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

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Dr. Barham Saleh: We seek a coalition of democracy and justice to address the living conditions of citizens

- 3/24/2018 6:29:00 AM11 Number of readings

 

 

 

 

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He met  Dr. Barham Saleh , President of the Alliance of Democracy and Justice with slices Bhdr area, where he said during the meeting that "people have become victims of the lack of salaries and lack of transparency inrevenue, imports and poor services."

 

Dr. Barham Saleh, head of the Coalition for Democracy and Justice, said: "This type of failed government has ended and must be changed, stressing that this system is a system of saving salaries and humiliating citizens." 

"We can not go down to the field," said Dr. Barham Salih. "The masses of the nation who have faced repression and Baathism can never accept this situation." 

Dr. Barham Saleh said in a speech: "We in the coalition of democracy and justice, we came to tell you from the heart that this alliance is not another party, and not another quota, we came to the field with the intention of the alliance and work together to overcome this quota, . 

"All people are victims of the lack of salaries, lack of transparency of revenues, imports and poor services. We need to unite all the forces that are looking for the reform itself to improve the living conditions of the citizens and address them," he added.

[Floridian]

What do they mean by "the compulsory saving of salaries"?

Are they putting it in the bank for them?  If not, what are they doing with the salaries and why?  I don't understand.

I never heard of "compulsory savings" without the employee agreeing to it.

Doctors give the government of the province 72 hours to implement their demands

March 24, 2018

 

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The Union of Doctors of the Kurdistan Region on Saturday gave the territorial government three days to implement its demands to pay full salaries and without saving part of them.

“Doctors continue to provide health services to the people of Kurdistan,” a union spokesman told a news conference in Sulaymaniyah late Saturday.

He added that doctors have become victims of the system adopted by Erbil and Baghdad, expressing the condemnation of the union to continue to sustain the system.

The spokesman added that “during the next 72 hours call on the Kurdistan Regional Government to pay salaries in full without the adoption of that system and in the absence of response, the doctors will have a different position.”

The doctors of the province of Sulaymaniyah on Monday a memorandum to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Najirvan Talabani, and his deputy Kebad Talabani, and the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Government of the Territory and the public opinion, and the media channels announced the boycott of the official.

The medical staff in the province of Halabja in the Kurdistan region on Tuesday to boycott the official time to protest the continuation of the system of compulsory saving of salaries, despite the disbursement by the federal government in Baghdad.

The Minister of Health in the Kurdistan Regional Government Rikut Hama Rashid announced on Tuesday that the Council of Ministers of the region will review the system of saving salaries for staff and employees after the holidays Noruz holidays.

 

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Edited March 24, 2018 by Floridian

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Kurdistan region begins tomorrow to distribute the salaries of its employees for the month of November last

 

Oil field in the Kurdistan region

money and business Economy News Baghdad: The Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Regional Government, on Sunday, the start of the distribution of salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region for the month of November last for all ministries and government bodies. The Ministry of Planning and Natural Resources, Ministry of Transport and Communications and Ministry of Construction and Housing The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Security Council. " The Ministry of Electricity and Water Resources, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, Asayish (Security) and the Presidency of the Region The Kurdistan Parliament and the Council of Ministers. " She explained that "the third phase, which begins next Tuesday, includes the leadership of Zirvani and Peshmerga defense and emergency and the oil brigade," noting that "the fourth phase begins next Wednesday and allocated to distribute the salaries of the seventy-eight units of the Peshmerga forces." She said that the fifth phase will begin on Thursday and allocated to distribute the salaries of the Diwan and the Ministry of Peshmerga, adding that it ends the distribution of salaries for the month of November last year 2017. Views 555   Date Added 03/24/2018

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Demonstrations in the Kurdistan region against the saving of salaries

Date of release: 2018/3/25 10:52 • 168 times read

[Ayna - Baghdad] 
The demonstrations reached the provinces of Arbil and Dahuk on Sunday, for the first time, a protest against the system of government savings of salaries by the Kurdistan Regional Government.

