Parliament elects "Barham Saleh" as President of the Republic of Iraq

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Parliament hosts a group of ministers on funds not acted by the Iraqi government

 

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The head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Mohammed Halbusi said on Tuesday that the Council will host at its next meeting a group of ministers in the current federal government to discuss the issue of the release of funds allocated to the province of Basra, rich in oil.

"The recommendations will be submitted to the House of Representatives during the next session, which will witness the hosting of the ministers of municipalities, reconstruction, housing, health and water resources in the presence of the governor of Basra and its chairman to discuss the points," Halboussi said at a joint press conference with members of the Presidency of Parliament and the local government. About the province of Basra, which will be presented to them. "

He added that "it was stressed that the failure to launch financial funds for the province of Basra, and the rest of the provinces negatively affect the provision of services to these provinces," echoing saying that "there is a ray to rotate the amounts allocated for the year 2018 to the province of Basra to 2019 to take advantage of these amounts and within the non-return to the treasury The Iraqi state. "

 

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Government and parliamentary positions in Iraq are sold and bought?

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A question has been raised frequently in the Iraqi popular circles about the "sale" of government positions and "buy" the votes of some members of parliament, although the talk about him frequently, the figures were absent and generalization is the master of the situation. 
It is not new. Every Iraqi government group is talking about selling executive positions in Iraq, but in this 2018 electoral cycle, it is not only the executive sites but also the legislative power.

"Al Jazeera Net" received information from one of the deputies who ran for the presidency of the new House of Representatives, but withdrew his candidacy later, according to the acquisition of this MP $ 15 million from one of his rivals to withdraw. According to our sources, "the MP belongs to the Sunni component of his share of the presidency of the Council."

Other MPs received half a million dollars for the move to another bloc, the number of 14 deputies, and all of them, "the transfer of funds to their bank accounts," according to the sources, who declined to be identified.

Between 250 thousand dollars and one million dollars came the price of the voice of a member of parliament in the selection of the Presidency of the current parliament and the next government formation, according to legal expert Jamal Asadi, who spoke to Al Jazeera Net about this phenomenon.

Deals 
There has been a large and wide talk before the election of the Presidency of the new parliament for the existence of "deals" within the political process on the "sale and purchase" the votes of some members of parliament to win their support for a candidate for the presidency.

The legal expert Jamal al-Asadi believes that 2% of the members of the Iraqi parliament are "sold" their votes for money not less than 250 thousand and not more than one million dollars.

The former Iraqi defense minister, leader of the coalition of victory Khalid al-Obeidi wrote in a tweet to him on Twitter after the victory of his rival Mohammed Halbusi, headed by the Iraqi Council of Representatives: "The presidency was bought thirty million dollars by the corrupt family." In reference to the family of Gamal Karbouli belonging to her party (solution) the new parliament speaker Mohamed Halboussi.

The process of "selling and buying" government positions in Iraq is not new. In the governments of Nuri al-Maliki II and Haidar Abadi, whose mandate expired weeks ago, a large number of politicians promoted that the ministries were sold in the two governments for different amounts of money.

Scenes 
Despite the preoccupation of the Iraqi popular circles on the phenomenon of the concerns of life, talk about it is still going on in the corridors of Iraqi politics, as confirmed by the former deputy in the Iraqi parliament Rezan Sheikh.

Rizan talked to the island Net about the existence of ministries in the federal government sold tens of millions of dollars, and pointed out that the reason for this is due to "quotas" that harmed the institutions of the Iraqi state, she said.

Although the former deputy does not have accurate figures on the sales and purchase, it confirms the keenness and "subtlety" of the parties and personalities that deal with this file in the absence of any impact on them.

Political sources, who declined to be identified, spoke of the method of "selling and buying" which is not traditional in paying cash to the seller, but rather the existence of what she called "deals and projects that will be the price instead of cash money."

A second method of operation - according to these sources - is to transfer the agreed amount from the buyer's bank account to the seller's external accounts, usually in Arab capitals such as Oman and Dubai.

Source: Al Jazeera

 

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President Mohammed Al Halbusi receives official invitation to visit Kuwait

 

 

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Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Al-Halbusi received a telephone call from his Kuwaiti counterpart, Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim, congratulating him on his election as Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and complying with the constitutional deadlines set for that.

The two sides discussed the bilateral relations between the two countries to serve the interests of the two brotherly peoples as well as enhancing cooperation in the parliamentary field.

Mr. Al-Ghanim made an official invitation to Mr. Halaboussi to visit Kuwait, and he promised to meet him in due course.

