An emergency session of the House of Representatives tomorrow, Sunday

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. So he resigned and now they are totally inept to do anything else?? They knew this was coming a month ago. Still no action on electricity, water, jobs and hanging the corrupt for the stolen billions. There's a HCL law, 2020 budget and decisions on the new cafeteria menu. Pathetic GOI. Stay the course, citizens of Iraq !!

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Real reforms maximize revenue and contribute to its multiplicity

 

Sunday 01 December 2019 124

One of the reform steps the government is embarking on in response to popular demands is to correct the country's fiscal policy.

 

Financial expert Thamer Al-Azzawi believes that "the financial policy followed by the competent authorities such as the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, has succeeded during the past period compared to the conditions experienced by the country, especially with regard to the preservation of the value of the Iraqi dinar, and the financial stock, which has increased, despite recent events."

 

However, he stressed to Al-Sabah, the need to "correct or update this policy in line with the requirements, in terms of diversifying and maximizing revenues, operating the accumulated funds in banks, and the introduction of the private sector as a key partner for the advancement of the economy."
 
The reality of the economy

 

The expert warned that "the need to adopt reform decisions that change the reality of the economy and move it to a better stage, and that there are real reforms that contain the total problems experienced by the national economy since Contracts. "

 

Al-Azzawi called on state institutions to "find ways to support these programs and the establishment of seminars and workshops involving experts and academics to reach common points to start in the real implementation."

The Finance Committee hosted the Governor of the Central Bank and the Director General of the Tax Authority to discuss the issue of maximizing non-oil revenues and assessing the monetary and economic policy of the country.
 
Maximizing revenue

 

The Chairman of the Finance Committee, Haitham al-Jubouri, according to a press statement, "Supporting the Iraqi economic reality and moving it through the correction of financial policy and rectification, and not rely on oil alone as a resource and maximize revenue through the Government's urgent action controls the waste of billions of dollars a year in border ports through the process of automation Customs and tax procedures.

 

The Finance Committee indicated that it will continue its supervisory role by holding more meetings and hosts, to find imbalances in the economic reality of the country, and to hold accountable the negligent and the performance of their work and corrupt wherever their positions and positions, as well as to continue its legislative role, which contributed to the adoption of the most important laws during the current crisis In addition to the adoption of new laws to help solve the financial problems of the country.
 
Real reforms

 

To that member of the Baghdad Economic Forum Jassem Al-Aradi, "the need to work to have real reforms that move the change of the reality of the national economy and move it to a better stage, and this is not complicated, but we can see the fruits of reforms within a short period, because of the elements of success that are unique to Iraq However, we need good governance to achieve a smooth implementation of the work in its form

 

He pointed out that "the promotion of production quickly, is possible, although relatively first of all in the industrial sector, and various industries required by the process of economic development, especially as some industries have already begun and need protection to develop and expand in a way that meets the ambition, and that The agricultural sector is ready to promote production and fully cover domestic demand for some crops during its seasons.
 The agricultural system. "

 

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Sadr's Sairoon Gives Public Right to Decide on PM's Successor

 

 BasNews   01/12/2019 - 19:55  Published in Iraq

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/564805

ERBIL - Although the Sairoon alliance, led by Iraqi powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has the official right to nominate a new PM for the country after Adil Abdul Mahdi's resignation from the premiership, the largest parliamentary bloc has left the choice to the public.

Speaking to reporters, the members of Sairoon urged President Barham Salih to choose a new premier based on people's demands.

They pointed out that "there is no largest parliamentary blocs, only the Iraqi people are the largest bloc," they, therefore, would leave the choice to the public.

The call came after Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi noted that the country's president is now expected to call on the largest parliamentary faction to nominate a successor.

After weeks of violent protests against the government in the capital Baghdad and several other major cities, PM Abdul Mahdi handed in his resignation to the parliament on Saturday and it was approved by the legislature on Sunday.

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Parliament accepts the resignation of the government

Monday 02 December 2019 68

 

Baghdad / morning

 

The House of Representatives in its 20th session, which was chaired by Speaker of the Council Mohammed Halbousi on Sunday and attended by 241 deputies to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and discussed security events in Dhi Qar and Najaf Ashraf.

 

A statement by the Information Department of the Council of Representatives received "morning" that at the outset of the session drew President Halbousi to the painful events that took place in the past days in the provinces of Dhi Qar and Najaf and some cities in Iraq and killed a group of young people seeking reform and calling to meet the requirements of decent life for all sons The people, and the Council recited Surat al-Fatiha in tribute to the souls of the martyrs of Dhi Qar, Najaf and other provinces.

Halbousi read the text of the letter sent by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to the House of Representatives on the request for the resignation of the Prime Minister and ladies and gentlemen ministers from their posts, after which the Council agreed to accept the resignation of Abdul Mahdi.

Al-Halbousi pointed out that the resignation of the Prime Minister has become effective and the Presidency of the Council of Representatives will send a letter to the President of the Republic containing the invitation to nominate a new candidate for prime minister in accordance with Article 76 of the Constitution.

The Council discussed the recent events in the provinces of Dhi Qar, Najaf and other governorates, and deputies of the province of Dhi Qar reviewed the events that took place in the province and escalated after the assumption of Lieutenant General Jamil Kamel al-Shammari head of the crisis cell in the province and took a number of wrong actions that exacerbated the tension and led to what There have been unfortunate events that led to the bloodshed of the people of the province, demanding the implementation of the arrest warrant issued by the judiciary against the former head of the crisis cell in Dhi Qar and prevent him from traveling and book his movable and immovable property.

