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Maliki: 100 days before the officials to improve basic services Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a meeting he chaired the government extraordinary 27.02.2011 Nazim Yasin After less than two days of popular protests that swept Iraq has set the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to members of his hundred days to improve basic services or face "changes" take place at the end of the timeout. Ras al-Maliki cabinet meeting "extraordinary," which he informed the Minister that he will be after the specified period starting from Sunday, "Assessing the work of the government and individual ministries and see how their success or failure in performance of work assigned to them." According to an official statement that al-Maliki said during the meeting that "changes will be made in the light of the outcome of the evaluation will end," as he put it. It also looked at "ways to combat corruption, stressing the responsibility of each minister what is going on in his ministry before they reach the body integrity" and calling for a "declaration of appointments to public opinion." With regard to violations of freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution, Maliki has said he will investigate "some of the incidents that occurred during demonstrations to hold emitters, whether of the protesters against the security forces or vice versa." He also called for "a change in the sites, which focused the protests, demonstrators, both were in the ministries or local governments or provincial or municipal councils, "according to the text of the statement published on the website of the Iraqi prime minister. Maliki has vowed in a statement issued after the end of the demonstrations on Friday evening that he personally will continue implementation of all the things demanded by the protesters, adding that "there is nothing he objected or Scene of demonstrations Friday, 25 February in Baghdad protested for their dissatisfaction with him in vain," as he put it. Scene of demonstrations Friday, 25 February in Baghdad With regard to the demands of the People's Assembly, referred to the statement issued by the religious authority, Ali al-Sistani on Saturday and called on the government and the House of Representatives to take what he described as "serious and concrete steps to improve public services, especially electricity and the ration card and employment opportunities for the unemployed and to combat corruption in various government departments", as he put it. In an interview made by telephone, said Adviser to the Prime Minister of Iraq for reconstruction Hakki-Hakim al-Maliki that "focuses all its attention on improving basic services to the Iraqi people after they had been busy during the past period the security file, which has seen great improvement ..." "The reconstruction effort is extremely huge, especially if we take into consideration the size of the massive destruction that hit the infrastructure, including electricity, drinking water, roads and bridges and so on during the years of the former regime as were not attributed drinking water, for example, only 8% in some counties and villages .... The amount of money allocated in the investment budgets over the years were not enough as required to solve all these accumulated problems ....." The government's drive to raise the level of basic services comes a week after the Iraqi Council of Representatives approved the budget for the year 2011 value of 82.6 billion dollars of which was allocated $ 25.7 billion of investments. Adoption of the budget has been stalled for several months, is the impact of this delay on the implementation plans for large-scale projects in various fields, particularly to increase power generation? Hakim responded to this question, saying, "Certainly, the delay had a negative impact as it was supposed to discuss the budget and approved by Parliament late last year to begin working out at the beginning of the current year ..... However, the authentication in arrears is a positive step as will initiate the implementation of various projects approved by the Ministry of Planning ....". In response to another question, he explained that the new budget is "the best of all budgets that are set up in previous years by the Iraqi government." For his part, expressed on behalf of Creative Commons, an economist believed that the stalled reconstruction of infrastructure projects needed to improve basic services is not due to a lack of assignments as far as due to "poor management of funds and because many of the provinces have returned the funds allocated in previous budgets .... .. ", as he put it. In an interview made by telephone on Sunday, expressed his belief that the period of (100) days set by Iraqi Prime Minister is not sufficient to improve the services given to the large amount "of old accumulations" that led to the deterioration of infrastructure during the past years. Professor of Journalism at the University of Baghdad, Dr. Hashim Hassan commented on the recent popular protests in the context of an article published on the pages of the newspaper (East) Iraq Sunday under the title (Reflections on the scene of demonstrations), and said: www.al-mashriq.net The demonstrations Friday unveiled "the great importance of pressure and public outcry to grab the rights to which authorities have failed to achieve them, despite going a few years and the waste of large sums of money went to the top and the pockets of corrupt and left the poor people in Oz and need made them so angry. After what happened - and our expectations for what will be - we must have disclosure to maintain the minimum derived from the political consensus and the achievements of security ...." The writer added that the required steps now "instant, but real, not to accommodate people just to secure the services and the isolation of mischief and to facilitate actions in walking transactions, the adoption of modern technology for mass communication that save time and reduce cases of fraud and procedures for the health of the breasts and details of the routine insult to human dignity and wasting his time and the disruption of interests ... " He also expressed his belief that also required "is a radical reform of some articles of the Constitution, particularly with regard to parliament and determine the privileges of members and the abolition of astronomical gap between them and the general public ..", as he put it. With regard to the hundred days deadline set by Maliki's officials in his government would meet the demands of the protesters, said a columnist in an interview made by telephone on Sunday afternoon, "The message of the angry crowd in Tahrir Square in Baghdad and other cities of Iraq, and reached to the concerned authorities ...". For his part, commented lawyer, Hassan Shaban activist in human rights pledges new government of the determination of a time limit to improve basic services, commented, "This time the promises will be closer to the truth of the imagination ...........", as he put it. More details in the audio file , which includes interviews with Iraqi Prime Minister's Advisor for Reconstruction Hakki-wise, the economic expert on behalf of Creative Commons, and Professor of Journalism at the University of Baghdad, d. Hashem Hassan, a lawyer Hassan Shaaban, an activist in human rights.

