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"He was threatened and blackmailed" ... the Iraqi authorities find the body of the director of a foreign company responsible for building the Faw port

 

Alhurra - Washington

09 October 2020

 

 

The South Korean company executing the port of Faw has recently come under pressure and threats from armed and influential groups

On Friday, the Iraqi authorities opened an investigation into the circumstances of the suicide of the director of a South Korean company responsible for implementing the Faw port project in the south of the country, in an incident that sparked widespread controversy inside Iraq.

And local media said that the South Korean company Daewoo has stopped work on the project due to the accident, pending the results of the investigation.

The body of the South Korean director was found hanging from a rope inside a site 10 km from the port of Faw, according to the official news agency.

The agency quoted the local official in Al-Faw district, Walid Al-Sharifi, as saying that the site where the body was found was "secured by a private company, and there are surveillance cameras."

A picture of the incident was published, in which a Daewoo company director was shown hanging by a rope or metal wire from his neck and legs crossing the ground, and a brief video clip of the man was also published while he was being transported to the hospital.

The incident raised many questions, especially since it occurred a few days after the Iraqi Minister of Transport, Nasser Al-Shibli, announced an agreement with the company to implement the advanced stages of the vital port project.

Iraqi activists and journalists reported that the company had recently received threats and blackmail operations from influential parties inside and outside Basra Governorate.

The company executing the port of Faw during the tenure of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was subjected to pressure and threats from armed groups, forcing it to stop its work several times.

Although 10 years have passed since the Iraqi government announced laying the foundation stone for the large port of Al-Faw in southern Iraq, the project is still far from completion, due to many problems, some related to financing and others due to external pressures.
 

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The Parliamentary Services calls for the formation of a supreme committee to uncover the circumstances of the "suicide" of the director of the Korean company

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On Friday, the Parliamentary Services and Reconstruction Committee called for the formation of a "higher investigation committee" to uncover the circumstances of the "suicide" incident, the director of the Korean company implementing the Faw Port project.

The head of the committee, Walid Sahlani, said in a statement that Alsumaria News received a copy of, that he calls for "the formation of a supreme investigation committee to uncover the circumstances of the suicide accident of the director of the Korean company in the large port of Faw, especially that the accident came a few days before the signing of the contract for the first phase of the port of Faw with the Daewoo company." Korean ".

Al-Sahlani stressed "the importance of the availability of a special force to protect foreign companies supervising important strategic projects in Iraq." Today, a dangerous precedent has happened that must not go unnoticed, especially because the port is of great importance in the economy of Iraq, because it connects the East to Europe through Turkey, which will change the global maritime transport map in the future.

Earlier on Friday, the Iraqi Ministry of Transport expressed its regret over the "suicide" incident, the technical director of the Korean "Daewoo" company, which is implementing the Faw Port project, while confirming the continuation of the project and not stopping it.

 

It is noteworthy that security sources reported today that the body of the director of the Korean "Daewoo" company, which is implementing the Faw Port project in Basra Governorate, has been found. It is attached to a wire that suggests that the accident was the result of a suicide.

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Alia Nassif reveals a criminal suspicion in the suicide of the director of the Korean company in the port of Faw

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On Friday, Representative Alia Nassif indicated that the suicide of the director of the Korean Daewoo company in the large port of Faw in Basra, I do not rule out that there is a criminal suspicion, explaining that there are many countries in the region that do not want the port of Faw to rise
. I do not rule out there is a criminal suspicion and it is not suicide in this matter. Otherwise, there is no need for a Korean person to commit suicide in Baghdad while he works in the largest port that could bring him very big interests.
She added, "There are many countries in the region that do not want the port of Faw to rise and I think that there is intentional and semi-criminal in the incident, especially since the port of Faw may lead to damage in the ports in the region, such as Fujairah and the Kuwaiti port of Mubarak."
She pointed out, "The incident is a warning to the Iraqi people that the countries of the region do not want Iraq to rise in the port of Faw," noting "the need for the port to be built with Iraqi forearms."
On Friday, a local official in Basra announced that the director of the Korean company had committed suicide in the large Faw port

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Health rejects calls to strike and stop the work of health institutions

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On Friday, the Ministry of Health and Environment expressed its surprise at the medical and health unions in Iraq calling for medical personnel to strike and stop the work of health institutions, stressing that leaving work and striking means calling for harm to the lives of patients and threatening their death.

The ministry stated in a statement, "At a time when the countries of the world and Iraq are exposed to a major health challenge resulting from a dangerous epidemic that has ravaged the global health, economic, financial, social and political systems, and led to major changes in life paths and their methodology," indicating that "these difficult circumstances have proven important Solidarity, cooperation and integration to overcome this ordeal and work in a team spirit and self-denial to protect the security and health of our people and our beloved country. "

The ministry added that it “worked on adopting a set of basic axes for the success of the prevention and control plans of the epidemic, including the evaluation and support of the efforts of all members of the White Army in our health institutions, including medical, health and administrative staff despite the critical financial and economic situation, and it culminated in approval by the Council of Ministers to give priority. "The maximum limit for appointing all graduates of medical and nursing colleges and health institutes covered by the medical and health graduation laws and the Third Amendment Law to the Health Progression Law for Supportive Health Staff at the request of the Ministry of Health to support its efforts to confront the Corona pandemic.

The ministry clarified that "plots of lands have been allocated to all the heroes of the White Army and the endeavor to pass the White Army Martyrs Law in cooperation with the esteemed House of Representatives and approach the Cabinet to include all employees of our health institutions with additional financial allocations and other privileges that are currently being prepared for launch."

The Ministry of Health affirmed, “Our commitment to the responsibility towards the Ministry’s cadres in their various specialties because they are the pillar of work and the foundation for the advancement of health services. Higher committees have been formed in the ministry that work under the supervision of the ministry’s leadership and include representatives of all medical, health and administrative specialties to follow up on the requirements and proposals related to them and communicate directly with Relevant ministries and committees in the House of Representatives.

The ministry said, "We are very surprised, and unfortunately, that some medical and health unions in Iraq have invited the heroes of the White Army to strike and stop the work of health institutions, which is a strange and rejected call because leaving work and striking means calling for harm to the lives of patients and threatening their death."

She emphasized that “our ministry believes in the responsible trade union role within democratic frameworks, which preserves the health of society and the lives of patients, and refrains from bypassing the laws in force that hold severely accountable to everyone who seeks to harm health security and the lives of citizens as in Article 346 of the Iraqi Penal Code. Colleagues and female colleagues in the concerned unions to keep our health institutions away from union gains and political calculations that will harm health security and the lives of citizens.

