The release of the latest issue of the Iraqi Gazette containing the federal budget law

 03/31/2013

BAGHDAD / obelisk: Justice Ministry denied Iraq, Sunday, delayed the release of the latest issue of the Official Gazette the facts of Iraq accidental break into the ministry, noted that the number included federal budget law.

He said ministry spokesman Sam Furaiji for "obelisk", "The Iraqi Gazette issued on schedule and health information that confirmed the delay of issuance."

He said that he "the latest issue of the Gazette included deployment of the General Budget Law of the Federal Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2013, all the details," he said, adding, "provides the latest issue of the newspaper in the approved distribution centers and justice library at the headquarters of the ministry."

The capital Baghdad and the number of Iraqi provinces witnessed in the March 19 of the current, a series of car bombs and improvised explosive devices left 65 dead and 195 wounded, including an incident to storm the Justice Ministry.

The Minister of Finance and agency Ali Shukri announced on Saturday, firing exchange budget ratified by the Presidency of the Republic for 2013 to ministries and provinces. Was the Iraqi parliament voted on the seventh of March the current full paragraphs of the budget for the current year 2013 after unanimously marked by accusations and absences deliberate amount 118 billion dollars.

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Member of the parliamentary Finance: Exchange public budget allocations beginning next April

24-03-2013

Baghdad (news) .. A member of the Finance Committee MP / National Alliance / Amin Hadi Abbas, for date exchange public budget allocations to the provinces and provincial ministries in the beginning of April next, likely that this year will be the year of economic growth of some sectors.

Abbas said (of the Agency news): The date of exchange of financial allocations of the general budget will be at the beginning of next month after ratification by the Presidency of the Republic and published in the Official Gazette.

He added: launch date budget allocations for this year will not be much different from last year, so the delay in disbursement does not affect the investment projects submitted by the Ministry of Planning.

He pointed out: that some non-oil economic sectors will grow this year and a large proportion, if what has been achieved political stability and security in the country.

It is noted that the Iraqi parliament approved the budget for 2013 during the month of March the current amount (138) trillion dinars and the rate oil (90) dollars per barrel, and the quantity of oil source (2.9) million barrels per day. / End / 8. N. P /

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Suhail looking with a delegation from the World Bank restructuring of the Iraqi banks and the Central Bank

 24-03-2013

Baghdad (news) .. Search first deputy head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Qusay al-Suhail with a delegation from the World Bank, the restructuring of the Iraqi banks and the Central Bank of Iraq.

A statement by the Office of Suhail said in a statement received Agency (news) copy of it: that the delegation, which was headed by Sahar Nasr, chief economics finance in the Middle East and North Africa and the Special Representative of the World Bank mission in Iraq as well as a number of experts at the World Bank gave a presentation on work done with respect to the restructuring of the Iraqi banks and the Central Bank of Iraq in addition to projects carried out by the World Bank during the past period.

And between Suhail: The development of the private sector and private banks can him that contributes significantly to the development process and the development of economic reality because we must establish rules work properly and repair the banking sector, while stressing the importance of restructuring these banks and put sophisticated systems fit with the size of the development which reached him the world's advanced countries in this field.

For his part, the delegation expressed his keenness to give advice to the Iraqi banks and the Central Bank in order to improve performance and to have their work professionally, especially in the regulatory field. / End / b. PVC /

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The Presidency of the Republic to ratify the current year budget

Sunday, 24 March

Twilight News / A source in the Presidency of the Republic of Iraq, Sunday, that the recent approved the state budget for 2013.

The source, who asked not to be named said in an interview for "Twilight News", "The Presidency of the Republic approved the state budget for the current year."

The Minister of Finance Agency Ali Shukri had announced Sunday of last week, about the arrival of the Federal Budget Law for the year 2013 to the Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of endorsing it.

The House voted on the seventh of this month on the federal budget without a political consensus with the Kurdistan Alliance bloc that threatened to resort to the Federal Court to challenge the original budget.

The total federal budget 138 trillion dinars which is the largest in the history of the Iraqi state, which included $ 55 billion in the venture, and $ 83 billion operational part.

And the Iraqi government budget was built in 2013 on the basis of (90) dollars a barrel at a rate of 2.9 million barrels of oil a day.

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IMF: expectations of higher Iraq's economic growth to 9%

03/23/2013


Welcomed the IMF accelerated the pace of growth in Iraq thanks to oil exports, but expressed concern about the points «accumulated structural weaknesses in the country ten years after the US-led invasion.
IMF promised in a statement issued at the end mission in Iraq «in spite of the security and political environment difficult, Iraq succeeded in maintaining the stability in terms of economic sectors in the last two years.
And after he scored «about 8 percent in 2012, will see the Iraqi economic growth accelerated more this year to Astl to 9 percent, driven by b« escalating capacity oil production, according to the fund.
And accelerated exploitation of oil, the country's largest wealth, since the US-led invasion, despite the violence and corruption.
He considered the International Monetary Fund, however, that Iraq still suffers from a «serious structural weaknesses, particularly of unemployment 'high' and bad business environment and the weakness of the non-oil sector.
And wrote the International Monetary Fund that «Iraq should face significant challenges in the medium term to find the conditions for strong growth and lasting necessary to improve the conditions of life of its inhabitants.

