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Member of the Constitutional Amendment Committee: The Electoral Commission is very flaccid and there will be a big change in it

 

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Member of the Constitutional Amendment Committee, MP Yonadam Kanna, on Wednesday, that the current election commission is very flabby and there will be a major change, pointing out that the current commission is not able to control the work of influential parties within it.

Kanna said in a televised statement continued (information), that "the committee moved towards experts and jurists to receive their suggestions on amendments."

He added that "the position of the representative of the United Nations was good and called for the non-use of violence against the demonstrators, but internal and external agendas are working to destabilize the security and stability of the country during the demonstrations." He pointed out that "the prime minister seeks to make elections one constituency and this is a lack of districts and small areas."

He stressed that "the current election commission is very flaccid and will change significantly, as the current commission is not able to control the work of influential actors within it." He pointed out that "Article 140 and other constitutional articles on resources will be the subject of discussion between Baghdad and the region."

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Trump: The ceasefire in Syria is holding up very well
 
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US President Donald Trump told reporters that the ceasefire in Syria is holding up very well. This came during the hosting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House, on Wednesday.

Trump said the relationship with Turkey was good, and his administration was talking to Kurds who seemed satisfied.

During the meeting, Erdogan will discuss the Russian defense system S400 and the trade agreement between the two countries, he added.
 

 

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Trump: Kurds are satisfied with the steady ceasefire in Syria

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13th November, 2019


US President Donald Trump told reporters that the ceasefire in Syria has held very well.

This came as he hosted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump said the relationship with Turkey was good and his administration was talking to Kurds who seemed satisfied.

He added that Erdogan and the meeting will discuss the Russian defense system S400 and the trade agreement between the two countries.

 

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Kaabi: Parliamentary agreement to speed up the enactment of important laws and constitutional and ministerial amendments

 

 

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Deputy Speaker Hassan al-Kaabi said during a meeting with the United Nations representative in Iraq, Jenin Blachart, on Wednesday, that there is a full parliamentary agreement to accelerate the implementation of comprehensive reforms from the legislation of important laws and constitutional amendments and ministerial.

The Information Office of the Kaabi in a statement received by (information), that “the first deputy speaker of the House of Representatives Hassan Karim Kaabi, met in his office today, Wednesday, November 13, 2019 representing the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq Jenin Blachart, in the presence of Vice President of the Council of Representatives, Bashir al-Haddad,'' the office said in a statement.

He praised the efforts made by the United Nations and the United Nations Mission in the country and Ms. Blaskhart in particular in the framework of support for Iraq communication with the legislative and executive bodies to contribute to meet the demands of the demonstrators, valuing the presence of Blaskhart in the yards of demonstration and direct listening to citizens who are there, as well as meeting with the religious reference in Najaf and the continued holding of meetings with the Council of Ministers and the deputies and all political forces, trade unions, unions, activists and related parties.

Al-Kaabi stressed that "the House of Representatives continues to speed up the completion of a package of legislation and reform decisions that correspond to the demands of the true demonstrators," pointing out that "there is insistence at the presidency and members of the House of Representatives to make the necessary amendments to a set of important laws and long-awaited by the people over the past years, Among them are the Electoral and Electoral Commission laws and the necessary constitutional and ministerial amendments.

Al-Kaabi stressed the need to maintain partnership with the United Nations in all that serves Iraq and cooperate in the development of laws that meet the aspirations of all Iraqi people. 

 

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Shiite cities in Iraq are devoid of pictures of Khomeini and Khamenei

 

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Cities in southern Iraq have been devoid of images of Iranian religious symbols for the first time in 16 years.An Iraqi activist said the demonstrators were outraged by Iranian interference in Iraq and to protect Tehran's corrupt political class by tearing up images of Iranian religious symbols

Speaking from demonstrations in Diwaniya, 200 km south of Baghdad, activist Azwan al-Tamimi said that the streets of Nasiriyah, Diwaniyah, Samawah and Basra are completely empty of pictures of Khomeini and Khamenei, despite the monitoring of demonstrations by Shiite armed factions. They were kidnapped or assassinated. On the other hand, social media abuzz with a question by civil activists to the Shiite authority Ali al-Sistani: Is the killing of demonstrators halal or haram? The same question was imposed in cyberspace and in the activists' speeches and speeches in Tahrir Square after a speech described as truce and collusion with the government by Sistani's representative Abdul Mahdi Karbalai

Although Sistani's office denied knowledge of an agreement between the political forces to suppress the demonstrations leaked by international agencies, civil activist Hashim al-Oqabi said in an interview on his electronic platform that thousands of young people carried him a question and asked him to deliver it to the ears of reference: Is the killing of demonstrators halal or haram? If it is haraam, why did religious institutions in Iraq not issue explicit fatwas prohibiting it

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Saudi Arabia signs memorandums of understanding with Iraq in the fields of electricity, oil and gas

 

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13th November, 2019


The Saudi Shura Council approved on Wednesday a number of memorandums of understanding with several countries, most notably with Iraq in the areas of electricity, oil and gas.