The ministry called on "all of our white army heroes to continue to perform their legal and humanitarian duties and to continue their heroic rush to preserve the safety of the patient, and to stay away from the voices that want to exploit your efforts, your position and your noble work for illegal purposes and expose you to legal and administrative risks."

https://takadum-news.com/الصحة-ترفض-دعوات-دعوات-الإضراب-وايقاف/

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Al-Ameri alliance alludes to "accountability" of Al-Kadhimi government
Politics

 2020-10-09 06:08
  
Shafq News: The current federal government headed by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi should be given a chance to implement its government program and hold it accountable in the event of failure, mp Mohammed al-Ghaban, a member of the Fatah-led coalition, said Friday.

Although the Iraqi government is not long gone after the prime minister set the date for early elections in the middle of next year, political parties blame it on the failure of a number of files, most notably finance and security.

"Everyone is deeply aware of the difficult economic and financial conditions facing the Iraqi state due to the repercussions of the global Corona crisis, as well as the accumulated economic and financial crises and problems inherited from previous governments," al-Ghaban said in a statement.

He deplored the failure of the current government to "comply with the government's platform for economic reforms, nor what it pledged in the borrowing law approved by parliament to submit the reform paper within 60 days of the law's entry into force."

"According to article 78, the head of government is the direct executive responsible for the state's public policy, and therefore the one who is responsible for the mismanagement of the state's public finances, as well as the direct responsibility of the Minister of Finance for the implementation of the country's fiscal policy," he said.

"The political blocs must assume their responsibility to follow up, support and support the government to find effective solutions to save Iraq from its suffocating crisis, and its accountability if it fails to implement the reforms," he said.

The government of Kadhimi was formed after the resignation of former prime minister Adel Abdel Mahdi earlier this year under public pressure due to the rising frequency of protests, the killing of hundreds of demonstrators and the injury of thousands at the hands of security forces and gunmen.

"The government cannot continue to rely on borrowing with all the serious risks it entails, and we call on the government and the House of Representatives to coordinate, agree and cooperate to avoid risks," he said.

https://shafaq.com/ar/سیاسة/تحالف-العامري-يل-مح-الى-مسا-لة-حكومة-الكاظمي

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THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT CONFIRMS THE CONTINUATION OF WORK AT THE LARGE PORT OF FAW, FOLLOWING THE "SUICIDE" OF THE KOREAN DIRECTOR

Friday, 9 October 2020 3:55 PM

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News Center - The Ministry of Transport revealed, today, Friday, that an investigation has been opened into an incident of "suicide", the technical director of the South Korean Daewoo Company, which is implementing the Faw Port project, which confirmed the continuation of work on it after the accident.

"The Ministry of Transport expresses its regret over the suicide of the technical director of the Daewoo company, which is implementing the Faw port project," the ministry said in a statement, received by the agency "National News Center".

The statement stressed that "this incident will not affect the way forward, and the Daewoo company, on its part, announced that it has the expertise and experts, which makes work continuing at the port."

Today, Friday, the security authorities in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, found the body of the director of the Korean company, a few days before the signing of a huge contract in the large port of Faw.

The local authorities preferred the hypothesis of suicide, after he was found hanged by a wire.

https://nnciraq.com/42555/

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 The Korean Embassy issues a statement regarding the suicide of the CEO of Daewoo in Iraq

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Press statement from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (The official position of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea regarding the death of the Director of Daewoo Construction Company)
The Korean embassy learned at nine o'clock this morning (October 9) of the death of the director of the Daewoo Construction Company implementing the Faw Port project.
The embassy offers condolences to his family and colleagues, and the embassy expresses its thanks and appreciation for the interest shown by the Iraqi public with the news of the death.
The embassy has been informed that the Ministry of Interior in the Republic of Iraq has formed a committee to investigate this painful incident, and this committee has begun to investigate in cooperation with the Basra Police Authority, and we are waiting for the results to appear after the completion of the investigations.
Therefore, the embassy requests all media outlets to avoid spreading rumors and false news. The embassy also requests that the photos of the victim's body not be circulated or published, out of respect for him and his family.
And as the Iraqi Ministry of Transport stated in its statement today, the Korean Embassy affirms that it will continue to provide its support and assistance to Daewoo Construction Company for the success of the Faw Port project, which has contracted with the Ministry of Transport and the company in the near future.
Once again the embassy conveys its deep and warm condolences to the family of the deceased.
9 / October / 2020
Jang Kyung Oxfair of the Republic of Korea, accredited to Iraq

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Parliamentary integrity talks about 3 challenges before the Corruption and Major Crimes Commission

On Friday, a member of the Integrity Committee in the House of Representatives, Aliya Nassif, revealed three challenges facing the work of the permanent committee to combat corruption and major crimes .

The committee member said in a statement to the official news agency, today (October 9, 2020), that "there are many recruitment orders and the arrest of suspects with the rank of minister or director general."

She added, "There are several challenges facing the work of the committee, the first of which is that some corrupt political forces have begun to criticize the committee, whether in secret or in public, and the second challenge is the judiciary’s keenness to ensure that the procedures followed are legal, and the third challenge is not to bypass the integrity commission in the committee’s procedures. ".

She explained, "Its committee has alerted the Integrity Commission, through its visits to the commission, or even through indirect messages to the Prime Minister, of the need to follow legal procedures in the pursuit of the corrupt."

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POSTED ON 2020-10-09 BY SOTALIRAQ

(Pictures) Basra ... the suicide of the director of the Korean "Daewoo" company, which implemented the Faw port

The mayor of Al-Faw district in the far south of Basra province confirmed today, Friday, that the director of the Korean company (Daewoo) in the large port of Faw committed suicide by hanging yesterday evening, Thursday.

Walid Al-Sharifi said, "He does not know the reasons that called the director of the Korean company to commit suicide, while the competent authorities have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the accident, especially since the suicide is of foreign nationality."

It is noteworthy that this incident comes two days after the Iraqi Minister of Transport, Nasser Al-Shibli, announced last Tuesday  that the first phase contract for the Faw Grand Port will be signed  with the Korean company, Daewoo, which will implement the project.

Al-Shibli confirmed the success of the Iraqi negotiating team, which included engineers, technicians, administrators and jurists, in managing negotiations with Daewoo to achieve the highest modern international standards with regard to the work of ports.