According to Kurdish media, the demonstrations of teachers began before the Directorate General of Education in Dohuk, demanding improvement of living conditions and the abolition of the system of government savings of salaries. 
A health workers demonstration was launched today in front of the Erbil hospital against savings. The provincial government has been given 48 hours to cancel the savings of salaries, stressing that they will resort to boycott after the end of the period. 
Another demonstration is being held for teachers and health staff in front of the Shandar Gardens in the center of Arbil. 
It is noteworthy that demonstrations for teachers and health staff and other service services have been launched this morning in the city of Sulaymaniyah, condemning the system of saving the government and demanding to improve their living conditions.

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Kurdistan is looking for relations with Baghdad and oil exports and salaries of employees

 

 From 2018-03-24 at 20:15 (Baghdad time)

 Special - Mawazine News

A source in the Kurdish early on Saturday, the intention of the Council of Ministers in the Kurdistan region to hold an extraordinary session on Monday, noting that the meeting will discuss relations with Baghdad and end the system of saving salaries for the staff of the region.

The source told Mawazine News that "the Council of Ministers in the Kurdistan region will hold an extraordinary session on Monday."

The source, who preferred not to disclose his name, that "the Council is considering the application of the system of savings in the salaries of regional employees as well as reopening airports for international flights, and relations with the federal government, the sale of oil in the region.

The Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Regional Government announced last week, for the continued disbursement of salaries of the region's employees according to the savings system, while noting that the Council of Ministers will hold a meeting after the feast of Nooruz to discuss the abolition of the savings system.

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12 hours ago, Floridian said:

What do they mean by "the compulsory saving of salaries"?

More then likely it represent what we have here in the US, when one gets older...Social Security... 

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In the document .. Direct actions to activate the Kirkuk airport

 

 Since 2018-03-25 at 12:32 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

A document issued by the Ministry of Transport / Public Company for the Implementation of Transport and Communication Projects dated February 14, 2018, and directed to Kirkuk Governorate / Governor's Office,

"Kirkuk airport has been included in the airports which have been announced in a participatory manner by the General Establishment of Civil Aviation," the document obtained by Mawazine News said.

She added that "invitations will be sent to specialized companies for rehabilitation and operation." Ended 29 / a 43

 

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Barzani meets with the Supreme Council of Oil and Gas to review the system of savings

 

 

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News / meets in the city of Erbil, on Sunday, the Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan region, headed by the President of the Government of the Territory, Nechirvan Barzani, to review the system of savings in the salaries of the staff of the region.

A government source said the meeting was to include Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, Finance and Economy Minister Ribaz Halaman, Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami, Planning Minister Ali al-Sindi and Cabinet Secretary Amang Rahim.

He said that the meeting is a consultant to determine the size of the financial revenues of the Kurdistan Region, and know what steps can be taken and changes in the system of savings in the distribution of salaries of employees.

The meeting of the Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan region following the widening circle of protests teachers, doctors and health staff, who boycotted work in a number of cities and staged protests.

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PUK The stability that Baghdad aspires to in the disputed areas can not be achieved without the Peshmerga

25-03-2018 01:12 PM

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A leader in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, that without the Peshmerga forces can not achieve the stability desired by Baghdad, in the Kurdish areas outside the administration of the region, or so-called <disputed>. 

"Without the presence of the Peshmerga forces in the disputed areas, the stability of the Iraqi government can not be achieved," said Hariem Kamal, a leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, in a press statement. "Baghdad must realize this fact and reach an agreement with the Kurds to restore stability. And the success of the political process in Iraq, "asserting that Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution has drawn up a road map for these areas, which includes the establishment of joint forces with the Peshmerga to protect the security of these areas, until a final solution to them.

Kamal pointed out that the Kurdish leaders should decide to appoint a governor of Kirkuk to eliminate all the problems and Arabization and harassment of the peasants. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) should work with the PUK to appoint a new governor for Kirkuk.

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2 hours ago, yota691 said:

More then likely it represent what we have here in the US, when one gets older...Social Security... 

 

Thanks, Yota.

You would think somebody who’s on Social Security would think of that, but I didn’t.  

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Supreme Council of Oil and Gas discusses the system of saving the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region

The Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan region is scheduled to review the savings system in the salaries of the region's employees.

A government source said that the meeting, chaired by the head of the government of the region, Nechirvan Barzani, will discuss the determination of the size of the financial revenues of the Kurdistan region, in addition to know what steps can be taken and changes in the system of savings in the distribution of salaries of employees.

