Region: Joint Committee will soon begin to resolve the differences between Erbil and Baghdad

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The law of the presidency of the region .. Groups describe his first reading as a "bad start" and democratic: We were delayed a lot

Political | 04:15 - 30/03/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazin News 
exchanged Kurdish blocs, Saturday, statements on the law of the presidency of the region, when described by the opposition that reading the "bad start of parliament," confirmed the Democratic Party bloc, which submitted that the offer was delayed a lot. 
Three blocs, the Islamic Group, the Islamic Union and the New Generation, withdrew from the parliament session to read the law in a first reading, in protest against its clauses. 
The bloc called the Kurdistan Islamic Group, completed the first reading of the draft law to amend the law of the presidency of the Kurdistan region and activate his position as a "bad beginning" for the presidency of the region, indicating that the project submitted by 68 members has passed and will be ratified. 
For its part, confirmed the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc, the parliament of the Kurdistan region has been delayed in the issue of amending the law of the presidency of the Kurdistan region and activate this institution.
"During the third session of the first spring semester of the Kurdistan parliament, the first reading of the draft law to amend the law of the presidency of the province and reactivate this institution was made," said head of the bloc Omid Khoshnao, expressing the hope that the other procedures will be completed by the legal committee to complete Second and third reading ". 
He added that "the issue of the presidency of the Kurdistan region and the reactivation of this important institution and the manner of choosing the president is a national issue, and we are pleased that 68 parliamentarians support the project." 
He continued: "We reject those rumors that raise the presidency of the Parliament of Kurdistan biased to one side without another, they take into account the laws and the rules of procedure of the parliament."
And the opposition of four parliamentary blocs on the project submitted, said Khoshnau, "The Democratic Party has held in the past period of long and in-depth discussions with the parties of those blocks to reach a consensus on the re-activation of the presidency of the province and the formation of the Kurdistan government has been too late in activating the presidency and the subject is not likely to postpone more" 29 / h

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Parliament of Kurdistan to raise the discussion session of the presidency of the region after the withdrawal of several blocks

Political | 03:49 - 30/03/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazin News 
The parliament of the Kurdistan region, Saturday, its scheduled to discuss the law of the presidency of the region minutes after the contract. 
A Kurdish source said in an interview for "Mawazin News" that "the presidency of parliament put forward the draft law to be discussed in the meeting, but some blocks withdrew minutes after that." 
He added that "as a result of the withdrawal of these blocks, the presidency of parliament decided to lift the meeting to another notice." 
The parliament of the province held a few days ago, its meeting to discuss the law of the presidency of the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Massoud Barzani and his allies. 
The bloc of the Islamic Union of Kurdistan, its objection to the law, noting that it is contrary to the Constitution of Iraq and gives the President of the region wide powers.

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Islamic Union: the law of the presidency of the province is contrary to the Constitution

Political | 03:57 - 30/03/2019

 

 

 

Erbil - Mawazin News 
The Kurdistan Islamic Union bloc announced on Saturday its objection to the law of the presidency of the province provided by the Kurdistan Democratic Party, pointing out that it is contrary to the Constitution. 
The head of the bloc, Shirko Jawdat, told reporters on the sidelines of the session of the Parliament of the province to discuss the law, "The mass takes part in the parliament session to be held, but it is the adoption of the draft law to amend the presidency of the region is a legal breach." 
"We will not support the revival of this post according to the draft submitted, which is contrary to the permanent Iraqi constitution," adding that "his bloc does not object to the post, but the authority granted in the project to be voted on." 
He pointed out that "the draft law submitted gives the President of the Kurdistan region absolute powers can not be held accountable for it." 

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Source: three Kurdish political blocs withdraw from the session of the Parliament of the Territory

30/03/2019 04:54 PM | Number of readings:

 

  Rejected the presidency of the Kurdistan region, on Saturday, the requests of three parliamentary blocs to postpone the presentation of the draft law amending the law of the presidency of the territory submitted by 68 parliamentarians. A source in a press statement briefed by the "Covenant News" , " The bloc of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, the Kurdistan Islamic Group, and the mass movement of the new generation demanded to postpone the presentation of the draft law amending the law of the presidency of the region." He added that "the Presidency of the Parliament of the region rejected the claims, which led to the withdrawal of the blocks mentioned because of the actions of the Presidency."

