Al-Kazemi instructs to tackle the double salary of Rafha and reduce the salary of higher grades

[Mary B]

Al-Kazemi instructs to tackle the double salary of Rafha and reduce the salary of higher grades

 05/30/2020

 

  

The information / Baghdad ..

On Saturday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi directed the reduction of high-level salaries and the treatment of double salaries, including pensions, for the detainees of Rafha.

Al-Kazemi’s office said in a statement received / information / that “Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi chaired today the regular meeting of the Financial Reform Committee, and the meeting discussed the repercussions of the financial crisis that the country is going through.”

Al-Kazemi directed that “taking a number of measures to address it, the most prominent of which is the reduction of the salaries of higher grades in state institutions.”

Al-Kazemi also directed that "the necessary reforms be carried out according to the principle of achieving social justice, by addressing double salaries, the pensions of detainees in Rafha, and a group of residents outside Iraq who are paid other salaries." 25 h has ended

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/05/30/476880/

[Mary B]

Without prejudice to the salaries of employees .. Parliamentary solutions to overcome the economic crisis

 05/31/2020

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Finance Committee in the House of Representatives presented, on Sunday, solutions to overcome the economic crisis without prejudice to the salaries of employees.
The decision of the Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said that "prejudice to the salaries of employees in light of the circumstances that Iraq is going through today in the face of Corona and the economic recession; a very threat to government stability, especially since this crisis will not exceed more than two months, as oil prices are rising and the global economy is beginning to recover Its vitality again. "
He added, "Borrowing from the central bank’s reserves for two months is a quick solution that can be easily compensated and returned at low interest, as it is short-term." He pointed out that "internal borrowing is better than external borrowing, which depends on conditions and very large benefits that may overburden the government at a later time." .
Al-Saffar notes that "the government should exclude unnecessary expenses related to large allocations and other matters related to petty cash and protections, which also constitute a waste of public funds."
He continued, "The state has from 20 to 30 items of revenue that do not enter the budget due to corruption, starting with border outlets, customs and state properties, so the financial system must be restored, move away from monetary policies, deal with (cache) and rely on the electronic automation of payment, as well as resort to The biometer in order for the state to get rid of the burden of multiple salaries, and we need to review salaries and establish a new scale for them. "
In order that the state would not be exposed to more crises, Al-Saffar stressed that "the restructuring of the financial system for public revenues, as well as the disposal of the rentier system that depends on unstable oil revenues and dependence on diversification of resources such as agriculture, industry and tourism, and that Iraq be an importer." Ended 29 / A 43

 

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[Mary B]

Two Kurdish parties demand to address the livelihoods and livelihoods of citizens and the salaries of employees

 05/31/2020

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
The two parties demanded the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Islamic Kurdistan, on Sunday, to think seriously about the fundamental treatment of the issue of the livelihood and livelihood of citizens in general and the salaries of employees in particular.
A statement of the National Union, / Mawazine News / received a copy of it, stated that "the co-presidents of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, in Dabashan Hill, in the city of Sulaymaniyah and in the presence of a number of members of the Political Bureau and the leadership council of the National Union, received Salahuddin Bahauddin, Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union."
The statement added, "During the meeting, emphasis was placed on expanding the frameworks of joint cooperation between the two sides, in a manner that serves the supreme interest of the region, as well as the need for understanding to solve all problems between the political parties, in order for peace and political and social stability to be more stable."
And he stated that "during the meeting, emphasis was placed on dialogue and common language to overcome the current situation and take into consideration the common interest in the decision and political orientations."
The meeting asked, according to the statement, the executive authorities "to think seriously about the fundamental treatment of the issue of citizens' livelihoods and livelihoods in general and the salaries of employees in particular, and not to harm the bad and low-income citizens, with any change and it is necessary that any reforms take place, in response to the immediate demands and necessities of citizens ".
The statement pointed out that "all the equations were evaluated and opinions were exchanged on them taking into consideration the political, economic and health situation." Ended 29 / A 43

 

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[Mary B]

Deputy: Oil candidate must be a successful negotiator in "OPEC"

Sunday, May 31 2020

 

Deputy: Oil candidate must be a successful negotiator in "OPEC"

Deputy Nada Shaker Jawdat called on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to examine the names of the candidates for the oil bag, provided that the choice is made in the light of experience and efficiency in international negotiations, especially in the OPEC organization, which we failed by the former negotiator during the reduction of our oil production.

Jawdat said in a press statement: "The choice of some important ministries, such as foreign affairs and oil, should not be subject to the wishes of partisan or political parties, as they are ministries with a great national responsibility."

