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

[yota691]

Barzani: If Baghdad is ready for dialogue, we are ready

Date Posted       28/12/2017 01:52 PM

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, Arbil ready to start dialogue, with Baghdad. Barzani said Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's comments on oil and gas were incorrect and the region would respond with data and figures. Barzani said that the statements of Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi, a positive step to reach solutions to the problems between Erbil and Baghdad, praising at the same time the message sent by President Fuad Masum. Barzani pointed out that the start of Arabization in some areas will lead to instability and deteriorating conditions in these areas, stressing that the issue of airports has become a pressure on the citizens in the region, saying that Baghdad was unable to impose its authority on Najaf airport. The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government stressed the need to determine the day to hold elections in the region, explaining that the Kurds will dialogue with Baghdad in accordance with constitutional duties and rights.

[10 YEARS LATER]

What I tell ya, huh ! 52 Shades of Ready for Dialogue. . . Gotta talk it to death first incrementally, then somewhere down the the line they actually set about in a Face to Face. It's a Soap Opera ain't it.

 

TY Yota - at least its forward momentum.

[Butifldrm]

Oh Shiite!

 

international monetary economy warns Baghdad to reduce the share of Kurdistan and threatens to cut aid

 

 Twilight News    

 

 6 hours ago

 

 

"The International Monetary Fund will resort to cut its aid for Iraq in the event of non-commitment to grant the Kurdistan Region share of the general budget according to the number of its population.

The decision of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi House of Representatives Ahmad Haji Rashid in an interview with the Voice of America, that despite this request, but is likely not subject to it, likely not to approve the Iraqi budget for the year 2018 in that case.

Rashid pointed out that the recent statements of Vice President Nuri al-Maliki is a kind of softness towards the Kurds, which may force Abbadi to soft towards the Kurds as well.

Rashid said that the pressure of the International Monetary Fund as well as US and German pressure with Maliki's allies will force Abadi to show softness towards the Kurds.

According to the budget laws for previous years, the share of the Kurdistan Region of the Iraqi general budget was 17% of the total, but the government of Abbadi and for the first time reduced to 12.7%.

This comes at a time when Abadi announced that the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region will be sent after the audit.

 

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/0ee7ada4-ba64-4268-944d-86a58a87cdcc

[Synopsis]

1 minute ago, Butifldrm said:

Oh Shiite!

 

              

 

Say it isn't so, Butifldrm!

 

Thank You, Butifldrm, for posting this and all the other Great Articles! The Top Of The Evening To You AND The Best Of Your Weekend As Well! 

 

Go Moola Nova!

[Butifldrm]

6 minutes ago, Synopsis said:

 

              

 

Say it isn't so, Butifldrm!

 

Thank You, Butifldrm, for posting this and all the other Great Articles! The Top Of The Evening To You AND The Best Of Your Weekend As Well! 

 

Go Moola Nova!

 

and a Very Happy New Year to You Synopsis and DV.  I'm doing a little research to see if I can verify this article!

[Synopsis]

1 minute ago, Butifldrm said:

 

and a Very Happy New Year to You Synopsis and DV.  I'm doing a little research to see if I can verify this article!

 

Yes, Happy New Year To You, too, Butifldrm and All DV! 

 

Thank You, Butifldrm, for Your tireless efforts! 

 

Go Moola Nova!

 

 

[Butifldrm]

This does not look promising, unless Abadi is trying to keep the corrupt in-country?

 

 

Iraq Extends Kurdistan International Flight Ban

By

 Staff Writer

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The entrance of Erbil International Airport on November 23, 2015. Photo: Safin Hamed, AFP

 

Iraqi authorities have extended through February 28 an international flight ban slapped on the autonomous Kurdistan region in response to an independence vote, an airport official said Thursday.

Talar Faiq Saleh, the director of the airport in Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital Erbil, said the Transport Ministry in Baghdad had sent a message signaling that international flights were “banned until February 28.”

