Parliamentary power: Kurds did not provide a convincing justification for non-commitment to pay oil money

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Kurdistan region welcomes the formation of joint committees to pay the salaries of its employees

 Baghdad / Range 
 

The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, the message of President Fuad Masum and the statements of his deputies Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi on the relations between Erbil and Baghdad, "positive", the renewed desire of the region to resume dialogue with Erbil.

After months of stalemate in the crisis between the federal government and the Kurdistan region, government sources revealed to the (range), last week, the calls for committees from the region to visit Baghdad and negotiate some files. 
And continued indicators of détente with the acceptance of Baghdad to send salaries of some of the ministries of the region, and the latter acceptance of auditing the statements of his staff by the federal government committees. 
"If Baghdad is ready to start dialogue, we are also ready," the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) president told a news conference following Thursday's provincial government meeting. On the positions of the last prime minister, Barzani said, "We will respond to Abadi's statements on oil and gas issues with data and figures. Unfortunately, Abadi's statements about oil and gas are not true."
The head of the regional government addressed Abadi by saying "to sit down and speak with all transparency on all issues." "If the prime minister really thinks of Kurdish citizens, I wonder why he has not yet achieved what is happening in the area of Tuzkurmato?" 
Barzani said, "The Constitution has clarified our duties and rights at the border crossings, and on this basis we will engage with Baghdad." He considered that "the issue of airports has become a pressure on the citizens in the Kurdistan region, and announced our readiness to sit and dialogue to resolve the problem of airports." 
Abadi said in his weekly conference, "We have no problem in communicating with the region. A military committee has reached a high level, conducted discussions and reached conclusions, but the region has not been able to implement them so far."
The prime minister said, "There is an agreement on governmental contacts in the technical and professional aspects. The politician will be at a later stage. I have no objection to a political meeting and I have directed the concerned ministries a while ago, especially in terms of money, oil, water resources and citizens' rights." 
And on the initiative of the President of the Republic to launch dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil, Barzani said that "the message sent by the President of the Republic, as well as the statements of al-Maliki and Allawi, we see positive steps." "We appreciate and welcome Mr. Maliki's statements to reach solutions to the problems between Erbil and Baghdad." 
On the situation in Kirkuk, the head of the regional government said: "We are concerned about new Arabization campaigns, and this is not in the interest of Iraq and the interest of Kurdistan, because starting Arabization again in this way will generate instability and we will not reach a solution.
In the meantime, announced the Kurdistan Regional Government, on Thursday, that the provision of salaries will be a priority for its tasks for the next year 2018. 
The Presidency of the Government of the Territory, in a statement seen by (range), "The Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan region held a meeting under the chairmanship of Nechirvan Barzani," noting that " The meeting discussed conditions and developments between the Kurdistan region and Baghdad and the work of the competent committees between the federal governments and the region formed by the federal government to discuss the issue of airports and crossings and borders and request lists of salaries of the ministries of education and health of the region. 
The government welcomed the region according to the statement "the initiative of the Iraqi government to form committees and intention to pay salaries in the Kurdistan region and asked for lists of salaries of the Ministries of Education and Health." "Dialogue and joint meetings are the right way to address problems according to the constitution," she said.
"The Kurdistan Regional Government," its readiness to provide all information and lists of salaries in the Kurdistan region on the basis of the biometric system of the relevant authorities in the federal government, "stressing that" the provision of salaries will be one of the priorities of the tasks of the provincial government for the next year 2018 and welcome any step contribute to the provision of salaries and financial dues to the Kurdistan Region According to the constitution. "

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The formation of a joint committee between Erbil and Baghdad to audit the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region

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A member of the Joint Commission between Erbil and Baghdad, which is set up to audit the salaries of employees of two ministries in the Kurdistan region, revealed that the committee will begin its work in Baghdad next week. 

The General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to form a joint committee to audit the salaries of employees of the ministries of health and education in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

The committee is composed of seven members, five of them representing the federal government, and two members of the Kurdistan Regional Government. 