According to published through the official Council account on "Twitter", it has been in accordance with the Council on a draft memorandum of understanding with the Iraqi side between the Ministry of Industry in the Kingdom and the Ministry of Industry and Minerals in Iraq; cooperation in the sectors of industry and mineral wealth."

The body electrical connection Gulf has revealed its intention, tender Implementation of the project linking Iraq, the Gulf network, in the second half of this year, to start supplying Iraq of electric power in the summer of 2020.

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Trump: We seek to expand our trade with Turkey to 100 billion dollars a year

 

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13th November, 2019

 


Announced US President Donald Trump on Wednesday that the United States is seeking to increase trade with Turkey, from 20 to 100 billion dollars annually.

"The relations between the United States and Turkey are good," Trump told reporters at the start of his meeting with the Turkish president in Washington.

On the other hand, Trump stressed that "the truce in northern Syria is holding, and that his administration is in contact with the Kurds in Syria, and they appear" satisfied "with the situation."

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This Order establishes a safe, sound, and independent Central Bank for the purposes of achieving and maintaining domestic price stability, fostering and maintaining a stable and competitive market-based financial system, and promoting sustainable growth, employment, and prosperity in Iraq.

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What Kurdish red lines on the demands of protesters in Iraq?

 

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The revolutions often change the course of states and their policies, and the escalating demonstrations in Iraq with their intensity and demands have changed a lot.Therefore, some political parties introduced a spiral of fears of changes that may be imposed by popular pressure, especially after the demonstrators insisted on incorporating the amendment of the constitution as one of the main demands raised in their protests.

Perhaps the Kurdish house is unique to the Sunni and Shiite houses, fearing that the government will respond to the demonstrators' demand for constitutional amendments, according to the Kurdish political analyst. The flood is attributed to the fact that the Kurdistan region of Iraq enjoys autonomy and autonomy, and is more serious than others in seeking the interests of its citizens and nationalism.

The deputy of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc Dana Mohammed Al-Kateb agrees with this view, and points to the existence of reservations on some points to amend the Constitution, the most important of which is the federal system in Iraq and the regions and points concerned with the rights of Kurdistan. The writer added that constitutional articles have been put forward for amendment was not presented to us officially, but there is talk to some parties, which raises our fears that they are political demands rather than popular and therefore we will not accept to strike the interests of the Kurdistan region.

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While former Kurdish lawmaker Vian Dakhil says the demonstrations came out in protest against the political approach and financial corruption that has strained infrastructure, job opportunities and appointments and was not for a specific constitutional clause, noting that “if there is a real demand for amendments and there is a response Government does not mind to change any paragraph after discussion and negotiation provided that it preserves the rights of the Kurds, a responsibility lies with us and an important part of our duty towards the people of our nationality and will not give up our rights and consider it a red line.

This is confirmed by the flood by saying that the Kurds do not object to the amendment of the paragraphs of the Constitution whatsoever in return for the non-prejudice to Article 140 on the disputed areas and the survival of federal Iraq, the same views as legal expert Abdul Sattar Ramadan by stressing not to oppose the constitutional amendments if What has been done in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution stipulated in Article 142 or within the next paragraphs is conducted in accordance with Article 126, which includes guarantees for all components of the Iraqi people within the rights and gains obtained after 2003.

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although Vian Dakhil likely not to reach cases of severe disagreements and clashes between the region and the federal government, but insists on not accepting prejudice to any agreement concluded with the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi in previous months, pointing out that the Kurds stand in the face of any attempt to intervene and manipulate agreements that preceded the demonstrations.

Ramadan stressed that oil is the file of the relationship between Baghdad and the region, where negotiations have reached advanced stages, and there was an agreement to sign the end of the dispute, but preoccupation with the existing protests marginalized the issue of oil, and continues to say Ramadan The demonstrations brought about the ruling political class. ”

He also supported the flood that the issues of oil and ports will have an agreement and a new formula does not accept the Kurds minimal damage caused by any constitutional amendments to the interests of the region, and points to the possibility of new differences between Erbil and Baghdad in light of the continued pressure of protesters.