“Only internal flights are authorized,” she said.

Baghdad severed Iraqi Kurdistan’s air links to the outside world in late September after it voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum rejected as illegal by the central government.

The flight ban was just part of a battery of punishment inflicted on the Kurds as Baghdad sought to nullify the poll, with federal forces also seizing disputed oil-rich regions in a major blow for their finances.

The two-month extension sees Baghdad keeping up the pressure on Iraqi Kurdistan as the fallout from the failed independence push has battered its economy.

A spate of angry protests that have seen the offices of political parties torched in a string of towns has rocked the region this month.

 

https://www.theglobepost.com/2017/12/28/iraq-kurdistan-flight-ban/

[Synopsis]

10 minutes ago, Butifldrm said:

This does not look promising, unless Abadi is trying to keep the corrupt in-country?

 

I think so, Butifldrm. I suspect the escape ports will all be closed unannounced to round up all the corrupt at the specific time. This may show up in the news post facto (hope so). I think the US has a strong hand in this due to the list of 785 compiled by Jared Kushner.

 

Just my thought and 

 

Go Moola Nova!

[NoviceInvestor]

Oops looks like a train derailment....

Edited December 29, 2017 by NoviceInvestor

[skeetdog]

Thanks Butifldrm...There are a lot of Inities, having in depth investigations concerning accountability...There are people still returning to their territory after decades of unsettlement...This has all accumulated in the past year...Now the 'cram-session' is taking place...where numbers are being calculated and people want their money...Abadi is not in the more favorable part of his job responsibilities...This's what will define Abadi...Abadi "must" establish accountability...Being from the finance depart, Abadi understand the history of the ME and their notorious 'Ghost-Governments'...Just because someone hands him a list and said their an officials from the same department your investigating, means nothing...The integrity of the whole process needs to be controlled by whom ever is in charge...being Abadi....jmho 

[yota691]

Barzani criticizes Baghdad's decision to extend the closure of airports and warns of Arabization operations in Kirkuk

 

 Since 2017-12-28 at 13:29 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechervan Barzani on Thursday criticized the decision of the Baghdad government to extend the closure of airports, warning of repeated Arabization in the province of Kirkuk.

"We reject Baghdad's decision to extend the closure of airports for two months," Barzani told a news conference on Monday, accusing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of using the issue of airports as a pressure card against the Kurdish people.

He added that "the Civil Aviation Authority does not impose control over other airports in Najaf and Basra while doing so with the region," stressing "the Territory's full readiness to deal with the aviation authority."

As for Abadi's comments on oil and gas, Barzani described it as "incorrect", saying "We will respond to his statements in figures and data."

The head of the government of the region, "I tell my servants to sit and discuss all the transparency on all problems," referring to "sending Baghdad to share the peasants of Kurdistan."

Barzani, to "receive positive messages from President Fuad Masum and his deputies Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi on the region."

He warned of "Arabization in Kirkuk and its consequences for the stability of the situation."

Barzani revealed that he had received an invitation to visit Britain

[yota691]