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Raising the session of the Parliament of Kurdistan because of the imbalance of the quorum

Written by: saadin:March 30, 2019In: 

Nour News / Baghdad

The lifting of the parliament of the Kurdistan region, on Saturday, minutes after the convening because of the withdrawal of a number of deputies blocks and imbalance of the quorum.

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National Union: We have nothing to do with the draft law of the presidency of the Kurdistan region

Political | 05:36 - 30/03/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The Union of Kurdistan's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said in a statement on Saturday that it had nothing to do with the draft law on the presidency of the Kurdistan region. 
A member of the bloc Jamal Juez said in a statement to inform his party that "the legal committee in the Parliament of Kurdistan will discuss on Sunday the draft law of the presidency of the Kurdistan region," explaining that "the National Union has nothing to do with the project." 
He added that "the bloc of the National Union has not yet participated in any meeting of the Parliament of Kurdistan, and it is not known participation of members of the bloc to discuss the draft law of the presidency of the Kurdistan region tomorrow." 
He stressed that "the mass is determined, not to participate in the meetings of the Parliament of Kurdistan until an agreement with the Democratic Party."

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Yota, the only thing there guys can agree on is a holiday and that is pretty sad. 

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KDP Won't Participate in Kirkuk Elections Unless the Province is Stabilized

 

 BasNews   30/03/2019 - 23:16  Published inKurdistan

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/511332

ERBIL - The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has made it clear that it would not participate in the provincial elections in disputed Kurdish province of Kirkuk unless the security and military situation is normalized in the area.

Talking to the Voice of America (VOA), Kamal Karkuki, head of the KDP leadership council in Kirkuk, pointed out that discussions are ongoing in hopes of normalizing the general situation in Kirkuk and that his party would not take part in the elections until the talks are over with positive results.

He revealed that all sides, including the US and the international community, are willing to delay the vote process until stability is guaranteed.

Karkuki further noted that the list of voters should be corrected and the provincial council be reactivated, explaining that many people from other areas could have entered the region during the war against the Islamic State (IS) in the past few years.

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QNA hopes to reach agreement on the formation of the Kurdistan government and end the state of anxiety

Political | 11:31 - 31/03/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
A member of the Political Bureau of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Saadi Ahmed Bireh, on Sunday, expressed hope that his party and the Kurdistan Democratic Party to reach an agreement on the formation of the Kurdistan government and to end the state of anxiety. 
"The PUK presented its latest demands to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on the formation of the new government in the Kurdistan region and is waiting for the Democratic Party's response," he said. 
He added: "We hope that the National Union and the Democratic Party can reach an agreement on the formation of the new government as soon as possible and to end the state of concern existing by citizens." 
He stressed the necessity of "unity of the Kurdish political parties to the challenges facing the Kurdistan region and work together to improve the living conditions of citizens."

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New KRG cabinet will pass reform bill within a month - Gorran MP

By Rudaw 3 hours ago 

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Ali Hama Salih, the head of the Change Movement bloc in the Kurdistan Region Parliament speaks on Rudaw TV on March 31, 2019. Photo: Rudaw TV

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will pass the contentious public salary reform bill within the first month of its work, according to a KDP-Gorran agreement, said a top official.
 

"We will pass the reform bill in the first month of the new government," Ali Hama Salih, the head of the Change Movement (Gorran) bloc in the Kurdistan Region Parliament, told Rudaw TV on Sunday. "Nearly 70,000 people who have taken millions of dollars from this country through corrupt means will have their salaries cut."

The parliament passed a reform bill on February 27, 2018 that introduced reforms to the salaries of public employees and pensioners, including cleaning the list of beneficiaries, preventing duplicate benefits and double-salary holders, and institutionalizing the pension program.

Under the proposals, the KRG would have saved about a quarter of its current salary costs, 100-120 billion Iraqi dinars ($84-100 million). 

The bill, however, never materialized as the parties accused each other of using the bill for political gain.
 

The KDP and Gorran signed a deal on government formation on February 18, 2019. The main point focused on passing the contested reform bill. 

Asked whether they could do it, Salih affirmed: "We have reached an agreement on that. And this is the underlying point of the KDP-Gorran agreement."

If the bill is approved, officials will be given 90 days to implement the reforms.

Not reaching a deal would send the wrong message to the people of the Kurdistan Region, according to Gorran's Salih.

"If this agreement is not worked on and the reform bill not passed, we are telling the people of Kurdistan that the KDP-Gorran agreement was nothing but a big lie," he said.
 