According to MP Ahmed al-Jubouri, when the Iraqi constitution was drafted in 2005, Kurds were more organized than Sunnis and Shiites because of their special status and possession of organized parties and experience that preceded the invasion of Iraq in 2003.As a result, they were able to incorporate their rights into the constitution in a way that could not be amended against their will.

Jubouri ruled out the possibility of constitutional amendments to serve the Iraqis and to meet with rejection from the Kurdistan region, attributing the reason to the provision of the Constitution that if two-thirds of voters in three provinces rejected any amendment, it is considered void.

He continued to say that the constitutional amendments will not see the light because the Kurds and despite their participation in the Iraqi government, their political focus is their authority in the region. Al-Jubouri concluded by talking to Al Jazeera Net saying that the safest solution and the best guarantee lies in disrupting the constitution altogether and starting to write a new constitution that Iraqis agree on.

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Lord harmful harmful translation came today after the rise of some voices calling for constitutional amendments without exception for the sake of nationalism or doctrine to find Kurdish parties themselves at the table of convergence of views and overcome their differences. The analyst noted the floods to unite all parties in the region to oppose any amendment contrary to the independence of the Kurds and the stability of their interests, in light of what they received recently during the assumption of Adel Abdul Mahdi prime minister and his good relationship with the Kurds.

This is confirmed by the legal expert Abdul Sattar Ramadan, saying that Abdul-Mahdi does not hold against the Kurds any grudge and does not have any bad attitudes towards the region, which does not bear the status of the recent situation as it came to the last complex moments of the political scene after the accumulation of 15 years of corruption by Successive governments, stressing that all Kurdish parties are given an opportunity for Abdul Mahdi to carry out his promises of reforms.

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Baghdad offers demonstrators to overthrow the government and keep Abdul Mahdi to calm the protests

 

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BAGHDAD - Informed political sources in Baghdad revealed a series of meetings held in the past few days, at the headquarters of political parties and personalities close to Iran, to agree on a "ransom" that must be paid to calm the three-week popular protests.

Demonstrators say their first goal at this stage is to overthrow Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who is accused of ordering the killing of protesters in Baghdad and the provinces, but that power-sharing parties, backed by Iran, insist on keeping him.

The sources said in a statement to the "Arabs" that the house of the leader of the current wisdom Ammar al-Hakim and the office of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and the house of the leader of the Fatah alliance Hadi al-Amiri, hosted during the past five days, at least three meetings, to examine ways to get out of the crisis of protests with the least damage, explaining that " The parties of the Iraqi Authority realize that they must pay a ransom of some kind to calm the protesters. ”

The sources confirmed that Iranian Ambassador Erj Masjedi, who is close to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, attended one of these meetings and participated in the discussions.

The distance between what young protesters think and what leaders of political parties and political blocs think is still great, despite all attempts at promises to reduce that distance at a price that could not be too high if ministerial changes placate protesters away from abandoning the prime minister, who was forced into the political class. To stick to it by Iranian pressure.

According to a politician who took part in these meetings, one of them saw the idea of replacing all government ministers while keeping Abdul Mahdi at the helm, a proposal that did not get enough enthusiasm to withstand it during the discussions. The demonstrators' reactions are measured with each batch of changes. ”

The Iranians, according to the Iraqi politician, who was speaking with the "Arabs" from the capital Baghdad that "concessions must be associated with a positive attitude on the street, if the demonstrators will only accept the change of prime minister, what is the need to replace the ministers."

Among the proposals is to remove Abujahad al-Hashemi, the head of the prime minister's office, from the forefront of events, after the demonstrators considered the gateway to the entry of Iraqi militias loyal to Iran on the line of suppression of protests.

Hashemi has a strong militia record. He was a prominent leader of the Supreme Islamic Council and the Badr Organization, accused of liquidating a large number of former Iraqi army officersafter the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.

Iraqi government ministers say Hashemi is the de facto head of the executive branch, not Abdul Mahdi, as the supreme representative of Iranian interests in Baghdad.

It is not yet clear whether Iran will agree to al-Hashemi's exclusion from the scene, to absorb the anger of the protest, but the size of its large interests in Iraq and the need to preserve it could push it into tough decisions against some of its men in Iraq, observers say.

But this plan, too, may not end up with its goal of dismantling the protest movement, as indications coming from Tahrir Square in Baghdad say the demonstrators are not much concerned with government policy measures taken under the demands of protesters.

Mahdi appears to be summoning his allies to Baghdad to declare their support for him to stay in office. In this context, the President of the Kurdistan region, Nechirvan Barzani, arrived in the capital from Erbil, where he was received by the Prime Minister.

Sources said that the goal of the visit is to renew Kurdish support for the Iraqi government, which sees the Kurdistan region as a guarantor of his interests in Iraq, especially the continued sale of oil and monopolize its revenues away from Baghdad.