Close to him: there is pressure "Shiite" on Abadi to end the dispute with Kurdistan and these final conditions to resolve the outstanding issues                                                                                                                                                         15:23 2017/12/29 Policy Baghdad Today                                                                                                                                                        Revealed leader of the coalition of state law Jassim Mohammed Jaafar, on Friday, the real pressures exerted on Prime Minister Haider Abadi of some forces, "Shiite" to escalate against the Kurdistan region. Jaafar, who is close to the Prime Minister, told "Baghdad today" that "there is pressure on Abadi from some Shiite forces to find quick solutions to resolve the outstanding issues, leaving them in this way benefiting the Kurdistan region by moving the world opinion. The issue, and open the door for foreign interventions on Iraqi affairs. " "Abadi insists on three important points (ports, airports and the withdrawal of the Peshmerga to the Blue Line of 2003), and he wants to solve them seriously, not by means of patchwork, and that is why he rejects any dialogue only after the implementation of these points, the solutions are patchy and may be temporary , The Kurds are now thinking how to get out of the predicament they are in, and their internal situation is broken. " There are fears of those forces to change the conditions for the benefit of the Kurds, especially that they have external support, and then the federal government can not implement the Constitution, and the current time is best suited to resolve All files and resolve, the pressure is to implement the Constitution and the beginning of dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues and not escalation against the Kurds. " The newspaper "Arabs" in London, in a report published earlier on Friday, the exposure of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, under pressure for what it called "revenge of the Kurds," directed by political and popular in Baghdad. The newspaper said in its report that "the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi suffer from the pressure of calls from influential political parties to retaliate against the Kurds, especially from the parties loyal to Iran, against the background of the referendum on independence held by the Kurdistan region on 25 September last, and the repercussions that caused In which". She added that "the political and popular in Baghdad is pushing for the exercise of more pressure on the Kurdish political parties, and work to strip the Kurdistan region of the greatest political and economic gains." The newspaper quoted political sources in Baghdad as saying that "Abadi fears that his approval to start the settlement negotiations with Erbil will hit his growing popularity by winning the war on a militant organization and a series of military actions he took in response to the Kurdistan referendum."

[yota691]

"Newspaper" talks about the reasons "fears Abadi" of starting negotiations with Erbil

 

 Since 2017-12-29 at 15:13 (Baghdad time)

Mawazine News - Follow up

Al-Arab newspaper reported that Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is suffering from the pressure of calls from influential political parties to "revenge against the Kurds" against the background of the referendum on independence.

 It added in a report published on December 29, 2017 that "political and popular in Baghdad is pushing for the exercise of more pressure on the Kurdish political parties, and work to strip the Kurdistan region of the greatest political and economic gains.

The newspaper quoted political sources in Baghdad as saying that "Abadi fears that his consent to start negotiations settlement with Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish region, to hit his growing popularity by winning the war on the organization and the series of military actions taken in response to the referendum of Kurdistan."

According to a senior Kurdish politician, Abadi also fears that "evading dialogue with the Kurds would lead to loss of international and regional support, given the US insistence on resuming negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil," the report said.

The Kurdish politician told the newspaper that "Abadi is trying to find a solution to reconcile the desire of a broad spectrum in the Iraqi street to continue pressure on the Kurds, and the international desire to rush to sit at the table for dialogue with the political leadership in the Kurdistan region."

Kurdish political leaders accuse Abadi of running away from sitting at the dialogue table.

"The Kurdistan Regional Government stands with the legal and constitutional dialogue, while the federal government did not respond to all calls for dialogue that were launched by all parties and parties to resolve the outstanding problems with the region," said Ashwaq al-Jaf, a deputy of the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani. Kurdistan ".

She added that "the government did not respect the decisions of the three presidencies, issued at the last meeting, which stressed the end of all problems between the federal government and Kurdistan," considering that "the Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, evade sitting at the table at the moment."

"The delivery of airports and border crossings is subject to negotiation between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government and the application of the Constitution without selectivity."

But Mullah Bakhtiar, a senior leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), founded and headed by former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, revealed "secret and public meetings between Baghdad and Erbil this week over their relationship."

"The indicators are positive about the results of secret meetings and public held between Baghdad and Erbil this week," said Mullah Bakhtiar, declaring "the end of repeated military confrontations between the two sides again and enter into detailed solutions."

He explained that "the territorial government is in the form of a delegation and provide answers to Baghdad and after resolving the issues of ports and borders will be addressed the issue of budget and disputed areas."

Saad al-Hadithi, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister's office, said that "the (federal) technical committees have invited the technical committees of the Kurdistan Regional Government to discuss the management of the border file as well as the salaries of Kurdistan employees."

Political sources in Baghdad say President Fuad Masum is trying to urge Abadi to communicate with the Kurdish leadership, but the prime minister refuses to give a specific answer.

