MPs are proposing an increase in the provision substitute for ration card (25) thousand dinars .. And demanding the exception of flour from the decision to cancel

 11/11/2012

Baghdad (news) / report / Hussein Faleh / .. After cabinet decision to cancel the ration card and compensating amount of money of $ (15) thousand dinars, which angered ordinary citizens and described by some as the decision unfairly targeted the poor class of the society, while he sees the other as a bold decision aimed at eliminating corruption was rampant in the Ministry of Commerce.
Has confirmed a number of MPs that the decision "Saeb" and fight corruption in the Ministry of Trade and specifically the process of importing and distributing individuals ration card but needs a specific mechanism to be applied through the formation of a government committee to control food prices in the local market, in addition to increasing the amount to (25 ) thousand dinars to enable citizens to purchase materials from the market, demanding their talk (of the Agency news) except flour cancellation of the decision being the basic material needs of the Iraqi citizen.

Economic committee chairman MP / coalition in Iraq / Ahmed al-Alwani, said: Despite the money allocated in the general budget, which is estimated billions of dollars for the ration card and the efforts by the Ministry of Commerce to improve their reality, but the ministry proved its inability to provide vocabulary fully to the citizens and of good quality.

He Alwani (of the Agency news): The final decision issued by the Council of Ministers to cancel the ration card and replace it with money is "good" in principle, although he came hasty some thing, but needs to be a specific mechanism and deliberate to avoid increasing prices in local markets through control of the market and the provision of strategic stocks to avoid any crisis get the local market.
He noted: that the amount estimated by the government, which will ration card and adult (15) thousand dinars inadequate for citizens, so we should work to increase the amount allocated and remains support continuous flour by the Ministry of Commerce as a longer background material intervention in staple food of the people, as well as activating the role of the central markets in order not to give the opportunity to weak souls of monopoly or manipulating the prices of food to cause a crisis in the country.

The Cabinet decided at its forty-eighth, which was held Tuesday (6 November 2012), replacing the ration card currently applicable amounts of cash distributed to the covered system mentioned by (15) thousand dinars for each individual.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has been considered, that the ration card system in need of reform, stressing that the Council of Ministers decided to provide food in the markets in addition to the amount due, also considered the Commerce Department that the cabinet's decision to abolish the ration card "for the benefit of the citizen", vowing it inject food in the market at a subsidized price after the cancellation of the card, with a Council of Ministers confirmed the good plan to prevent any state or high inflation in food prices within the Iraqi market.

As revealed by the Commission services MP / National Alliance / Kamilh Moussawi: the existence of corruption during the process of importing the ration card items When it came to Iraqi ports are unloaded trucks and fake without the knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce and is thrown material on the market and sold at commercial rates.

Musawi said (of the Agency news): Some families complain of lack of delivery of the ration card four fully them monthly and other hosts complaining of poor materials that reach them, so there operations great corruption issue ration card, the government and the House of Representatives failed to fight for years throughout.
She: The decision to replace the ration card with money to the people will eliminate the rampant corruption by and serve the citizen, in spite of the amount allocated to him good, but must grow to (25) thousand dinars and exception flour from the decision to cancel the citizens can provide basic food items to him and according to specifications and qualities desired by.

As a member of the Committee on the economy and investment MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Jassim Mohammed Hussein, has said: that his committee surveyed completely in the form of a questionnaire to all Iraqi provinces for quality Vocabulary ration card that link citizens were findings suggest that citizens complain of not delivering materials to them fully a month, as well as poor brands and some of them did not receive any material of food available in the ration card.

Hussein said (of the Agency news): Corruption is not only in the Ministry of Commerce, but there are mafias are replacing food either from companies or agents ration, adding that most of the materials that are distributed unfit for human consumption "and some citizens in the province of Nineveh sell their shares to الغنامة to be used as feed for the animals. "

He added: that the replacement of the ration card system amount of money better than the distribution of poor is not fit to use as food for citizens, calling for an exception flour that citizens can not be indispensable in his table daily and increase the amount to (25) thousand dinars instead of (15) thousand dinars.

He had guessed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to increase the amount of (15) thousand dinars alternative ration card to (25) thousand dinars.

And trimmed the Ministry of Commerce in 2010, the ration card to five core subjects are flour, rice, sugar, oil, and milk for children, and confirmed that the rest of the ration card items that can be purchased from local markets such as legumes, tea, washing powder and adult milk will be canceled.