The meeting will include Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, Finance and Economy Minister Ribaz Halaman, Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, Planning Minister Ali Al-Sindi and Cabinet Secretary Amang Rahim.

It is noteworthy that the meeting comes after the widening circle of protests teachers, doctors and health staff who boycotted the work and staged protests.

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Wide protests in the region condemning the system of saving salaries

26/3/2018 12:00 am  BAGHDAD (Reuters) -   Protests and clashes between demonstrators and Kurdish Asayish forces have led to a number of minor injuries, and the protests in Sulaymaniyah province have expanded to include (for the first time) the provinces of Erbil and Dahuk , Where thousands of employees demonstrated in the education, health and other services in the region to protest against deductions carried out by the local government under the umbrella of the so-called "saving of salaries."  The security forces used "Asayish" tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrators in Erbil, injuring a number of them, and these forces dispersed the demonstrators and prevented them from reaching the main street leading to the building of the Presidency of the Government of the Territory, Local channels and prevented them from covering protests. A member of the House of Representatives of the parliamentary group of the Islamic Group Zana Said, a member of the Committee of the endowments parliamentary MP Salim Hamza to be beaten by the Kurdish forces of Asayish in Arbil.  Said said in an interview with a journalist: "The member of the Jamaa Islamiyya bloc and the Committee of the endowment parliamentary Salim Hamza was exposed during his participation in the demonstrations that came out in Arbil to demand the rights of staff of the region and call for the payment of their salaries to the beatings by the Kurdish Asayish forces, which tried to disperse the demonstrators by force, , That "the MP was transferred to the house after being bruised and injured," pointing out that "the Asayish forces used force to disperse the demonstrators, where a number of other demonstrators were attacked by these forces, although the demonstrations were peaceful." "The vigils will be repeated in the coming days and may turn into a sit-in by state officials if the government of Erbil continues not to distribute full salaries to all employees," said Arbil spokesman Dashti Koran. The Iraqi province of education and health in four provinces (Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk, Kirkuk) but the coming days will see the departure of all employees in the event that the provincial government to distribute salaries intermittently.  The demonstrations reached the provinces of Erbil and Dahuk on Sunday, for the first time, in protest against the system of government savings of salaries by the Kurdistan Regional Government. According to Kurdish media, the demonstrations of teachers began before the General Directorate of Education in Duhok, demanding the improvement of living conditions and the abolition of the system of government savings of salaries, and began a demonstration of health staff in front of Erbil hospital, against saving, and gave the provincial government for 48 hours to cancel the savings of salaries, saying they will resort To the province of permanence after the end of the period, and continue a demonstration of other teachers and health staff in front of the gardens of Shandr city center of Arbil and is still ongoing. Demonstrators and health workers demonstrated in the cities of Sulaymaniyah, Qurayya, Rania, Halabja, Rawanduz, Chamchamal, Quesingj, Sadeq and Kallar to demand the abolition of the compulsory saving system for the salaries of employees. The demonstrators threatened to continue demonstrations and sit-ins and expand the scope of protests until their demands are met. Except for Shorsh Hospital. "Demonstrators cut off the road between Sulaymaniyah and Sayad Sadiq district, and electricity department employees and employees of the Sulaimaniyah Notary Public Service denounced the government's saving system for salaries and not to spend it on dates. Fixed flag. The teachers of the Kurdish language in the province of Kirkuk, decided to boycott the official day for one day because of the transfer of their salaries from the Kurdistan Regional Government to the federal government, came during a gathering of teachers and teachers of the Kurdish study of the Ministry of Education in the Kurdistan region within the Directorate of the Kurdish study in the education of Kirkuk, Kirkuk about five thousand teachers and teachers in the Kurdish study and about 2000 employees.

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2018-03-25 BY SOTALIRAQ

Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan Region: We will submit a proposal to the government on the amendment of the system of saving salaries

A spokesman for the Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan Regional Government, Khalis Qadir, on Sunday, that the provincial government pledged to reconsider the system of saving salaries, noting that the lowest rate of savings will be the salaries of employees of the Ministry of Health.

"During the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region, today we received a serious response, as the government pledged to amend the system of saving the salaries of employees of the Ministry of Health, in the form where the lowest proportion of savings.

He added: "We were asked to prepare a project that includes a mechanism to save the salaries of doctors and health workers and submitted to the government, and we will prepare the project to become the lowest savings rate for health staff."