Experts describe the Faw Grand Port project as a strategic project that links the East to Europe via Iraq via Turkey and will change the global maritime transport map.

The first phase of the project includes the construction of 5 berths, and the deepening of the sailing channel for the port, which is expected to be from 19 to 21 meters, indicating that it also includes the construction of the tunnel linking the port to Khor Al-Zubair, and the strategic road linking the Iraqi border with Kuwait.

http://www.sotaliraq.com/2020/10/09/بالصور-البصرة-انتحار-مدير-شركة-دايو-ا/

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A legal opinion on the incident of the director of the Al-Faw port project ... suicide or premeditated murder ?!

2020.10.10 - 08:32

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Baghdad - People   

Legal expert Ali Al-Tamimi clarified, on Saturday, a number of points related to the issue of the difference between suicide and premeditated murder from the judicial aspects, indicating that the results of the investigations are the key to clarifying the vision, referring to the suicide incident of the director of the Faw port project in Basra Governorate.  

Al-Tamimi, through a legal clarification, that "People" received a copy (October 10, 2020), titled "Suicide and Its Difference from Intentional Homicide" that he sees:  

1 What distinguishes the incident whether it is premeditated murder or suicide, firstly it is the anatomical medical report. It is the one who shows through blood whether it is suicide or murder enveloped by suicide, and shows whether there are bruises or traces of resistance or any evidence of that on the body of the victim.  

  

2 The crime scene and the examination of the body. Is there a trace of crushing or smashing materials, as well as the existing cameras, the witnesses of the accident are very important, the position of the body, and the method of suicide all depends on the skill of the investigator.  

  

3 Participation of the state of the victim or the person who committed suicide can participate in the investigation that is located in Iraq according to local jurisdiction, and in accordance with Articles 53 of Fundamentalism and Article 15 of the Civil Law.  

  

4 The results of the investigation are important in determining whether the accident is a suicide or premeditated murder, according to which the case is directed, and not a complete crime.  

  

  

Today, Friday, the Korean embassy in the capital, Baghdad, commented on the "suicide" incident of the director of the Daewoo company operating in Basra.   

The embassy said in a statement that "People" received a copy (October 9, 2020): "The official position of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea regarding the death of the director of Daewoo Construction ... The Korean embassy learned at nine o'clock this morning (October 9) of the death of the director of Daewoo Construction Company. The executor of the Faw Port project, and the embassy offers condolences to his family and colleagues, and the embassy expresses its thanks and appreciation for the interest shown by the Iraqi public with the news of the death.     

She added, "The embassy has been informed that the Ministry of Interior in the Republic of Iraq has formed a committee to investigate this painful incident, and this committee has begun to investigate in cooperation with the Basra Police Authority, and we are waiting for the results to appear after the completion of the investigations. Therefore, the embassy requests all media outlets to avoid spreading rumors and news." Is not true. The embassy also requests that the photos of the victim's body not be circulated and published, out of respect for him and his family. "     

She pointed out that "the Iraqi Ministry of Transport confirmed in its statement today that it will continue to provide its support and assistance to Daewoo Construction Company for the success of the Faw Port project, which has contracted with the Ministry of Transport and the company in the near future."     

  

On Friday, Minister of Interior Othman Al-Ghanmi directed to send a high-level investigation committee to Basra to investigate the suicide of the director of the Korean Daewoo Company, which is  implementing the FAO project.  

The Director of the Ministry's Relations and Media Department, Saad Maan, said in a statement that "People" received a copy (October 9, 2020), that the Minister of Interior, Othman Al-Ghanimi, ordered the formation of a high-level investigation committee and sent it immediately to Basra Governorate to undertake the investigation of the suicide of the director of the Korean Daewoo company. At Al-Faw port in Basra Governorate.      

Maan confirmed, "This committee will work alongside another investigative committee set up by the Basra Provincial Police Directorate immediately after the suicide and under judicial supervision."      

  

MP Hassan Salem pointed the finger of blame in the suicide of the president of the Korean company implementing the Faw port project to international intelligence.  

In a statement that "People" received a copy of (October 9, 2020), Salem ruled out that "the incident of the technical director of the Korean company Daewoo executing the large Faw port project was a suicide, but rather an assassination carried out by international intelligence that has an interest in not completing the port of Faw." "The great thing that will achieve economic prosperity for Iraq, the lack of economic importance of the Kuwaiti port of Mubarak, and other countries such as the Emirates that want to dominate the ports in the region, as well as Egypt that will be affected by the Suez Canal after the completion of the Silk Road, as well as America, Saudi Arabia and Israel after Iraq strengthens economically and becomes a good resource other than oil.        

Salem called for "an immediate and serious investigation to uncover the hidden criminal and puppet hands that work with the intelligence of these countries in exchange for money, and Kuwait had given the money to some of the corrupt who caused the delays in the completion of the Faw Port project since 2010."        

  

On Friday, the Saeron Parliamentary Bloc warned of a major conspiracy against Iraq and the south in particular, against the background of the incident of the director of the company implementing the large Faw port project.  

Al-Aqili said in a statement that "People" received a copy (October 9, 2020), "We hope that the killing of the director of the Daewoo Company to build the Faw port will not be a reason to disrupt work at the port."          

He added, "What is happening is a big conspiracy against Iraq and the south in particular, and due to the importance of this port, plots against the country are in full swing."          

  

On Friday, the Ministry of Transport expressed its regret, commenting on the "suicide" incident, the technical director of the Daewoo company, which is implementing the Faw Port project, confirming the continuation of work on the project.  

A statement by the ministry, which "people" received a copy of (October 9, 2020) stated, "We record our regret over the suicide of the technical director of the Daewoo company, which is implementing the Faw Port project, and while we condole the friendly Korean side, we confirm the continuation of work at the port and that this incident will not Affect to go ahead with it. "          

The statement added, "Daewoo announced, on its part, that it possesses expertise and experts, which will make work continuing in the port," stressing that "investigations are underway to reveal the details of the unfortunate accident."          

  

Leaked scenes captured by a mobile phone showed the moment the body of the director of the Korean company "Park Shell Hu" was exhumed, executing the large Faw port, and which local officials in Basra said had committed "suicide."   

In the video, members of the security forces or medical staff examine the presence of traces of the wire, which the authorities said in initial statements that the director of the Korean company used it to commit suicide by hanging.             