Karbala: Claims to allocate a share of oil revenues to the citizens In a street in Karbala 22.02.2011 Mustafa Abdul Wahid Called on citizens in Karbala, regardless portion of oil revenues in the form of grants to citizens, particularly poor families and low-income, considering the adoption of such a move by the executive and legislative branches will solve a lot of problems living and economic conditions faced by a large segment of citizens, and contribute to the development of healthy relationship between the state and its citizens . In the opinion of citizens interviewed by Radio Free Iraq that the allocation of part of oil revenues for distribution to citizens in the form of financial grants, a system in place in some Gulf Arab states. He said the citizen Maytham Shammari that "Iraq first to adopt such a system in light of the reserves of the land of great riches," adding that Iraq's resources are not limited to oil, but there are agriculture, tourism and other raw materials which will revive the economy if it did manner of the use of them. In the meantime, criticized the Tigers visual way of abuse of governmental institutions and legislative with the demands of citizens of the many, as it is believed "that government officials still think that what is present them to citizens through the ration card or other donations and gifts and have the citizens of it by introducing", and adds visual "All what is offered to the citizen by the state must be seen as the right of its rights, "adding that" Iraqi citizens need to live in dignity and benefit from the wealth of their country and travel and possess, all of these rights is what needs to be received by the citizens of the state. " Others justified their call for a portion of oil revenues to the citizens, the spread of financial corruption in the country devoted to the difficult access of most citizens of the state services and resources, which they said they go to the gangs, and they called Balvasudain deployed in its institutions. And Ali al-Jarrah said that "A law governing the distribution of part of oil revenues to citizens clearly will slide disadvantaged in society have access to some of the rights of citizenship." LINK