The President of the House of Representatives directed the Chairman and members of the Security and Defense Committee to move immediately to the provinces of Dhi Qar and Najaf and oversight of the security services and participate in the development of a plan to maintain stability in the two provinces.

The interventions of the deputies during the discussion of recent events in the provinces of Dhi Qar and Najaf, the need to implement the demands of demonstrators in the provinces and consider the province of Dhi Qar, "stricken" and accountability for those who dared to kill young people in the province of Najaf and compensate the martyrs and wounded Release the demonstrators detained by the security forces and call for the trial of those involved in the killing of dozens of innocent peaceful demonstrators in Dhi Qar and Najaf.

Interventions during the session, which was chaired by the First Vice-President of the House of Representatives Hassan al-Kaabi on the importance of setting certain criteria when selecting the next prime minister and take advantage of the views of the demonstrators candidate, and that the Presidency of the House of Representatives firm in the matter of continuing to hold meetings and include important laws to meet the demands of demonstrators as well as address The economic reasons that led to the demonstrations with the importance of political cooperation to amend the Constitution and the shape of the political system and compensation for those affected by the events and the formation of field investigation committees sent to the provinces to investigate the circumstances of what happened in the southern provinces The transfer of the team to the military Jamil Kamel before the transfer to the judiciary as a punishment for the crimes committed in Diyala while taking command of the province operations.

For his part, the President of the Council of Representatives has obtained the approval of the Presidency of the Council to prepare a resolution that includes the demands submitted by the deputies of the provinces of Dhi Qar and Najaf and instruct the committees of finance, services, health, human rights and legal to include those requests in accordance with a legal formula in addition to included in the 2020 budget, urging heads of parliamentary blocs to Attendance of the meeting of the Legal Committee, which will be held (Monday) in the presence of the Presidency of the Council to discuss the draft laws of the elections of the House of Representatives and the Electoral Commission, then decided to adjourn the session to Tuesday.

"In response to the speech of the religious authority, given the difficult circumstances the country is going through, to provide better conditions to calm the situation, and to open the way for the esteemed House of Representatives to consider new options," Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation said. It is your esteemed Council to accept my resignation from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, which means the resignation of the Government as a whole. "

Abdul-Mahdi said in his resignation: "There is no doubt that the esteemed Council with its members and his bloc will be keen to find the appropriate alternative as soon as, because the country in its current circumstances do not bear the government of the conduct of daily matters," calling on parliament to "complete the procedures to grant confidence to the new prime minister and the government New responsibilities to assume responsibilities in accordance with the constitutional and legal contexts in force. "

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Intensive consultations to choose the new prime minister

Monday 02 December 2019 80

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Muhannad Abdul Wahab

 

Deputies from various political blocs announced the entry into force of consultations to choose an alternative to the outgoing Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi from the first hour of his announcement to resign, and while politicians expressed optimism that the nomination of an alternative candidate will be agreed upon in a short time and that the President of the Republic soon announced, others expressed pessimism about it They are likely to enter the political process in the debate and a lengthy controversy by choosing the new prime minister and members of his cabinet, while deputies announced the alliance of Sairon led by Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr conditions in the next candidate and demand the coalition to disband political forces from the task of the sister Yar; the conquest Alliance confirmed the quest to choose an independent figure acceptable to the Iraqi people. 

The MP for the Alliance Saeron Badr al-Ziadi: The alliance «will not participate in the selection of the new prime minister, because the coalition is opposed within the dome of parliament, but after accepting the resignation of Abdul Mahdi from parliament we will turn to the search for the personality of the prime minister-designate». Al-Ziyadi pointed to «morning» that «resignation is going according to legal mechanisms, and then will be assigned a new prime minister of national personalities away from political parties and blocs provided that the character is accepted by the Iraqi street and we will be supportive 

"If that happens."

He added that «the goal of the political blocs at this stage to reach the political process to safety and achieve the selection of a true independent national figure to head the government has no past in belonging to the parties and is known for his integrity and has the ability to choose an independent cabinet efficient and efficient and effective to achieve the legitimate objectives of the demonstrators in favor of The people », stressing that« the mass of the walkers will be controlled and accurate in the choices provided that the street demonstrator accepts the person who is chosen for prime minister ».

 

Stand are walking and open

The position of the alliance, announced by social media on Saturday evening close to the leader of the Sadr movement, Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr, indicating that Mr. Sadr will work to prevent all political parties and currents - including his current - from forming the next government after the resignation of the current headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi . He quoted (Saleh Mohammed al-Iraqi) the details of a meeting he had with Mr. Sadr and published what took place between them during the social networking site "Facebook", and Sadr said: "I did not and will not allow the return of corrupt in another dress and other names and we will prevent all parties and currents as prevented us (the Sadr movement) from Intervention in government formation 

Commission and its law. ”

And quoted (Iraqi) Mr. Sadr as saying: "We will pressure them and their peaceful to the judiciary to hold the corrupt and robbery, although they claim to belong to us as well as those who are outside us."

MP Raad Hussein said: "The Alliance took a final decision on the alternative candidate for Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi," noting that "the decision is not to participate in any meeting of political blocs and does not combine with any political party or nominate a personal for the post of President The next government. ” He added that "the decision also included not to seek in any way to form the largest bloc, but it will attend the voting sessions on the new candidate and his vote will be built on the adoption of what the demonstrators demand," explaining that "the agreement of political blocs to name the alternative and pay it to the President of the Republic for the purpose of commissioning "It will take a long time," he said. On the other hand, the MP of the Fatah Alliance, Mohammed al-Baldawi announced the start of political consultations between the parties and the forces to search for an independent person to succeed the outgoing Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Al-Baldawi said in a press statement: "The political consultations preceded the meeting of the House of Representatives to search for a person acceptable to the street and political blocs," stressing "the choice of an independent personality does not have indicators of corruption and does not follow any partisan able to manage the country and face the crises and turns that the country is going through External challenges. ”

 

Weights and opinions

He favored the deputy of the stream of wisdom Hassan Khalati assign a candidate within a week to take over the tasks of forming the new government.