"People" also obtained a picture, which local sources said was taken the moment they entered the residence of the Korean company director.             

In the photo, attributed to the "suicide" incident, he noted the appearance of the director, who was suspended by an electric wire, and he wore all his clothes, put his shirt inside the pants, and wore a wristwatch, while the photo staff did not show the mattress that the suicide director was supposed to use to climb onto the gallows. However, part of the picture shows what appears to be a punching bag, which the director may have used to carry out the operation, while security sources released a few seconds later, a video of a few seconds showing the presence of an iron deck that he supposed "he" used to hang himself.             

During the rule of the former prime minister, the company implementing the Al-Faw port suffered from a series of pressures that forced it to stop its work, after receiving threats from armed and tribal parties, which prompted former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to make a surprise visit to the governorate. However, all local security and health sources in Basra confirm that the director has committed suicide.              

Immediately after announcing the suicide news, Iraqi commentators wrote a list of skepticism about the official version, especially since the issue of completing the Grand Port of Faw has turned over the past weeks to one of the issues most occupying public opinion, after news leaked about political attempts to abort the project that Iraq is counting on, and it was subjected to a mysterious disruption More than 10 years ago.            

  

In the middle of last August, a crowd of demonstrators gathered in Basra Governorate to protest against the railway agreement, which is rumored about Iraq's intention to conclude it with Kuwait and Iran.  

The protesters hung a sign at the gate of the consulate building overlooking the Shatt al-Arab, in which they expressed their rejection of any railway agreement with Kuwait or Iran.              

Experts warn of economic risks to the large Faw port project, in the event that Iraq concludes an agreement to connect the railways with Kuwait or Iran, as agreements of this type cause the revival of the ports of Iran and Kuwait at the expense of paralysis for the Iraqi ports, especially the large Faw port under construction, and the port of Umm Qasr, as you hope. Baghdad is to be a major connection point for global trade and a route from Asia to Turkey and Europe, according to what is known as the Dry Canal Project.            

However, personalities linked to political parties launched a campaign, starting last week, to support the rail link project with Iran, stressing that it does not necessarily affect the opportunities of the Al-Faw port, while the governor of Basra, Asaad Al-Eidani, showed a hesitant position regarding declaring the absolute rejection of the railway project.             

  

More: Al-Eidani: We must study the railway project well before approval or rejection  

  

On Friday, Walid Al-Sharifi, mayor of Al-Faw district, south of Basra, announced that the director of the Korean company operating in the large Faw port committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday evening.  

Al-Sharifi told Radio Al-Marbad in a statement followed by Nass (October 9, 2020), that he “does not know the reasons that called the director of the Korean company to commit suicide, while the competent authorities have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the accident, especially that the suicide is a foreign national.”              

  

On Friday, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Basra confirmed that the director of the Korean Daewoo Company in charge of building a large Faw port had committed suicide.  

The director of the office, Mahdi Al-Tamimi, said in a statement that "People" received a copy, (October 9, 2020), that "the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights in Basra is verifying the information that indicated the suicide of the director of the Korean Daewoo Company in charge of building the Grand Faw Port today called 'Park Tgul Hoba.              

Al-Tamimi said, "Hoba hanged himself with a wire, and this was discovered by the company's service worker," pointing out that "the Human Rights Office contacted the FAO Commissioner Walid Al-Sharifi, who confirmed the matter."              

Al-Tamimi expressed his "regret for the death of the director of the company for the construction of the great Al-Faw port project," noting that "the Human Rights Office is following up the investigations of the incident with the Basra Provincial Police Directorate and the District Commissioner of Al-Faw."              

  

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi pledged that "his government will have the honor to actually start implementing the port."
Al-Kazemi's spokesman, Ahmad Mulla Talal, said, on September 15, that "the latter pledged that his government would have the honor to actually start implementing the large port of Al-Faw." And while he indicated that "the cabinet approved the minutes of the Ministry of Planning on hospital projects, confirming that the Counter-Terrorism Service" He will execute orders about corruption files. "
Mulla Talal added, "Al-Kazemi briefed the Council of Ministers on political developments and some directives and recommendations," indicating that the recent changes took place within their legal and administrative context, and Al-Kazemi highly appreciated the reactions of the political forces that reject quotas.            

And that "Al-Kazemi referred to Iraq's sovereign and constitutional right to the Iraqi ports, specifically the Grand Port of Al-Faw," indicating that "the prime minister pledged that his government would have the honor to actually start implementing the large port of Faw."            

Mulla Talal pointed out that "the delay in implementing the great Fao project came for unknown reasons, and there may be deliberate default."            

  

  

Last Tuesday (October 6, 2020), it was announced that the negotiations with the Korean company had been completed by an agreement to proceed with the Faw Port project and to switch to preparing contracts for contracting.  

The General Company for Ports stated in a statement, that "in the presence of the Minister of Transport, the Director General of the General Company for Port of Iraq, the Director of the Faw Port Project, the Executive Director of Daewoo and the five project managers from the Korean side, the completion of negotiations was announced by agreeing to proceed with the project and switch to preparing contracts for contracting."              

In the past, a contract was signed with the Korean company Daewoo, in the middle of last year, to construct the six projects for the basic infrastructure of the large FAO project.              

The projects include rock reimbursement and roads between the ports of Al-Faw and Umm Qasr, in addition to linking the port with a highway under Khor Al-Zubair to be linked to the main road.              

The cost of constructing the first phase of the Faw Grand Port project is estimated at 4 trillion dinars.              

It should be noted that the eastern breakwater of 8 kilometers and 200 meters in length, which was implemented by the Greek "R Cordon" company, was completed and received, as well as the western breaker of 16 kilometers, which was implemented by the Korean company Daewoo, with which the contract has been signed currently with an amount of 200 billion dinars to implement infrastructure projects. The six, as the first start of the project was the signing of the contract for the implementation of the eastern breaker and commencing with it in 2013.              

It is noteworthy that the project is being implemented in four phases according to need, availability of funds or the desire of investors, and at the present time the focus is on the first phase.              

The Grand Port of Faw is considered a strategic project that connects the East to Europe via Iraq via Turkey, and specialists expect that it will change the global maritime transport map.              

The large Faw port is located in the Ras Al-Bisha area in the Al-Faw peninsula in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, and the cost of the project is about 4.6 billion euros. The Arab Gulf and the tenth in the world, and the foundation stone for this project was laid on April 5, 2010.       