"The work of auditing the salaries of the Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan region will end within the next two days," said Vian Mohammed, a member of the committee, adding that the committee will start its work in Baghdad next week. 

The committee includes Qassem Annayat, the deputy minister of planning and the head of the committee, Tarek Ali al-Ani, member of the advisory board, and Nayef Samer Hassan, director general of planning in the Federal Ministry of Education; Hana Ahmed Ghazi, director general of administrative affairs in the Federal Ministry of Education; In the Federal Ministry of Health, and Fayin Hussein, Director General of Planning in the Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan region, and Yusuf Osman, Director of Planning in the Ministry of Education in the region.

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30-12-2017 12:33 PM

With their blessing .. American newspaper: Abadi violates the Constitution

 

 

 

The newspaper 'Washington Times' US Prime Minister Haider Abadi, violates the Iraqi Constitution and mistreatment of the Kurds, and this is to end, asserting that US Secretary of State Rex Tilerson, announced recently that his country will stand with the Kurds in their efforts to implement the Iraqi constitution Fully implemented . 

The newspaper said in a report: 'The recent years have witnessed a repeated violation of the Iraqi constitution, which encouraged the Kurds to demand secession and hold a referendum on the 25 of last September, and it is true that Washington and other countries stood in the face of the referendum and rejected the independence of Kurdistan and its separation from Iraq, Abadi calls today to respect the Iraqi constitution '.

The newspaper said that the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, declared that if Baghdad and the international community want a stable Iraq, Baghdad must fulfill all its obligations and implement the articles of the Iraqi constitution .

If Baghdad followed the Iraqi federal constitution, the Kurds would have the right to hold a referendum on independence, and if the last wave of protests was to be avoided, Washington would have to inform the Iraqi side of the need to stop the Kurdish 'repression' and also implement the constitution .

Article 131 of the Iraqi constitution stipulates that Kurds have a right to a fair share of Iraq's revenues and that the Iraqi government is obliged to finance the Peshmerga responsible for protecting its areas .

However, the government of Iraq not only cut off funds and sent weapons to the Peshmerga forces to fight the terrorist 'Da'ash' organization, but also refused to send monthly salaries to civil servants in the Kurdistan region, forcing the Kurds to rely on their oil to cover their expenses .

Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution states that persons who have been deported or expelled from Kirkuk and other disputed areas should be returned to their homes and compensated by the Iraqi government. The Iraqi constitution also called for a referendum to determine the future of these areas by December 31, 2007. However, none of this happens, but the Prime Minister of Kurdistan calls for dialogue .

As for the Kurds, Kirkuk is the 'heart of Kurdistan'. During the rule of Saddam Hussein, a demographic change took place in the city which led to the expulsion of the Kurds from it. It is no longer a multi-ethnic city, as it was only after the Kurds took control of the city .

However, after the Iraqi government took control of Kirkuk again after the referendum in Kurdistan, assassinations targeted Kurds in the city, and others were threatened and raped their homes, which prompted many of them to leave, according to the newspaper .

Kurds feel marginalized and unequal. Even when the Iraqi prime minister delivered a victory speech on 'Da'ash', he did not mention the role of the Peshmerga forces, which the Kurds considered an insult to them, the paper says .

 

The American newspaper calls for Abadi to review his policies towards his Kurdish citizens and start a meaningful dialogue with the regional government, because he is constantly refusing dialogue and intransigence. Any future demands of the Kurds for separation from Iraq will be justified .

[nannab]

More pressure is needed to have Abadi comply with his own constitution, which is sad.

Good morning Yota and DV.