Kurdish politicians say that Mahdi is the best defender of their interests in Iraq, including the share of the region's public budget, which gets full, despite his refusal to deliver oil to Baghdad.

An Iraqi political observer believes that with regard to the political equation inside Iraq, Adel Abdul Mahdi does not represent a difficult number.

The observer said in a statement to the "Arabs" that the fear of overthrowing Adel Abdul-Mahdi due to what could follow that step of concessions may lead to the disruption of the internal structure of the system, a goal sought by the protesters to reach the page of the sectarian system. Therefore, Iran seems angry with its followers because each of them is thinking of distancing himself from the government and its mistakes at this critical moment when Iranian interests in Iraq are threatened.

The observer stresses that if the security solution has proved its failure to curb the demonstrations and bring the protesters home, the political solution to the crisis is still far away, which the protesters have become aware of.

The government's inability to find a compromise that could satisfy the protesters has become an encouragement for them to maintain their high demands ceiling, which is made more sacrifices without paying attention to promises of temptation, which are nothing but attempts to test the pulse of the street and create a kind of rift among the protesters.

The political class, which was counting on Iran's security plan on the table as the only way to end the protests and break up sit-ins, failed.

The observer points out that it is still early to talk about the possibility of a crisis within the ruling class because of Iran's insistence on a security plan can be implemented only by risking clash with the international community, which can not bear the Iraqi government in its fragile situation.

Iraqi politicians are counting on Iran to replace its security plan with a political plan that could satisfy protesters regardless of the losses it could entail, which is unlikely to be approved by Iran after its tightening. Temporary losses are better than permanent defeat.

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Iran's charities are a front for intelligence missions

 

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Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iran has worked in various ways to consolidate its influence in it, and has adopted many tools and means, including religious parties, military militias, financial, economic and media institutions, as well as charitable organizations, which are usually given the name of one of the imams or revered for camouflage, and run by a religious man To facilitate the polarization and recruitment and thus make the public under the obedience of these institutions, while in fact linked to the agenda of the expansion of the Tehran regime intelligence missions for its benefit, and its original goal of imposing his hegemony on Iraq to swallow the land, people and culture.

Charities were generally the means of Islamists, Sunnis and Shiites, to reach people, and one of the most important tools of their political work. These associations are known to the Shiites as Mabarrat, usually supervised by a cleric, or a committee of the religious party.

It is known that the religious title is the fastest to the simple, you do not find them think beyond this trick, but to solve the family and personal dilemma in food, dress and education, which is hidden behind doing good through religious religious political groups, forcing many indigent to take the doctrine of the party or Community dress.

However, what happens in Iraq does not stop at meeting the personal or family need, in return for belonging and giving gratitude, to a party or state, such as the Islamic Republic, which the Islamists generally like to call Iran the Islamic Republic, and the reason that it is a title that includes a large area, far from Iran It includes Lebanon and the four capitals that the Iranian Wali al-Faqih spoke of dominating (Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus and Sanaa).

The recognition by Hizbullah of Lebanon, in its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah's speech, was that the future of Lebanon is tied to the system of velayat-e faqih, specifically Mr. Khamenei al-Husseini, as Nasrallah has recently named him. In the life of Khomeini, Nasrallah said, before taking over the leadership of the party, that the desired state is not the Islamic state of Lebanon, but the state of the jurist Faqih, represented and led by Mr. Khomeini. The slogan in Husseinieh Sayyida Zainab, "Oh God save us Khomeini until the appearance of Imam Mahdi!" And you imagine the absence of reason in this slogan and others.

There are institutions with different names, but they are not outside the administration of the clergy, and individuals active in working politically and intelligently with Iran.

The militias were not the only tool in which Iran dominated the velayat-e faqih in Iraq, but there was an economic and social aspect carried out by many institutions, whose names were chosen from the names of imams, addressed to Iraq's Shiites in the center and south.

It is not important for the wilayat al-faqih system to use the names of imams for a commercial or intelligence establishment. She lived a long time in Iran.

One of these institutions is the Imam Foundation "carpet charity" in Karbala. It is a charitable front, but its mission is a point of intelligence in the city, which is of interest to the Iranian regime more than others, because it is the focus of many Iranians. The Foundation is headed by an Iranian and assisted by Iraqis from Iranian organizations.

The Imam of the carpet is Ali bin Hussein, who survived the massacre of Karbala in 61 AH, and is the father of the twelve imams, according to the Shiite tradition. But the Iranians are not too late to put their name on a false charity.