 

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President of the House of Representatives 
September 19, 2018

 

http://ar.parliament.iq/2018/09/19/لرئيس-محمد-الحلبوسي-يتلقى-دعوة-رسمية-ل/

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Wednesday، 19 September 2018 01:04 AM

 

Abadi urges investigating 'violation' against voters in Parliament's ballots

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for investigating the incident of photographing a number of Parliament members while voting for Mohamed al-Halbusi, who became the Parliament Speaker.

MP Magda al-Tamimi earlier asserted that MP Ahmed Abdullah al-Jabouri photographed the vote cards of a number of parliamentarians before putting their cards in the ballot boxes to make sure they elected Halbusi in return for sums of money.

Iraq's Parliament elected Sunni, pro-Iran lawmaker Halbusi as speaker on Saturday, marking an important step towards establishing a new government four months after an inconclusive national election.

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Halabousi to the Ambassador of the European Union: the need to mobilize regional and international efforts to rebuild Iraq

 

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The head of parliament, Mohamed Halboussi, stressed Tuesday the necessity of mobilizing regional and international efforts to rebuild Iraq, while stressing the importance of increasing coordination between the two sides at all levels. 
"The European Union Ambassador congratulated the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the occasion of assuming his duties as head of the legislative authority in the country," the head of the parliament said in a statement received by Mawazine News. "He said. 
"The meeting discussed the latest political developments in Iraq and the region, the relations between Iraq and the European Union, especially at the parliamentary level, and international and regional efforts to support Iraq reconstruction and anti-corruption."
"The need to mobilize the efforts of all regional and international countries for the reconstruction of Iraqi cities destroyed by terrorism and those suffering from lack of services," stressed Halbusi, stressing the importance of the role of the European Union in helping Iraq in all fields. 
For his part, the Ambassador of the European Union, "the role of the Iraqi parliament in strengthening the pillars of the democratic process in the country," pointing to "the importance of increasing coordination between the two sides and at all levels."

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Source: Ambassador of a neighboring country exposes a candidate for prime minister and this will happen in the next parliament session
    
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The newspaper "the new Arab", on Thursday, what will happen in the next parliament session in the absence of agreement on the largest bloc to form a government.

The newspaper quoted a political source as saying (Watan News) that "the failure of the political blocs to agree on a specific name to fill the post of prime minister within a week, meaning the return of inflammatory statements about who is the largest bloc," noting that "the President of Parliament will go in the next session to suffice with election President of the Republic and then consider the session open pending the address of the Federal Court to decide who is the most numerous bloc within the parliament, and this will take some time. 

 

"There is a mood and personality for many things," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"The intervention of one of the ambassadors of the countries of injustice, the maximum name of Ali Abdul Amir Allawi of the list of candidates for the premiership, despite the welcome of several political forces to be considered an economic personality and experience and no problems with any political party in Iraq." Finished 5

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Deputy for "wisdom": suspicions about the new parliament speaker and his supporter!

We will be a strong control on the movements of Halabusi 

 

 

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A member of the House of Representatives for the coalition "wisdom" Ali al-Badiri, on Thursday, that the new parliament speaker Mohammed Halbusi and the supporting body hovering around them a lot of suspicions.

Al-Badairi told Basnews that "Halbusi and the political party supporting him in obtaining the position hovering around them a lot of suspicions about corruption and transactions and others," noting that "we will be a strong control on the work and movements of Halabusi, so as not to tampering or exploitation of the legislative institution And the highest surveillance in the country, "he said.

"The process of buying votes within the parliament was carried out after the performance of the constitutional Yemeni MPs, and therefore find some deputies withdraw from the bloc and go to another block."

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Halabousi: Parliament will play a pivotal role in advancing reform

Editorial Date: 2018/9/20 23:56 • 341 times read

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohamed Halboussi, discussed Thursday with the former President of the Council Mahmoud al-Mashhadani ways and mechanisms to strengthen the legislative and supervisory role of the Council and overcome obstacles.

"The parliament will play a pivotal role in advancing the reform process and evaluating and enhancing the performance of the next government through the enactment of legislation and laws that contribute to building the state of institutions," Al-Halbusi said during the meeting, according to a statement issued by his office, The constitutional benefits are resolved as soon as possible in order to develop integrated plans to strengthen cooperation with the executive authorities and in the interest of the citizen and meet his aspirations. 
For his part, stressed Mashhadani on the need to support the young experience and support young people to take the lead, "noting the" importance of resolving the legislation confirmed by the Constitution, which has not been approved so far, where President Halabousi to the need to take advantage of political history and political experience and experience of those who preceded us in this the field".