Six days ago, doctors and health workers beat about 25 hospitals and health centers in Sulaymaniyah, condemning the failure to hand over their salaries.

And on Sunday, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region, issued a statement that "if Baghdad continues to send the amount of 317 billion 540 million and 465 thousand dinars per month - a small amount - the Kurdistan Regional Government will amend the system of saving salaries in the interest of employees of the Kurdistan Region, All oil revenues and local revenues in the region (to the amount sent).

"The Ministry of Finance and Economy has been commissioned to prepare a new salary scale in the coming days, according to the available revenues. The Cabinet will issue its final decision during next week's meeting, with the aim of distributing salaries later under the new schedule."

Translated and edited by: Shunem Abdullah Khoshnaw

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2018/03/25/وزارة-الصحة-بإقليم-كوردستان-سنقدم-مقت/

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Parliamentary Finance calls for lifting the compulsory savings system for the region's employees

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad The parliamentary Finance Committee called on Monday the provincial government to raise the system of saving the salaries of employees of Kurdistan, pointing out that the application of the system came after the deterioration of the security situation and the fall in oil prices.  The Committee member, Najeeb Najib, in an interview with "Economy News", "The Finance Committee calls for lifting the law on compulsory savings for employees of the Kurdistan region because it contributes to increase their benefits," noting that "the system put forward the end of 2015 and applied the beginning of the following year , Because of the deteriorating security crisis experienced by the region, the fighting fronts are draining a lot of money, as well as falling oil prices to below $ 30. Najib pointed out that the Prime Minister, Haidar Abadi, pledged to pay the central government to pay 317 billion dollars a month to the region and if the disbursement of the amount mentioned, it helps to raise the system of compulsory savings.  The cities of the province, in the past days, large protests involving teachers and employees, in protest against the failure to pay full salaries amid threats to continue protests until the response to their demands and the abolition of the savings system.  Views 26   Date Added 26/03/2018

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Kurdistan issued a decision on the existence of illegal controls get the money of citizens

 

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Alsumaria News / Arbil  The Kurdistan Regional Government on Monday issued a decision on the existence of illegal measures to obtain funds from citizens, asking the concerned authorities to take legal action against those cases.  The decision, signed by the Kurdistan Regional Government President Nigervan Barzani, and obtained by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "No person or entity may establish illegal control and obtain funds from citizens illegally, except for official bodies," stressing "the transfer of offenders to the judiciary Directly to take legal action against them. "     The resolution called on citizens to "not pay the sums of money illegally and to inform the concerned parties about the existence of such cases," calling at the same time the Ministry of the Interior and security agencies and the Public Prosecutor and the Integrity Commission to "implement the decision."  A number of members of the Parliament of Kurdistan earlier submitted a memorandum to the presidency of the Parliament of the province of the existence of checkpoints to collect money from citizens in the provinces of Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk and Kirkuk.

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Today .. The distribution of salaries of 16 ministries and bodies in the region

Release date: 2018/3/26 9:29 • 264 times read

(International: Al Furat News) The Kurdistan Regional Government distributed on Monday the distribution of salaries of 16 ministries, bodies and institutions in the region.

According to a schedule published by the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the provincial government earlier, will be distributed Monday the salaries of officials of the ministries of {electricity, agriculture and water resources, culture and youth, endowments and religious affairs}. 
As per the table, will be distributed salaries of a number of bodies and institutions are {Presidency of the region and the parliament and the Council of Ministers and the Foundation of mines and the Office of Financial Supervision and human rights bodies and Kurdish areas outside the administration of the region and the environment and investment and the Electoral Commission and the referendum and the security institution).

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Deputy: Adoption of the reform law in the region will provide him 100 billion dinars

 

 Since 2018-03-26 at 11:55 (Baghdad time)

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A member of the Finance Committee in the Federal Council, Massoud Haider, Monday, that the law of reform and amend the salaries of retirees will provide the budget of the Kurdistan region 100 billion dinars if approved in the Parliament of Kurdistan.

"The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will be able to cancel the compulsory savings imposed on the salaries of employees if they take some measures," Haider told Mawazine News.

He added that "the provincial parliament to accelerate the passage of the reform and amend the salaries of retirees," stressing that "the law will provide the budget of the province 100 billion dinars."