"Abadi may be waiting to resolve the debate over the date of the Iraqi general elections scheduled for May 2018, after the referendum crisis turned into an electoral file that increased the popularity of the Iraqi prime minister because of what he described as decisive actions against the Kurdistan region."

The city of Sulaymaniyah, the second most important cities of the Kurdish region in Iraq, popular protests, including violence, last week, in which the dead and wounded, and demanded the protesters to pay salaries of employees in the territory of the government.

Since the suspension of work agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to regulate the export of oil in the Kurdish region pays the government of the region half of the salaries of employees a month and a quarter sometimes.

Abdullah said that "the federal government told us by e-mail to extend the ban on international flights at the airports of Sulaymaniyah and Erbil," adding that "the extension will continue until the end of February of 2018."

[yota691]

A religious reference describes the demonstrations of Kurdistan as "great" and calls for an end to the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil

 

Friday, December 29,

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad The religious authority Jawad al-Khalisi , Friday, standing with the demonstrations in the Kurdistan region to improve the living conditions of citizens and the disbursement of salaries, describing it as "the great thing," while calling for work to end the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil through the maintenance of the unity of Iraq and non- .  "The future of Iraq is an important part of the Islamic and humanitarian future, and it is not achieved by dependence on the forces of infidelity," Al-Khalisi said during a Friday sermon in Al-Kadhimiya and attended by Alsumaria News. Aggression ".     Al-Khalisi added that "the decision to take over the city of Jerusalem has given the nation a historic opportunity that will be detrimental to the enemies of Islam and the criminals of the Zionists, and the popular movements and official positions, despite their weakness, are evidence of the start of this movement, which must continue to the end," calling for "commitment to Islam and adherence to piety Because it is a way of survival. "  "What happened in the north was great, and we will stand with the people in their movement to demand their rights," he said, calling on "to work to end this crisis naturally, but to maintain the unity of Iraq, not to interfere with the foreigner, They raised the Israeli media, and they think it will save them and I will destroy them, God willing. " The majority of the cities of the Kurdistan region, since last week, mass demonstrations to demand better living and the disbursement of salaries late months ago, and announced the change movements and the Kurdistan Islamic Group support for the demands of demonstrators, while Prime Minister Haider Abadi, the Kurdistan authorities to respect peaceful demonstrations, stressed that his government " Stand idly by "in the event of" assault "on any citizen in the region.

[yota691]

Source: Sulaimani Barzani met two days ago secretly in Erbil and held other meetings for this reason                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Baghdad today – Arbil A senior Kurdish source said on Friday that the leader of the Iranian Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, held a series of "secret" meetings over the past two days with Kurdish leaders, led by the head of the provincial government, Najran Barzani. The source said in an interview with "Baghdad today" that "Sulaimani's visit came after the break with the Democratic Party since the events of 16 of November after the control of Iraqi forces on Kirkuk and disputed areas," noting that it was "coordinated with a wing in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan." The source, who declined to be named, said that "the meetings resulted in the agreement to start a comprehensive dialogue with Baghdad on various issues," noting that "Soleimani asked them to form the two sides of technical delegations of the federal government and the Kurdistan region, and a final and decisive agreement is signed In Baghdad between Abadi and Najarvan Barzani. " He pointed out that "the start of the federal government to remove some of the departments and request lists from other ministries in the region and send the share of farmers and fuel to the region was part of the Iranian initiative, which began through contacts more than two weeks ago participated by the Iranian embassy in Baghdad and focused this time on the Kurdistan Democratic Party" .  "There are parties within the Democratic Party that have changed their policy towards strengthening the relationship with Iran at the expense of Washington, which abandoned its historical relations with Massoud Barzani and the Kurdish people." "The Iranian official met with Najafan Barzani, Massoud Barzani and Qubad Talabani, and the crisis was discussed, as well as the demonstrations in Sulaymaniyah and other cities," an Arab newspaper quoted a senior Kurdish official in Erbil as saying. Of the Territory ". He added that "Soleimani came a comprehensive initiative to resolve the crisis and return to normal before the referendum, and it was agreed that the crisis can not be resolved in one deal and the files must be dismantled and discussed one by one."