Khalati said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (conscious): that "should be assigned a candidate to form a new government according to a specific timetable," noting that "the current government will continue its functions as a caretaker government," noting that "we will have a position to resolve things within a week or Less, because the overall situation is unstable and requires acceleration to form 

A new government. ”

While the representative of the component of the Mandaean Sabean emerging Novell that "the lights are now heading beyond the resignation of the government of Abdul-Mahdi." He added in a statement to "morning" that "the selection of the new prime minister must be in accordance with important criteria, including national and not belonging to any party and away from sectarianism and loyalty to any political party," pointing out that "the political blocs to participate in the name of a new prime minister enjoys Parliament must support the new government with laws that help it to take measures to implement the demands of the demonstrators, including the Integrity and Accountability of Corrupt Act, in addition to activating the law (where do you get this?), And must emphasize the new government to activate all integrity laws And work out openly and turn a hundred And thousands of files of corruption to the judiciary and the eradication of corrupt.

MP Alia Al-Emara pointed out that "Parliament at this stage should take its role effectively in the performance of its tasks before the people, and not only to apply the articles of the Constitution, but to play a pivotal role in determining the personality of the next prime minister and his new cabinet." The emirate stressed in an interview with "morning" that "Parliament is able to overcome all the mistakes that have gone through the political process since 2003 and so far, and the most important thing that can be provided by the parliament to the Iraqi street is to go beyond the partisan and sectarian paragraph and move to patriotism, which must be represented by the character of the next prime minister ”. She pointed out that "the current ministerial cabinet that accompanied Abdul-Mahdi, and included ministers competent and professional and they are at the heart of the institutions that they took over, such as the ministers of oil, foreign affairs and trade.

For his part, said independent MP Abbas al-Atafi, "the term resignation of the prime minister is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, and parliament will go to send a letter to the presidency to exempt the prime minister and ministerial cabinet until it goes to Article 81 to be dealt with officially."

Al-Atafi told Al-Sabah that "the parliament - in the file of choosing the new prime minister - will take the views and claims of the Iraqi street away from the parties," pointing out that "the personality of the new prime minister to deal with the demands of the demonstrators quickly because they are legitimate demands."

The Independent Deputy stressed that “all current Iraqi street calls are real and legitimate and reflect the viewpoint of citizens in claiming their rights, so the new government should be keen to implement these demands and a smooth mechanism for the fairness of citizens and support all legitimate rights for them to achieve them in a fair and equitable manner Achieves social justice. ”

 

Abadi Initiative

In the meantime, the President of the Victory Coalition Haider Abadi launched an initiative on the current situation in the country.

Abadi outlined the constitutional steps to be taken starting with the implementation of Article 61 of the Constitution, which provides for the assignment of a personal prime minister within 15 days, proposing the selection of the new prime minister for an associate civilian activist to ensure the representation of demonstrators and attend the demands of the people to manage the interim phase and its interim government, which will continue for six months On June 30, the interim government will undertake fair amendments to the electoral law to ensure the breaking of political monopoly and ensure the rise of new and young forces and elites, as well as the formation of an electoral commission completely independent of political parties and blocs, and the establishment of electoral controls and mechanisms Guaranteeing the integrity and free will of the voters and holding general elections, provided that all stages of the elections are conducted under international supervision through the United Nations. As part of Abadi's initiative, the three-year term of the interim authority expires on 30/6/2020.

 

Legal steps

In addition, the parliamentary legal committee confirmed that the current government will become a caretaker government for one month after accepting the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

A member of the Committee MP Hussein al-Oqabi in a press statement: "The submission of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation to the parliament is constitutional," noting that "acceptance of the resignation of parliament will include the resignation of all ministers and the government will turn into a caretaker government for one month until the nomination of a prime minister new". He explained that "the issue of the largest bloc will not be a hindrance, either the bloc, which claims to be the largest collection of signatures and submitted to the Federal Court or is by consensus of all blocs to nominate a new head of government." 

In turn, legal expert Ali Tamimi explained that the President of the Republic will face a problem before assigning the new prime minister on the term of the largest bloc. Al-Tamimi said: "The resignation of Abdul Mahdi must be submitted to the President of the Republic, and not to Parliament in the sense of Article 18 of the rules of procedure of the Council of Ministers." The fact that the President of the Republic will be given a period of 15 days to assign the candidate of the parliamentary bloc that follows the bloc to which Adel Abdul Mahdi belongs. 

He explained that "the new prime minister will be given 30 days to form his government, but the President of the Republic will face a problem because Adel Abdul Mahdi did not come from a certain bloc, and came by consensus." He pointed out that there is what he described as "constitutional graduation" may be to resolve the problem, It is that the others are the largest bloc and did not object to the nomination of Abdul-Mahdi at the time, and therefore approved it as head of government, and therefore the President of the Republic will cost a candidate from the bloc that follows the largest bloc to form a government New. ”

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Next week .. vote on the election and commission

Monday 02 December 2019 64

 

Baghdad / Omar Abdul Latif

 

 

Members of the House of Representatives set a date next week to vote on the election laws of the House of Representatives and the Independent High Electoral Commission, while noting that the odds are moving towards the adoption of the candidate with the highest votes to win a parliamentary seat.