The member of the Committee, that "there is another amount allocated to social welfare on the federal government in Baghdad to send it in addition to the old amount of about 317 billion dinars and with the revenues obtained by the region from the sale of oil and other revenues," thus " Without following the savings system. "

The provinces of Erbil, Dahuk and Sulaymaniyah on Sunday, angry demonstrations of employees in protest against the system of compulsory savings followed by the Government of Kurdistan in terms of salaries. Ended 29 / a 43

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The first flights between Turkey and Erbil begin after a six-month suspension

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad Turkish Airlines has announced the resumption of scheduled flights to the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region as of Monday.  Bilal Akshi, director general of Turkish Airlines, said in a statement read by Al-Iktissad News that the company is resuming scheduled flights to Erbil from today - 26 March. And that his company started selling tickets.  Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirim last Friday announced the resumption of flights to Erbil only, while flights to Sulaymaniyah were suspended for apparently political reasons. Ankara linked Sulaymaniyah's relationship with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a terrorist group.  Baghdad imposed a ban on international flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports in September as part of a "punitive" Kurdish crackdown on Iraq's independence referendum.  Arbil has entered into tough negotiations with Baghdad over the past months in an attempt to restart international flights to the two airports, before Baghdad announced this month lifting the ban on the airports of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah. Views 16   Date Added 26/03/2018

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Baghdad revived the markets of the region

27/3/2018 12:00 am  Federation of investors in Kurdistan for {morning}:  Dohuk / Ayad Berwari  The spokesman for the Federation of investors in the Kurdistan region that the private sector in the region was affected a lot after the referendum process, where the markets witnessed a stagnation clear and affected the tourism movement to a large extent, but after the improvement that surfaced on the surface between the province and the central government, Hope everyone. High demand  , said Yassin Mahmoud: can "Nwcr in high demand for real estate and if they have seen the relationship between the province and the center in Baghdad , an improvement for the better and reached their agreement, particularly in the area of sending Baghdad to the salaries of provincial employees, will see the markets in the region , a significant recovery."  "The work of the private sector in the Kurdistan region is heavily linked to the Iraqi market and therefore the improvement of relations with the central government in Baghdad will provide great service to the market of the Kurdistan region, for example in the Kurdistan region there are many of the first class hotels with international specifications as well Dozens of tourist sites and facilities with the presence of iron and cement factories, medicines and many commercial malls and all these facilities have not been established to the requirements of the local market in the region. Noting that "when not buying products of the region by the other Iraqi provinces and if the relations of the province with the central government is not normal, will lead to significant damage to the province and stop these facilities in it." Relations improved , he added: "We are a special as a sector in the region , we hope to improve the region 's relations soon with the central government, is also affected by the markets of the region markets of Iran, where investors union and chambers of commerce in the region decided to form a delegation to visit the Federation of Chambers of Commerce in Iran, especially Tehran and Kermanshah and Sanandaj, here We thank the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce, which have had the opportunity to participate in the conference on the reconstruction of Iraq, which was held recently in Kuwait. The Chambers of Commerce in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dohuk also participated in the conference. Economic in Iraq, including the province. "  Industrial Projects A spokesman for the Federation of Investors in the Kurdistan region said: "Iran is working to participate in the implementation of investment projects in the Kurdistan region, especially in the field of industrial projects," and said, "The Supreme Investment Council decided to establish an industrial city in the town of Arbat in the province of Sulaymaniyah where Iranian companies will participate in its establishment "He said.  "Under the Iraqi constitution, Iran has decided to support the provincial government and to restore the level of trade between Tehran and Erbil to what it was in 2013," he said. "Two new border crossings, Kila and Siraband, will be converted into international crossings   ."