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Sadr ministers hold an emergency meeting in Najaf to discuss the withdrawal of government

03/23/2013  


ong-Presse / Najaf

Ministers held the Sadrist movement, on Saturday, held an emergency meeting in the private office of the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf to discuss the withdrawal of the government, after nearly four days to suspend their attendance of meetings of the Council of Ministers.

A reporter (long-Presse), that all ministers of the Sadrist movement arrived this morning, to the province of Najaf, and held upon arrival emergency meeting in your office to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr attended by Director of the Office Sheikh Mahmoud Djiashi, "stressing that the meeting will discuss the withdrawal of ministers from the government or not.

The correspondent added that the Minister will hold a press conference after the meeting to announce their final position.

It comes ministers meeting Sadrists in Najaf, after nearly four days on their announcement on 19 March 2013), boycotted the meetings of the Iraqi Council of Ministers to protest the policies of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and stressed that it will manage the affairs of their ministries from within, but the head of the government response, on 20 March 2013, exponential and one day after, via Media Msstarh and gave the Sadrist movement, even on Sunday, to return his ministers to the Council or give them leave algebraic, because the ministries that they manage will be affected in the province.

And announced the Liberal bloc in the House of Representatives after an extended meeting held, the first on Thursday, (21 March 2013), the Congress of the existing Iraqi approval House Speaker Osama Nujaifi on request from the large number of deputies other blocks to call the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Nouri al-Maliki to Parliament against the backdrop of the bombings in the capital Baghdad, finally, confirmed that the hearing will be determined later.

With Re Sadrists on the San Prime Liberal bloc Bahaa al-Araji during a press conference held after the meeting held, on Thursday, (21 March 2013), the deadline set by the Prime Minister for his crew to return to the Council of Ministers, to confirm that ministers are ready to return to the Council of Ministers "if necessary" condition "away from the wrangling," while between that there is not anything in the rules of procedure of the Council of Ministers determines how the withdrawal and suspension of ministers or their leave algebraic, stressing that any decision on the matter would "act personally."

The cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, issued a statement on 20 March 2013, in which he thanked his ministers after their decision comments membership in the Council of Ministers described the decision as "supervisor" as the face of a warning to all his followers and Friday sermons not to criticize the boycott meetings of the Council.

And issued a Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr issued a statement on 19.3.2013, attacked the decision to postpone the elections in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar promise "exclusion of the Year", and "injustice to the Shia," and described "the marginalization of the Sunnis of Iraq disaster unforgivable", and stressed that promised to postpone elections In general, "the consecration of the idol and dictatorship", also stressed that staying in the current government "is harmful", threatening to "discuss carefully with our brothers suspension and withdrawal from the government and even the Parliament lean."

And experienced positions cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on the issue of withdrawal of Ministers varies between fierce criticism and the approval, as it's a response to a claim of the Iraqi, 03/05/2013, the "solidarity with them and prevent" ministers power to attend meetings of the Council of Ministers criticism and stressed that the Sadrists partner with a coalition of state law and consult with him in all things, expressing his refusal to call for the withdrawal of Iraqi Ministers at the present time they returned to the topic "would negatively affect the service of the people."

Before this Sadr has summoned his ministers in the government to Najaf and met with them to discuss the option of withdrawing from the government formation, and developments in the political process in Iraq, and days after Sadr refused to accept his ministers in Business Administration and ministries of the Iraqi List, by proxy.

Al-Sadr announced in 01.31.2013 ministers trend will يتسلموا any position proxy rather than ministers of the Iraqi List retreating, a position won praise from Iraq, but the Minister of Planning of the stream Ali Shukri received the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance Agency, which was run by the leader of the Iraqi List Rafie al-Issawi.

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And former Minister of Transport reveals a number of files, which obliges Kuwait compensate Iraq or waiver of resolution 833

2013/03/18



Called the Iraqi Transport Minister former Iraqi government to open a number of files related to political with Kuwait, including its support for Saddam Hussein's regime during the war eight years, saying that deduction naval base in Umm Qasr would negatively affect the port of Umm Qasr, describing resolution 833 International that violates the law of the sea International
Said Amer Abdul-Jabbar told N. news reporting that the naval base demanding Kuwait annexation annexation resolution 833 is part of the waters of Umm Qasr which adversely affect the territorial waters of Iraq, saying that the above decision violates the international law of the sea within Article 70 "
Abdul-Jabbar said that Kuwait supported the regime of Saddam Hussein with dirty money during his reign and Iraq could open a number of files with the Kuwaiti side in order to reach solutions Ardaúah between the two countries, a concession Kuwait consensual resolution 833 "
Detection and former transport minister on the number of files that can negotiator Iraqi to open them against Kuwait including the Emir of Kuwait late Jaber Al-Sabah was an assassination attempt mid-eighties of the last century has been accused of Kuwait at the time Iran so called morning at the time of Saddam Hussein that avenge him He issued Saddam timely days combat he called on Kuwait and on the track gave Iraq a lot of victims because of demand Prince Kuwait in addition to supporting unlimited by the Kuwaiti government during the Iran-Iraq war funds dirty and buy weapons resulted from liquefaction blood of Iraqis as well as open a file of Halabja, where was buying arms hit Halabja money from the state-backed Kuwait at the time "
He call on the Iraqi government to open these files through negotiations with Kuwait arrive at Ardaúah solutions reached Kuwait to waive consensual resolution 833 "

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