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=42340

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Transport confirms the continuation of work at the large port of Faw

14:11 - 10/09/2020

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On Friday, the Ministry of Transport announced that it had opened an investigation into the "suicide" incident, the technical director of the South Korean Daewoo Company, which is implementing the Faw Port Project, which confirmed the continuation of work on it after the accident.

The ministry said, in a statement received by the information, that it "records its regret over the suicide of the technical director of the Daewoo company, which is executing the large Faw port project. While we condole the friendly Korean side, we affirm the continuation of work at the port."

He added, "This incident will not affect the way forward, and the Daewoo company, on its part, announced that it has the expertise and experts, which makes work continuing at the port."

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/10/09/499126/

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Parliamentary economy calls for merging 3 ministries into one .. that has become unproductive and consumerist!

2020.10.10 - 09:09

 

Baghdad - people  

On Saturday, the Parliamentary Economy and Investment Committee called for merging the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Agriculture into one ministry, as a result of its transformation into consumer enterprises that do not produce.  

A member of the committee, Nada Jawdat, said in an interview with the official newspaper followed by "People" (10 October 2020) that "there are a number of reasons behind the failure of successive governments to advance and develop the economic reality."  

She added that "the destruction of the economic sector and its failure to advance it is due to the absence of the national will of the rulers, who did not pay attention to supporting the economic sector and dependence on imports, as well as mismanagement in addition to the rampant corruption in state institutions."  

She pointed out that "the ministries of industry, agriculture and trade have turned into unproductive consumer ministries, and work must be done to merge them into one ministry."  

In a related development, the economist Manar Al-Zubaidi revealed huge numbers of grants obtained by a number of productive ministries and Iraqi bodies, while describing the numbers as "beyond the logic and purpose of the existence of these ministries."  

Al-Zubaidi said to the same newspaper, "The size of grants to the ministries and governorates of the state has reached more than 940 billion dinars per month, and it is expected that the size of grants this year will reach more than 12 trillion Iraqi dinars, most of them to fill the deficit in the ministries and governorates." It was ranked first in the most productive ministries depending on grants, with an amount of more than 83 billion dinars per month.  

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=42345

[Mary B]

Member of Parliamentary Security: the arrest of the deputy director of the Daewoo company, which executed the port of Faw

Editing date: 10/10/2020 10:23 • 3 times read

Where News_Baghdad

A member of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Badr Al-Ziyadi, revealed that the deputy director of the Korean Daewoo company implementing the Faw Port project has been arrested for investigation in connection with the incident of the Korean director, while noting that a joint meeting between his committee and the Parliamentary Services Committee will be held to form a joint committee to oversee and follow up on investigations Of that incident.
The deputy from Basra Governorate, Badr Al-Ziyadi, said that the incident carries several doubts, and that it cannot be talked about until after confirmation and awaiting the results of the investigation, demanding that the investigation be transparent, clear and fair in order to reach realistic results.
Al-Ziyadi pointed out that the file of the large port of Al-Faw carries within it a great controversy in terms of achievement ratios, noting that there are external and international parties and many pressures behind the disruption of such a huge project, indicating that after completing the investigation procedures, its results will be announced within two days or More.
He explained that the Faw Grand Port project is supported by the House of Representatives ... And about liquids directed to it, will Iraq go about internationalizing the international issue, he answered, saying .. If the results are proven, foreign parties are involved in this, there is a follow-up in this matter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, indicating the arrival of a day Yesterday, a Korean delegation went to the capital, Baghdad, to follow up the case.

http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=101967

[Mary B]

Today.. Parliamentary session to resolve constituencies
Saturday, October 10, 2020

 Baghdad: Muhannad Abdul Wahab and Hazem Mohammed Habib 
 
The House of Representatives is scheduled to hold on Saturday a session described as "decisive" on article 15 of the new electoral law for electoral districts, which continues to stir up disputes and controversy among political forces, while it has not yet been clear whether it is possible to hold them in the light of differences or not, the prime minister's adviser for elections Dr. Hussein Al Hindawi stressed the need to start the electoral commission "immediately" the process of completing the biometric registration of Iraqi voters in preparation for the early elections.
Al-Hindawi stressed the need to speed up the issuance of the new election law by the House of Representatives as a necessary condition for the upcoming elections, adding to "Morning", that «the resumption of biometric registration for voters does not require waiting for the law or the approval of the budget and any action outside the Commission,» pointing out that "the allocations of the budget of biometric registration are available to the Commission."
Among the proposals he has referred to to increase the number of voters that can be registered daily, is to direct mobile teams to be present in the official service and study institutions frequented by citizens to register them if they agree, as well as a proposal to consider the biometric electoral card as one of the official identities of its fixed immunity.

https://alsabaah.iq/32439/اليوم-جلسة-برلمانية-لحسم-الدوائر-الانتخابية

[Mary B]

Iraq, Egypt discuss preparations for Baghdad summit
Saturday, October 10, 2020

 Baghdad: Al-Sabah 
 
The Foreign Ministry said Friday that it is holding talks with the Egyptian side to hold a joint summit in Baghdad, headed by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and his Egyptian counterpart.
The ministry, in a statement, explained that «Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Cairo, and its permanent representative to the Arab League, Ahmed al-Dulaimi, during his meeting with the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy in Egypt Mohammed Shaker, "looked forward to cooperation between the Iraqi and Egyptian governments in all fields, especially the transfer of Egyptian experiences and experiences in the field of electric power, and the wide presence and strong participation of Egyptian energy companies in Iraq." The strategic importance of relations between Egypt and Iraq, and the momentum and development it has witnessed in recent times."
Ambassador Al-Dulaimi issued an official invitation from the Minister of Electricity to his counterpart Mohammed Shaker to visit Iraq, which he welcomed, stressing that they will be met as soon as possible.

https://alsabaah.iq/32438/العراق-ومصر-يبحثان-الاستعدادات-لقمة-في-بغداد

[Mary B]

For the parliamentary economy calls for the integration of 3 ministries with one
Saturday, October 10, 2020