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Kurdish official: Closing the border between Kurdistan and Iran caused a loss of 2.5 billion dollars

 

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Alsumaria News / Baghdad revealed in the province of parliament , a member of the Kurdistan Hashmat GodFlahatbahh, that the closure of the border with Iran , causing a loss of $ 2.5 billion.  "The closure of Iran's border with the Kurdistan region of Iraq has cost 2.5 billion dollars," he said, adding that "the border closure has cost Iran a lot."  For his part, the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Mines and Agriculture in Kermanshah Kivan Kashfi called on the officials concerned to "take measures and reopen the closed border crossings as soon as possible as the closure led to the loss of about 3,000 jobs."     He added that "exports and transit through the border crossing with Kurdistan up to 3 billion dollars a year," adding that "the closure will negatively affect the country's exports in general."  After the Kurdistan region held a referendum on secession in September, Iran closed its borders at the request of the Iraqi government.  The local official in the Haj Omran area in Kurdistan , Iraq said last week that he did not take any formal decision to reopen the checkpoint Haj Omran border, although the Iranian authorities announced earlier that the gate will be returned to open soon.

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3 conditions for payment of salaries of employees of Kurdistan

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3 conditions for payment of salaries of employees of Kurdistan

 

30-12-2017 01:48 PM

 

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Sources close to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the latter set three conditions for approving the payment of salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region. 

The source said that the first condition, which was developed by Abadi, is to hand over the border crossings with Turkey and Iran to the federal government, noting that the second condition is the approval of the region to hand over 250,000 barrels of crude produced by the Federal Oil Ministry, to export. 
The source added that the third condition is to delete the phantom names from the payrolls handed over by the provincial government to Baghdad.

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A joint committee between Baghdad and Erbil begins auditing salaries of two ministries in the region

 

 From 2017-12-30 at 13:18 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

Next week, the joint committee between Baghdad and Erbil, working in the capital Baghdad to check the salaries of employees of two ministries in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

The General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to form a joint committee to audit the salaries of employees of the ministries of health and education in the Kurdistan Regional Government.

The committee includes seven members, five of them representing the federal government, and two members of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

"The work of auditing the salaries of the Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan region will end within the next two days," said Vian Mohammed, a member of the Committee in a press statement, "Mawazin News" on Saturday that "the committee will begin its work in Baghdad next week."

The committee includes Qassim Attiyah, the Deputy Minister of Planning and the head of the committee; Tarek Ali Alani, a member of the Advisory Committee; Nayef Samer Hassan, director general of planning at the Federal Ministry of Education; Hana Ahmed Ghazi, Director General of Administrative Affairs, In the Federal Ministry of Health, and Fayin Hussein, Director General of Planning in the Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan region, and Yusuf Osman, Director of Planning in the Ministry of Education in the region.

This comes at a time when the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan region, on Saturday, the bill to reform salaries, pensions and allowances.

"The draft law consists of 20 articles for reform in the areas of salaries of employees and retirees," said Amang Rahim, secretary of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region in a statement read / Mawazin News / a copy of it, "The bill was approved by the Kurdistan Regional Government, Issued by the Council of Ministers No. 129 ".

He added that "the draft law will be passed to the Parliament of Kurdistan for the purpose of voting on it," noting that "the law after the vote is due to enter into force during the first 90 days of the new fiscal year 2018."

The spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, Saad al-Hadithi said that "the technical committees of the government invited the technical committees of the Kurdistan Regional Government to discuss the management of the border file as well as the aspect of salaries of employees of Kurdistan."

The Kurdistan Regional Government has confirmed on Thursday its readiness to provide the concerned authorities in the federal government with the required information and figures and the list of employees of the Kurdistan region under the biometric system. "Securing the salaries of Kurdistan region employees will be a priority for the government in 2018," he said.

The local government in the region, after a meeting held under the chairmanship of Najran Barzani, expressed readiness to "receive any initiative or step to secure salaries and financial benefits to the Kurdistan region by constitutional means."

"We started paying the salaries of the water resources workers in the region and we have an audit of the salaries of education and health in the region," Abbadi said at his last weekly conference.

He added that the Ministry of Finance was assigned to go to the region to check the salaries of all employees.