[yota691]

The Washington Times: The Kurds' demand for secession from Iraq will be "justified" in the future

By Rudao two hours ago

The Washington Times: The Kurds' demand for secession from Iraq will be "justified" in the future

RODAO - Agencies

Washington - The Kurds' demand in the Kurdistan region to separate from Iraq will be "justified" in the future if the Baghdad government continues to reject dialogue with Erbil, the Washington Times reported on Friday. 

The newspaper said in a report, "The recent years have seen a repeated violation of the Iraqi constitution, which encouraged the Kurds to demand separation 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. " 

She explained that "the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Najirvan 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. The last wave of protests could have been avoided, so it is incumbent upon Washington to inform the Iraqi side of the need to stop repression of Kurds and implement the constitution." 

"Article 131 of the Iraqi constitution states that the Kurds have the 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." 

The newspaper called the American newspaper in its report, "the need to review Abadi policies towards his fellow Kurds, and begin a meaningful dialogue with the government of the region, because the persistence of Abadi in rejecting dialogue and intransigence, any future demands of the Kurds to separate from Iraq will be justified."

[yota691]

Sulaimani In Erbil To Resolve The Crisis With Baghdad

Last Updated  29/12/2017 02:29

 

 

BAGHDAD / news News 
ended the leader of Iran 's Qods Force and in charge of the Iraqi file in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, on Thursday, a visit to the Kurdistan region of Iraq that lasted for two days, during which various Kurdish leaders in Erbil met, and discussed the crisis with Baghdad and ways to reach a solution to avoid The two sides are impending military conflict, according to senior Kurdish sources in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, including a leader close to Massoud Barzani. 
A senior Kurdish official in Erbil said Sulaimani's visit came to discuss the solution of the crisis with Baghdad, adding that the Iranian official "met Najafan Barzani, Massoud Barzani and Qubad Talabani, and discussed the crisis, as well as the demonstrations in Sulaymaniyah and other cities of the region." He added that "Soleimani came a comprehensive initiative to resolve the crisis and return to normal before the referendum, and it was agreed that the crisis can not be resolved in one deal and the files should be dismantled and discussed one by one."
The Kurdish official said that "there is a response from Erbil to Sulaimani, which in turn will lead to Baghdad, but in general, a Slimani initiative in favor of Baghdad and not Erbil," pointing out that "the Kurdish leadership has reached the conviction of the futility of European move or UN to reduce sanctions by Baghdad , Having tried several times and failed to do so. 
This comes with the convening of the government of the region closed ministerial meeting in Erbil for the first time since the outbreak of demonstrations in several cities of Kurdistan. Prime Minister Najirvan Barzani after the meeting, accept the dialogue and discuss all the conditions of Baghdad directly, noting that "there are positive messages from Baghdad as well."

[yota691]

Masoud Haidar: The World Bank Will Not Give Iraq Loans Before Increasing The Share Of Kurdistan

Last updated  25/12/2017 02:45

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
"If Baghdad pays less than 10 billion dinars to the Kurdistan region, the IMF will not grant new loans to Iraq," MP Massoud Haidar said on the Kurdistan region's share of the budget for next year 2018. 
He pointed out that "officials of the International Monetary Fund in the Jordanian capital Amman confirmed that in the event of increased share of the Kurdistan Region, they will not grant new loans to the Iraqi government, and in this sense Baghdad is forced to conduct negotiations with Erbil." 
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi government cut the share of Kurdistan from the budget for nearly three years and is currently seeking to approve the budget next year by up to 12.6 percent, compared to the previous quota of 17 percent.

[yota691]

London Newspaper: Do Abadi Avoid Dialogue With The Kurds And Why? !!