She added: "The process of choosing a candidate for the oil bag must be careful and away from political pressures, and must be subject to specifications of expertise and high efficiency during external negotiations, especially within OPEC ," indicating

 

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[Mary B]

Al-Rikabi: Reducing employee salaries is not arbitrary, and must be by law

 

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Al-Rikabi: Reducing employee salaries is not arbitrary, and must be by law

Deputy Kata al-Rikabi stressed that it is not possible to deduct or reduce the salaries of Iraqi state employees except by law.

Al-Rikabi said in a press statement: "The deduction or reduction of the salaries of state employees, whether in the civil or security establishment, must be through the law and approval of the House of Representatives, because their salaries are from the President of the Republic up to the lowest job level, came according to a specific legal framework, and the issue They are not arbitrary and proposals can be implemented directly. "

He pointed out: "The Iraqi state has many resources that can constitute effective solutions to the financial crisis," pointing to the need to move in this direction and increase oversight to ensure that these resources are kept out of the hands of corrupt people.

 

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[Mary B]

The International Development Bank directs its branches to resume official work on Sunday

2020-05-30

 

 

On Sunday, the International Development Bank directed all its branches to resume official work starting on Sunday.

The bank said in a statement that Alsumaria News received a copy of it that it "directed all its branches to resume official work starting from tomorrow, Sunday, for the purpose of disbursing the salaries and dues of members of government departments."

 

He added, "He also directed the necessity to abide by the directions and instructions of the crisis cell by following the safety and health protection conditions for employees and customers of the bank alike.

 

The International Development Bank was established in the year 2011, with an initial capital of 100 billion Iraqi dinars - and today it has become a paid-up capital of 250 billion Iraqi dinars (equivalent to 210 million US dollars) - and quickly advanced and reserved for itself a position among the leading local and regional banks providing various banking services For individuals and companies.

 

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[Mary B]

Al-Rafidain: Our branches started their work to complete the banking tasks assigned to them

Sunday 31 May 2020 

Baghdad / Nina / Al-Rafidain Bank announced that it will start its branches in Baghdad and the governorates at the official working hours to complete the banking tasks and tasks entrusted to it.

A statement issued by the bank, NINA, received a copy of it: "According to the directives of the Minister of Finance, supervision and follow-up from the general manager of the bank, it was decided to start always for its branches and exempt them from the comprehensive curfew in order to accomplish the banking tasks assigned to them."

The statement added: "The bank directed its branches not to make any gatherings that adversely affect the lives of customers and the occurrence of a smooth flow in the banking business while following the safety and health protection conditions of the Corona virus." / End 2

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Representative Hassan Salem: the region owes the federal government more than 128 billion dollars..and behind-the-scenes deals grant it 400 billion dinars

Saturday 30, May 2020 

Baghdad / Nina / The MP criticized the Sadiqun bloc, Hassan Salem, granting the Kurdistan Region government the amount of 400 billion dinars, describing it as: "It is a waste of the people's wealth and starving the central and southern provinces, especially in light of the financial crisis."

He said in a press statement, " Nina" received a copy: "The debts of the regional government to the federal government are more than 128 billion dollars ... while behind the scenes deals are granted to the region 400 billion dinars." Parliament demanded to host the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance to stand on this issue and violate the instructions and the agreement that stipulated not to pay any financial allocations to the region unless the debts were paid. / End 3

Salem added: "In light of the difficult economic conditions, the financial crisis and the Corona pandemic, deals and political bargains are managed behind the scenes, the result of which is the federal government granting the region's government an amount of 400 billion dinars, without the region's government committing the debts incurred by it towards the federal government, which amounts to 128 billion dollars in addition to Revenue from ports, customs and airports.

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Governor of Basra: I will go to Baghdad to solve the issue of "30 thousand" wages with a job degree with the Ministry of Finance

 Date added 05/31/2020

 

The Iraqi Future / Safaa Al-Fariji

 

Basra Governor Asaad Abdul Amir Al-Eidani said that he will “go to the Iraqi capital next week to meet the Iraqi Minister of Finance to resolve the issue of (30) thousand job wages, whose names appeared in the lottery held at the Sports City Stadium in the province in the last period.” Al-Eidani mentioned in A press release issued by his private media office responded to the "Iraqi Future" that "he will go to Baghdad and meet with some officials, including the Iraqi Minister of Finance, to resolve the issue of the daily wages of (30) thousand degrees," indicating that he explained in an earlier period For the visual people, the issue of the issue of exchange relates to the approval of the Ministry of Finance.