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, has pledged repeatedly over the past few years, the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region.

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Iran: We lost 2.5 billion by closing our borders with Kurdistan

 

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Shafak News / MP in the Iranian parliament Hishmat God peasant Bishah that the closure of the country's borders with the Kurdistan Region caused losses to Iran worth 2.5 billion dollars.

According to the website of the Financial Tribune, the peasant Peisha explained that "after the Kurdistan region to vote yes overwhelming in the referendum last September, Iran closed its borders at the request of the Iraqi government."

He added that Iran is losing as a result of the punitive action because Turkey quickly replaced Iranian products in Kurdistan, noting that "closing the border cost Iran a lot."

It is noteworthy that the recent mass demonstrations in Iranian cities such as Mashhad, Kermashan, Senandj and others, as a result of the deterioration of the economic situation.

 

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On its own ... Newspaper reveals that the recent talks between the federal government and Talabani's party "failed" and the reason !!

30-12-2017 02:04 PM    

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Saudi Arabia's Okaz newspaper said in a report that recent talks on the future of Kirkuk between representatives of the Iraqi government and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by late Jalal Talabani, have failed because of differences. 

The newspaper quoted the Iraqi sources described as credible, saying that 'the Iraqi government rejected proposals submitted by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan on the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil'. 

The sources said that 'all the proposals made by the delegation of Kurdistan, who arrived in Baghdad yesterday, on the situation in the province of Kirkuk rejected by the federal government indicating that the federal government informed the delegation that it will not back down any of its decisions concerning the Kurdistan region. 

"The Iraqi government stressed that 'the decisions taken by Parliament and the judiciary are binding, and that any talk about the current situation requires commitment to the decisions of the parliament and the government and the Federal Court'.

The sources said that 'the Kurdish delegation, which included deputies from Kirkuk, and a member of the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Rizkar Ali, a member of the leadership of the National Union Khaled Shawani, asked the federal government more time on the issue of Kirkuk and the rest of the disputed areas, Of the negotiations.

 

http://www.baghdadnews.info/index.php?page=article&id=29935

[Jaygo]

This can’t be good 

[davis411]

Uhhhh

[Jaygo]

Just now, davis411 said:

Uhhhh

 

Exactly what I was thinking! 

[davis411]

Maybe just smoke

they are there waiting to announce on the big screens 

and then toast to the rv

[TexasMike1958]

50 minutes ago, Butifldrm said:

On its own ... Newspaper reveals that the recent talks between the federal government and Talabani's party "failed" and the reason !!

30-12-2017 02:04 PM    

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Saudi Arabia's Okaz newspaper said in a report that recent talks on the future of Kirkuk between representatives of the Iraqi government and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by late Jalal Talabani, have failed because of differences. 

The newspaper quoted the Iraqi sources described as credible, saying that 'the Iraqi government rejected proposals submitted by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan on the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil'. 

The sources said that 'all the proposals made by the delegation of Kurdistan, who arrived in Baghdad yesterday, on the situation in the province of Kirkuk rejected by the federal government indicating that the federal government informed the delegation that it will not back down any of its decisions concerning the Kurdistan region. 

"The Iraqi government stressed that 'the decisions taken by Parliament and the judiciary are binding, and that any talk about the current situation requires commitment to the decisions of the parliament and the government and the Federal Court'.

The sources said that 'the Kurdish delegation, which included deputies from Kirkuk, and a member of the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Rizkar Ali, a member of the leadership of the National Union Khaled Shawani, asked the federal government more time on the issue of Kirkuk and the rest of the disputed areas, Of the negotiations.

 

http://www.baghdadnews.info/index.php?page=article&id=29935

 

Which is it......  The title of the thread says Kurdish government accepts Baghdad's conditions to end dispute.  Now this says something totally opposite.  Which is it????

