Vice Kordestani: Barzani initiative will be launched in two weeks and will confirm the implementation of previous agreements

02/24/2013

Baghdad (news) .. MP for / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Hussein good Nrmo, that the initiative of the President of the Kurdistan region will be launched end of this month, and will include emphasis on the implementation of previous agreements and new agreements to be held.
And Nrmo said in a statement (of the Agency news): The all political blocs expressed optimism successfully initiative of the President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, which may resolve outstanding differences between the two blocs.

He added: that the political differences affected negatively on approving the budget for 2013 that is supposed to be authenticated two months ago.

The MP said the coalition of Kurdish blocs: the political blocs that with any initiative whether the President of the Kurdistan region or other help resolve differences we are with them.

And between Nrmo: that the initiative of the president of the region will be launched end of this month to bind the political blocs to the implementation of the agreements previously held new initiatives contribute to the creation of the crisis.

It is to be noted that there is a prospective move to Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani in the coming days to put an initiative described as serious to resolve the political crisis, after internal and external pressures suffered Barzani. Finished / 2. N. P /

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Secretariat of the Council of Ministers: the budget is an important document which is read philosophy of the state and its economic system

Sunday, February 24

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The secretary general of the Council of Ministers Ali Mohsen Ismail said the state budget is an important document which we can read the philosophy of the state and its democratic system and economic and financial policies.

A statement of the General Secretariat received and all of Iraq [where] a copy of it today Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, he stressed in a speech at a workshop hosted by the Institute of economic reform on the state budget, "We're not in front of detecting graph just but by reading the minutes of the budget we can Nacher What meant orientations associated with more actors and factors affecting the economic and social reality and political. "

He said the "reference ongoing budget and looking at it through the democratic political system and monitoring achieve this system, which was built on the basis of participation in the implementation and accountability and oversight, as well as the amount to be achieved transparency, which represents an important pillar of the pillars of the democratic system."

And Ismail, according to the statement that he "can not achieve a high level of relationship between the authority and the public that this does not happen is an indicator of malfunction, in addition to what we can offer good governance in the provision of programs and plans and clear goals relating to various aspects.

He noted, "We are through the budget can recognize the role of the state in the distribution of income which is of economic and social dimensions and development, stressing the need to adopt tab and methodology in the preparation of the budget and show it legibly regulators, legislative and financial management and control. Suggesting that there's promises from the Ministry of Finance and collaboration with specialized international organizations to accomplish this and the adoption of the link between the budget and the aspects highlighted by the government program and verification ratios between paragraphs of the budget and allocations.

The statement continued, "The workshop was led by Mehdi al-Hafez, former Minister of Planning and attended by a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Haitham al-Jubouri, and a number of specialists in the financial and economic aspects of the Iraqi ministries, university professors and members of the Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform.

He said "the participants ate the general features of the federal budget and the pros and cons, income and investment and operational expenditure of the budget in 2013. At the end of the workshop participants sent a letter to the Iraqi Council of Representatives in which they claim to speed up the adoption of the budget."

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided yesterday to postpone the meeting of the Council on confirmation of the current year's budget to next Monday.

And held the Presidency of the Council of Representatives yesterday an urgent meeting with leaders of parliamentary blocs to discuss the vote on the state budget.

A parliamentary source said the agency [where] today that "the Presidency of the Council of Representatives held an urgent meeting to discuss the vote on the state budget for 2013 at the insistence of the deputies of the National Alliance on approval and not delay it again."

The reference was called the House of Representatives on Friday to speed up the adoption of the budget, and reject the sectarian slogans and irresponsible statements.

The House voted on Saturday in its regular not to re-bill the state budget for 2013 to the government. Ended

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World Bank: expense of Iraq budgets far less than observed and Snfawdah to reduce guess the price of a barrel of oil

Sunday, February 24



Revealed the World Bank, on Sunday, that the volume of spending of Iraqi budgets far less than the observed where money, and expressed his fear of the danger of adopting the Iraqi budget for oil fully and guesses prices high, and between that any decline in the price of the world's oil will cause problems large to Iraq, in when confirmed by the Ministry of Planning said that there is no alternative for Iraq but to rely on oil.

The World Bank representative in Iraq Maria Helen in a joint conference with the Minister Alkhtit Iraqi Ali Shukri in the ministry building and attended (range Press), "The preparation of the budget on the price of a barrel of oil set at $ 90 without a maneuver could lead to a shock for Iraq," adding that " any decline in the global price of oil could lead to balancing the country to big problems. "

Helen called to "reduce the price of a barrel of oil Evaluator to adopt the budget well," noting that "any surplus or a rise in prices from which to build other projects and it will help that there will be savings."