A member of the Committee of the provinces and provinces not organized in the province of Ahmed Haidar to "morning": It was read the two bills twice and there were a lot of opinions expressed by members of the regional and legal committees on the two projects.

He added that the members of the House of Representatives are seeking to approve these two important laws during the next phase, but at the same time they do not want to rush to pass because they do not want to pass hastily to be a lot of observations on how to hold the next elections and determine the winners, indicating that the two bills need To more views and extensive discussions of experts and specialists in this regard.

He expected voting on these two laws next week, explaining that the proposal of the election law, which was sent from the government to the House of Representatives provided for the distribution of 50 percent of the seats among those who win the highest votes and similar among party lists.

In turn, member of the Legal Committee Salim Hamza Shushke Yi that the Commission continues discussions on the draft laws of the House of Representatives and the Electoral Commission until a positive outcome.

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The presidency and parliament are in the process of naming a new prime minister

Monday 02 December 2019 81

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Muhannad Abdul Wahab

 

 

The Presidency of the Council of Representatives announced a letter to the President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Saleh, calling for the nomination of a new candidate for prime minister in accordance with Article 76 of the Constitution, after the Council approved at its meeting on Sunday to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, while the deputies from various political blocs Consultations to enter into force to choose an alternative to the outgoing Prime Minister Since the first hour of his announcement of resignation, deputies stressed the alliances and others seeking to seek an independent personality acceptable to the Iraqi people. The House of Representatives in its 20th session, which was chaired by Speaker of the Council Mohammed Halbousi on Sunday and attended by 241 deputies to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and discussed security events in Dhi Qar and Najaf.

The Council discussed the recent events in Dhi Qar, Najaf and other governorates, and deputies from Dhi Qar province reviewed the events that took place in the province and escalated after the assumption of Lieutenant General Jamil Kamel al-Shammari as head of the crisis cell in the province and took a number of wrong actions that exacerbated the tension and led to The unfortunate events that led to the shedding of the blood of the people of the province, demanding the implementation of the arrest warrant issued by the judiciary against the former head of the crisis cell in Dhi Qar and prevent him from traveling and book his movable and immovable property. The President of the House of Representatives directed the Chairman and members of the Security and Defense Committee to move immediately to the provinces of Dhi Qar and Najaf and oversight of the security services and participate in the development of a plan to maintain stability in the two provinces.

On the other hand, said the deputy of the alliance of Saeron Bader Ziadi: The alliance "will not participate in the selection of the new prime minister, because the coalition is an opposition within the dome of parliament, but after accepting the resignation of Abdul Mahdi from parliament we will turn to the search for the personality of the prime minister-designate."

Al-Ziyadi pointed out to Al-Sabah that "the resignation is going according to legal mechanisms, and then will be assigned a new prime minister of national personalities away from political parties and blocs provided that the character has the acceptance of the Iraqi street and we will be supportive of it if it is." On the other hand, the MP for the Fatah Alliance, Mohammed al-Baldawi, the start of political consultations between the parties and forces to search for an independent person to succeed the outgoing Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Al-Baldawi said in a press statement: "The political consultations preceded the meeting of the House of Representatives to search for a person acceptable to the street and political blocs," stressing the importance of "choosing an independent figure does not have indicators of corruption and does not follow any party and able to manage the country and face the crises and turns experienced by the country. Because of external challenges. "

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Khalati: The President of the Republic must resolve the candidate for prime minister in a few hours or days

Release date:: 2019/12/1 21:38 • 208 times read

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) The MP of the parliamentary opposition parliamentary wisdom, Hassan Khalati, that the President of the Republic is required to resolve the candidate for prime minister in a few hours or days.

Khalati said (for the Euphrates News) that "President Barham Saleh is now concerned with the nomination of an alternative candidate for Adel Abdul Mahdi for the purpose of forming a new government."
He added that "the President of the Republic has a deadline {15} days, but the security situation we live and the situation of the Iraqi street does not allow to give this period."
"It is the president's duty to resolve a candidate for prime minister within a few hours or days to nominate a candidate to do his part," he said.
He stressed that "the general orientation of the existing parliamentary and political blocs quickly resolved the issue."
The House of Representatives, in its 20th session held under the chairmanship of Speaker Mohamed Halbousi, approved on Sunday, December 1, in the presence of 241 deputies to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

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Video .. Jabri calls parliament to vote on important decisions to redress Dhi Qar

Date: Edit: 2019/12/1 23:31 • 224 times read

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) Member of the House of Representatives of the opposition bloc wisdom Star Jabri, members of parliament during his intervention in today's session to redress the province of Dhi Qar and considered stricken.

Al-Jabri called in his intervention "fairness of the province of Dhi Qar after the blood that has flowed," noting that "this blood is not easy and will not be silent and that the governments after the fall of the regime made our youth take this road."
He demanded that "the responsible authorities with all decisiveness and speed to hold accountable behind those crimes in Dhi Qar and catch those who were martyred within the martyrs institution and enjoy all the rights enjoyed by the families of the martyrs."
He continued that "the state to ensure the treatment of martyrs of demonstrators and security forces and send difficult cases outside Iraq and the declaration of Dhi Qar city stricken because of its weak services and the provision of cancer drugs and provide opportunities and degrees of career."