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4 minutes ago, TexasMike1958 said:

 

Which is it......  The title of the thread says Kurdish government accepts Baghdad's conditions to end dispute.  Now this says something totally opposite.  Which is it????

not sure

on hold

trying to get abadi on the line right now

 

just listening to camal tunes while i wait on the phone for him to verify

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Deputy: salaries of health and education in Kurdistan will be sent by this date

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The decision of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives Ahmad Haji Rashid, on Sunday, that the salaries of employees of the ministries of health and education in the Kurdistan region will be sent after the New Year.

Rachid expressed his conviction that the request of the federal government to send payrolls of employees of the ministries of health and education is to be audited, noting that the salaries of employees of the ministries will be sent after the New Year and after the completion of audits, according to the site of Khandan Kurdish.

It is noteworthy that the ministries of health and education in the province of Kursdtan continues to prepare lists of salaries of its employees for delivery to the joint committee between Erbil and Baghdad, which was formed to audit the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region.

 

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Government of Kurdistan decides to reduce the salaries of the Ministry of Higher Education

DECEMBER 31, 2017 | 3:04 PM

Government of Kurdistan decides to reduce the salaries of the Ministry of Higher Education

 

BAGHDAD / An official source in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Sunday that the latter had issued a decision to reduce the salaries of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the region.

"The decision was part of the salary reform project approved by the provincial government yesterday," the source told the Baghdadiya News.

He added that "the decision includes a reduction in the allocation of full-time study for postgraduate students, except for teachers and repeaters continuing their work in the universities of Kurdistan."

[nannab]

Now if KRG reduces their own salaries on top of this they might get somewhere. 

[bkeiller]

Abadi has been fairly consistent at pushing the rule of law. As we know, there is more to this issue than many of these superficial propaganda pieces are touting.

 

This is the key condition that will likely take longer to audit due to the Barzani clan and friends' racketeering:

 

The source added that the third condition is to delete the phantom names from the payrolls handed over by the provincial government to Baghdad.

 

I think the Constitutional issues are easily offset by holding the Kurdish clans' leadership directly responsible for any fraud. Lock 'em all up with Mailiki and the other fraudsters. And move the f*** on.

 

["Fred"]

2 hours ago, nannab said:

Now if KRG reduces their own salaries on top of this they might get somewhere. 

Every person who works for the governments around the world but especially here in our own fine country needs to take a pay cut,you see what these clowns are making with full benefits and full retirement for a do nothing job well most of us working class folk who actually go to work everyday and bust our butts just to pay the bills and maybe lucky enough to have money for peanut butter and bacon sandwich’s for lunch while politicians are having lobster. Hopefully things will change for all of us in 2018. Happy New Years everyone 😀

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Iraqi Deputy: The atmosphere is ideal for dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil

He pointed to a large parliamentary movement soon ...

 

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The Iraqi deputy said, about the «great mobility» will get in the House of Representatives soon in the context of preparation for the elections, indicating that the consensus in parliament in this regard will not be only to resolve the crisis with the Kurdistan Region, considering that the atmosphere in Baghdad is now «ideal» for dialogue with Erbil.

"The current days are ideal for the dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil, especially with the positive messages sent by the parties through side talks or through the media," Salim al-Musallamawi, a member of the Iraqi parliament, told the National Alliance in media statements on Sunday. .

The Kurdistan Regional Government has welcomed the initiative of Iraqi President Fuad Masum, which called for the start of an urgent dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil, as well as the statements of Vice President Iyad Allawi and Nuri al-Maliki, without Baghdad to date to any practical steps in this area.

Al-Musallamawi added that «great mobility will happen during the remainder of the life of the House of Representatives for the preparation of the elections, and this means that the blocks will discuss and dialogue and try to find the participants, and it will not only settle the crisis with the Kurdistan Region».

The Iraqi MP pointed out that «the countries of the world, including the countries of the region look at the Iraqi political situation with concern after the success of the security side, and therefore is a challenge imposed on the parties to resolve the problems in a timely manner».

The Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani has recently confirmed at a press conference in Erbil, that the government of the Territory is committed to dialogue with the Government of Baghdad on the basis of the Constitution to resolve all controversial issues, but "we have repeatedly said that we are ready for dialogue .. Perhaps citizens are tired of the frequent repetition of that "Today, too, we reaffirm our readiness for dialogue."

The relations between Baghdad and Erbil witnessed great tension in the wake of the self-determination referendum in the Kurdistan region on 25 September last, which was supported by the vast majority of the Kurdistanians, which was met by the Iraqi government with a series of punitive measures such as blockade and closure of airports and reached the end of the military attack on the Peshmerga forces in Kurdish areas Outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region, including Kirkuk and Tuzkhurmatu.

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Hakim and Abadi emphasize the need to adopt dialogue to resolve the crisis in Kurdistan

 

 From 2017-12-31 at 17:03 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The head of the National Alliance Ammar al-Hakim and Prime Minister Haider Abadi, on Sunday, the need to adopt dialogue to resolve the crisis with the Kurdistan region.

A statement by the Office of the President of the National Alliance received / Mawazin News, a copy of that "Hakim met with Prime Minister Haider Abadi today, and discussed with him the latest political and security situation and the upcoming elections, where it was stressed the need to adhere to the constitutional timing and the elections on time and the importance of providing elements Success of the electoral process ".

The statement added, "It was also stressed the need to return displaced persons to their areas after securing their needs and provide services in their areas, was also stressed the need for constructive dialogue based on the Constitution and the law to resolve the outstanding issues with the Kurdistan region."

The statement pointed out that "the provision of services to all the Iraqi people was an important focus in the meeting, where the emphasis was placed on the diligent work of all Iraqi state institutions, especially service to provide services to the people of Baghdad beloved, especially the Karrada area, which is an important economic center.

For his part, said Ammar, according to the statement, "The next phase of the construction and reconstruction and services, and the need to witness a victory of service to strengthen our military, political and societal victories."

The Iraqi security forces entered the province of Kirkuk on Monday (October 17, 2017), while taking control of government headquarters and oil fields that were run by the federal government before 2014. Ended 29 / 9P

 

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01-01-2018 01:29 PM

Baghdad is preparing to end the presence of the Peshmerga five administrative units in Nineveh

 

 

 

The deputy of Nineveh province Abdul Rahman al-Loizi, on Monday, the start of security operations in the remaining five areas of the province by the Peshmerga forces, noting that the visit of Iraqi Army Chief of Staff General Staff Othman Ghanmi to Turkey and the announcement of the local administration of the PKK, . 

 "Five administrative units - Qush, Shikhan, Kuwair, Dabkeh and Al-Faruq area north of Nineveh - are still under the authority of the Kurdistan region, despite security operations launched by joint operations, " al-Loisi said in a press statement .

"The visit of the chief of staff of the Iraqi army, Lieutenant General Osman al-Ghanmi to Turkey, and the announcement by the local administration of the PKK in the Qandil mountains will speed up security operations, especially that Turkey is deeply concerned by these moves, " he said.

 

"The government feels the futility of negotiations with the Kurdistan region, especially with Arbil's insistence not to cancel the referendum on separation and non-delivery of airports and border crossings and the return of displaced people to their areas and therefore preparing to end the presence of Peshmerga forces and return to the borders of March 19, 2003. "

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Expectations to postpone the negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil

• Copy: Paper - InternationalMonday, 1 January 2018 (00:00 - GMT)

Last Updated: Monday, 1 January 2018 (00:00 GMT)Erbil - Bassem Francis 

A Kurdish deputy has ruled out direct negotiations between the governments of Erbil and Baghdad ahead of the general election in mid-May, while the Kurdish government has approved a bill that would return more than 100 billion dinars to the public treasury as part of reform steps to overcome its worsening financial crisis.

A joint committee of the two governments will begin next week to audit the salaries of two Kurdish ministries that Baghdad will release later, days after a wave of angry protests in the eastern and southern regions of Kurdistan to protest the salary crisis.