 Baghdad: Mohammed al-Ansari
 
The parliamentary economy and investment committee in the House of Representatives called for the integration of the ministries of trade, industry and agriculture with one ministry, as a result of their transformation into consumer institutions that do not produce.
Committee member Nada Joudat said: "There are a number of reasons why successive governments have failed to promote and develop the economic reality," noting that the Ministry of Industry and Minerals and the Ministries of Agriculture and Commerce have turned into unproductive consumer ministries.
She added that "the destruction of the economic sector and its failure to promote it was caused by the lack of national will of the rulers, who did not pay attention to supporting the economic sector and dependence on imports, as well as mismanagement in addition to corruption in state institutions."
"The ministries of industry, agriculture and trade have been transformed into unproductive consumer ministries, and they must be integrated into one ministry," she said.
Earlier, economist Manar al-Zubaidi revealed huge numbers of grants received by a number of Iraqi ministries and agencies, while describing the figures as "beyond logic and the purpose of the existence of these ministries".
 Al-Zubaidi said: «The volume of grants to the ministries and provinces of the state more than 940 billion dinars per month, and it is expected that the volume of grants during this year will reach more than 12 trillion Iraqi dinars, mostly to fill the deficit in the ministries and provinces," and confirmed that «The Ministry of Industry and Minerals ranked first in the most productive ministries dependent on grants amounting to more than 83 billion dinars monthly»

https://alsabaah.iq/32436/الاقتصاد-النيابية-تدعو-لدمج-3-وزارات-بواحدة

[Mary B]

Amid suggestions and doubts ... Reassurances about employee salaries for the remaining months: Will the September crisis be repeated?

2020-10-10

Yes Iraq: Baghdad

The repercussions of the employee salaries crisis are still present, despite the Ministry of Finance's announcement a few days ago that it had released state departments' dues and received some of their dues.

Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Jamal Cougar, confirmed in an official statement today, Saturday, that the government has secured salaries for the coming months.

Cougar said, "Salaries will be secured for the coming months, and what happened in September of the delay will not be repeated, especially after the assurances launched by the prime minister."

He added, "There are about eight million families who benefit directly from the salaries, whether they are employees, retirees, or within social welfare and others, such as the private sector, markets or merchants."

The Ministry of Finance is supposed to complete the financing of the salaries of the remaining departments that have not been spent on Thursday, as the ministry said in a statement that it is making efforts to complete the procedures for paying the salaries of all state and governorate departments and will complete the financing of the salaries of the rest of the other departments next Sunday.

Watch also: The  Ministry of Finance sets the date for the salaries of some departments that are late for today

Al-Rasheed and Al-Rafidain Bank confirm that they resume official working hours on holidays to complete the payment of late September salaries.

In turn, a member of the Parliament's Finance Committee, Naji Erdis, said that the government is able to secure the salaries of employees through non-oil revenues.

Erdis indicated that "Iraq has many sources of financing that can supply the state treasury, most notably the border crossings, taxes and communications, which could reach if real reforms are implemented within the framework of maximizing them to 3 trillion per month."

And Erdis indicated that "non-oil revenues can be secured through which employees' salaries are in addition to oil revenues."

 

The expert, Ahmed Ibrihi, had previously confirmed that the problem is not in salaries, as the current crisis can be managed with internal borrowing, and the Central Bank is helping government banks to perform this task, for the remainder of 2020 and 2021.

Ibrihi suggests that 70% of the non-oil exports targeted in the investment program be from the share of the manufacturing industry, and the rest from non-oil mining (including gas and agriculture), and that we have no other choice. As for the infrastructure, there are specific proposals for its development.

https://yesiraq.com/وسط-اقتراحات-وتشكيكات-تطمينات-حول-روا/

[Mary B]

  Learn about the terms of the economic reform paper that the Ministry of Finance will release soon

 

Employees in one of the real estate registration departments

Economy News - Baghdad A professor of economics at Basra University, Nabil Al-Marsoumi, revealed some of the articles of the economic reform paper called the "white paper", which the Finance Ministry is working on to reform the economy. Al-Marsoumi said, "As I expected in previous publications that the government reform paper will not deviate from the framework of the IMF's policies and austerity measures with high social costs. This can be seen by looking at some of what was mentioned in the reform paper that the government called white, as follows : 1- Reducing the wage and salary bill from 25% of GDP to 12.5% within three years 2- Reforming the retirement fund so that it is not linked to the budget, and retirement salaries are paid directly from the fund 3- Reducing financial support for state-owned companies by 30% every year for a period of three years 4- Reducing total government support from 13% of GDP to 5% within three years 5- Restructuring the public salary scale by stopping new employment and replacement operations in the public sector 6- Setting a higher ceiling for employees ’salaries to achieve justice and reduce differences 7- Applying income tax to employee allowances, incentives, bonuses, and others 8- Reviewing fuel subsidies for state-owned oil companies. The proceeds from the sale of black oil should be returned to the state treasury 9- Issuing national bonds and instruments and offering them for public circulation on the Iraq Stock Exchange 10- Studying the current exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar and taking into consideration the requirements of financial and monetary stability and achieving the competitiveness of the Iraqi economy 11- Restructuring the state-owned public companies and converting them into private companies 12- Correcting the defect in the ration card system to ensure the protection of people with limited income and withholding it from families whose income exceeds a certain ceiling . 13- Ensure that all workers in the public, private, mixed and cooperative sectors are included in retirement benefits 14- Completing the Social Insurance Law in order to be an alternative to the unified retirement, retirement and social security laws for workers

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[Mary B]

Parliamentary Finance is reassuring about employee salaries for the coming months ... What about borrowing?

2020.10.10 - 10:15

 

Baghdad - People   

The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed, on Saturday, that the salaries of employees will be secured for the coming months, while it announced its rejection of the government's resort to borrowing without real reforms.  

Committee member, Representative Jamal Cougar, said in an interview with the official agency followed by "People", (October 2020), that "salaries will be secured for the coming months, and what happened in September of the delay will not be repeated, especially after the reassurances launched by the Prime Minister." "Securing salaries means economic stability in every family."  

He added that "there are about 8 million families who benefit directly from salaries, whether they are employees, retirees, or within social care and others, such as the private sector, markets or merchants."  

Regarding borrowing, Cougar pointed out that "the Minister of Finance has every right to submit a request for borrowing, yet Parliament is not ready to proceed with continuous borrowing without real reforms," noting that "continuing to borrow means the country will go to collapse."  

He explained that "the Ministry of Finance borrowed 15 trillion dinars, and now it is looking for a new borrowing of 27 trillion dinars," noting that "the deficit in the 2020 budget was about 81 trillion dinars, while operating expenses are estimated at 35 trillion dinars, while public revenues amount to 67 trillion dinars." This means that the deficit funds are paid from the cash reserves and local banks.  