Last Updated  29/12/2017 02:53

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi has been under pressure for what he called "revenge against the Kurds", which is being directed by political and popular elements in Baghdad, the London-based Arab newspaper reported on Friday. 
The newspaper said that Abbadi is suffering from the pressure of calls from influential political parties to "retaliate against the Kurds," especially from the parties loyal to Iran, against the background of the referendum on independence, held by the Kurdistan region on 25 September last, and the repercussions that caused. 
She said that the political and popular in Baghdad is pushing for the exercise of more pressure on the Kurdish political parties, and work to strip the Kurdistan region of the greatest political and economic gains.
"Abadi fears that his agreement to start the settlement negotiations with Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish region, to hit his growing popularity by winning the war on the organization of a call and a series of military actions taken in response to the referendum of Kurdistan." 
In the words of a high-ranking Kurdish politician, Abadi fears that "evading dialogue with the Kurds would lead to loss of international and regional support, given the US insistence on resuming negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil." 
The Kurdish politician said that "Abadi is trying to find a solution to reconcile the desire of a broad spectrum in the Iraqi street to continue pressure on the Kurds, and the international desire to rush to sit at the table for dialogue with the political leadership in the Kurdistan region." Kurdish political leaders accuse Abadi of running away from sitting at the dialogue table.
According to political sources in Baghdad, President Fuad Masum, a Kurd, is trying to urge Abadi to communicate with the Kurdish leadership, but the prime minister refuses to give a specific answer. "Abadi may be waiting to resolve the debate over the date of the Iraqi general elections scheduled for May 2018, after the referendum crisis turned into an electoral file that increased the popularity of the Iraqi prime minister because of what he described as decisive actions against the Kurdistan region." 
The Kurdish political leadership is trying to get an explicit promise from Abadi to pay the salaries of the region's employees, but the prime minister has repeatedly stated that this step needs to be checked in the files, because of the inflated statements of Kurdish employees and contain fake names. 
The city of Sulaymaniyah, the second most important cities of the Kurdish region in Iraq, popular protests, including violence, last week, which killed and injured. Protesters demanded that salaries be paid to government departments.

[yota691]

coalition law: Maliki is ready to oversee the dialogue Erbil - Baghdad and these trends with solutions

 Twilight News    

 

 34 minutes ago

 

 

"A member of the state law, Mohammed al - Ugaili on Friday, the leader of the coalition, Vice - President Nuri al - Maliki, the last regarding the Kurds that it comes within the" constitutional premises "in all outstanding issues, describing what is being traded from different views in this regard in the media as" political explanations Or media fallacies. "

"The political future in Iraq was" drawn by al - Maliki and laid the foundations for him to have a political majority in which the Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites, Turkmen and all the spectrum, "he said.

He added that "Maliki is pushing for dialogue and is ready to be the dialogue and the next discussion with Erbil by Baghdad under his supervision." Saying that al-Maliki "goes in logical directions solutions and preserves all rights to the beneficiaries of any component of the Iraqi people."

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Nezhirvan Barzani, announced on Thursday that his government received positive messages from the federal government to begin dialogues to resolve the differences and outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad.

Barzani said in a conference held today after his meeting with his government team yesterday, that "we received positive indicators from Baghdad, as well as from the President of the Republic through a letter and his deputies," Mr. Maliki and Allawi. "

 

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[ChuckFinley]

Well, that is converting. 

Edited December 29, 2017 by ChuckFinley

[Abadiusuck]

Now tell me abadi is not a freakin puppet and maliki aint his date. These retards will never turn from their evil ways... and now we see the imf is the corrupt group hindering the end to negotiations. The good thing is this can no longer stop the rv. Corruption at its ugliest. The people of iraq should know abadi is a perpetrator even if its just because maliki is still breathing..how does this *********** still believe he has the majority support of his people...failed promises...even after the rv hes still no lesser evil than maliki, if not more

[Butifldrm]

Beware Maliki is only vying for the Kurdish vote in the elections.  He's such a snake!  Abadi needs to take him down NOW!  The Kurds would be desperate fools to trust him.  His intentions have always been nefarious and and the Kurds have suffered plenty under his rule.  Abadi better wise up and start these negotiations.  He/Abadi has a lot at stake in how this goes down.  JMO

[Butifldrm]

21 hours ago, Butifldrm said:

 

and a Very Happy New Year to You Synopsis and DV.  I'm doing a little research to see if I can verify this article!