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Iranian official: ready to publish communication documents between Larijani and Halbusi

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Halabousi: Parliament will play a pivotal role in advancing reform

22/9/2018 12:00 am  He received an official invitation to visit Kuwait Baghdad / Al-Sabah Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohamed Halbousi called for strengthening the sense of unity, brotherhood and sublimity on the division and differences in the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. He stressed that the formation of the government will be a national Iraqi away from external influences, he stressed that parliament will play a pivotal role in advancing reform and reform The performance of the next government, and Halbusi received an official invitation to visit Kuwait.  According to separate statements to the Information Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Halbusi received a telephone call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated him on his election as Speaker of the Parliament, and discussed the political and security situation of Iraq.  The speaker of the House of Representatives received an official invitation to visit the State of Kuwait. A statement said that "Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Al Halbusi received a telephone call from his counterpart, Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al Ghanim congratulated him on his election as Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives."  Al-Halbusi arrived in Anbar province on Thursday evening and met with its governor and security leaders in the building of the governorate office in downtown Ramadi.

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Halabousi: Parliament will play a pivotal role in advancing reform

 

Good luck to you Mr. speaker time will tell. 

 I don't know how this came out in red.  Oh well.  

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All of this, and Abadi's call for unification and cooperation  is great news. How are they going to deal with the deep state Iraq, IE: all the undermining of Iraq's sovereignty by Iran, whose goal is to keep Iraq weak. With a weak Iraq, Iran can just treat them like a province of Iran and use their territory to ship weapons and proxy troops to all parts currently under their control in the ME. Places like Hezbolla in Lebanon, Yemen, Al Qaeda in Iraq, My question is this, if the GOI is truly going to unify under the lead of reform and construction than what in Gods name are they going to do with Iran and all the back handed games they are trying to playing right in the GOI's face?  Arming Iraqi militias with guns and rockets. Flooding Iraq with Iranian printed counterfeit IQD just so the IQD will never be trusted  by the people. Forcing the GOI to dump a chunk of their USD on the Iraqi market so the Iranians can siphon it all off via Iraqs black market money markets. Thus keeping Iraq weak and under Iran's manipulative control. 

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2 hours ago, new york kevin said:

All of this, and Abadi's call for unification and cooperation  is great news. How are they going to deal with the deep state Iraq, IE: all the undermining of Iraq's sovereignty by Iran, whose goal is to keep Iraq weak. With a weak Iraq, Iran can just treat them like a province of Iran and use their territory to ship weapons and proxy troops to all parts currently under their control in the ME. Places like Hezbolla in Lebanon, Yemen, Al Qaeda in Iraq, My question is this, if the GOI is truly going to unify under the lead of reform and construction than what in Gods name are they going to do with Iran and all the back handed games they are trying to playing right in the GOI's face?  Arming Iraqi militias with guns and rockets. Flooding Iraq with Iranian printed counterfeit IQD just so the IQD will never be trusted  by the people. Forcing the GOI to dump a chunk of their USD on the Iraqi market so the Iranians can siphon it all off via Iraqs black market money markets. Thus keeping Iraq weak and under Iran's manipulative control. 

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2018/09/22 09:32

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Parliament Speaker Mohamed Halboussi arrives in Arbil

 

 

BAGHDAD / The obelisk: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohamed Halabousi, arrived Saturday, September 22, 2018, to the city of Erbil, on an official visit.

"He will meet later with the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani to discuss a number of files, most notably the file to form a government and resolve presidencies," according to media outlets followed by the obelisk.

The visit will take one day as the speaker of the parliament, Erbil, will leave this evening.

This visit is the first of Halaboussi to Erbil since he was elected speaker of parliament on September 15, after receiving in a secret ballot 169 votes out of the total number of 298 deputies.

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After accusing the Iranian media of distortion .. Tehran: the content of the call can be published Halabusi and Larijani

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(Reuters) - Iran is ready to reveal the content of a phone call made by Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammad Halabusi to his Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani on Sunday, the adviser to parliament speaker for international affairs Hussein Abdullahiyan announced Friday. 
The Iranian statements come after Al-Halbusi accused Iranian media of misrepresenting the phone call between him and Larijani regarding his opposition to US sanctions against Iran. 
"We have a voice recording of the phone call between the Iraqi parliament and his Iranian counterpart, in which he confirmed his opposition to the US sanctions," Abdullahi told Iranian media. "Tehran understands that Iraqi politicians are under pressure from the White House."
"The relations between Tehran and Baghdad are strategic, and the White House's pressure on the Iraqi political and parliamentary authorities can not undermine these strong relations," he said, adding that "Mr. Mohamed Halabousi denied part of the content of his telephone conversation with Larijani. 
The official pointed out that the parliamentary relations between Baghdad and Tehran will remain strong at all levels, despite US pressure

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Halabousi arrives in the capital of Kurdistan a few days after his inauguration as speaker of parliament

 

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The head of the Federal Parliament Mohammed Halbusi, Saturday, the city of Arbil to discuss the steps of the next phase of the formation of the Iraqi government and other files.

