Shafaq News publishes decisions of Al-Kadhimi’s government second session

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Shafaq News publishes decisions of Al-Kadhimi’s government second session

 

Iraq News decisions Al-Kadhimi’s government second session

2020/05/12 14:07:39

Shafaq News / The Council of Ministers held its second regular session, on Tuesday 12 May 2020, headed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

The Prime Minister opened the session with a speech in which he stressed that this government is the government of difficult challenges, the most important of which is the economic challenge, fight poverty and unemployment among young people, the fair distribution of wealth, calling on ministers and government officials to stay away from courtesies, favoritism, political interference and work to develop state institutions rather than political action.

The Prime Minister reaffirmed his commitment to protecting the right to demonstrate and not tolerating any aggression against them, and that the government aims to achieve their legitimate aspirations.

We are working to save what can be saved, confront crises and diversify the state’s resources, he added.

Regarding the work of the armed forces, his Excellency stressed that the heroic army and security forces have endured a lot, and the prestige of the military and security institutions must be restored.

The Cabinet issued a number of decisions, including: -

1. Reducing and rationalizing the administrative structures of the state by providing each government agency with its vision in this field.
2. Take appropriate measures to legislate the laws required for the success of the E-government, and for ministries and government agencies to expedite their procedures to automate their work, especially in the area of customs and tax, and provide monthly reports on their rates of submission to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
3. Re-study of the draft laws related to fighting corruption, by activating the measures to combat it and strengthening their effectiveness, and emphasizing on strengthening the role of the institutions concerned with that from the Integrity Commission and the Federal Financial Supervision Bureau in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
4. Emphasizing on the freedom to exchange information and the right to obtain it by expediting the legislation on the right to obtain information.
5. Assigning the Ministry of Planning in coordination with the concerned authorities to review instructions for implementing government contracts to ensure updating of the approved standards in the awarding of tenders, and also to update the approved standards in selecting investment projects.
6. Providing the Federal Service Council with the appropriate staffing for taking its role and exercising its duties.
7. Agreeing that the Reconstruction Fund for areas affected by terrorist operations implement mobile hospitals to quarantine and treat patients with Corona in the regions that are agreed with the Ministry of Health and the provinces through the grant provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through the German Development Bank of (15,000,000) Fifteen million Euros.
8. Accelerate the legislation of the general budget law, in line with the requirements of the financial situation, the low level of the oil price, and diversify the budget sources.
9. Urging the Ministry of Oil to expedite the completion of the draft oil and gas law.
10. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of Finance to study the expansion of the base covered by the Social Protection Law by improving the inclusion mechanism through demographic targeting by adopting poverty and social research data as the study must be presented within a period of one month.

11- Forming an emergency cell for financial reform, forming a cell to manage the financial situation in light of the current financial crisis and setting the necessary solutions to achieve financial reform and improving the performance of financial institutions.

The cell is headed by the Prime Minister and he has the authority to authorize the Minister of Finance to conduct the sessions in his absence and the membership of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Planning, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Prime Minister’s advisers named by Al-Kadhimi, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, and a representative of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

The cell undertakes the following tasks: -

1- Ensuring the provision of financial liquidity.

2- Take decisions regarding financial reform by rationalizing spending, organizing resources, and reforming financial institutions, including restructuring them.

3- Establishing financing plans for the reconstruction, development and investment projects, including financing resources and mechanisms outside   government spending.

4- Improving procedures and automating systems in financial institutions.

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14 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Urging the Ministry of Oil to expedite the completion of the draft oil and gas law.

 

YEAH!!!!!!!  Thanks Pitcher  

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Al-Kadhimi’s on fire!  wow wow wow! Talk about draining the swamp... Finally

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https://www.shafaaq.com/en/iraq-news/al-amiri-s-coalition-to-stop-escalation-with-america/
 

Al-Amiri's coalition to stop escalation with America - SHAFAQ News

 

2020/05/12 05:18:01

Shafaq News / The leader of Al-Fateh Alliance said on Tuesday, that the forces opposing the American presence in Iraq will stop their escalation against the United States of America, attributing the reason to "the current conditions of Iraq", while revealing that ministers and military leaders in the government of the current Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadimi are communicating with the American side.

"The escalation with the United States of America at present is not in the interests of the forces opposing the American presence in Iraq," MP Hanin al-Qaddou told Shafaq News Agency, attributing this to "the good relations that the new government headed by Mustafa al-Kadhimi has with Washington."

Al-Qudo explained that "most of the ministers and military leaders in Al-Kadhimi's government have good relations with America," explaining that "the economic, security, health, and other conditions that Iraq is going through will push the opposition forces to the American presence to accept reality and new relations with Washington during the next stage."