In Baghdad-Karrada, the imam al-Mahdi, the expected corps of the Quds Force, and his influential commander in Iraq, Qasem Soleimani, were named. This institution has armament functions. It is run by the Badr Organization, led by Hadi al-Amiri, one of Iran's most prominent men in Baghdad. There is also the Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq Foundation, headquartered in Baghdad-Palestine Street, and its cultural facade, supervised by Miqdad and Ali Khosravi, while her work is political, has nothing to do with culture.

The name of Mrs. Fatima Al-Zahra was exploited in the Karbala-based Ansar Fatima Al-Zahra Foundation, with a branch in Najaf and the rest of the central and southern governorates. Not only did the names of the imams have been exploited by the Iranian side, but they also took advantage of the Qur'an. They are all charitable organizations, but their mission is economic and intelligence, as a network to expand Iranian influence inside Iraq.

There are institutions of different names, but they do not depart from the administration of clerics, and individuals active in working politically and intelligence with Iran, including: Al-Hajja Foundation, based in Kadhimiya in Baghdad. The title of argument is the title of Imam Mahdi expected, and its mission is to provide housing for Iranian intelligence elements, and their distribution in Baghdad. One of them, the Ayatollah Khomeini, whose name is Ayatollah Khomeini, is based in Maysan province, with branches in Wasit and Dhi Qar provinces. The Khatib Islamic Cultural Foundation, based in Diyala province, the city of Baquba - the military district, is supervised by an Iraqi parliamentarian who deals directly with the Quds Force.

The Green Parsian Foundation has the task of collecting information about Iraqis who reject Iranian presence, operating under health or medical cover, and collecting information about those who reject the Iranian presence in order to assassinate them if it is impossible to attract them. I worked on their monitor.

On the financial side, Bank Sepah, headquartered in Baghdad with a branch in Najaf and Basra, has its main mission to launder money for terrorist acts in Iraq and the region, under Iranian protection. Melli Banking Corporation, or Bank Melli, is based in Baghdad - Arsat Street, India, which provides financial facilities for Iranian activities. Knowing that the institutions that work in the financial side are more important than others, they monitor the movement of the market and the needs of Iranian goods, and the movement of the dollar and exchange, and work to transfer it to Iran to face the embargo imposed there.

Apart from these Iranian institutions, religious institutions were established since 2003 in Iraqi cities and villages. They were founded by generalists who had received religious education in the city of Qom. But to expand the reference of Iranian religious references, and broadcast the thought of the velayat-e faqih. A generation of young people, who are enthusiastic about religious events, grew up organizing cattle parades to Karbala on the 40th visit, in addition to the presence of Iranian schools.

However, the most affected Iraqi cities from the Iranian charitable and commercial presence are the cities of Karbala and Najaf. Another door.

At the heart of the matter is that it is wrong to view Iranian influence as an armed militia only, or through religious parties, which extend its influence over the reins of state circles, but there is the "charity" and intelligence, which faced some of the above, and it is difficult to know all the institutions that play this role . Iran occupies Iraq socially and religiously, because it depends in its policy of the emotional side in influencing the Iraqis, and knows that the parties that worked with them do not have a long duration, and memory may be lost, that is, the role played by the Iraqi Islamic opposition in Iran against Iraq, so it began to create a new generation In expanding and ensuring continued political and economic influence.

But it was surprised by the October demonstrations, after the picture turned out to be rejected by the Shiite youth before the Sunnis, so it must think about the order of priorities within Iraq, the loss of Iraq means the end of the regime in Iran, and even the theory of the mandate of the political jurist, because it generates Iraqi money and the Iraqi man, They will be taken to fight for it in Syria and Yemen.

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Barzani Allawi: the region supports any amendment to the constitution described by part of Iraq

 

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The head of the Iraqi platform, Iyad Allawi, discussed in his office on Wednesday evening with the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, and his accompanying delegation the current situation in the country and the amendments in the constitution.


A statement from Allawi's office received a copy of the agency (Euphrates News), that the meeting "discussed in detail the file of protests and the repercussions of the current situation, and stressed the need to speed up the response to the legitimate demands of the masses." The two sides warned against "continuing to confront these demonstrations with violence and stop the bloodshed and bring those responsible to the competent courts."

With regard to the file to amend the constitution, Barzani stressed to Allawi and those present at the meeting that "the region supports any amendment in the interest of Iraq and the Iraqis as Kurdistan part of Iraq,"explaining "the importance of resolving the laws of oil and gas and the distribution of wealth and the Federal Court and other laws that would serve the country." 

 

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Associated Press: Iraqi demonstrators are looking for oil money

 

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Swept Iraq, a wave of angry and violent protests in Baghdad and the southern provinces, where the demonstrators were chanting for the fall of a political institution say it does not give them priority in their interests.

