Amidst continuing differences ... the Iraqi parliament holds a session to resolve the new election law

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150 thousand "double-salary" employees

Tuesday 27 October 2020 226

 

  Baghdad: Hoda Al-Azzawi 

 

The Finance Committee in the House of Representatives reserved the amount required in the fiscal deficit law, amounting to 41 trillion dinars, while confirming that Parliament could approve 20 trillion dinars to secure salaries for the end of the current year.

Committee reporter Ahmed Al-Saffar revealed that there are 150,000 double-salary employees, indicating that addressing this issue will save more than a trillion dinars per month.

Al-Saffar told Al-Sabah: After examining the fiscal deficit bill in the appendix of current expenditures, which includes 38 items, we found that some items could be postponed to the 2021 budget to reduce the loan amount that exceeds 41 trillion dinars, stressing that it is impossible to approve it by the House of Representatives. Or the Parliamentary Finance Committee.

Al-Saffar added that seven items out of the 38 must be spent during the next four months, including “employee salaries, pension salaries, indebtedness and debt benefits, ration card, medicines and social protection network,” indicating that they are necessary items that the loan should cover, and the rest of the items of expenditures. The current budget is transferred to the 2021 budget, to solve the salary problem as soon as possible by approving the deficit bill

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And he went on to say that “in the case of providing salaries, the government is obligated to pay the debts resulting from the delay in salaries of employees, and in my estimation, if the government is serious, it will decide in the first week of November the distribution of the salaries of the month of October, and after a week they begin to distribute the salaries of the month (11). That is, the successive payment of salaries because the government has no argument if the specified loan amount is approved for the next four months.

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Parliament: The next stage is the most difficult for Iraq, economically and financially

 2020-10-27 09:40

Shafaq News / The Iraqi parliament confirmed, on Tuesday, its keenness to expedite the coverage of salaries of employees and retirees, procedures and contracts, warning of an economic and financial "difficult" future stage.
The office of the First Deputy Speaker, Hassan al-Kaabi, said in a statement received by Shafaq News, "The latter chaired today, an expanded meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, to discuss the provisions of the draft law on financing the financial deficit transferred by the government, as well as shedding light on what was mentioned in the white paper. Of economic reforms. "
The statement quoted Al-Kaabi as saying, "The next stage is the most difficult for our country, Iraq, in economic and financial terms, and this is what forces everyone to pass it in a scientific and thoughtful way without affecting the citizen's life, livelihood and source of income."
Al-Kaabi stressed, "The House of Representatives was keen to expedite covering the salaries of employees and retirees, social care, procedures and contracts."
He pointed out that "the legislative and executive authorities are partners in the task of finding appropriate solutions to overcome this crisis, which we must take advantage of to search for treatments and sober solutions, whether temporary solutions related to a financial crisis or solutions related to future economic growth."
The deputies addressed, according to the statement during the meeting, "the most important thing in the aforementioned draft law, demanding that there be numerical data that clarify some details of spending and the size of the total deficit, so that they can be studied before the law is approved in its final form."

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Parliament votes on four laws, the most prominent of which is the amendment of the Police College Act

•  Time: 10/27/2020 23:00:07
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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The House of Representatives voted in its sixteenth session, which was held under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Speaker, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, today, Tuesday 10/27/2020, on four Laws and ends reading and discussion of eleven laws.

The council stated in a statement that the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it today that "at the beginning of the session, the council voted on a draft law ratifying the agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent evasion from paying taxes on income and public capital between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the Hungarian government submitted by a committee Foreign relations to develop and strengthen the mutual economic relations between the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Hungary and the ratification of the agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent evasion from paying taxes on income and capital of the two countries.

The statement added, "The council has completed to vote on the draft law ratifying an agreement regarding the establishment of the Global Drylands Alliance submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations to work to enhance food security in the member states, confront the dangers of food shortages in them and to achieve joint cooperation in facing acute crises emergency in this regard." .

The Council also voted on the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes - Helsinki 1992, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee to enhance international cooperation to prevent and reduce pollution of transboundary waters, control it and rationalize its use.

The Council completed the vote on the proposal to amend the Police College Law No. (37) for the year 2000 submitted by the Security and Defense Committee to provide the opportunity for the largest possible number of commissioners with a bachelor’s degree and academic diploma to enter special courses for promotion to an officer’s post.

In a related development, according to the statement during the session headed by Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Bashir Al-Haddad, the Council finished reading a report and discussing the draft law ratifying the amendments made in 1999 and 2003 to the agreement establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO signed in Stockholm in 1967 and submitted From the Foreign Relations Committee.