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Employee demonstrations enter its second day in the region

27/3/2018 12:00 am   BAGHDAD /  After the morning continued for the second day, "Monday" large demonstrations taking place in the provinces and cities of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in protest against the system of saving salaries imposed by the Government of the Territory on the staff, and the Kurdish security forces "Asayish" to arrest dozens of teachers and staff and several parliamentarians in Erbil and Dahuk And Sulaymaniyah, while demonstrators waved their steps in the coming days.  A demonstration was held for the teachers in front of the education of Suran district in the province of Erbil, in protest against the problem of salaries. The security forces detained the head of the branch of Kurdistan Teachers' Union in the judiciary Kafi Verti and 15 teachers. One of the protestors, Saleh Yassin, said: On the government of the province until the response to their demands, "saying that" the government to leave and announce the failure in the administration of the region in the event that it can not pay salaries in full. " In Sulaymaniyah, protesters erected tents in front of the court to continue protests, demanding the Kurdistan Regional Government to pay the salaries of employees in full, and stressed the protesters working in several circles that "the sit-in is to continue pressure on the provincial government to respond to their demands," indicating that "they demanded employees of the provinces of Erbil and Dahuk To continue their protests, "and saw the cities of Halabja, Chamchamal, Dohuk, Rania and Klar similar demonstrations, where the demonstrators raised slogans demanding the abolition of the decision to save compulsory salaries of employees. The security forces arrested "Asayish" in the district of Zakho on Monday, Ali Hama Saleh MP in the Parliament of the Kurdistan region of the mass movement of change and demanded to leave the judiciary, said Omar Omar, a member of the Kurdistan Parliament of the mass of the Kurdistan Islamic Group in a press statement: "He spoke with MP Ali Hama According to information published by the Kurdish media, four activists of the Movement for Change were arrested along with MP Ali Hama Saleh, in addition to the arrest of two who attacked the deputy Saleh Saleh A street in Zakho district.  For his part, MP from the Islamic Group of Kurdistan, Salim Hamza Saleh, details of the incident of the attack by "Asayish" Erbil during a demonstration held on Sunday. The Kurdistan Regional Government announced on Monday that if the federal government continues to spend 317 billion and 540 million dinars per month for the Kurdistan region, it can reconsider the decision to save salaries in the interest of the staff of the region, while pointing out that it will reveal in the coming days about imports and how to spend.

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Today .. Distribution of salaries of Peshmerga

Date of release: 2018/3/27 10:55 • 132 times read

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The distribution of the salaries of the month of November last year of the Peshmerga forces, and continue the distribution of three days.

According to the schedule of the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Regional Government, "will be distributed today salaries of both the leadership of Zirvani and Peshmerga Defense and emergency oil brigades 
will be on Wednesday, the distribution of the salaries of the units of the units {70 and 80} 
The distribution of Peshmerga salaries will continue until Thursday, In which the distribution of salaries of the Diwan and brigades of the Ministry of Peshmerga

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More than 36 billion dollars of debt of Kurdistan on Baghdad

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 Revealed that the Kurdistan region has a large oil reserve estimated by experts in the field of oil 45 billion barrels, pointing out that the Kurdistan Region has a large oil reserves estimated by the experts in the field of oil 45 billion barrels, The region will receive more imports if the oil was issued in the current situation, noting the need to regulate the oil sector in Kurdistan and develop it more modern.

Tara Chuan told Basnews that they aim to attract US companies and delegations to the Kurdistan Region as well as conducting researches and studies to identify deficiencies and imbalances in various economic sectors in the region and find solutions to them and to develop and develop economic cooperation and coordination between the United States and Kurdistan.

 She also pointed out that they published within one year of the Institute (founded in 2016) many economic reports on the problems experienced by the economic sector in the Kurdistan Region and held many seminars and economic conferences.

Tara Chuan explained that their institute was founded by a number of specialists and economists, Kurds and Americans.

 In response to a question that the US pressure on the Iraqi government has eased despite the constitutional violations by the latter on the Kurdistan region, the official said the American Kurdish Institute that Washington stresses the need to resolve the Iraqi governments and Kurdistan for their differences through dialogue and negotiation and according to the Constitution. Pointing out that the Kurdistan Region has friends in the United States and that the region was able to some extent to form a lobby for him there, mused by saying, but this lobby needs to be strengthened more.

 She said that their follow-up indicates that the volume of debts of the Kurdistan Region to the Iraqi government is more than 36 billion and 50 million dollars, while the volume of debt to the regional government of 28 billion dollars, including internal debt, debt of contractors, debts of Turkey and corporate debt. Pointing out that the region will receive more imports if the oil was issued instead of relying on its share in the federal budget.