And the Governor of Basra stated that “the people of Al Basri, especially those who have been appointed and who number (30) thousand job degrees, have the right to claim their rights and we are not with them, but as we have made clear for more than once earlier that the matter needs the approval of the Ministry of Finance and will be directed during the next week To Baghdad for discussion and talk on the subject for the purpose of reaching solutions with the Ministry of Finance ». On the other hand, he directed Al-Eidani, companies implementing projects to rehabilitate and accomplish infrastructure in Tuba and Nakheel directly at work according to technical specifications.

Al-Eidani told the media center after the work returned to the project sites, and we directed the companies implementing the projects to develop the infrastructure in the Al-Tuba and Al-Nakheela direct areas at work, pointing out that the Governorate Court had referred four projects in this region within the 2019 budget in the municipal sector.

He stated that these projects, if completed, will raise the level of services to the people of the region. For his part, the director of planning and follow-up at the Diwan of Basra Governorate, Walaa Abdul Karim said that the Governor of Basra directed the companies executing the projects of bricks and palm trees directly with works, pointing out that the projects are four ».

Abdel Karim said that the first of these projects is the implementation of infrastructure for water, electricity and communications work with the implementation of the first stage of the oil role with municipal and sewage works, while the second project included the implementation of infrastructure for water, electricity and communications work with the implementation of the first stage of the neighborhood staff role sewage works.

He pointed out that the third project includes the implementation of integrated structures of water, electricity, communications, sewage and the municipality to produce the role of professors in brick and palm trees.

And that the fourth and final project is concerned with establishing a division of the Municipality of Basra City in Al-Tuba and Al-Nakhilah with the establishment of a building for the Road Maintenance and Traffic Engineering Unit, noting that these projects are implemented by a group of local and foreign companies.

To that, the Director of Planning and Follow-up at the Office of Basra Governorate, announced the loyalty of Abdul Karim, the implementation of a campaign to maintain the approaches of the bridge of the martyr al-Sadr suspended.

He said that the suspension bridge of the martyr Al-Sadr, which was executed by the Italian company MIG specialized in this field worldwide, is one of the most prominent bridges in Iraq.

He added: Some of the bridge's approaches were exposed to some damage and cracks, while the bridge and its body were unharmed and they were not harmed.

He stated that the Basra Roads and Bridges Directorate had delayed submitting statements for repairing bridge approaches for the days before the Eid, and for not approving the budget, which made it difficult to announce the implementation of a project to maintain and repair bridge approaches.

He added that the governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, directed the departments of Basra Municipality and Shat Al-Arab to implement a campaign to maintain and repair bridge approaches, both according to his direction.

On the other hand, the head of the local crisis cell and Basra Governor Asaad Abdul-Amir Al-Eidani issued a directive to cut civil school wages in half for the current school year.

Al-Eidani said that, in response to the pleas of the visual families who suffer in light of the health crisis and the financial crisis, and according to the powers granted to the local crisis cell according to government decision 55, we decided to reduce the wages of private schools in half, or by 50%.

He pointed out that this measure was taken into consideration that the current school year stopped at the end of the semester and was not completed.

He called on the owners and departments of private schools to abide by the directions and not to violate them, otherwise they would expose themselves to the legal issue, appealing to the Ministry of Education and the Governorate Education Directorate to lenient with the management of private schools on the issue of wages and taxes imposed on these schools.

 

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[Mary B]

Sunday newspapers follow the issue of salary cuts and the implementation of the national anti-corruption strategy

Sunday 31, May 2020 

Baghdad / Nina / Newspapers issued in Baghdad today, Sunday, the thirty-first of May, the issue of reducing employee salaries, implementation of the national strategy to combat corruption, and other issues.

On the issue of reducing salaries, the newspaper "Al-Zawraa", published by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, said: "The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed that the salaries of employees are a red line, and that the government should take care of the issue of reducing them, stressing that this matter needs a law that was not discussed in Parliament."

Member of the Finance Committee Ahmed Hama Rashid said, according to / Al-Zawraa: "The government is now required to wait for the issue of reducing the salaries of employees in the current stage, especially after the rise in oil prices during the past days, in addition to the salaries of employees is a red line by the committee." .

Rashid added: "The reduction process needs a law in the first place and then discuss this issue inside the parliament, and until now nothing of this kind has happened and we have no relationship in this matter, because the issue may be issued by the cabinet."

The newspaper also quoted the economist Majid Al-Suri's statement: "The financial crisis that the country is going through came as a result of accumulations of wrong policies and decisions issued after 2003 until now, which led to inflation in operating expenses in the country in addition to career slack."