 

 

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In the document .. Collect signatures to invalidate the decisions of the resigning government in the stabilization of special grades and general managers in the ministries

Date: 2019/12/2 0:13 • 225 times read

BAGHDAD: Parliamentarians have gathered signatures to overrule resigned government decisions to fix special grades and general directors in ministries that have been issued over the past few periods.

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Iraqi official determines the mechanism of choosing the new prime minister

Direct: Revealed a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives of the coalition of state law, MP high Nassif, on the mechanism of choosing the new prime minister.

 

Nassif said on Monday, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that the mechanism of choosing the prime minister will be by opening the door for those who find himself competent to run the country for the next year and a half, and pass through the political forces and deputies.

The House of Representatives approved the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, in an extraordinary session held on Sunday, a day after it was formally presented.

Nassif said that the political forces do not think of the opposition or within the government; because there is a great challenge and everyone to bear, indicating that the next prime minister will be independent and all ministers will be independent.

She explained a member of the House of Representatives for a coalition of law, that what occupies her coalition and political forces now is an attempt to bring the situation and drag the country towards safety.

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Failure to agree on the choice of a prime minister and expectations of delaying the adoption of the new election law

Policy

2019-12-02 | 07:36

 

 

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A deputy in parliament said on Monday the failure to agree on the choice of a new prime minister, while pointing out that there are expectations of delaying the approval of the new election law.

He said in a statement followed by Alsumaria News, "The resignation of the government gave additional enthusiasm to the demonstrators and push them to continue more towards the resignation of the rest of the presidencies and move towards early elections," noting that "Parliament may resort to delay the adoption of the new election law because it knows that the adoption may accelerate more to go towards holding Early elections, it is not proposed to hold elections under the wretched old law. "

 

 

He added that "the continuation of the demonstrations will accelerate the ratification of the law," pointing out that "the conditions inside the Green Zone indicate the failure of consensus on the selection of a new prime minister and members of the government, which will make the approach to early legislative elections better than the continuation of a suffocating crisis."

 

The House of Representatives voted during an extraordinary session held on Sunday, to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, based on the provisions of Article 75 of the Constitution.

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Our correspondent: the start of the meeting of leaders of political blocs on the election law

Monday 02 December 2019 - 14:18

 

Baghdad - Conscious

The leaders of the political blocs held a meeting in the parliamentary legal committee on the election law.

Our correspondent said that "the meeting of leaders of political blocs began in the legal committee to discuss the election law," noting that "the meeting was chaired by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbousi and the second deputy speaker of the House of Representatives Hassan al-Kaabi."

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“ Failure to agree “ no surprise, huh. 

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Thanks Yota, and everybody who posted comments..! 

Ron 

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Collect the signatures of 120 deputies to choose a new prime minister .. under these conditions
 

2019-12-02

Monitor - Solution Iraq

The Alliance of Fateh , led by # Hadi_Al-Amri , on Monday, the collection of signatures for (120) deputies in the Iraqi Council of Representatives and set conditions for the selection of a new prime minister for the country.

The MP for the coalition # Hussein_Arab , in a press statement, that «another group of deputies have expressed support for these conditions and expect to increase signatures to 160 during the next two days away from the views of political blocs», adding that «our move was far from».

He said Arabs, that «the next prime minister and his family must be a resident of Iraq and his children who are studying in schools and universities, and not from those who study and live outside the country» as he described.

A group of deputies had signed, on Sunday, a memorandum submitted to the Presidency of Parliament, committing the President of the specifications of the new Prime Minister, and signed the signatories of the President, that «Prime Minister-designate an independent national figure, and holders of Iraqi nationality exclusively, did not receive any A government or parliamentary position since 2003, which is accepted by the demonstrators ».

Edited by: Sireddine Youssef

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URGENT Parliament postponed today

Date: Editor: 2019/12/3 8:30 • 326 times read

{Baghdad: Euphrates News} postponed the presidency of the House of Representatives, the meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

The Director General of the Parliamentary Chamber in a statement received by the agency (Euphrates News) a copy of it that "and the importance of the legal elections of the House of Representatives and the Independent Electoral Commission attributed the presidency of the Council to continue the debate on this day in the Legal Committee and postpone the meeting."
"No date has been set for the next session," a parliamentary source said

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Parliament continues to debate the election and commission statutes and adjourns its session

Political | 08:32 - 03/12/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
The House of Representatives decided to postpone its meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
In a statement received by Mawazine News, the Director General of the Parliamentary Chamber said that "the parliament decided to postpone its session scheduled for today."
He added, "This comes to the importance of the statutes of the elections for the House of Representatives and the Independent Electoral Commission, and attributed the presidency of the Council to continue the discussion on this day in the Legal Committee."

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The House of Representatives postpone today's session indefinitely

 

by EditorIraq News16 Minutes ago

The House of Representatives announced the postponement of its session scheduled for Tuesday, indefinitely.

The Parliamentary Chamber said in a statement that the Council decided to postpone the meeting, to give time to the Legal Committee, as attributed by the Presidency of the Council, to hold further necessary discussions on the elections law of the House of Representatives, and the Independent Electoral Commission.

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03-12-2019 04:25 PM

The President of the Republic returns the retirement law to Parliament for reconsideration

 

 

Baghdad - News

President Barham Saleh decided on Tuesday not to ratify the new Iraqi pension law and refer it to parliament for reconsideration.

MP Mohammed al-Khalidi, in an interview with "news", that "with self-efforts and after the interview with President Barham Saleh, has agreed not to ratify the retirement law and will be returned to the Iraqi Council of Representatives."

He added that the decision to restore the law for the existence of major violations must be considered and demanded that the minimum pension is 800 thousand and also age should be reconsidered because it will cause the loss of a significant segment of competencies, personalities and state experts so it can be addressed better.