And he stated that "the Ministry of Finance is one of the most sensitive and important ministries because it concerns all the joints of the state and segments of society, and that Parliament asked the ministry to send the 2020 budget within 3 months, but it did not send it. Also, the borrowing law stipulated submitting a reform paper within 60 days, and also did not submit it despite From the lapse of 120 days, "noting that" the steps taken by the ministry are slow and do not rise to the level of the current crisis. "  

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=42350

[Mary B]

Alia Nassif talks about the goal of the party that 'assassinated' the director of the Faw port project

2020.10.10 - 11:51

 

Baghdad - People  

Deputy Alia Nassif called on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, on Saturday, to go to Basra to personally supervise the investigation into the "assassination crime" of the director of the Korean company implementing the Faw port project, indicating that this crime should prompt Iraq to insist on building the port.  

And she said in a statement that "People" received a copy, (October 10, 2020), that "at a time when the Iraqi street is burning with anger because of the intelligence of one of the countries assassinating the director of the Korean company implementing the large Faw port project," stressing the necessity of the presence of Mr. Al-Kazemi He went to Basra to supervise the investigation and use his experience in the intelligence work to uncover clues of heinous crime, which is a challenge to the Iraqi people and a challenge to Kazemi himself, with the importance of opening an international investigation under the supervision of Korea and in the presence of Iraq because the crime is international.  

She explained, "The state that assassinated this man aimed at intimidating the rest of the companies from carrying out any work related to the port of Faw, and this crime proved to the Iraqi and international public opinion the correctness of what we were talking about that some countries do not want good Iraq and fear that it will have a pioneering role in the region," But Iraq will return lofty despite their noses, and to the traitors, their fate will be the dustbin of history. "  

  

The legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, clarified, on Saturday, a number of points related to the issue of the difference between suicide and intentional killing from the judicial aspects, indicating that the results of the investigations are the decisive factor in clarifying the vision, referring to the suicide incident of the director of the Al-Faw port project in Basra Governorate.  

Al-Tamimi, through a legal clarification, that "People" received a copy (October 10, 2020), titled "Suicide and Its Difference from Intentional Homicide" that he sees:    

1 What distinguishes the incident whether it is premeditated murder or suicide, firstly it is the anatomical medical report. It is the one who shows through blood whether it is suicide or murder enveloped by suicide, and shows whether there are bruises or traces of resistance or any evidence of that on the body of the victim.    

  

2 The crime scene and the examination of the body. Is there a trace of crushing or smashing materials, as well as the existing cameras, the witnesses of the accident are very important, the position of the body, and the method of suicide all depends on the skill of the investigator.    

  

3 Participation of the state of the victim or the person who committed suicide can participate in the investigation that is located in Iraq according to local jurisdiction, and in accordance with Articles 53 of Fundamentalism and Article 15 of the Civil Law.    

  

4 The results of the investigation are important in determining whether the accident is a suicide or premeditated murder, according to which the case is directed, and not a complete crime.    

  

  

On Friday, the Korean embassy in the capital, Baghdad, commented on the "suicide" incident of the director of the Daewoo company operating in Basra.   

The embassy said in a statement that "People" received a copy (October 9, 2020): "The official position of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea regarding the death of the director of Daewoo Construction ... The Korean embassy learned at nine o'clock this morning (October 9) of the death of the director of Daewoo Construction Company. The executor of the Faw Port project, and the embassy offers condolences to his family and colleagues, and the embassy expresses its thanks and appreciation for the interest shown by the Iraqi public with the news of the death.       

She added, "The embassy has been informed that the Ministry of Interior in the Republic of Iraq has formed a committee to investigate this painful incident, and this committee has begun to investigate in cooperation with the Basra Police Authority, and we are waiting for the results to appear after the completion of the investigations. Therefore, the embassy requests all media outlets to avoid spreading rumors and news." Is not true. The embassy also requests that the photos of the victim's body not be circulated and published, out of respect for him and his family. "       

She pointed out that "the Iraqi Ministry of Transport confirmed in its statement today that it will continue to provide its support and assistance to Daewoo Construction Company for the success of the Faw Port project, which has contracted with the Ministry of Transport and the company in the near future."       

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=42357

[Mary B]

Some of the government white paper reforms ... Nabil Al-Marsoumi

2020-10-10

Nabil Al-Marsoumi wrote:

I also expected in previous publications that the government reform paper will not deviate from the framework of the International Monetary Fund's policies and austerity measures with high social costs, and this can be touched by looking at some of what was
mentioned in the reform paper that the government called white, as follows: 1. Reducing the wage and salary bill From 25% of GDP to 12.5% within three years
2. Reform of the pension fund so that it is not linked to the budget, and pension salaries are paid directly from the fund
3. Reducing financial support for state-owned companies by 30% every year for a period of three years
4. Total reduction Government support from 13% of GDP to 5% within three years
5. Restructuring the public salary scale by stopping new employment and replacement processes in the public sector
6. Establishing a higher ceiling for employees ’salaries in a manner that achieves justice and reduces differences
7. Applying income tax to employee allocations, incentives, bonuses, etc.
8. Reviewing fuel subsidies for state-owned oil companies, and proceeds from selling black oil should return to the state treasury
9. Issuing national bonds and instruments and offering them for public circulation in the Iraq Stock Exchange
10. Study the current exchange rate The dollar against the dinar and taking into account the requirements of financial and monetary stability and achieving the competitiveness of the Iraqi economy
11. Restructuring of state-owned public companies and converting them into private companies
12. Fixing the defect in the ration card system in a way that secures the protection of people with limited income and withholding them from families whose income exceeds a certain ceiling .
13- Ensure that all workers in the public, private, mixed and cooperative sectors are included in retirement benefits
14. Complete the Social Insurance Law in order to be a substitute for the unified retirement, retirement and social security laws for workers

https://yesiraq.com/بعض-إصلاحات-الورقة-البيضاء-الحكومية-ن/

[Mary B]

Alia Nassif Accused The Intelligence Of A Country Of Assassinating The Director Of The Korean Company

On October 10, 2020

The Independent ... Representative Alia Nassif accused the intelligence of one of the countries (she did not name it) of assassinating the director of the Korean company implementing the Faw port project in Basra.

Nassif called on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to go to Basra to personally supervise the investigation of the assassination of the director of the Korean company executing the Faw Port Project, due to the involvement of the intelligence of one of the countries in the crime, and because Al-Kazemi has experience in intelligence work.