"The unrest is fueled by anger at the economy, which is flooded with oil money that has failed to provide jobs or improvements in the lives of young people, who make up the majority of those who take to the streets," the Associated Press report said. "The province, which represents the lion's share of Iraq's crude oil exports, but we are unemployed and poor even though we see oil rights flares every day, where millions of dollars have gone," said activist Huda from Basra.

The report added that "this leads to the question, oil represents approximately 85 to 90 percent of the revenues of the Iraqi state and is expected to reach the federal budget for this year about 79 billion dollars based on expected exports of 3.88 million barrels per day at $ 56 a barrel, as the Iraqi economy improved In 2019 due to higher oil production, GDP growth is expected to grow by 4.6% by the end of the year according to the World Bank.'' But with all this, Iraqi citizens rarely see the fruits of these wealth due to financial mismanagement, inefficiency, bureaucracy and corruption, where the total unemployment rate is about 11% while 22% of the population live in poverty.”

The report continued, “The system of political power in Iraq The quota-based system has enabled political elites to govern based on informal agreements and agreements, marginalize the role of parliament and alienate many Iraqi residents in the process. In social projects and much-needed infrastructure.” "Last year's budget ended with a surplus of about $ 21 billion, not because we had a lot of money, but because we didn't know how to spend it the right way," said one Iraqi official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The government or international organizations spend on ministry officials to cover expenses.”

"Iraqi leaders are not yet ready to reform the system, which experts say is unsustainable due to lack of resources and excessive dependence on volatile oil markets."
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Legislation To Go After Corrupt Government Officials ...  :bananacamel:

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Abdul-Mahdi's Office: Start preparing the law {Where did you get this?}

 

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The Office of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, soon to start preparing a bill (where do you get this).
 
"The cabinet is seeking to approve a draft law (where do you get this?) To monitor the property and property of senior officials in the state during the previous period, and follow up its assets and how they obtained them,"said Saad al-Hadithi, a spokesman for the office.

He said, "The preparation of this project falls within the framework of the efforts of the government within the reform package launched recently."

He explained that "this project will be prepared soon in the Council of Ministers by the Legal Department of the General Secretariat and the Shura Council, as it began work, and will be completed soon to be sent to the House of Representatives for legislation and implementation."
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Halbousi confirms to proceed with the enactment of several laws, including {where do you get this}

 

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Halbousi, during the parliament session for this Wednesday to proceed with the legislation of laws that serve the social reality.

Halbousi said during the session that "the parliament continues to legislate laws that serve the social and health reality, which contribute to the solution of the accumulated problem experienced by the country, especially laws (where you this, the Federal Court, investment, health insurance, the law of the Council of Ministers and Ministers), declaring that "The Council has completed the second reading and discussed it, calling on "the competent committees to mature the laws to be submitted to the vote in the next sessions during the current month."
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The start of the parliament session with the presence of 235 deputies

 

The start of the parliament session with the presence of 235 deputies
 
 
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The House of Representatives held its regular session on Thursday.

 

The session was presided over by Majlis Speaker Halbousi and attended by 235 deputies.

The agenda of the session includes voting on the proposal to abolish the financial privileges of officials in the state and vote on the draft law of the first amendment to the Commission on Integrity and complete the vote on the proposal of the Health Insurance Law.
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The House of Representatives raises its issue to next week

 

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The Council of Representatives raised its session to next week.

A parliamentary source said that "the House of Representatives continues to hold its meetings until next week after the adjournment of its session for the day."
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Parliament sets 6 laws to vote on in the next session

 

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The Presidency of the House of Representatives, set 6 laws to vote on in the next session.

 

A parliamentary source (for Euphrates News) that "the Presidency of the Parliament set 6 laws to vote on the next session, namely: -

- Integrity and graft law
- Amendment of the law of provincial and district councils

- Proposed abolition of concessions law
- Unified Retirement Law
- Health Insurance Law
- Committee Law Olympic
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Ministry Of Planning: Iraq's Debt For 2019 Amounted To 115 Billion Dollars And The Unemployment Rate 13.8%

 

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The Ministry of Planning, announced that Iraq's debt for 2019 amounted to 115 billion dollars, stressing that the government should direct loans and debt to investment development outputs, while noting that the unemployment rate in Iraq reached 13.8%.

"Iraq's debts for 2019 amounted to $ 115 billion, of which $ 43 billion is internal and $ 72 billion,'' ministry spokesman Abdul Zahra al-Hindawi said in a press statement. They belong to the Gulf countries and other countries that were borrowed by the former regime during its wars.