A political source reported earlier in the day to "news", a number of deputies meeting with the President to discuss the features of the selection of the next prime minister, in addition to a number of important files.

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House of Representatives vows to legislate an election law "meets the aspirations of the people"

 

 2019/12/03 11:14:12

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbousi held an expanded meeting of the two vice presidents, heads of political blocs and experts with the participation of the Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq and the electoral assistance team of the International Organization, in a series of ongoing meetings to discuss the election law of the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

He said in a statement received to Twilight News, "are keen to achieve an election law that meets the aspirations of the Iraqi people, and expand the circle of participation, and rebuild confidence for voters," pointing out that "the participation of Iraqi and international experts from the United Nations reflects the keenness of the House of Representatives to achieve a fair and satisfactory electoral system "These discussions will lead to a political decision that is consistent with the new phase in Iraq and the demands of the demonstrators."

Participants in the meeting reviewed the failures of the electoral process in the past years, stressing the need to update the voter register in accordance with the population presence in Iraq.

The United Nations electoral assistance team gave a presentation on the types of electoral systems in the world, stating the need for privacy in some mixed cities and districts and with regard to the displaced, expressing its readiness for technical assistance and increasing the number of experts.

The expanded meeting also hosted technical staff from the Commission, where they gave a presentation on the technical possibilities available and the requirements of the new electoral system of technical support and preparations related to the electoral process, from population counting to updating data and voter registration.

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Iraq .. Presidency of the Republic makes clear the rejection of the adoption of the unified retirement law

Mubasher: The Information Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Iraq denied on Tuesday what was reported through the media and social networking sites regarding the refusal of President Barham Saleh to approve the unified retirement law and return it to the House of Representatives.

 

In a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the office said that while we confirm that this news is totally and inaccurate, we call on the media to adhere strictly to the publication in this sensitive and difficult situation in the country.

The Iraqi Council of Representatives has announced that the amendment of the law came with the purpose of improving the reality of living for retirees, and achieve equality and justice in the calculation of pension rights .

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Continued parliamentary dialogue to mature the election law

Tuesday 03 December 2019 108

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Muhannad Abdul Wahab

 

While the Presidency of the Parliament and the Parliamentary Legal Committee and other committees continue discussions on the new election law, with leaders of political blocs and representatives of society segments, to mature a law that meets the aspirations of the citizen, members of the House of Representatives expressed hope that the next law will draw a new map of the political process, stressing that the calculation paragraph 50 Percent of the list votes will open a wide debate.

On Tuesday, the Legal Committee held a meeting chaired by MP Ribwar Hadi, the chairman of the committee and the presence of its members, to complete its discussions on the draft law on the election of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, with the participation of a number of other parliamentary committees.

According to a statement to the media department of the House of Representatives received "morning", that the meeting examined the articles and paragraphs of the draft law, listening to the views and proposals submitted by members of the House of Representatives, to mature ideas and visions to reach a final version satisfying the aspiration of the citizen.

 

Political Meeting

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbousi, in the presence of First Vice-President of the House Hassan al-Kaabi, and Vice-President of the Council Dr. Bashir Haddad, chaired a meeting of the Legal Committee on Monday to discuss the draft laws of the elections of the House of Representatives and the Electoral Commission, and attended the meeting leaders of political blocs in the House of Representatives, as well as a representative Al-Halbousi stressed the need for “fair legislation that meets the aspirations of the Iraqi people and restores confidence in the political process.” He also called for “engaging the youth segment close to the pulse of the street.” Haddad pointed out that “the continuation of discussions and listening to opinions helps in the adoption of the two laws as soon as possible”.

The head of the Legal Committee for the "morning": "The paragraph counting 50 percent of the votes of the list will not constitute an obstacle to the legal legislation; because the final opinion will be for political blocs and members of the Council."

He pointed out that "the law is still under discussion in the Legal Committee and will listen to the views of all political blocs and specialists, academics and civil society organizations in order to reach an appropriate solution that supports the elections democratically."

 

road map

For his part, MP for the State of Law Coalition Mansour al-Baiji: "The Legal Committee continues discussions to reach the legal wording of the draft election law and the Commission's law in order to send them to the presidency of the Council for the purpose of voting," .

In turn, said the member of the House of Representatives MP Jamal Mohammadawi: "Many citizens have a problem with the performance of parties," noting that "the essential aspect of the law to draw the road map through the mechanism of the distribution of seats, which gives 50 percent of the individual election and 50 percent

 For menus. ”

He added, "The current law is different from the new law that will emerge from many paragraphs, including (giving the right to nominate from the age of 25 years, while the current law set 30 years, and this will give young people the opportunity to nominate."

He continued that "the new law prevented the nomination of personalities in the executive branch (the President and his deputies and the President of the House of Representatives and his deputies and ministers and heads of bodies and directors and governors), and this is a positive point, as well as dual nationality."

Electoral system

In turn, the Rapporteur of the Legal Committee, Mohammed al-Ghazi: "One of the most important paragraphs that will take a wide area of debate and controversy in the election law, is the paragraph of the electoral system, because it is the main pillar in the law."

Al-Ghazzi told Al-Sabah that what came from the government in the paragraphs of the law gives 50% to the highest number of votes, with the burning of the remaining votes in the list, after the exit of the winning half, and this is a return to the electoral system that worked in 2010, which refers to In the event that the parliamentary seats of the province are not completed, the law will resort to the digital sequence from 1 to the end of the sequence, stressing the need to abolish the system (St. Lego) from the new law.