Al-Suri said: "The salaries of some officials in the state exceeded 25 million dinars, and this is a very large number compared to the salaries of other employees, so the salaries of senior officials in the state must be reviewed so that the highest salary should not exceed 5 million dinars."

He added: "The talk about reducing the salaries of employees is a wrong invitation and does not achieve good results in the next stage, and the salaries of employees should not be affected at all."

As for the newspaper, Al-Sabah, which is published by the Iraqi Media Network, it talked about the government's intention to adopt a national strategy ready to fight corruption and review the public performance during the previous period.

In this regard, she quoted the observer member of the Supreme Council for Combating Corruption, Saeed Yassin Moussa, as saying: "This strategy depends on the accurate distribution of roles between the relevant institutions in the government, parliament, the Supreme Judicial Council, civil society organizations and the media."

Moussa said: "The mission of the Supreme Council is to be coordinating between the supervisory authorities and the parties involved in combating corruption, such as the judiciary and the public prosecution, in order to continuously build public policies, evaluate public performance and take the necessary decisions, which enhance integrity, combat corruption and take preventive policies against corruption."

He added: "The government, on the accountability and accountability side, is facilitating procedures to meet the requirements of the judiciary and the Integrity Commission," noting that: "During this period we were demanding that the government possess a direct control arm, meaning that the government had offices of inspectors and its consultative function was to the minister, that is, its reports." It may or may not be taken from it, with the inspector having the ability and authority to refer the file that requires it to the Integrity Commission.

In the economic field, the newspaper “Al-Zaman” followed the debts owed by Iraq to the oil companies operating in it, noting that Iraq pays 12 billion dollars annually annually in interest on the accumulated debts of the operating oil companies. So, the debts on Iraq of these companies exceed 120 billion dollars.

She noted an oil expert’s statement that oil companies operating in Iraq reject the plans to cut production approved by OPEC, which obliges Iraq to reduce production by one million barrels per day.

The expert, whose name was not mentioned by the expert, added: "The painful issue is that the Oil Ministry asked Basra Oil Company to reduce production by 700,000 barrels per day, because it cannot reduce Kurdistan's oil production because it is outside the control of the state, and it also cannot force foreign oil companies to To reduce its production, which costs us millions of dollars daily due to the corrupt contracts that the former oil minister signed with these companies, which do not guarantee any right to Iraq, so the ministry can only reduce the oil produced by Iraqi cadres from state employees who do not cost us one dinar.

He concluded by saying: "In a nutshell, that Iraq currently pays 12 billion dollars annually in interest accumulated debts to oil companies operating in Iraq, only the interest of the debt, because the debt itself remains and exceeds 120 billion dollars and we cannot pay it, in addition to the fixed pricing for each barrel of oil exported by this The companies, and we fear that the day will come when the value of the extracted oil will not pay the dues of the companies and the interest of their debts ./ End

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Demonstration of the employees and contractors in the service departments in Diwaniyah to demand their conversion into ministerial contracts

 

2 hours ago

 

 

 

Dozens of workers with the daily wages system and contracts in the municipal, municipal, water and sewage departments in Diwaniya governorate organized a demonstration in the Al-Oruba neighborhood in the center of the governorate to demand their conversion into ministerial contracts similar to the rest of the governorates.

One of the participants in the demonstration, Hassanein Al-Salhi, told Al-Mirbad that our demands are for the central government and the concerned authorities to release our salaries and convert all daily wages into ministerial contracts in implementation of Cabinet Resolution No. 315.

He added that if the protesters' demands are not met, there will be escalatory steps by the demonstrators.

 

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[Mary B]

Parliamentary Finance: 30 items of revenue that are not entered into the budget due to corruption

 05/31/2020

 

  

Information / Baghdad ..
The decision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee Ahmad Al-Saffar revealed, on Sunday, 20 to 30 items of revenue that do not enter the budget due to corruption, while he warned that prejudice to the salaries of employees poses a threat to government stability.
Al-Saffar said in a dialogue followed by / information /, that "prejudice to the salaries of employees in light of the circumstances that Iraq is going through today in the face of Corona and the economic recession; Very dangerous for government stability, especially since this crisis will not exceed more than two months, as oil prices are rising and the global economy is beginning to regain its vitality again. ”
He added, “Borrowing from the central bank’s reserves for two months is a quick solution that can be easily compensated and returned at a low interest rate because it is short-term.” .
Al-Saffar said, “The government should exclude unnecessary expenditures related to large allocations and other matters related to petty cash and protections, which also constitute a waste of public money.” He pointed out that “the state has from 20 to 30 items of revenue that do not enter the budget due to corruption starting with border crossings and customs And the real estate of the state, so the financial system must be re-established, move away from monetary policies, deal with cache and rely on the electronic automation of payment, in addition to resorting to the biometer until the state gets rid of the burden of multiple salaries, and we need to review the salaries and put a new ladder for them.
Al-Saffar stressed, "Restructuring the financial system for public revenues, as well as getting rid of the rentier system that depends on unstable oil revenues and relying on diversification of resources such as agriculture, industry and tourism, and that Iraq be an importer." Ended / 25