In the meantime, it remains unclear when the new government will be formed as the KDP and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are yet to ink a deal as the latter disagrees on what posts have been allocated in the new cabinet.  

The KRG has suffered economic woes in the past five years as its budget share was slashed by Baghdad, oil prices plummeted, and it dealt with a costly war and IDP crisis due to the conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS).

The KRG had insisted that revenues haven’t been sufficient to meet its payroll. Therefore in late 2016 it introduced unpopular austerity measures including the salary savings system which saw civil servants’ salaries cut.
 

As Baghdad-Erbil relations normalized after Iraqi PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi took office and the 2019 budget was unanimously described as an improvement by Kurdish MPs in Baghdad, the KRG declared on March 8 an end to the saving system. 

Leaders in the Kurdistan Region repeatedly describe 2019 as economically promising.

 

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Including monetory reform?

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Next Tuesday .. Kurdistan Parliament discusses the amendment of the election of the President of the region

Political | 5:16 - 31/03/2019

 

 

 

Kurdistan region - 
the Kurdish parliament will hold next Tuesday, the fourth session of the first year of the fifth electoral cycle, which includes discussing the amendment of the election of the President of the region. 
The source said, in an interview with the agency / Mawazin News / "The program of Tuesday meeting includes the second reading of the proposed law to re-activate the institution of the presidency of the Kurdistan region, and amend the election of the President of the Territory until the ratification of the Constitution." 
He pointed out that "the Legal Committee will submit its report in this regard in accordance with the provisions of Articles 87 and eighty-ninth of the rules of procedure of the Parliament."

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Jemaah Islamiyah: There is no objection to a political agreement with the National Union

Political | 05:52 - 01/04/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) 
- A spokesman for the Kurdistan Islamic Group (RG), Ribawar Hamad, said Monday that the meeting with the UNITA delegation had been regular and continuing for previous meetings to discuss the relations between the two parties. 
"There are circumstances in the Kurdistan region to pass the law of the presidency of the province, and the position of our party on this is clear and in the previous session we had our position that the regime in the Kurdistan region should be a parliamentary system," Repoar Hamad told reporters after the meeting on Monday. 
He added that "there is coordination and understanding between the group and other parties and with the National Union within the framework of this understanding with the formation of a government that provides services to the people and the participation of all parties and be a government of genuine partnership."
On the position of the National Union and the Islamic Group on their relations, Hamad said, We may disagree on some things, but we agree on other things, and there is no objection to a political agreement with the National Union and we confirmed that in the past. 
"I believe that the law of the presidency of the province after the national and needs to consensus and consensus of all political parties." 
"There have been no serious talks between the group and the Kurdistan Democratic Party to participate in the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cab," he said.

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Kurdistan Parliament holds its meeting today .. and three blocks intersection

Political | 09:55 - 02/04/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazin News 
The Kurdistan Regional Parliament, Tuesday, its normal session to boycott three blocks. 
A political source told Mawazine News that "the Kurdistan Parliament is scheduled to hold its fourth session for the first year of the fifth electoral cycle." 
The source added that "the work program of the session includes the second reading of the proposed law to re-activate the Presidency of the Kurdistan region, and amend the election of the President of the Territory until the ratification of the Constitution." 
He pointed out that "the Legal Committee will present during the meeting a report on this matter, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 87 and eighty-ninth of the rules of procedure of the Parliament of Kurdistan." 
He pointed out that "the blocs of the National Union and the Islamic Union and the Islamic Group will boycott today's meeting."

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02-04-2019 02:00 PM

Because of differences .. The postponement of the parliament session of Kurdistan to tomorrow

 

 

Baghdad

The parliament of Kurdistan decided on Tuesday to postpone the meeting to Wednesday because of the continued succession.

A parliamentary source said early, the parliament of Kurdistan, decided to postpone its meeting scheduled to be held today to Wednesday.

He explained that the postponement came because of the continuing differences between the parties Talabani and Barzani on positions in the provincial government.

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Postponement of the session of the Parliament of Kurdistan to tomorrow

By Rudao 1 hour ago

Rhodeau

Roudao - Erbil   

decided to postpone the session of the Parliament of Kurdistan, which was scheduled at the third hour of Tuesday afternoon, April 2, 2019, to Wednesday. 

It was scheduled to meet the Parliament of Kurdistan this evening, to conduct the second reading of the project to activate the Kurdistan Region Foundation and amend the mechanism of electing the President until the Constitution. 