He added that "the proposals, which came from the political blocs, headed by a bloc of walkers called for a single electoral system, where there is a complex mechanism for the counting of votes, a system of the winner who receives the highest votes, which holds the parliamentary seat."

He pointed out that "some political blocs are what arrived from the government in the election law on the number of parliamentary seats in violation of the Constitution unless amended the Constitution, which provides that for every 100,000 people a parliamentary seat, and this subject will be controversial in the House of Representatives and the Legal Committee, it is possible that Before the Federal Court. ”

He added that "the request for an explanation must be addressed to the Federal Court in this regard, with the addition of a paragraph until the census, because Iraq did not conduct a census during the last period," noting that "the opinion of the Federal Court will be the threshold to resolve this problem, and if the court considers that reducing The number of deputies with the addition of this paragraph does not represent a constitutional violation; we will proceed to reduce the number of deputies.

 on him".

Al-Ghazzi said, “The Legal Committee hosted a number of law professors to inquire about the constitutionality of the article or not, and their legal opinion in this regard, and will participate specialists, academics and civil society organizations from outside the House of Representatives, in order to be answered by an editorial on this article. ''

 

Obstacles and demands

For his part, between the researcher in political and strategic affairs Amir al-Saadi, that "there is more than one obstacle exists in the amended electoral law, which the House of Representatives is trying to converge with the demands of the Iraqi people to find a fair law as recommended by the rational reference, and the selection of an election commission commensurate with the size of the challenges In the street, which is under pressure on the legislative and executive branches, there are some challenges facing the law, including constitutionalism and others 

Regulatory. ”

Al-Saadi told Al-Sabah that "among these challenges are paragraphs of the law, which include counting the number of votes by 50 percent, and the issue of age, which are unsatisfactory paragraphs for the Iraqi street," adding, "The Iraqi people have already rejected the subject of the single list that has been replaced After two elections in 2006 and 2010 under the system of (Saint Lego), it has proved its failure and rejected by the circles. ”

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Iraqi MPs address the President of the Republic to assign a candidate to head the government

Iraqi President Barham Saleh

 04 December 2019 01:33 PM

Direct: Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Mohammed Halbousi, addressed the President of the Republic Barham Saleh to appoint a candidate for prime minister within 15 days .

Halbousi, according to the Iraqi news agency "conscious", on Wednesday, President Barham Saleh, based on Article 76 of the Constitution to assign a candidate to head the government within 15 days, after the approval of the resignation of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

The House of Representatives decided on Sunday to  accept the resignation of Prime Minister  Adel Abdul Mahdi .

The President of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, on December 1, said that the President will be addressed to nominate a new prime minister in accordance with Article 76 of the Constitution.

The former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, 29 November last, resigned to the House of Representatives  after an invitation from the Supreme Religious Authority to inject blood .

She explained a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives of a coalition of law, MP high Nassif, that the mechanism of choosing the new prime minister will be by opening the door for those who find himself competent to run the country for the next year and a half, and passes through the political forces and deputies.

Article 76 of the Iraqi constitution on the formation of the government provides for five measures, most notably: Assigning the President of the Republic, the candidate of the most parliamentary bloc to form the Council of Ministers, within 15 days from the date of the election of the President of the Republic .

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Controversy overwhelms the agreement of the general principles of government formation

Tuesday 03 December 2019 118

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah / Muhannad Abdul-Wahab

handed a delegation from the Alliance of the Sauron, on Tuesday, the President of the Republic Barham Saleh an official letter on the Alliance's abdication of its electoral entitlement, indicating that the people is «the largest bloc» and the options of peaceful demonstrations are our options, Law Nuri al-Maliki supports any candidate possesses the specifications set by the religious authority and political and social forces, MP for the Kurdistan Islamic Group Salim Hamza that the Kurdish forces will stand against the prevention of holders of dual citizenship to run for any sovereign position.

 

«The Biggest Block»

The MP for Saraon Sadiq al-Sulaiti, in a press statement: The «delegation of the Saraon met with President Barham Saleh, and handed him an official letter from the parliamentary bloc of Sairon announcing its waiver of its electoral merit as the largest bloc». 

Al-Sulaiti added that «the people is the largest bloc and the options for peaceful demonstrations are our options», pointing out that «the President stressed the need to involve the masses in the process of choosing the next prime minister».

In turn, MP of the Alliance, Alaa al-Rubaie, in a press statement, that «the alliance going, will stand strongly against quotas and will not allow them to return to the mechanisms of nomination of the next prime minister, which we clearly stressed the need to return to the demonstrators and the Iraqi people», noting that « The Iraqi people said clearly the importance of correcting the course in the political process and not to return to ditches and quotas ».

Al-Rubaie added that «others will prevent the submission of any candidate for the post of prime minister of the next, comes through quotas and not acceptable to the Iraqi people and demonstrators».

For his part, wrote the head of the coalition of law Nuri al-Maliki, in a tweet on his page (Twitter): «We reaffirm the lack of a specific candidate by us for prime minister».

"We are with any candidate that meets the specifications set by the highest religious authority and political and social forces, and comes through the constitutional contexts adopted."

 

Specify specifications and conditions

Meanwhile, the leader of the National Wisdom Movement, Mohammed Al-Lukash, said in a press statement, that «political forces and during their recent meetings reached some understandings on the next prime minister and determine the specifications and conditions», adding that «the specifications that have been agreed upon is to be independent and "He is not affiliated with any political party at the moment and is not covered by the Accountability and Justice Act."