The Council of Ministers approved, on the fifth of November 2012, the budget year 2013 worth 138 trillion Iraqi dinars and adopted the budget on oil exports from Iraq on the basis of 90 dollars as the price per barrel.

Helen announced that "the International Monetary Fund will enter into negotiations with the government, the end of this month and we will discuss these issues."

Helen added that "one of the problems suffered by Iraq is how to spend the budget that has," adding that "the real rate of spending we find very low compared to what is made of money."

For his part, acknowledged the Iraqi Planning Minister Ali Shukri at the same press conference that "Iraq's budget for 2013 by 93% dependent on oil and the government is aware of the danger this issue."

Shukri stressed that "the government also believes that $ 90 a barrel is too high and any drop may come the big problem for Iraq," adding, "But today no alternative but to determine the price to $ 90 to go to provide the necessary funds for the budget."

And facing the adoption of Iraq's budget for 2013, many obstacles and large While failed when parliament at its yesterday Saturday, 02.23.2013 adopting or returned to the Council of Ministers to modify the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed his concern at the boards central and southern governorates, held in Basra that cause political problems that the country is going through not to approve the budget.

It is noteworthy that political sources and other parliamentary, attributed the mismatch on the draft budget, to raise political blocs its demands, insisting the coalition of state law on the Set Session certain local governments and reduce the share of the Kurdistan region, while insisting the Kurdistan Alliance to increase allocations Peshmerga and maintain the ratio Territory of the budget amounting to 17 percent, as well as the allocation of funds for the oil companies operating in the region.

Also requires the Iraqi List, the census and non-interference central government in the affairs of local governments before agreeing on the budget, as well as increasing the price of a barrel of oil to neighboring countries, which is now $ 50, and insists Sadrist implementation rate of 25 percent of the surplus oil sales and distribution to citizens with Adoption of the pension law, while calling for mass citizen approval of a grant of university students and increase social welfare grant and made 250 thousand dinars as a condition for voting on the budget.

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Expectations by passing the federal budget this week

Sunday 24 February 2013

 

Predicted MP for the Iraqi List, Hamza Dawood Salman to be voted on the federal budget during the current week.

Salman said a statement to Radio tow the political dialogues and talks about the demand list Judge redeploy the amount of two billion dollars from the allocations of the Department of Defense budget to the development of regions are going in a positive way, he said.

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives has postponed yesterday's vote on the federal budget law to Monday.

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Iraq issued the first class stamp 1000 dinars which charge a fee for the incident timeless tuff + photo

  02/21/2013

 


Iraqi government issued for the first time in its history, the character image glorifies the day of Ashura to commemorate the revolution of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him
And transport director of the Museum threshold Husseiniya sacred that one of the citizens dedicate Museum of Imam Hussein character has to do with the fact of tuff has ČÇŐĎÇŃĺ Iraqi government in 2011, said Alaa Ahmed Ziauddin told N. news reporting that the image of nature at 1000 Iraqi dinars represents a fee for revolution tuff reform led by the son girl Messenger of Allah Imam Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Talib and his mother Fatima daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon God and peace and who was martyred with his family and his friends and their numbers (70) fighter in an incident in Karbala on the tenth of Muharram in 61 corresponding to the year 680 AD "
Riad Hayawi / Karbala
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Block Virtue: Iraq loses four billion dollars a month due to the late adoption of the general budget

02/21/2013

Term Press / Baghdad

Confirmed mass virtue in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, that Iraq is losing month about four billion dollars a month due to the late adoption of the general budget, and showed that most of the investment projects to the Iraqi ministries parked, as demanded Parliament to speed up the vote on the budget and adopt a proposal split the investment budget to five-year high .

The MP said the bloc Virtue, Hussein Mura'bi, during a press conference building the House of Representatives, today attended, (range Press), said that "Iraq is losing more than four billion dollars a month due to the late adoption of the budget," and urged the House of Representatives "to speed up the vote on the budget To avoid this great loss. "

He Mura'bi that "the wheel of development in Iraq late and turned government institutions to consumer behavior supplementary budget only from the salaries," noting that "the investment budget, amounting to $ 47 billion parked means delayed completion of projects under implementation and lack of direct new projects."

He Mura'bi that "any party impeding budget contribute to the waste of billions of dollars," and urged the Ministry of Planning to "adopt our proposal Previous regarding the division of the investment budget to five-year strategy for large projects and high for small projects to prevent delays in the completion of projects Giants."