According to the information obtained by the network Rowoudao media, the Presidency of the Parliament will shortly issue a clarification on the postponement of the meeting. 

So far, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have not reached a final agreement on sharing positions in the new government.

It is noteworthy that the Parliament of Kurdistan completed in its meeting held on 30-3-2019 the first reading of (the draft law to activate the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region and amend the wording of the election of the President of the Territory until the ratification of a constitution), and the parliamentarians of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Islamic Group and the new generation in the Legal Affairs Committee Have refused to sign the lifting of the bill to the Presidency of the Parliament of Kurdistan. 

After the approval of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to grant the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan six ministries in the new government in the Kurdistan Region, the Union raised the ceiling demands for the negotiations of the distribution of positions, according to information obtained by the network Rowaudo media, the National Union included the claim of 50% of the posts of the Security Council of the Kurdistan Region in addition to Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, the Investment Commission to the list of claim.

In addition, the Democratic Party recognizes the right of the Union to hold the post of Speaker of the Parliament of Kurdistan in addition to the Vice-President of the Government of the Kurdistan Region Kurdistan.

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You can drag things out forever + .a day when you have a parliamentarian type of government.  For these folks it’s the perfect Win Win - for them: the people lose out big time.

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Barzani: The waiting time for the formation of the provincial government has ended

Release date: 2019/4/3 12:40 • 159 times read

"We are very patient that the majority of the parties in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are involved, but we have reached a stage where we can not wait any longer," said Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

"We know that the province of Kurdistan held elections last year successfully and showed the results of our patience a lot and gave us many opportunities for the parties to form the Kurdistan Regional Government," Barzani said in the framework of his participation in the Erbil International Book Fair. 
"There have been many opportunities for all, but now we have reached a stage that can not wait any longer and there is no justification and the waiting time is over," Barzani said. 
"The parliament will start implementing its program and elect the president of the region and start the new cab work for the Kurdistan Regional Government." 
He pointed out that "at this hour will not wait with the political parties winning the election and we will start our work."

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This sounds like they now realize they must get it together for the next phase... Which is coming SOON!

 

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The Parliament of Kurdistan held its meeting today .. And the prospect of ending the boycott of blocks

Political | 11:06 - 03/04/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazin News 
The Parliament of the Kurdistan region, Wednesday, a regular session to discuss the subject of amending the law of the presidency of the region. 
A political source, for / Mawazin News /, "The Kurdistan Regional Parliament holds, this afternoon, a new parliamentary session to discuss the subject of amending the law of the presidency of the region." 
The source said, "ending the boycott blocks attend the session." 
A source for / Mawazin News earlier, that the program of work of the meeting includes the second reading of the proposed law to re-activate the Presidency of the Kurdistan region, and amend the election of the President of the Territory until the ratification of the Constitution. 
He pointed out that the legal committee will present its report in this regard according to the provisions of Articles 87 and 89 of the rules of procedure of the Kurdistan Parliament. He pointed out that the blocs of the National Union, the Islamic Union and the Islamic Group will boycott today's session.
The Presidency of Parliament has announced yesterday, postponed the meeting for Wednesday

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Barzani: continue to form the new Kurdistan government without waiting more

Political | 11:09 - 03/04/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, on Wednesday, to proceed with the formation of the new government of the Kurdistan region without waiting more. 
Barzani said in a speech at the opening of the exhibition, which was attended by correspondent / Mawazin News, "The reconstruction of the city of Mosul is more difficult to liberate it from the grip of the organization is calling." 
He added that "the policy of the parties and parties connected the city to the current stage, and what it suffers," stressing that "the factors that led to the emergence of a dodger has not been addressed so far and still remains a threat to Iraq." 
"It was supposed to be the elimination of the militant organization in Iraq and Syria in a single time."
And the formation of the new government of the Kurdistan region, Barzani said that "we can wait more and must continue to form a government," pointing out that the presence of Adel Abdul Mahdi, head of the government in Kurdistan is the final opportunity and should not be compromised. "

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National Union reaches an agreement with the Democratic Party and participates in the session of the Parliament of Kurdistan

 

03-04-2019 03:08 PM 
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Agency of the orbit -

Baghdad

Informed Kurdish sources said on Wednesday that an agreement between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on the formation of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was reached.

The sources said, for the 'orbit', that 'the National Union reached today an agreement with the Democrat on the formation of the new provincial government'.

"The National Union will attend the session of the Parliament of the next province to discuss the formation of the government."

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Thanks Yota and good morning DV.