He added, “These debts, whatever their size, are a burden on the current and future generations and the state must fulfill its obligations towards these debts and the benefits arising from them.” For the war on ISIS, which reflected negatively on development and investment, which was considered by the Ministry of Planning in its five-year budget in order to make the most of these loans to achieve comprehensive development in Iraq.

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Turkish lira falls after Trump and Erdogan meeting

 

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The Turkish lira fell on Thursday after US President Donald Trump criticized his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for not giving up Ankara's purchase of Russia's air defense system.

The Turkish currency was trading today, at 12:11 Moscow time, at 5.7728 pounds to the dollar, down 0.58% from Wednesday's closing level of 5.745 pounds to the dollar. The Turkish currency has fallen this year by 8% due mainly to concerns about the deterioration of relations with Washington. The US president called it a "very serious challenge" to relations between the United States and Turkey, two NATO members. Trump described his meeting with Erdogan as "wonderful," but the two presidents did not explain in specific terms how they would overcome their growing differences on many issues.

The lira came under pressure earlier this year as Ankara faced US sanctions over its purchase of Russia's S-400. The currency also fell in October when Turkey launched a military operation in northeastern Syria against the YPG, a US partner, again raising the prospect of sanctions against Ankara.
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Pompeo: We will continue to lead the fight against ISIS and help Iraq return more than 4 million displaced people

 

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14th November, 2019

 


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that his country will continue to lead the international coalition against ISIS.

This came during a ministerial meeting of member states of the international coalition against ISIS. "America is seeking to prevent ISIS from establishing a foothold in Africa. Washington will continue to lead the fight against ISIS," Pompeo said. "We are also trying to prevent ISIS from retaking oil fields in northeastern Syria," he said. He said Washington would help Iraq return more than 4 million displaced people to their homes.

The US secretary of state called on member states of the coalition against IS to recapture captured foreign fighters. "The authorities in Iraq and Syria must be helped to restore stability," he said. "The war against ISIS is not over," he said.

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US Secretary of State Mark Pompeo said on Thursday that his country would help Iraq return 4 million displaced people and continue to lead the international coalition.

Speaking at a ministerial meeting of members of the international coalition against ISIS in the presence of Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim, Pompeo called on countries in the international coalition to recover foreign fighters held in Syria. 

"Member states in the coalition against ISIL must recover foreign fighters held in Syria," Pompeo said. 

He also called on the US Secretary of State, calls on the coalition countries to "increase funding to repair infrastructure in Iraq and northeastern Syria."

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Is Iran trying to hijack Iraqi protesters’ demands?

 

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In reaction to continuing mass protests that began Oct. 1, the Supreme Judicial Council is reviewing the Iraqi Constitution and will submit proposed amendments to parliament — though protesters fear that will only delay action on their demands.

Parliament has formed an Amendment Committee that is to complete its recommendations within four months, aiming to answer protesters’ demands for reforms to end corruption and the electoral quota system, which is based on religious and ethnic affiliations.

However, suggesting that the primary aim of the popular protests is for the government to amend the constitution is ironic, as they are calling for the current government to resign before elections are organized under a new law with UN supervision. Protesters accuse the current government of being corrupt and illegitimate, citing low election turnout, ballot boxes being set on fire and results being forged. 

“The protesters in Baghdad have rejected the parliament’s Amendment Committee because [committee] members are from parties and sectarian blocs that contributed to ruining the country. We have taken to the streets to remove them from power and it's unreasonable to accept them as legislators for the next stage,” Naim al-Shuwaili, a civil activist in Baghdad said.

"The priority should be for a new election law that adopts direct individual voting and multiconstituency elections under full UN supervision. The future parliament will be the one to amend the constitution. ... The current parliament is discussing constitutional amendments with the aim of wasting time and delaying the discussion of a fair electoral bill.”

Regarding the call for a new election law, Iraqi President Barham Salah and the Cabinet this week each drew up drafts for one and may combine their proposals, according to the state-run Iraqi News Agency. 

The president's version calls for reducing the number of parliament members, allowing for younger candidates and forming a new electoral commission without using the quota system on which the current commission was formed. However, the next stop for the proposals is the same parliament the protesters reject. 

As for constitutional amendments, the various political blocs have expressed three differing stances. Shiites want to convert the parliamentary political system to a presidential one. Kurds want to preserve their political gains, especially those related to disputed areas. Sunnis, meanwhile, seek to maintain the parliamentary quota system, which is designed to ensure that their representatives are allotted a percentage of ministerial positions, as well as the speaker of parliament position.