A source familiar with the Arab NRT said today, 22/22/2018, that the visit of Halobsi to Arbil comes to discuss the political developments with the leaders of the region and cooperation between Baghdad and Kurdistan.

He added that the issue of disputed areas and the post of President of the Republic and the structure of the next government will be one of the most important files that will be discussed by Halbusi with the leaders of Kurdistan in Erbil.

And the political arena is witnessing a wide movement to form the next government, at the time did not disclose the Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Massoud Barzani, the candidate for the post of President of the Republic of Iraq to this moment, pledging to disclose this in the coming hours, while political sources said that US pressure on Barzani To keep Barham Saleh as the sole candidate for the two main Kurdish parties .

 

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2018/09/22 19:11

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Barzani to Deputy Speaker: We look forward to resolving the differences between the center and the region

BAGHDAD / The obelisk: The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, Saturday 22 September 2018, in a telegram sent to the Deputy Speaker of the Second Parliament, Bashir Haddad, the region is looking to resolve the differences between Kurdistan and the federal government.

A statement from Al-Haddad's office, which was followed by the "obelisk", said that "Barzani sent us a letter of congratulations and congratulations on the occasion of your election and you will serve as Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives at its fourth session. In its tasks and leading role in consolidating the bonds of trust and harmony among all Iraqi components through the understanding and joint action of their deputies in the parliamentary blocs with different affiliations in order to achieve the principles of real partnership, balance and political harmony in the Iraqi constitution, and guarantee the rights and aspirations of the constituents. All Iraqi ").

Barzani said, "We look forward to an active role of the House of Representatives elected under your presidency of the Council in its efforts to resolve the outstanding differences between the Kurdistan region and the federal government under the Iraqi constitution, with the aim of achieving mutual trust and mutual understanding to resolve those differences. In order to achieve the rights and establish the foundations of democracy and pluralism and achieve political stability in Iraq, and the good of his people at all times, the living of dignity and prosperity and prosperity.

 

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The agenda of Tuesday's session is without the election of a president

Release date: 2018/9/23 9:37 • 245 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The House of Representatives, the day after tomorrow, its normal session and void its agenda of the election of a President of the Republic.

The table is limited to discussing the formation of permanent committees in the House of Representatives and a general invitation to discuss the situation and provide services in the province of Basra in the presence of ministers of health, municipalities and water resources. " 
The deadline for submitting the names of candidates for the post of President of the Republic ends on the end of the day, , without the resolution and agreement on a specific candidate. 
the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ) was officially nominated Barham Ahmed Saleh for the post of President of the Republic as nominated former MP for the movement for change Kurdistan Sardar Abdullah himself to take over, as announced by MP from the Islamic group, Salim Shaw Kyi, his candidacy for the presidency, also announced Professor Kurdish Faili, Kamal Aziz Mohammad Qituli, his candidacy for the post. 
Nominated Iraqi ambassador to the Vatican , Omar Barzanji -alcarda for the position originally - .
And increased the list of candidates for the presidency of the Kurdish parties from another candidate, MP Sarwa Abdul Wahid for the new generation movement, but the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani did not announce his candidate to this moment, but confirmed his intention to nominate a candidate.

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The agenda of the next parliament session does not include the election of the President of the Republic

 

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The Presidency of the Council of Representatives announced on Sunday the agenda of the second session of parliament scheduled for Tuesday, September 25,  and did not touch on the agenda of the meeting until the election of the President of the Republic .

According to a document issued by the Authority, today, September 23, "the agenda of the session next Tuesday, including a discussion on the formation of permanent committees in the House of Representatives ."

The table also includes a general invitation to discuss the situation and provide services in the province of Basra in the presence of ministers of health, housing, reconstruction, municipalities and water resources .

According to article 37 first, the Presidency prepares the agenda of the House of Representatives weekly in coordination with the heads of the relevant committees and distributes it or informs the members before the first weekly meeting at least two days.