It is noteworthy that the majority of Iraqis depend on what furnish their ration card in their daily lives since the start of the international embargo on Iraq in 1991 after the Kuwait war, and includes ration per capita rice, flour, vegetable oil, sugar, tea, washing powder, soap, milk dried (for adults), and powdered milk (for children), and legumes lentils, beans and chickpeas, and estimated the value of these materials per capita in the domestic market by about ten dollars, not counting children's milk, while it is obtained through the ration card $ 500 dinars. / end / 8.. /

 

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Parliament in the process of hosting Al-Maliki and Babiker al-ossawi on the abolition of the share

 11/10/2012

BAGHDAD / JD / .. Parliament devoted a session today, Saturday, to open dialogue on the ration card and a decision is likely to host Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the coming sessions to reach the most appropriate decision.
Said committee member Rep. Iraqi List Nora البجاري's / JD /: The House of Representatives agreed to be today's session dedicated to discuss the ration card which was abolished by the Council of Ministers, pointing out that the Parliament will make a decision to host the Minister of Trade Khairallah Babiker Hassan and financial Rafie al-Issawi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, to explain the sudden decision taken without the knowledge of the majority of the House of Representatives, and the why relied Aotakzu this grave decision ".. she said.
Have revealed the parliamentary economic committee for damage to Iraqi citizens by the abolition of the ration card notably, unexpected do traders to raise food prices and the closure of local mills and increased ratios of poverty and unemployment in the country.
In an earlier statement, said committee member MP for the Iraqi List, Nora البجاري's / JD /: The decision Cabinet replacing the ration card of $ (15) thousand dinars came hasty very, did betrays study, and that this decision will increase food prices, and increases the utilization traders who came up in their favor because of the lack of government control them.
And showed البجاري, that this decision will affect the citizens of "poor" in particular, pointing to the existence of the (6) million poor and (5) million unemployed, most of whom depend on the ration card, especially the landless and low-income earners.
MP promised the amount replaced by a very small card that he is not enough poor citizen not fill his need for food.
She, said the decision will make flour is not supported by the state and closing mills and resort to import and mills foreign, pointing out that Iraq possesses Mills large will stop because local production in the country about (900,000) tons of wheat only, and we import about (4) million tons wheat to fill the need.
The البجاري noted that the resolution would give the unemployment Supply agents, saying: The number of agents in Iraq is about (60,000) and the agent.
The البجاري confirmed, that the committee objected to the amount that is replaced ration cards, and we will try to Nrfha even if the amount is 25,000 dinars, to be some kind of balance.
And hit البجاري example, "The food prices in the month of Ramadan rise significantly trimming the budget citizen," What is the case when the demand for food?!.
And I wondered: Is the strict control of government accounting traders who Sitlaabon Bakot poor citizen? , To ensure the delivery of food and supported from customs tariffs and secure delivery to the citizen?.
She pointed out that the distribution of instruments to Moatin in Schoppea banks inevitably to corruption and major problems. And was amazed البجاري of government statements that it will control the process and prevent corruption, saying that the government did not control the corruption of the Ministry of Commerce represented by ministers who succession management, officials and staff, how controlled the traders.
A member of the parliamentary economic committee MP for the Iraqi List: The Committee surprised by the decision, we do not know how and connect Thus proposal and where the cabinet arrived, at which time work and two years ago the food basket.
The Commission has promised to the decision of the Council of Ministers by replacing the ration card of $ (15) thousand dinars for each citizen next year بالمخالف to the Constitution, saying that it would appeal the decision.
He said the Commission's decision Alliance MP Kurdistan Mahma Khalil's / JD /: The Iraqi people by the articles of the Constitution and the rules of procedure of the country is the source of power is contrary to cut their ration card. "
Khalil added, that the decision of the Council of Ministers We reject it because of the Iraqi citizens need to ration vocabulary, and Sentan resolution.
The Iraqi Council of Ministers decided at its Forty-eighth day, yesterday, Tuesday, replacing the ration card currently applicable amounts of cash distributed to the covered system mentioned by (15) thousand dinars for each individual.
A spokesman Alovernmh Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement, received / JD / copy of it: that the decision included a binding controls for pricing flour to ensure that no price manipulation starting from the first March of next year, and constitute a committee headed by Minister of Trade and organic and ministers of Planning and Finance and the Governor of Baghdad and a representative of the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers sets guidelines on the implementation of this resolution.
Noteworthy that two-thirds of the Iraqi people depend on the ration card items despite the arrival of the "dropper" by resentment of the street. / End / 11 n

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