Alalkash added that «the conditions of the political blocs to choose the prime minister is to make it a crisis government to pledge all cabinet cabin not to nominate during the next elections and to end the draft laws and budget and elections commission within a short period of time and announce early elections directly».

However, MP for the conquest Alliance Mohamed al-Baldawi, confirmed the existence of a tendency to nominate the largest bloc in the House of Representatives or the task of the largest bloc winning parliamentary elections to take over the task of forming a government.

Al-Baldawi, in a press statement, that «there is a trend within the House of Representatives to nominate the largest bloc in the parliament or assign the largest bloc winning the parliamentary elections to take over the task of forming a new government».

Al-Baldawi added that «so far did not announce who is the largest bloc officially within the House of Representatives must be identified directly or to come up with a new political bloc includes the most deputies», indicating that «the formation of the new government of the responsibility of the largest bloc within the House».

 

Dual nationality

Meanwhile, the deputy of the Kurdistan Islamic Group, Salim Hamza, that «demands to deny holders of dual citizenship to run for any sovereign position is unreasonable and that the Kurdish forces will stand against them».

Hamza added that «the citizenship of another country was because of the pursuit and pursuit of previous regimes, but they continued their struggle to achieve their political goals, especially Kurdish politicians», usually that «depriving them of the other nationality means the abolition of their struggle against the former dictatorships».

Hamza explained that «Kurdish deputies will not vote that the parliamentary election is 100% individual and will pressure to make the rate of 50% and in the extreme we will demand that the proportion of political lists 25%».

Meanwhile, Yazidi MP Saeb Khadr said in a press statement that «the political blocs began meetings and consultations in order to choose an alternative to the outgoing Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi», noting that «the street is looking for a new prime minister to be strong and restore stability to the country».

Khadr added that «the new prime minister must be far from the system of sectarian quotas, in order to be a high degree of responsibility to meet the aspirations of the demonstrators and the Iraqi street», pointing out that «Yazidi component stands by the aspirations of the masses and their legitimate demands, and choose A new government fair to all ».

This comes at a time when the former speaker of parliament, Salim al-Jubouri, identified three priorities for the next government. Jubouri said in a tweet on «Twitter» that «before thinking on behalf of the next prime minister or qualities, although necessary, but what is the first task entrusted to him and his government as it is a crisis government will not arise in normal conditions». Al-Jubouri added that «the priorities of the new government are: to restore the prestige of the state and stability, and bridging the relationship between decision makers and the people, as well as the management of a transitional phase and the creation of a fair atmosphere for the elections».

Legally Commission and Elections

On the movement of the House of Representatives to approve the Commission and the elections, said the MP of the Islamic Union of Kurdistan Jamal Cougher that the legislation of the laws of the priorities of the House of Representatives in the current stage, calling on the parliament to be guided by the views of the relevant parties, whether international or civil society organizations or institutions concerned with the electoral side.

He said, in an interview with «morning»: that the most important issues that are in the public interest is the amendment of the Constitution and should work to sort out the contentious points of the Constitution and focus on making amendments only, noting that the representatives of the region with the Iraqi scene in full and we participated in the sessions concerned We still continue to participate in discussions concerning the constitutional aspect because we are part of the Iraqi state and what afflicts us.

He added that the next government could complete the current election cycle, depending on the efficiency of the government and its ability to meet the aspirations of the Iraqi street, and if it fails to go to early elections.

He pointed out that the constitutional contexts provide for the largest bloc to choose an alternative to the Prime Minister if we do not see a larger bloc progress Prime Minister acceptable to all parties, the President of the Republic to replace the Prime Minister, and if we do not see the presence of the largest bloc will cost the previous government and become a caretaker government Continue 

Until elections are held.

For his part, between the deputy of the Alliance Jawad Hamdan that the vision of his coalition is identical to the vision of reference in the election law and the Commission.

Hamdan, in an interview with «morning», that the most important laws at this stage, which establishes the building of the state of institutions is the law of the Commission and constitutional amendments, so the coalition's view that the Commission is managed by independent judges independent of political parties, indicating that the Alliance went Signatures on the law of the Commission to ensure that the law to calculate the highest votes and multiple constituencies and hope that the legislative institution is able to comply with the demands of the masses and live up to the aspirations of the Iraqi street.

Hamdan called on the parliamentary blocs to activate their oversight role in addition to the selection of a prime minister with a number of qualifications, most notably to be Iraqi and national and away from the party and can meet the demands of the masses to change to a better reality.

While stressed the representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Piston Zankana the need for parliament to exercise its role in standing with his constituents in naming a government that preserves the capabilities of the Iraqi people and history.

Zanganeh stressed, in an interview with the «morning», support the Kurdish blocs for any candidate for prime minister provided by the political blocs to be fair and just in its decisions because the country will not bear the constitutional vacuum, indicating that the Kurdish blocs will not have a dispute on any candidate by the political blocs on condition To act in accordance with the Constitution and apply laws and not selective in dealing with the region and to be the distribution of ministerial portfolios according to the weight of political blocs, pointing out that the Kurdish blocs will not impose its will and its conviction on the blocks 

Other political.

Zanganeh pointed out that the Kurdish blocs do not want to work in the manner of quotas, but the stage needs greater awareness and that the government is chosen according to «Siviat» submitted for the nomination to take into account the balance 

Between the components.

He pointed out that the Kurdish blocs discuss with the rest of the blocks election law and strive to ensure fair and fair elections involving all Iraqis, noting that his bloc has no fears of the election law, which is now discussed, but there are many points that must stand before them as we had points of disagreement in The previous election law, including how to distribute parliamentary seats.