US-Iraqi talks on strengthening the financial sector 23.02.2011 Mohammad Karim Detection by Iraqi government officials for the most Makharjt discussions with Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin to the presence in Baghdad for the period from 12 to 14 February 2011, which had focused mainly on the prospects of expanding the partnership Iraqi-American in the economic sector in all joints such as oil, energy, investment and reform of financial systems and banking and so on as well as the joints of the suffering of these problems. Senior Advisor to the Iraqi government Thamer Ghadhban, who was one of the participants in the talks said in a statement to Radio Free Iraq that the U.S. side expressed its full readiness to provide Almsaap to his Iraqi counterpart in the development and increase the capacity and expertise of professional staff in Iraqi human resources, especially those working in the oil and gas industries, referring to Iraq's request of the Open Academy of the United Alolayayat high oil industries as well as increasing the number of Iraqi students dispatched within the terms of reference oil to American universities with jurisdiction. Central Bank of Iraq, was also one of the participants in the talks with Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, as confirmed Advisor Central appearance of Mohammed Saleh during a press statement to broadcast a free Iraq, the intention of the American side in the near term to open bank senior U.S. permanently in Iraq as well as be shown in preparation for the training of cadres Iraqi banking sector and increase their expertise. As the central bank adviser appearance in favor of the bank, said on the American side that the concerns had been expressed by U.S. officials in earlier times of the growing presence of the Iranian banking within the banking sector of Iraq do not have Meiberrha on the ground, stressing that the existing banking institutions Iranian to Att bank branches as small and limited in number and are subject to strict control by the central implementation of a decision issued by the UN Security Council in this regard and with the central abuse to detract in any way the limits of professional banking Pure. LINK

The board presidency of the Council shall meet in the office of Dr. Suhail Monday, February 21, 2011 Presidency of the Council of Representatives held a meeting in the office of First Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives, Dr. Qusay al-Suhail. A press release said the office of Dr. Suhail said the meeting resulted in a number of agreements on the mechanism of the initial discussion of draft laws that contribute to and help support the Iraqi people and in conformity with the requirements of the stage. For his part, Dr. Suhail on that the next phase will see the legislation of several laws that contribute to alleviating the suffering of the Iraqi citizen. Link

URGENT: ECONOMY / Iraq's 2011 Budget for 96 trillion (t) Iraqi Dinars - (US$85.7 billions ( approx) passed: 2/21/2011 9:51 AM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq's State Budget for 2011 has recorded 96 trillion (t) Iraqi Dinars (US$85.7 billions ( approx), with a deficit of 15 trillion (t) dinars (US$13.4 billion ( approx), along with abolishing of the personal benefits for the country's three leading Presidencies, i.e. the Presidency of the Republic, the Prime Minister's and the Parliament's special allocations, Parliament Speaker, Usama al-Nujeify said on Sunday. "The 2011 Budget has reached 96 trillion (t) Iraqi dinars (US$85.7 billion ( approx), with a deficit of 15 trillion (t) dinar (US$13.4 billion ( approx)," Nujeify told a news conference, attended by Aswat al-Iraq news agency, adding that "the thing that had been noticed about the new budget had been the complete cancellation of the social benefits for the three Presidencies, the supporing of employment, investment, the Rational Card, the development of Iraq's different Regions with allocations deducted from the commissioning allocations, reaching 4% of the budget, i.e. 3 trillion (t) dinars," Nujeify said. The Parliament Speaker pointed out that "the current policy is concentrating on the reduction of commissioning costs, the increase of the investment allocations, along with the financial support for the government's "Rationing Card," contents of which would be distributed fully on all citizens. The Iraqi parliament on Sunday had unanimously approved Iraq’s federal state budget for the year 2011, ending its session to convene on Monday after voting over all items in the budget, an Iraqi legislator said. “Debates over all the items of the 2011 state budget were completed in today’s (Sunday) session,” Ala'a Mikki, a lawmaker from al-Iraqiya bloc, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The Iraqi cabinet had approved in a session on Feb.2 the final draft budget for the year 2011. Ahmed al-Abbasi, a member of the National Alliance, had said on Sunday that the parliament voted over canceling all social benefits for the three top posts – the President, Prime Minister and Parliament Speaker. He said the Pparliament also decided to distribute the 20% surplus from the budget over citizens in the form of grants. LINK