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/05/31/476955/

[Mary B]

Government move to diversify state resources in light of financial crisis

Sunday 31 May 2020 - 09:48

Government move to diversify state resources in light of financial crisis
Baghdad - Waaa - Mohammed Al-Talebi
Economist Alaa al-Fahd said the government is moving towards diversifying the country's financial resources in light of the current crisis, through the activation of international agreements and important laws.
Al-Fahd said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (AWA) that there are signs of a breakthrough in the financial crisis, especially after the indicators of high oil prices in the world markets and reaching about 34 dollars a barrel, pointing out that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi sent messages of reassurance to the people through his move towards strengthening economic relations with various countries of the world and the region, especially with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
He added that this trend will bring companies to Iraq as saudi Aramco to invest in the field of gas, and facilitate the entry of Gulf capital to the country to contribute to the reconstruction and development process in light of the current financial crisis.
He pointed out that there is also a government move towards Russia for the purpose of coming Russian companies to invest inside Iraq, especially in the field of gas, as well as a trend to strengthen relations at the European level, especially with Germany and others.
He said the Kadhimi government may complete what the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi has begun with regard to the Chinese agreement, stressing the importance of activating this agreement because it will contribute to the construction and reconstruction process in the country.
He explained that the government has many options in order to get out of the current crisis and diversify the state's financial resources, pointing out that the current crisis can be addressed in real time through internal and external loans, to secure the salaries of employees and retirees.
Al-Kadhimi sent messages of reassurance to the people, especially at this difficult time, when he said that the government will not back down from any international agreement or commitment, stressing the need to pass a public-private partnership law that will contribute to supporting the local product by involving the private sector in the economic process, he said.

 

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[Mary B]

The Stock Exchange announces postponing its sessions until next week

 

Economy News _ Baghdad The stock exchange announced, on Sunday, that its sessions will be postponed to next week due to the curfew in Iraq. The Stock Exchange said in a statement received by "Al-Iqtisad News", that the market will not organize "trading sessions and dealing in stocks for the period from Sunday May 31 to Thursday 4 June 2020, in compliance with the decision of the Supreme Committee for Safety and Health in Iraq to impose a total curfew in Iraq." He added that "his clients will be notified of any developments later." It is noteworthy that the Supreme Committee for Health and Safety decided, yesterday (May 30, 2020), to impose a comprehensive curfew for one week.

Date added 05/31/2020 http://economy-news.net/content.php?id=20499

[Mary B]

 Parliamentary Finance: 30 items of revenue that are not entered into the budget due to corruption

 

Economy News _ Baghdad The decision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee Ahmad Al-Saffar revealed, on Sunday, 20 to 30 items of revenue that do not enter the budget due to corruption, while warning that prejudice to the employees ’salaries constitutes a threat to government stability. Al-Saffar said in a televised interview followed by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "prejudice to the salaries of employees in light of the circumstances that Iraq is going through today to confront Corona and the economic recession; Very dangerous for government stability, especially since this crisis will not exceed more than two months, as oil prices are rising and the global economy is beginning to regain its vitality again. ” He added, “Borrowing from the central bank’s reserves for two months is a quick solution that can be easily compensated and returned at a low interest rate because it is short-term.” . Al-Saffar said, “The government should exclude unnecessary expenditures related to large allocations and other matters related to petty cash and protections, which also constitute a waste of public money.” He pointed out that “the state has from 20 to 30 items of revenue that do not enter the budget due to corruption starting with border crossings and customs And the real estate of the state, so the financial system must be re-established, move away from monetary policies, deal with cache and rely on the electronic automation of payment, in addition to resorting to the biometer until the state gets rid of the burden of multiple salaries, and we need to review the salaries and put a new ladder for them. Al-Saffar stressed, "Restructuring the financial system for public revenues, as well as getting rid of the rentier system that depends on unstable oil revenues and relying on diversification of resources such as agriculture, industry and tourism, and that Iraq be an importer."