According to a Nov. 7 statement by Amendment Committee member Rashid al-Azzawi, the most important proposals to be discussed are determining whether to go with a parliamentary or presidential system; Article 76, which addresses the power of the largest political bloc; whether governors should be directly elected by the people or by provincial councils; and determining the fate of provincial councils if they are kept.

Parliament also plans to discuss the oil and gas law, and whether the number of parliament members should remain one for every 100,000 citizens, or be determined by province.

Meanwhile, Kurdish parliament member Diyar Tayeb told Al-Monitor, “We believe Iraq's problems are due to the non-implementation of the constitution, not the other way around.

This means there is no problem with the constitution and it doesn't need to be amended.

If we want to achieve reform, we simply need to apply the constitutional provisions.”

Tayeb noted that amending the constitution is a difficult task. “Parliamentary blocs cannot all agree on specific amendments in the period set by the speaker," he said.

Atheel al-Nujaifi, a member of the Salvation and Development Front and a former governor of Ninevah province, stressed that the majority of the Sunni parties refuse to change the current political system.

He tweeted Oct. 29, “The current parliament is not eligible for a constitutional amendment, nor is the current government qualified to persuade protesters that it will meet their demands, which are the resignation of the government, formation of an interim government whose members do not participate in the elections, holding elections with a new electoral law and UN supervision and a constitutional amendment by a popularly accepted body.”

On the other hand, the Shiite blocs and leaders, especially members of the Fatah Alliance, expressed the need to amend the constitution for the main purpose of having a presidential system rather than a parliamentary one. The current system "proved it was a failure and was a reason behind quotas and corruption,” said Badr organization leader Hadi al-Amiri.

It does seem unlikely that political parties will be able to agree on amendments within the four-month period, for many reasons — especially the major differences over which articles any amendment should address. In addition, as Tayeb said, the mechanisms of amending the Iraqi Constitution are very strict and complex.

For example, an amendment must be approved by an absolute majority of parliament members, after which it has to be voted on by the public. The amendment would become part of the constitution if a majority of provinces vote for it and if it is not rejected by two-thirds of the voters in three or more provinces. 

The demand to amend the constitution has been confined to the Shiite blocs supporting Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi —- mainly the Fatah alliance, which is affiliated with Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Units. It appears Tehran wants to divert the course of protests from the resignation of the government and early elections to amending the current system from parliamentary to presidential, which would serve Shiite political interests at the expense of the other blocs.

It is noteworthy that protesters never suggested changing the parliamentary system to a presidential one in the first place.Some political blocs have been calling for that change for years but faced major rejection, as other blocs fear the return of dictatorship if the president is given most of the power again.
Meanwhile, critics say any adjustments the Amendment Committee might propose won't ease the Iraqi crisis, and won't even come close to the protesters’ fundamental demands of comprehensive political change.

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Thursday, November 14, 2019 16:39

 

US Embassy expresses hope that Iraq will win the match against Iran

 

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The US embassy in Iraq expressed hope Thursday that the Iraqi team would win the match against Iran this evening. 

"The United States hopes to play a fun game with victory for Iraq," the embassy said in a press release.

"As the Mesopotamian lions always say, we will fight to win !, good luck to Iraq."

"We accept without victory, the world is watching with you, the joy of all Iraqis," the embassy said in a statement.

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Our national team grabs 3 points by beating Iran

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Baghdad operations invite citizens to express their joys by winning the team away from gunfire

 

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Baghdad operations invite citizens to express their joys by winning the team away from gunfire.

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Unprecedented celebrations for Iraqis to win over Iran


 Thursday, November 14, 2019
 
 

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The Iraqi squad and the streets of various provinces witnessed unprecedented celebrations of the victory of the Iraqi national football team against his Iranian counterpart 2-1 in the match held between them in Jordan on Thursday 14 November 2019.

Activists on social media circulated footage of celebrations in many areas, notably Tahrir Square, where protesters saw victory over Iran in sport as a good skin for the biggest victory in politics.

 

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من #اربيل #كردستان_العراق ايران بره بره 🇮🇶🇮🇶 وطن واحد ، شعب صامد #العراق #IraqProtests#ساحة_التحرير

Omar Habeeb @TheOmarHabeeb of #Erbil #Kurdistan_Iraq Iran Libra Libra is one homeland, steadfast people #Iraq #IraqProtests #Edit

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لحظة تسجيل الهدف الفوز القاتل في مرمى ايران من #ساحة_التحرير 🇮🇶🇮🇶 فرحة لا توصف للشباب هناك #العراق #IraqProtests #iraq

Omar Habeeb @TheOmarHabeeb The moment the goal scored the deadly victory against Iran from the #Edit Tahrir Square untold joy for youth there #IraqProtests #iraq

 

10:39 AM - Nov 14, 2019

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