The deputy in the Iraqi parliament, leader of the Kurdish Islamic Group, Zana Rostai, told «life», that «changes in the position of the government of Abadi towards the region, comes against the backdrop of pressure, including the angry protests in the region recently on the salary crisis, The Kurds are pressing for the disbursement of salaries, especially in the ministries of services, which do not have a lot of doubts about the existence of corruption in the lists of employees of the ministries of health and education ».

He pointed out that «Abadi refuses so far to start dialogue, and it appears that through this step is trying to avoid direct deal with the government of the Territory». He added: «We have already called as Kurdish blocs to be paid salaries of ministries that are not questionable in their regulations, to be scrutinized and investigate the regulations that are plagued by corruption in other ministries».

Roastai said that all indicators indicate that negotiations will continue until the Iraqi elections in mid-May, because Baghdad is still insisting on its stated conditions to implement the constitution (handing over the crossings and airports and officially announcing the cancellation of the results of the referendum held by the Kurds for separation), while Erbil refuses to impose preconditions And believes that the application of the Constitution must be dialogue. " He felt that «the government of the region lost its weight, the former, especially after the withdrawal of the movement of change and the Islamic Group of them, and this is what made Baghdad speak the formula of the strong party».

"The visit comes within the framework of partisan relations, but it will further weaken the already weak Kurdish position and will not have the desired weight," said Rostai. In dealing with Baghdad, while there should be prior coordination and a clear and specific agenda agreed upon by all before going into such visits ».

The Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Parliament of the region Ali Hama Saleh that «he has important and good information about the payment of salaries in 2018», speaking of «a check in the lists of names are underway».

In addition, the Directorate of Education «Char Bazir», it «prepared the regulations of salaries of its employees according to the ceiling of salaries before the introduction of mandatory savings system and the decision to reduce salaries (in force two years ago)», noting that «the federal government requested the said regulations, For the month of January ».

The decision of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Ministers Mohammed Haji Rashid that «the federal government decided to pay the salaries of the Ministries of Education and Health after the New Year holiday».

The Kurdish government began its first reform steps to reduce the consequences of its worsening financial crisis on the decline of public revenues, with the federal government control of oil wells in the disputed areas between the two sides and impose a ban on airports in the region.

"The government has ratified a draft law consisting of 20 articles for reform in the areas of salaries of employees and retirees, will be passed to the parliament of Kurdistan for a vote, to enter into force within 90 days," the secretary of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kurdistan Amang Rahim said in a statement.

According to the project, the government will be able to recover more than 100 billion dinars to the public treasury, after regulating salaries and cleanse of violations and suspicions of corruption, and reduce the salaries and allowances of officials and retire high grades.

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of the Presidency of the Republic talks about developments "very close" to resolve the crisis in Baghdad - Kurdistan

 

 

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Shafaq News / The Presidency of the Republic of Iraq on the developments and movements file resume dialogue between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region. 

The source told an official in the presidency of the twilight News that the presidency "received positive responses from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi and Kurdistan Regional Government President Najirvan Barzani on an initiative put forward by President Fuad Masum." 

"Very soon there will be developments in this file." Without giving further details. 

"The role of the United Nations in this dialogue will be limited to providing technical advice, not dialogue, and the international community's concern for this dialogue may mean internationalizing the issue," said the source, who asked not to be named. 

The relationship between Baghdad and Arbil, already tense because of the accumulation of previous differences. The rise of Kurdistan to hold a referendum on independence from Iraq political dispute.

After that, Baghdad began to impose a ban on international flights to and from the region after his administration refused to hand over Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports to the Iraqi government. 

Baghdad threatened that it would do whatever it takes to impose federal powers on the territory. 

He called on the region on more than one occasion the Iraqi government to conduct dialogue under international supervision to resolve the problems. However, Kurdish officials believe that Baghdad is not conducive to dialogue.

 

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