Citizens are demanding lawmakers and ministers to reduce their salaries, just like Maliki Palm - The citizens of the people of Baghdad, the President and the House of Representatives, ministers, parliamentarians and local leaders to reduce their salaries, just like Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and return the other half to the state treasury, as a gesture to prove keen to take care of the poor classes in society, and comes at a time when the House of Representatives bill the financial budget of the Federal Assembly of the country for the year 2011. Ali said support, (32) years of age live in Qahira district of northeast Baghdad, said that regardless of the reasons which has been reduced whereby the prime minister his salary in half, we call upon members of Parliament as representatives of the people as well as ministers and local governments and those with special grades, working to reduce their salaries to half, just like the head of government, in support of the poor and reduce the ceiling of privileges, as long as we have heard for a deficit budget for the current year 2011. He added his support during the intervention that these officials if they decide to reduce their salaries in half or even quarter, will increase people's confidence in them, and keenness on the country we would be more than keen to themselves and their future. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, issued, last Friday, provides a 50% reduction of his monthly salary as head of the cabinet and returned to the state treasury account from the current month, in order to reduce the disparity between salaries of employees in state institutions. As seen Mr. Abu Zeid, (61) years old retired resident district police southwest of Baghdad, that the time has come to reduce the salaries of members of parliament and government, to coincide with the imminent approval of the financial budget, as long as the previously announced three presidencies wish to do so through the media, in addition to a reduction pensions of them, from 80 to 30% or 20%, similar to retirees of the people, including civilians and military personnel. He wondered Magdoy to draw the Prime Minister to reduce his salary by half, while keep the members of his government on salaries high, in the light of events in the Arab countries against the rulers, corruption, hunger, unemployment and lack equal opportunities in employment, must be based parliamentarians and ministers and members of local governments and even the municipality as well as the owners of Degrees for reducing their salaries by half, at least to coincide with the passage of the financial budget. What she said the birth of Saad, (Thelatinip) inhabit Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, we support the direction the members of Parliament demanding the allocation of 15 to 20% of the budget to the people directly from the financial budget, and we encourage those who are withdrawing their salaries in half, as a gesture of good and to promote confidence between the citizen and the official . Saad added that the reduction of the prime minister's salary is not enough, and must do all those responsible reduction, as long as there are people alive poor and downtrodden layers of Iraqi society need to support and assign, and lift them out of extreme poverty in which they live. He called a number of deputies in the National Alliance in the list of free and independent deputies to allocate 20% of oil imports and distribution to the people, directly and in accordance with Article 109, which stipulates that oil and gas belongs to the people. In the opinion of Zulfiqar Ali, (25) years, a vegetable seller in the area of the eastern door in central Baghdad, the demonstrations in Iraq, did not work, as long as we came out of many demonstrations to demand better living conditions and per capita income, did not we hear is promises Simnaha, in the hope that all members of the parliament and the government to reduce their salaries, in support of the poor segments of society. Three thousand people marched two days before in the district of Hamzah south of Diwaniyah, demanding better services and provision of job opportunities, he said Iraqi army source said that security forces dispersed the citizens were preparing to demonstrate in protest against poor service delivery and living in Diwaniya, also seen at intersections and major streets in the city of Nasiriyah Thi-Qar province on the same day a popular demonstration to demand jobs. While and walked around the streets of the city of Kut last Thursday a demonstration in favor of the resolution of the provincial council judge to dismiss the Governor Latif Hamid Blink from office for poor performance in the solidarity of a number of lawyers of Karbala last Thursday with the Egyptian people to demand change, Adin, a step toward freeing the Middle East dictatorships. Ali said do not make use anything from budgets that described Balanfjarip in the past years, so hopefully that is allocated to the poor fraction of the current budget, as long as our oil to us, and I holds a Higher Diploma I did not find a job because I am not supported by party or political movement, I could not marry So far, in the hope that this work was deposited with the work function of a decent, according to the qualifications which I think I can serve my country through them. And sent the Council of Ministers last week, the financial budget for next year to the House of Representatives for approval, according to a statement of the Secretariat of the Council, noting that it includes the development of 172 000 degrees and careers, and the total estimated income of 87 trillion dinars, and expenses for the Faculty of 92 trillion dinars. Link

