition and the ministerial seats instead of the security management by proxy, as since the formation of the current government and even today has not been completed and its ministries." He reported saying "We can not rely on the argument statements for changes and the formation of a government a government of technocrats, because I as I said that these statements are not meant only to gain time and procrastination in dealing with political crises."

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Parliamentary committee believes that the decision to form a «Investment Commission of Electricity» serves the economy and provides energy .. The proposed law be excluded from the customs tariff

01/08/2012

Described the decision of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary decision of parliament to form a special body to invest in electricity serves as an important economy and believe in energy.

The member of the Committee that the Law Commission proposal consists of 3 paragraphs and includes an exception to the customs tariff law, noting that the Authority would be a "government" and determine the tariff rate of sale.

He criticized the government coalition parliament's decision, describing it as not realistic and not feasible at this stage, revealing the lack of consultation with the government to take.

The spokesman electricity decision as late by about 5 years, he saw economic analyst that the enactment of the Investment Commission of electricity crippling for the time being, belief that the solution to the electricity crisis lies in contracting with companies to generate a giant by the private sector that the government buys power from them.

In an interview with "the world" on Tuesday, praised Qasim Muhammad MP from Kurdistan Alliance, "the decision of parliament to form a body to invest in electricity," and as "an important decision to serve the Iraqi economy and provides the electricity needed by the citizen, after the government failed to provide since 2003" .

Mohammed, a decision of the Commission on oil and energy in the House of Representatives said that "the failure of the Ministry's policy in dealing with this file and the existence of cases of financial and administrative corruption within them were behind the proposal to form a private investment with electricity."

He believed that "it is possible to take advantage of local and foreign investors to promote this sector." He pointed out that "neighboring countries and the Kurdistan Region have benefited from the experience of investment, where the region exceeded the production of 2,000 megawatts hours of processing up to 23 hours of the citizen."

Kurdish lawmaker concluded that "investment in the electricity would be a catalyst in improving the sector, and remove obstacles that stand in the way of development of electricity."

In turn, said Odai Awad, a member of the Committee on Oil and Energy Parliament that "the body will be public and which will organize imports, and the prices of tariff sale of electricity, and how to deal with Alchukbh national, and linking these to the investing companies, according to the law will be understanding about it with the Government and will contribute to the Committee on Oil and Energy Council House of Representatives to be legally integrated. "

Awad MP from Sadr's movement said in an interview with "the world" yesterday, that "the law of the Investment Commission of Electricity proposed consists of 3 paragraphs. First establish the private investment within the energy sector operating under the investment law of its own beyond all obstacles. Second would be the work of the Commission in coordination with the Ministry of electricity and the relevant authorities to invest, and will include an exception to the law of customs tariff law. and thirdly to give the provinces the powers necessary to facilitate the granting of licenses. "

However, the MP Hussein al-Asadi, a coalition of law found that "it is not feasible to issue a decision of the House of Representatives a note of the laws in force, the Ministry of Privatization of electricity now, and transferred to the investment must be preceded by a set of procedures and legal realism." And went on "at the level of the law must change the package of laws relating to investment law, company law, as well as systems that are integrated in the Ministry and thousands of employees."

Asked al-Asadi, "How can the decision to issue a note of these issues?". And added, "this application it is unrealistic and not feasible at this stage."

He was surprised al-Asadi in a meeting with "the world" yesterday, from the "discussion of the law in the parliament without consulting the government," adding that "the Council of Ministers and the Prime Minister surprised by the move, on the grounds that he must take note governmental actions in such cases."

And the position of the Ministry of Electricity, he said, Musab al-teacher spokesman, said "the subject of investment adopted by the Ministry of Electricity in 2010 and worked it for a full year, and offered 4 locations for investment, including 3 Energy per 500 MW, and the location of a fourth in Basra capacity of 1200 MW."

He went on explaining that the teacher and the Ministry of Electricity ", held workshops, and invited local and international companies, was to reach a final formula, but stopped because the investment ministry said that the King of units invested the ministry."

The teacher said in remarks to "the world" yesterday that "investment in the electricity could not have been 5 years ago and not now, because the investment arrangements need 6 to 8 months, and then set up the stations needs to be 18 months to 24 months." "Now the current ministry projects will stabilize the system in full after a year and a half, at the end of 2013 will enter into the electricity system 20 000 MW and will cover the full need."

In the meantime, expressed on behalf of Jamil, an economist Antoine concern "to enter Iraq in a new cycle, after which the quota system." He asked, "where it comes from staff of the Commission?", Followed by "We will be here in front of the corruption and quotas and other issues, the state apparatus now consists of more than 4 million member Vaúdon half, and we are heading to the creation of a new surplus."

Antoine said the "world" yesterday, "The solution lies in contracting with companies to generate a giant, and the private sector within these companies, and sell to the government, as happened in the province of Kurdistan."

He stressed "the need to study the proposed creation of an investment to electricity extensively, and the feasibility study from it."

Antoine pointed out that "the formation of this body needs to legislation, because the Investment Law No. 13 of 2006 covers all investments, there are various oil investment law on it since 7 years." He concluded that "the enactment of the Electricity Authority special issue impossible at the present time."

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Economist proposes the establishment of specialized bank to finance small and medium enterprises for the advancement of the

  01/08/2012

Baghdad (news) .. I suggest an economist Ibrahim al-Mashhadani, the establishment of a government bank specializing in project financing of small and medium for the advancement of the private sector to eliminate the rampant unemployment.
He said al-Mashhadani (of the Agency news) on Wednesday: The country needs to create a bank by the government the task of financing small and medium enterprises through the distribution of soft loans, few benefits and pay in the long run to promote the sector, industrial sector and the elimination of unemployment, which has become a burden on the state.

He added, required to be running the bank and government funding and linked to specific economic Balstratejah by the Government's sustainable development plan to activate the economic sectors and announced by the Ministry of Planning will be implemented later.
And an economist stressed the need to work and think about how to promote local industries and to activate the private sector to strengthen the national economy. / Finished / 8. N. R /

 

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Vice-Jaafari: The political crisis began to break down .. and the need for early convening of National Conference

 01/08/2012

Baghdad (news) .. The MP said the / National Alliance / student-Jaafari, said the political crisis began to disintegrate gradually, stressing the need to speed up convening of the National Congress.
The MP added Jaafari (of the Agency news): There are indications that the facts confirm that the political crisis began to disintegrate through the appetite of the political blocs on dialogue after it was some "sticking to its decision," the option to withdraw confidence from the government or early elections, but today find the intention of living on the table for dialogue to resolve the crisis.

The al-Jaafari: The political scene is still witnessing differing opinions and ideas by political forces, but everyone agreed on the importance of conducting the necessary reforms through the National Conference, noting that the conference will put the road map and the bishop of time for reform on the basis of no winners or losers, according to principles of the Constitution.

He suggested: that the Constitution and laws are the guarantors of the reforms in addition to the agreement between the political blocs, hoping to resolve the political crisis as soon as. / End / 33. N. R /

 

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