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[Mary B]

Planning confirms the government's responsibility for orders to launch the second installment of the emergency grant

2020-05-31

Yassin Iraq: Follow-up

Today, Sunday, the Ministry of Planning confirmed that the launch of the second batch of the emergency grant for families affected by the curfew measures depends on the country's health conditions.

The ministry’s spokesman, Abd al-Zahra al-Hindawi, said in a statement to the official agency, “The emergency grant was approved based on a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Planning since the beginning of the Corona crisis.” Addressing the future repercussions of the crisis.

He added, "The grant was approved by the previous government to be in two installments for two months in a row, taking into account the health developments and the current conditions of the country."

The Ministry of Planning announced, earlier, the launch of the emergency batch, the first batch in the form of daily payments to avoid overpopulation, stating that "a technical problem encountered in the process of launching the emergency batch, the first batch was addressed by the relevant authorities."

 

https://yesiraq.com/التخطيط-تؤكد-مسؤولية-الحكومة-عن-أوامر/

[Mary B]

Deduction of salaries .. Parliamentary finance sets a (temporary) solution to the crisis and a legal expert clarifies

1 hour ago

Digital Media NRT

The Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed, on Sunday, a prospective meeting with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to discuss the financial situation in the country, calling for the payment of employee salaries by borrowing from the reserves of the Central Bank for a period of two months, while a legal expert stressed that it is not possible to deduct from the salaries of employees except by issuing a new law, Indicating that the government has the authority to dispose of the allocations only.

"The government is moving towards finding solutions regarding double salaries and retirement treatment for the Rafha detainees, to provide some financial liquidity," the committee’s rapporteur, Representative Ahmed Al-Saffar, said in a statement today (May 31, 2020), followed by Digital Media NRT.

He added, "Justice must be achieved in reducing the differences between the salaries of employees and not equaling them because there are employees who have great service and others who have less", stressing the need "to take the government to fight rampant financial corruption in the collection of revenues, whether in border ports or taxes."

He pointed to the need to "stop wasting the private spending of the ministries, especially with regard to petty cash, protections and others," stressing that "it is possible to hold a meeting of the Finance Committee with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and in the presence of the Minister of Finance in order to discuss the financial situation and the size of revenues and debts in the country."

He explained, "The Ministry of Finance has the powers to issue temporary bonds to finance the fiscal deficit, and when revenues come to repay the loans with interest, this is a procedure in place in most of the countries of the region," noting that "the rise in oil prices to about $ 45 a barrel, if achieved, can The government from covering salary expenses. "

He pointed out that "the budget is supposed to reflect what the government program aims to support the vital sectors," noting that "it will be a semi-annual budget and will focus on salaries, the health and security aspect, and preparing for early elections."

Affecting salaries is very dangerous.

Al-Saffar said in a statement to Al-Sabah newspaper, that "prejudice to the salaries of employees in light of the circumstances that Iraq is going through today to confront Corona and the economic recession; a very threat to government stability." Low as being short-term, "pointing out that" internal borrowing is better than external borrowing, which depends on very large terms and benefits that may overburden the government at a later time. "

Banning the currency auction in the central bank

For its part, the Parliamentary Investment and Economy Committee suggested "monitoring and preventing the currency auction in the central bank," usually as a "smuggling operation" of hard currency outside Iraq.

The committee called on the Prime Minister, "to immediately freeze the Rafha law and issue a law to do so and transfer the money to the employees sector to confront the crisis, instead of deducting their salaries that are a right of their rights, and adopting the electronic system for border ports and ports, whose resources are estimated at the amount of oil revenues and that can feed salaries from borrowing ".

Payroll deduction

Regarding the legal aspect, the legal expert, Tariq Harb, confirmed in a statement reported by Al-Sabah newspaper, that " the salaries law has been in effect since 2008 and it cannot be deducted except by issuing a law. As for the allocations that were granted to all departments related to the prime minister were not included in the schedule of salaries, so the government has the authority In disposing of provisions. "

Harb noted, "The deduction of salaries does not constitute one-fifth of the allocations that the general directors of the Council of Ministers and others take, so we demand that deductions or cuts of these allocations to justice."

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[Mary B]

 

 

 

Government bank warns of gatherings "negatively affect the lives of customers"

 

 

Government bank warns of gatherings "negatively affect the lives of customers"

customers"

CommunityRafidain Bankcurfew

 

 05/31/2020 

 

Shafaq News / Al-Rafidain Bank announced today, Sunday, that it will start its branches in Baghdad and the governorates on the official working hours to complete the tasks and banking tasks assigned to them.