 Noting that the Kurdistan Regional Government is currently exporting 300,000 barrels per day if the price per barrel $ 50 would be the amount of $ 450 million per month, more than $ 5 billion a year, while the share of Kurdistan in the federal budget of 12.67% less than $ 4 billion annually.

 US aid to the Peshmerga forces will continue, indicating that the amount of aid was $ 365 million last year, but the suspension of operations against Da'ash this year reduced the size of this aid to $ 290 million.

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Protests by the region over the system of saving compulsory salaries are still ongoing

27-03-2018 12:57 PM

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Demonstrations continue in the city of Arbil in protest against the system of saving salaries for employees, despite the massive deployment of security services. 

A source in Arbil, the continuation of the demonstrations of cadres, despite the deployment of security forces. 

Several cities in the Kurdistan region have been demonstrating for several days in protest against the system of saving compulsory salaries.

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Kurdish Deputy: The share of the province of the budget enough to distribute salaries without the need to save

 

Tuesday, March 27,

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad MP on the bloc of parliamentary change Hoshyar Abdullah , on Tuesday, that the federal government to instruct the Kurdistan Regional Government to stop the policy of compulsory savings in an "immediate", noting that the share of the province of the budget enough to distribute salaries without the need to save.  "On March 25, there were massive demonstrations in all the cities of the Kurdistan region, including Arbil, despite the usual heavy repressive security measures, in protest against the non-payment of salaries of the staff of the region," said Abdullah in a statement received by Alsumaria News. Hundreds of activists, and the two most important sectors of the society education and health are always out of place, and the situation today in the region is very worrying and Ibscher okay, and may explode at any moment. "     He pointed out that "since 2015 until today, the staff of the Kurdistan region of the failure of the territorial government to pay their salaries and continuation of the use of compulsory savings policy, and are concerned about the fate of salaries not distributed to them and the amounts deducted and forced to pay whether they will be paid to them or not. He added, "Hence the federal government must carry out its duties towards the citizens of Kurdistan and prove its good intentions towards them, especially as they have accused them of lining up alongside the whales of corruption in the region, and it must maintain the constitutional right to preserve the safety of the Iraqi people, For a period of 8 - 9 months in full by the Government of the Territory since 2015 for this day, in addition to the distribution of one quarter of the salary for 23 months under the policy of compulsory savings, and retirees did not receive their salaries for 12 months, and the remainder since 2015 and to this day received a quarter of a monthly salary within the system Compulsory savings Which came an individual decision by the President of the territorial government and his deputy, and today there are large sums owed by the Government of the Territory. "The province's share of the budget is sufficient to distribute salaries without the need to save, along with imports of oil and internal resources, and the federal government must ensure that the provincial government to recognize that salaries And the federal government to put the money and funds from those who raised the money at the expense of the people in the region who have huge assets in the European banks, and then The use of their assets in solving the problem of salaries of staff of the region. Abdullah stressed that "the federal government should send a specialized technical committee to inventory and count all these amounts to prevent tampering by any party." We hope that the federal government will move urgently to resolve this very important file, and in turn we will form an expanded body of defense On the rights of employees and move at all levels, especially on the legal level. "

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more than 36 billion dollars Kurdistan's debt to Baghdad and oil reserves 45 billion barrels

 

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"The Kurdistan region has a large oil reserves estimated by experts in the field of oil 45 billion barrels," the official of the American Kurdish Institute (Center for Research and Strategic Publishing) revealed that the volume of debts of the Kurdistan Region to the Iraqi government amounts to more than 36 billion dollars. 
Tara Chuan said that their follow-up indicates that the volume of debts of the Kurdistan Region to the Iraqi government amounts to more than 36 billion and 50 million dollars, while the volume of debt on the regional government of 28 billion dollars, including internal debt, debt of contractors, debts of Turkey and corporate debt. 
She pointed out that the region will receive more imports if the oil was issued instead of relying on its share in the federal budget.
She explained that the Kurdistan Regional Government is currently exporting 300,000 barrels per day if the price per barrel $ 50 would be the amount of $ 450 million per month, more than $ 5 billion a year, while the share of Kurdistan in the federal budget of 12.67% less than $ 4 billion annually . 
US aid to the Peshmerga forces will continue, indicating that the amount of aid was $ 365 million last year, but the suspension of operations against Da'ash this year reduced the size of this aid to $ 290 million. 
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