IMF: 2018 Iraqi draft budget won't 'cover the needs' of Kurdistan

By Rudaw 22/12/2017

The International Monetary Fund (IMF). Photo: AP

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The International Monetary Fund believes Iraq's 2018 budget share proposals "do not suffice in our view to cover the needs of the Kurdistan Regional Government.” Baghdad’s proposal would slash the budget of the KRG by more than 4 percent.

"[W]e've communicated to the federal government that the 6.6 trillion [Iraqi dinars] (about $5.56 billion) that are currently in the 2018 draft budget do not suffice in our view to cover the needs of the Kurdistan Regional Government. To that, in our opinion, these transfers should be increased to about 10 trillion Iraqi dinars ($8.43 billion)," IMF Deputy Division Chief Christian Josz told Rudaw on Thursday.
 

The Government of Iraq has relied heavily on international loans and bonds because of the global drop in oil prices coupled with a three-year war against ISIS, and now a campaign to rebuild the country's already aging infrastructure.

"We lent money to the entity of Iraq because it's a member of the IMF and has the right and the circumstances to draw on the resources of the IMF," explained Josz. "As part of the standard arrangement, the standard arrangement is based on the budget that is approved by parliament."
 

Since 2014, Erbil has contended Baghdad is not sending the 17 percent share of the Iraqi government budget.

"In that budget, until now, there was a budget-sharing agreement between Baghdad and the KRG and its via that way that we encourage the whole of Iraq to benefit from the IMF loans, i.e. by implementing the budget-sharing agreement, which has obligations both on the sides..." said the deputy chief.

In a proposal for next year's draft budget, the KRG is allocated 12.6 percent of Iraq's total share.

"In the 2018 budget, we have made clear to the federal government that it is very important to us that the Kurdistan Regional Government gets sufficient transfers to cover the expenses to cover the Kurdistan Regional Government," added Josz.

Many Kurds believe the central authorities are taking punitive measures against the Kurdistan Region for holding the September referendum on independence. Regional autonomy is enshrined in the 2005 Iraqi constitution.

The government in Erbil has complained that Baghdad has used the budgets as a tool to prevent Erbil's independent exportation of oil to world markets through a pipeline that terminates at Turkey's Ceyhan port.

KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has said the people should realize that the KRG’s revenues “have been slashed by half” since the loss of the oil-fields in Kirkuk in mid-October

 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/business/21122017

[yota691]

Deputies: No retreat from reducing the proportion of the province in the budget

30/12/2017 12:00 AM  Opposition questions voters' records in   Baghdad / Sabah  The parliamentary legal committee confirmed on Friday that 17 percent of Kurdistan's budget should not be referred to in the 2018 budget, noting that there is a parliamentary tendency to stabilize 12 percent of the budget. The committee member Kamel al-Zaidi said in a statement «The morning»: The «House of Representatives waiting for the return of the budget from the government after the completion of the financial committee members' proposals and return to the government for the purpose of amendment», and explained that «the political blocs are unanimous not to return to 17 percent of Kurdistan», That "the ratio of 17 at the time put the political consensus to be for one year, but negotiations and consensus has kept them over the past years." This comes at a time when the Kurdish opposition launched a violent attack on the Kurdistan Regional Government represented by the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the situation of the situation in the region.   For his part, revealed the coalition of democracy and justice led by Barham Salih, the existence of more than half a million names "questionable" in the records of voters of Kurdistan, noting that there are names in the register of voters born in 1870.