In a statement received by Shafaq News, the bank’s media office said that, based on the directives of the Minister of Finance and supervision and follow-up from the bank’s general manager, it was decided to start always for its branches and exclude them from the comprehensive curfew in order to accomplish the banking tasks assigned to them.

The bank directed its branches not to make any gatherings that negatively affect the lives of customers and the occurrence of a smooth flow in the banking business, while following the safety and health protection conditions of the Corona virus.

The banking sector is one of the sectors that excluded yesterday from the comprehensive curfew decision announced by the federal government throughout Iraq, which lasts for a week.

 

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High dollar exchange rates against the Iraqi dinar

05/31/2020

 

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News

The exchange rates of the dollar rose on the Kifah Stock Exchange and local markets on Sunday, May 31, 2020.
The prices of the Kifah Stock Exchange - Baghdad recorded 123,600 dinars per 100 dollars.
Buying and selling prices in banking shops:
the selling price of the dollar = 124.000 dinars.
The purchase price of the dollar = 123.000 dinars. Ended 29 / p

 

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Al-Nusairi: Iraqi-Gulf economic relations are a step in the right direction for the return of Iraq to its

Arab depth

 

 

Economy News _ Baghdad The economic and banking advisor to the Association of Iraqi Private Banks, Samir Al-Nassiri, confirmed on Sunday that the Al-Kazemi government’s initiative to reconnect with the Gulf countries, which started with an important and serious visit to the Finance Minister to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and to announce the intention to visit all Gulf and regional countries after a break and stopped for the coordination meetings of the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council after the visit The last of the large Saudi delegation, which included 7 ministers and a large number, with 113 government and private officials, to Baghdad in April 2019. Al-Nusairi said in an interview with "Al-Iqtisad News", it is an important initiative to return Iraq to its Arab depth and openness to building balanced political, economic and security relations with brotherly and friendly countries, especially with the countries of the geographical region, in which the Arab depth of Iraq forms the basis and substance, indicating that it is a sure sign of The new foreign relations strategy adopted by Iraq since 2017. He added that the first of these relations is the emergence of the Coordination Council with the Saudi side and held its first meeting in November 2017 in Saudi Arabia, and the signing of 13 memoranda of understanding for the previous government during the resignation of the resigned Prime Minister, but the relations did not continue according to the goals and principles agreed upon by the two parties for political and subjective reasons.  It is clear that strengthening Iraqi-Gulf relations in all political, security, and economic fields, in particular cooperation and communication, and strengthening banking relations between them, especially in foreign banking transactions, and stimulating and encouraging investment companies to invest in Iraq will lead to strengthening financing and investment fields, especially projects for the reconstruction of liberated cities. Al-Nusairi pointed out that the Iraqi economy is currently going through a critical and complicated stage and a suffocating financial crisis due to its low oil revenues, the main resource for the general budget, and this coincided with an outbreak of Corona’s misdemeanor and its effects on the economies of most of the world, including what the Iraqi economy currently suffers, and since one of the priorities of the new government is to bypass the crisis Economic and eradication of the epidemic in addition to political and security tasks. He noted that it requires the government, especially after the wide international, regional, Gulf and Arab openness to Iraq and the beginning of building new relations, and that what we are concerned with here is the future of international economic, financial and banking relations in general and with the Arab Gulf states in particular and some Arab countries with an effective economic depth and extending the bridges of the relationship together in a way that serves the opening New horizons for communication, for exchanging benefits, encouraging Arab investment in Iraq, developing infrastructure and banking technology, increasing inter-bank transactions, and finding new ways to cooperate with correspondent and discreet banks in those countries. Al-Nusairi stressed that it is necessary to take advantage of the results of the bilateral meetings that took place between the Central Bank of Iraq and the relevant ministries and representatives of the Gulf countries who visited Iraq during the past year and with the important participation of the Iraqi private sector and in particular the private banking sector to draw a road map for communication and joint coordination for the purpose of actual direct To develop what has been reached from the general lines for building and restoring economic, financial and banking relations that have been broken off for several decades, emphasizing the agreement to develop and open broad horizons for cooperation in the economic and banking fields, correcting previous tracks, and overcoming all obstacles that stand in the way of building sound and solid banking relations.  Al-Nusairi called for the necessity of joint banking cooperation with Saudi Arabia in all fields that enhance, activate and develop external banking transactions, encourage and stimulate investment, build capabilities, qualify and train Iraqi banking cadres, and open branches of Saudi banks in Iraq and branches of Iraqi banks in Saudi Arabia, as well as establish banks with joint Saudi and Iraqi contributions.   http://economy-news.net/content.php?id=20501

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Parliamentary Finance calls on the government to go toward internal borrowing

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The Parliamentary Finance Committee submitted a proposal to the government to secure the salaries for the month of June.