It is also not permissible to present any topic that has not been included in the agenda and discussed it except with the approval of the majority of the members present. The agenda items are discussed in the sequence shown in the table and no new paragraph is discussed until the discussion of the previous paragraph has been completed. To postpone its consideration to a second meeting .

No item relating to the election of the President of the Republic has been received, but the absence thereof does not mean postponement.

It is worth mentioning that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohamed Halboussi, lifted the first session of Parliament to Tuesday, September 25, after the election of the Presidency.

 

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Deputy: Parliament will host the ministers of health and water resources next Tuesday

 

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Deputy MP for the coalition of Abbas Aliawi, on Sunday, the hosting of the House of Representatives and the Ministers of Health and Water Resources to discuss projects on the province of Basra and listen to what has been completed during the last few years, pointing out that the meeting will discuss the distribution of deputies to the Standing Committees in accordance with competence and eligibility parliamentary.

"The House of Representatives will host next Tuesday the Ministers of Health and Water Resources for their discussion on projects in the province of Basra, while listening to what has been achieved during the past period."

He added that "the agenda will include discussion of the distribution of deputies to the Standing Committees in accordance with the terms of reference and parliamentary benefits," stressing that "the Council is determined to expedite the formation of the Finance and Legal Committees to request the Prime Minister on approval of the supplementary budget for the current year." Ending / 25

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47 minutes ago, Butifldrm said:

The agenda of the next parliament session does not include the election of the President of the Republic

 

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The Presidency of the Council of Representatives announced on Sunday the agenda of the second session of parliament scheduled for Tuesday, September 25,  and did not touch on the agenda of the meeting until the election of the President of the Republic .

According to a document issued by the Authority, today, September 23, "the agenda of the session next Tuesday, including a discussion on the formation of permanent committees in the House of Representatives ."

The table also includes a general invitation to discuss the situation and provide services in the province of Basra in the presence of ministers of health, housing, reconstruction, municipalities and water resources .

According to article 37 first, the Presidency prepares the agenda of the House of Representatives weekly in coordination with the heads of the relevant committees and distributes it or informs the members before the first weekly meeting at least two days.

It is also not permissible to present any topic that has not been included in the agenda and discussed it except with the approval of the majority of the members present. The agenda items are discussed in the sequence shown in the table and no new paragraph is discussed until the discussion of the previous paragraph has been completed. To postpone its consideration to a second meeting .

No item relating to the election of the President of the Republic has been received, but the absence thereof does not mean postponement.

It is worth mentioning that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohamed Halboussi, lifted the first session of Parliament to Tuesday, September 25, after the election of the Presidency.

 

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Go figure, them buffoons will milk this to the bitter end. 

[Butifldrm]

1 hour ago, WheresmyRV? said:

Go figure, them buffoons will milk this to the bitter end. 

 

I think they should get paid only on the success of the Laws they pass. 

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1 hour ago, WheresmyRV? said:

Go figure, them buffoons will milk this to the bitter end. 

Amazing...currently over 4 months and ticking, (1/3 of a year has now passed)!! It shouldn’t surprise me...all my dealings with (mostly military personnel) from Turkey, Egypt, Iraq and Afghanistan I have learned this...a majority have one thing in common...”no sense of urgency”...Iraq is currently proving my point!!!🇺🇸

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12 minutes ago, Butifldrm said:

 

I think they should get paid only on the success of the Laws they pass. 

Agreed!🇺🇸👍

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Sunday، 23 September 2018 11:03 AM

 

Halbusi calls to ensure Christians rights, reconstruct liberated areas

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Newly elected pro-Iran Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbusi

Newly elected pro-Iran Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbusi asserted on Sunday the necessity to preserve the rights of Christians and the reconstruction of their liberated areas in accordance with values of co-existence.

Halbusi has visited the Chaldean Patriarchate in Baghdad, in which he met with Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, the media office of the Parliament said in a statement.

Patriarch Sako praised Halbusi’s visit and congratulated him on winning the election as Speaker of Parliament.

Halbusi asserted "the importance of ensuring the rights of Christians," calling to launch an urgent national campaign for the reconstruction of their liberated areas and to ensure a safe return of displaced families.

Moreover, Halbusi praised the "patriotic stand of Christians in Iraq against terrorism that tried to tear down the national fabric," stressing that "this is not uncommon for Christians as active component and partners in rebuilding the country."

Halbusi also called for unifying regional and international efforts to reconstruct Iraqi cities that lack services.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/31637/Halbusi-calls-to-ensure-Christians-rights-reconstruct-liberated-areas