It also called for an international investigation under the supervision of Korea and in the presence of an Iraqi because the crime is "international", indicating that this crime should push Iraq to insist on building the port, and the best revenge from the killers is to continue the project.

Nassif said: “At a time when the Iraqi street is burning with anger due to the intelligence of one of the countries assassinating the director of the Korean company implementing the large Faw port project, we affirm the need for Mr. Al-Kazemi to personally come to Basra to supervise the investigation and use his experience in intelligence work to uncover clues of the heinous crime, which It is considered a challenge to the Iraqi people and a challenge to Kazemi himself, with the importance of opening an international investigation under the supervision of Korea and in the presence of Iraq, for the crime is international.

She explained: “The country that assassinated this man aims to intimidate the rest of the companies from carrying out any work related to the port of Faw, and this crime proved to the Iraqi and international public opinion the correctness of what we were talking about that some countries do not want good Iraq and fear that it will have a pioneering role in the region. , But Iraq will return lofty despite their noses, and Huckster traitors, their fate will be the dustbin of history.

And she stressed, “The FAO is our goal and our destiny, calling for raising the“ hashtag # FAO_Our presence ”.

https://www.mustaqila.com/عالية-نصيف-تتهم-مخابرات-احدى-الدول-بأغ/

[Mary B]

Alia Nassif Suspects The Suicide Of The Director Of Daewoo And Accuses The Intelligence Of A Neighboring Country

On October 10, 2020

Al-Mustaqilla / - Member of Parliament Alia Nassif questioned the story that talked about the “suicide” of the director of the Korean company executing the large Faw port project in Basra Governorate, accusing unnamed state intelligence of his “assassination”, while calling for an international investigation under Korean supervision and an Iraqi presence .

Nassif said in a statement that Al-Mustaqilla received a copy of today, Saturday, that “at a time when the Iraqi street is burning with anger due to the intelligence of one of the countries assassinating the director of the Korean company implementing the Faw Port project, we stress the need to personally come to Basra to supervise the investigation and use his experience in Intelligence work to uncover clues of heinous crime, which is a challenge to the Iraqi people and a challenge to Kazemi himself, with the importance of opening an international investigation under the supervision of Korea and in the presence of Iraq, for the crime is international.

Nassif added, "The state that assassinated this man aimed to intimidate the rest of the companies from carrying out any work related to the port of Faw, and this crime proved to the Iraqi and international public opinion the validity of what we were talking about that some countries do not want good Iraq and fear that it will have a pioneering role in the region." “.

And she continued, saying, "But Iraq will return lofty despite their noses, and for the traitors, their fate will be the dustbin of history," noting that "the FAO is our goal and our destiny, and let us raise the hashtag # Faw_Our Existence."

https://www.mustaqila.com/عالية-نصيف-تشكك-بحادثة-انتحار-مدير-شرك/

[Mary B]

Reducing differences, social insurance, appointments, and ration ... are among the items of the reform paper

The economic expert and professor of economics at Basra University, Nabil Al-Marsoumi, revealed, Saturday, 14 points of the "white paper" that the government intends to present to Parliament, in order to reform the Iraqi economy.

Today (October 10, 2020), Al-Marsoumi published the articles of the paper, which he said he kept a copy of, reiterating that it came in accordance with his expectations in his previous publications.

Al-Marsoumi added, "The articles of the white paper include, (reducing the wage and salary bill from 25% of GDP to 12.5% within three years ) .

The paper included "reforming the retirement fund so that it is not linked to the budget and pension salaries are paid directly from the fund, reducing financial support for state-owned companies by 30% every year for three years, and reducing total government support from 13% of GDP to 5% within three years." Years ".

Al-Marsoumi stated, "The paper also included restructuring the public salary scale by stopping the new recruitment and replacement processes in the public sector, setting a higher ceiling for employee salaries in a way that achieves fairness and reduces differences, and applying income tax to employee allocations, incentives and bonuses ."

He pointed out that "the paper will review the fuel subsidies for state-owned oil companies, and the proceeds of the sale of black oil must return to the state treasury, the issuance of national bonds and bonds and their presentation for public circulation in the Iraq Stock Exchange ."

The economist added, "The paper will study the current exchange rate of the dollar against the dinar, taking into account the requirements of financial and monetary stability, achieving the competitiveness of the Iraqi economy, restructuring state-owned public companies and converting them into private companies ."

He said, "It will include fixing the defect in the ration card system in a way that secures the protection of low-income people and withholding it from families whose income exceeds a certain ceiling, and ensuring that all workers in the public, private, mixed and cooperative sector are covered with retirement benefits, complete the Social Insurance Law in order to be an alternative to the unified pension law." Retirement and social security for workers. "

https://www.nrttv.com/Ar/News.aspx?id=33376&MapID=2

[Mary B]

A deputy calls to file a lawsuit in international courts to obtain compensation for the Unaoil case

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Representative Jamal al-Muhammadawi, a member of the House of Representatives, called today, Saturday, the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs to file a lawsuit in international courts to obtain financial compensation for the Unaoil case and the damages suffered by Iraq in public money.

Al-Muhammadawi said in a press statement that “Khabar Press” received a copy of it, that “courts in all countries of the world are still issuing court rulings that amount to imprisonment against the defendants in the Unaoil case, in which Iraq lost large sums of money due to bribes worth millions of dollars.

He added, "It is necessary for the Iraqi state represented by the Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs to file a lawsuit in international courts to obtain compensation for this case that exhausted the Iraqi economy and obstructed the process of developing the infrastructure in the oil extraction and transportation sector."
He pointed out that the defendants recently admitted to paying bribes amounting to $ 17 million before foreign courts. It is Iraq’s right to recover its money in the form of compensation approved by the competent courts in the world.

The case of Unaoil corruption was first exposed in Iraq in 2016 by the two media institutions, Firefox and Huffington, and it had a wide media response.

According to the UK's Serious Corruption Cases website, in October 2020, Basil Al-Jarrah was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for paying bribes of more than $ 17 million to secure unfair contracts worth nearly $ 1.7 billion in the Unaoil case. Al-Jarrah pleaded guilty to five crimes of conspiring to provide bribes in connection with two projects, one to install three mooring buoys and the other to construct two oil pipelines.

Al Jarrah's associates were also found guilty of bribes from mooring buoys, namely Stephen Whiteley and Ziad Akli, Aqli was sentenced to five years and Whitley was sentenced to three years.

https://khabaar.press/archives/76266