Committee member Ahmed Al-Saffar said in a statement that the government should go towards internal borrowing from Iraqi banks and the central bank to secure the salaries for the month of June and this is a good proposal to deal with the current situation, indicating that the crisis is temporary and the financial situation will improve during the coming months according to the available indicators, stressing that prejudice to employees ’salaries It poses a threat to government stability.

Al-Saffar indicated that other solutions will be costly for the government, and that deduction of salaries or resorting to savings will create a new problem for the government represented by demonstrations at a time when the government needs to calm the street, while he pointed out that there are twenty to thirty items of revenue that do not enter the budget due to Corruption.

 

https://altaghier.tv/2020/05/31/المالية-النيابية-تدعو-الحكومة-الى-الت/

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Iraq and the UAE top the second and third ranks by importing Iranian goods

 05/31/2020

 

  

Information / Baghdad ..
A spokesman for the Iranian Customs Authority, Ruhullah Latifi, announced on Sunday that Iraq and the Emirates ranked second and third respectively in the list of importers of non-oil goods from Iran from March 20 to May 20 2020.
Latifi said in a statement she provided "Fares" and viewed by him / the information, "" China topped the first five countries in importing goods from Iran in the aforementioned period, with a value of 1.19 billion dollars and 27 percent, followed by each of Iraq with 1.107 billion dollars and a percentage that exceeded 25 percent and the Emirates by 682 million dollars and the proportion 15 percent, Afghanistan at 341 million dollars, 8.2 percent, and Turkey at 144 million dollars and more than 3 percent.
He added that | Iran's foreign trade volume recorded 21 million tons in the two mentioned months, 14.5 million tons of which were exports and about 6.5 million tons of imports.
Latifi pointed out that "the value of exports amounted to 4.3 billion dollars and imports 5.041 billion dollars in the period of March 20 to May 20 2020." Ended / 25

 

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Kurdish lawmaker confirms receiving the region 400 billion dinars, and denies the existence of negotiations on salaries

 05/31/2020

 

  

Information / Baghdad ..
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee for the Kurdistan Islamic Union, Jamal Kujer, denied on Sunday that there is a negotiation between the center’s government and the region regarding the salaries of the region’s employees, stressing that the region received 400 billion dinars earlier to pay 60% of the region’s salaries.
Cougar said in a statement to "Information", that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and members of his government have not held any negotiating meeting with the territorial government on salaries until now," noting that "the regional government is about to send a new negotiating delegation to discuss this issue with the central government and meet the days." .
He added that "the region needs an amount of 700 billion dinars at least to pay the salaries of the region's employees", stressing that "the region received a financial payment of 400 billion dinars from the central government and was scheduled to receive 420, but the financial circumstance prevented that."
Cougar noted that "the amount received will pay up to 60% of salaries." Ended in / 25 pm

 

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A deputy from Basra clarifies the reality of the nominations for oil in exchange for projects

 05/31/2020

 

  

Information / Baghdad ..
The representative of Basra Governorate, Bader Al-Ziyadi, revealed on Sunday that it is true that some names be nominated for the position of the Ministry of Oil in exchange for obtaining part of the oil projects inside the province, stressing that those who were willing to pay the money left the list and have no place with the five candidates.
Al-Ziyadi said in a statement to "Information", that "talking about nominating personalities for the position of the Ministry of Oil in exchange for oil money or investment projects has no basis for validity," noting that "those who wanted to pay the money left the list and have no place with the five candidates ”
He added that "the five names that were sent to the Prime Minister were chosen according to democratic and fair elections in the presence of all representatives of Basra."
Al-Ziyadi indicated that “there are names that wanted to pay huge amounts of money that were excluded from the nomination list and that they have no place and loyalty that follows the whales of corruption.” Ended / 25h

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/05/31/476965/

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A deputy proposes to Al-Kazimi a solution to revive the economy and save the country from the financial crisis

05/31/2020

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
, Representative Abdul Amir Al-Dubai presented, Sunday, a proposal to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to revive the economy and save the country from the financial crisis.
Al-Dubai said in a statement received by / Mawazine News / a copy of it: "The distinguished Prime Minister, if he is serious in reviving the economy and rescuing him from the financial crisis that ravaged him, must begin applying the judicial decisions issued by the Integrity Commission against the thieves of Iraqi money and smuggled outside the country."
He added, "He must also seek the assistance of the competent international bodies to recover this money." Ended 29 / p

 

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