Iraq's Prime Minister Maliki to visit Kuwait Wednesday, official 2/15/2011 12:20 PM BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, shall start an official visit for Kuwait on Wednesday, to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, the Prime Minister's Media Adviser, Ali al-Moussawi said on Tuesday. The dossier of Iraqi-Kuwait relations comprises a large number of suspended issues, most significant of which are related to the compensations Iraq is paying for Kuwait, due Kuwait's occupation in 1990 and Kuwait's attitude towards Iraq's exclusion from the UN Charter's 7th Article, as well as the drawing of borders between the two countries, along with the issue of the remains of lost Kuwaitis in Iraq. The U.S. Vice-President, Joseph Biden, had told a UN Security Council session on 15/12/2010 that the Council had decided to cancel the penalties, issued against Iraq after its occupation of Kuwait in 1990, whilst Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshiar Zibary, told the same session that "Iraq had a long way to settle its suspended issues with Kuwait." Iraq is under Article 7 of the UN Security Council Resolution No. 678 of 1990, taken after the entrance of the Iraqi Forces in Kuwait in August, 1990, in which the Council allowed the use of armed forces to force Iraq out of Kuwait. Kuwait's Prime Minister, Nasser al-Ahmed al-Subah, had paid an official visit to Baghdad on 12/1/2011, during which he was received in Baghdad International Airport by Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, and conferred with President Jalal Talabani and Parliament Speaker, Usama al-Nujeifi. Link

Iraqi anger is like the wrath of others? Demonstration in Basra - the Archive 07.02.2011 Haider Roa Witnessed a number of provinces in recent days, angry demonstrations. In Basra, demonstrators yellow cards as a warning and called for the overthrow of local government. In Baghdad Protesters wrote a coffin with the word "services". In the meantime, the Prime Minister to give up half the monthly salary while said government spokesman Ali Dabbagh said that the budget approved by the cabinet on Sunday decided to give every Iraqi citizen a $ 13 dollars in compensation for the ration card items missing. Observers considered these actions a quick response to the demands of the demonstrators, who double their rash in terms of services and poor economic conditions and lack of employment opportunities and continued power outages and shortages of drinking water, in addition to the spread of the phenomenon of corruption. While some felt that the wave of Iraqi anger over not much different from similar standards in other Arab countries and the expected protests stronger noted professor of political science at the University of Baghdad, Ali al-Jubouri some points of disagreement and said that the revolutions of others resulting from the lack of legitimacy of political systems, while off protests by Iraqis of different motives altogether and regard specifically government performance and service level. More in the audio file, which contributed to the Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Baghdad, Walid Khaled. My link

Baghdad 07/02/2011 Issawi: Government surveillance of five hundred billion Iraqi dinars to fill in the card Agr winning Altamoinp. Dr. Rafie al-Issawi and Finance Minister during his meeting with the Governor of Baghdad, Salah Abdul-Razzaq The government has allocated an amount of five hundred billion Iraqi dinars to cover the deficit quantitative and qualitative point is in the ration card, Stressing that the ministry will provide all the facilities available to accomplish many of the projects needed by the province of Baghdad by launching Alciolat and financial allocations to the province, and that the ministry is ready to provide all the support of all ministries and provinces to cut the bureaucracy that disruption of the payment mechanism that you need the ministries and provinces. He promised the Minister of Finance to be helpful to all citizens of all segments in the payment of their entitlements and the achievement of their projects. For his part, noted that the Governor and the Minister of Finance Dr. Rafie al-Issawi has revolutionized the Ministry of Finance through facilities provided by the provinces and ministries, and reaching after a deliberation and several meetings to take Decision on the compensation of people affected by terrorism, saluting the minister stressed that the issue would be merely a mechanism to launch the compensation after the ratification of the budget for 2011. Tuesday, February 08 Link

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