The lifting of the House of Representatives 21 th day of February 2013, the 12th session of Parliament scheduled to vote on the budget on Saturday, due to lack of quorum, for the third time in ten days.

The postponement of the parliamentary session of the 12 allocated to the vote on the budget bill financial for the current year 2013, the third within ten days, as determined by the head of the Iraqi parliament Osama al-Nujaifi, in the 11 of February 2013, suspended until agreement on a budget bill, while decided, first Tuesday, ( February 19, 2013), postponed to Thursday, for lack of a quorum because of continuing differences on the budget.

The State of Law coalition announced, first Tuesday, (February 19 2013), an agreement alliances national and Kurdistan to pass the draft budget without reducing the share of Kurdistan annual ones, which amounts to 17%, and added that the two sides also agreed to hold a census in Iraq during the year current exact percentage of the population of the region of the population of Iraq and dealing on this basis and retroactively, and the financing of the Peshmerga same previous version which includes granting advances to Peshmerga agreement between President Nuri al-Maliki and the region, Massoud Barzani, "stressing that the parties also agreed that" the payment of dues to oil companies operating in the region with the same mechanism that pays dues to companies operating in the south.

The parliament failed in its the 11 of the second legislative term of the year legislative third session, on the seventh of February 2013, in the vote on the bill this year's budget, to make Parliament Speaker Osama Najafi open meeting, after the failure of heads of parliamentary blocs to reach a final agreement on a formula the law.

And declared the Iraqi List, on the fourth of February 2013, they will refuse to vote on the current year budget being allocated amounts "fairy" to the prime minister, their two million and a half million dollars, while Re coalition of state law, the sixth of February 2013, describing the objection of the Iraqi List on budget Council of Ministers for the current year "Speech Baelchenhna is not ethical," among that "there are a large number of circuits associated with the Cabinet, accusing Iraq of being" want to ignite resentment among the Iraqi people. "

The Council of Ministers approved, on the fifth of November 2012, the budget year 2013 worth 138 trillion Iraqi dinars, while parliament announced, in the 26 December 2012, re-draft budget to the government to make amendments to it.

The estimated value of Iraq's budget for 2013 b 138 trillion Iraqi dinars calculated based on the price of oil at $ 90 per barrel, and an export rate of two million and 900 thousand barrels per day.

It is noteworthy that political sources and other parliamentary, attributed the mismatch on the draft budget, to raise political blocs its demands, it stated that the state law insists Set Session certain local governments and reduce the share of the Kurdistan region, the Kurdistan Alliance insists on increasing allocations Peshmerga and maintain the ratio Territory of the budget amounting to 17 percent, as well as the allocation of funds to oil companies operating in the region, and would require the Iraqi List, the census and non-interference central government in the affairs of local governments before agreeing on the budget, as well as increasing the price of a barrel of oil to neighboring countries, which is now $ 50, Sadrists insist on the implementation of the 25 percent of the surplus oil sales and distribution to citizens with passage of the Pension Act, while demanding citizen adoption of block grant university students and increase social welfare grant and made 250 thousand dinars as a condition for voting on the budget.

It is noteworthy that the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, which broke out during the (November of 2012), and that brought things between the two capitals to the limits of "brinkmanship" after Thrikema of heavy weapons and Thacidha within Kirkuk, their impact on the attitude of the coalition of state law to balance the Kurdistan region, But talk about the topic "eased" against the backdrop of escalating protests and sit-ins in the Sunni areas, which has made the "hawks" of state law influence "silence" tactical retreat, even while, in light of their position that "I do not envy him."

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Economist: resumption of flights with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will enhance economic relations with the Gulf States

  02/21/2013

Baghdad (news) .. The economic expert Abdul Sattar al-Hashemi, said the resumption of flights with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will boost economic and trade relations between Iraq and the Gulf states by attracting Gulf investors to work in the country.
Hashemi said (of the Agency news): The economic and trade relations between Iraq and all the Gulf states will be restored again after a long break of more than (23) years after the initiative to resume flights between Iraq and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

He added: This initiative will be channeled to the interests of Iraq as well as the Gulf states because it will facilitate the entry of Gulf investors and companies to Iraq, especially since the country has significant economic components.

He stressed: the importance of re-establishing ties with all Arab countries which have been interrupted since the former regime for political purposes, because the country is now heading towards a free market economy, which is open to all countries in the world. / End / 8.. /

 

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