It is worth mentioning that the Iraqi parliament voted on January 5, 2020 on a resolution calling for the Iraqi government to end the foreign military presence in the country, during a session that witnessed the boycott of Kurdish representatives and most Sunni representatives, while the office of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that the government "will not reversing this parliament decision. "

The parliament vote came after the assassination of the commander of the Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy head of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis in an American raid near Baghdad airport, at the beginning of this year, which prompted some political blocs that are "loyal to Iran" to take firm positions on the American presence and called that armed factions to carry "arms" against these forces.

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Here is another pos Iranian sympathizer who has been told he will be the next Soleimani if he gets in the way of Iraqi progress.   I am LMAO at him and Maliki, compete change of attitude coming from these bad actors.  

 

This one is for you Al-Amiri

 

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The Cabinet decides to reduce and rationalize the administrative structures of the country

 

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Baghdad / Al-Sabah

 

During its second regular session headed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi yesterday, the Council of Ministers decided to reduce and rationalize the administrative structures of the state, and while it formed the Emergency Cell for Financial Reform and Managing the Financial Situation in the Light of the Current Crisis,directed the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in coordination with the Ministry of Planning and Finance to study the expansion of the base covered by law Social protection.

A statement of the Prime Minister’s Office received by Al-Sabah stated that “Al-Kazemi opened the session with a speech in which he emphasized that this government is the government of difficult challenges, the most important of which is the economic challenge,the fight against poverty and unemployment among young people, and the fair distribution of wealth.” And work to develop state institutions, not political action. "

The Prime Minister reiterated his "protection of the right to demonstrate and intolerance of any aggression against the demonstrators, and that the government aims to achieve their legitimate aspirations," noting by saying: "We will not be courted at the expense of the dignity of the citizen and the interests of the nation, and we will work to save what can be saved, confront crises and diversify state resources."

On the work of the armed forces, Al-Kazemi stressed, according to the statement, that "the heroic army and security forces have endured a lot, and the prestige of the military and security institutions must be restored."

The Cabinet issued a number of decisions, including: -

1. Reducing and rationalizing the administrative structures of the state by providing each government agency with its vision in this area.

2. Take appropriate measures to legislate the laws required for the success of the e-government, and for ministries and government agencies to expedite their procedures to automate their work, especially in the area of customs and tax, and to provide monthly reports on rates submitted to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

 3.Re-examine the draft laws related to fighting corruption, and to activate the measures to combat it and strengthen their efficacy, and to emphasize strengthening the role of the institutions concerned with that from the Integrity Commission and the Federal Financial Supervision Bureau in coordination with the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.

4. Emphasizing the freedom to exchange information and the right to obtain it by expediting the legislation on the right to obtain information. 

5. Assigning the Ministry of Planning in coordination with the concerned authorities to review instructions for implementing government contracts to ensure updating of the approved standards in the awarding of tenders, and also to update the approved standards in selecting investment projects.

6. Providing the Federal Service Council with the appropriate staffing for taking its role and exercising its duties.

7. Agreeing that the Reconstruction Fund for areas affected by terrorist operations implement mobile hospitals to quarantine and treat patients with HIV in the regions that are agreed with the Ministry of Health and the provinces through the grant provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through the German Development Bank of (15,000,000) Fifteen million euros.

8. Accelerate the legislation of the general budget law in line with the requirements of the financial situation, the low level of the oil price, and diversify the budget sources.

9. Urging the Ministry of Oil to expedite the completion of the draft oil and gas law.

10. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Ministry of Planning and the Ministry of Finance, study to broaden the base of those covered by the Social Protection Law by improving the inclusion mechanism through demographic targeting by adopting poverty and social research data, and the study is presented within a period of one month.

11. Forming an emergency cell for financial reform, forming a cell to manage the financial situation in light of the current financial crisis and putting the necessary solutions to achieve financial reform and improving the performance of financial institutions. The cell will be headed by the Prime Minister and he may authorize the Minister of Finance to manage the sessions in his absence and the membership of each of the Minister of Finance The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Planning, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Prime Minister’s advisers whom His Excellency calls the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, and a representative of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers. The cell carries out the following tasks:

1 - Ensure the provision of financial liquidity.

2- Take decisions regarding financial reform by rationalizing expenditures, maximizing resources, and reforming financial institutions, including restructuring them.

3- Establishing financing plans for the reconstruction, development and investment projects, including financing resources and mechanisms outside of government spending.

4- Improving procedures and automating systems in financial institutions.

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Edited May 13, 2020 by DinarThug