He added, "The council has completed reading the report and discussing the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to a protocol on preparedness, response and cooperation in the field of pollution with dangerous and harmful substances for the year 2000 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee," noting that "the council completed the reading of the report and discussed the draft law on accession of the Republic Iraq to the International Container Safety Agreement for the year 1972 submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations.

According to the statement, the council finished reading the report and discussing the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Hydrographic Organization agreement, as amended and submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.

In the same context, the Council completed the first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on the control of ship systems resistant to sticking and harmful effects of 2001 submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations

He continued, "Complete the first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of the Fixed Platforms located on the Continental Shelf for the year 1988 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee to protect the fixed platforms existing in the northern Arabian Gulf and the oil ports of the Republic of Iraq from Aggressive actions and threats. "

He added that "the council has completed the first reading of the draft law ratifying the agreement to avoid double taxation with regard to taxes imposed on income and preventing tax evasion between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee to develop and strengthen mutual economic relations between the two countries and avoid double taxation." And preventing the evasion of paying taxes imposed on income and capital therein.

The Council completed the first reading of the draft law amending the accession law of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Road Traffic for the year 1968 and the European Agreement supplementing it for the year 2006 No. (30) for the year 2015 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee with the aim of canceling the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the European Agreement supplementing the international agreement For road traffic for the year 1968, being limited to the member states of the European Economic Commission.

He explained, "I have completed the first reading of the proposal of the FAO Authority Law submitted by the Economic and Investment Committee to advance the process of economic and social development, bring technical and scientific expertise, develop human resources and create job opportunities for Iraqis by encouraging, expanding and developing investment at various economic levels.

He added, "He has completed the first reading of the proposal of the First Amendment Law of the Inmates and Depositors Reform Law No. (14) of 2018 submitted by the Human Rights Committee to include all those convicted of the right to visit and not to discriminate between inmates and depositors to enjoy this right and to the right of the inmate and the depositor and his family to visit him and to strengthen him. Effective monitoring and inspection, in line with international conventions related to human rights, and in line with Articles (3 / IV and IX) and (4) of the applicable law.

In conclusion, it was decided to adjourn the session to tomorrow, Wednesday 10/28/2020, at five in the evening. "

Raghad Daham

 

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Parliament ends reading and discussion of several laws

Editing date: 10/27/2020 21:43 • 96 read times

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[Baghdad-Where] The House of Representatives in its session held on Tuesday evening, headed by Deputy Speaker Bashir Al-Haddad, ended the reading and discussion of several laws.

The House of Representatives, in its session held, on Tuesday evening, headed by Deputy Speaker Bashir Al-Haddad, ended the reading and discussion of several laws.
Board flags mentioned. "The council has completed the report and discussion of the draft law ratifying the amendments made in 1999 and 2003 to the agreement establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed in Stockholm in the year 1967."
He added, "The House of Representatives has also concluded the discussion and report of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to a protocol on preparedness, response and cooperation in the field of polluting dangerous and harmful substances for the year 2000."
The statement continued, "The House of Representatives has also completed the report and discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Container Safety for the year 1972, in addition to the finalization of the report and discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention of the International Hydrographic Organization, as amended."
He pointed out, "ending the first reading of the bill for the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Damage to Oil-Based Ship Fuel Pollution of 2001, as well as ending the first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on the Control of Ship Systems Resistant to Adhesion and with Detrimental Effects of 2001." .
He indicated that "the council has completed the first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts directed against the safety of fixed platforms located on the Continental Shelf for the year 1988, and the first reading of the draft law ratifying the agreement on avoiding double taxation regarding taxes imposed on income and preventing tax evasion between The government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The statement stressed, "ending the first reading of the bill amending the law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Road Traffic for the year 1968 and the European Agreement supplementing it for the year 2006 No. 30 of 2015."

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Deputy: The Kirkuk districts have reached 70%, and we expect the vote to be included in tomorrow's session

Editing date: 10/27/2020 20:46 • 80 read times

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MP Mudar Al-Karawi confirmed, on Tuesday, that the Kirkuk electoral districts have reached 70%.

Al-Karawi said, "The political forces have reached consensus that may reach 70% regarding the electoral districts in Kirkuk in terms of distribution, pointing out that the discussions about the proposed visions are continuing until the moment."

Al-Karawi added, “The voting file on Kirkuk electoral districts will be presented in the parliament session tomorrow, and we hope that all parties will decide on the vote after consensus among them, pointing out that Kirkuk is the last governorates whose districts have not yet been decided after the Nineveh districts file has been resolved tomorrow. “.

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Finance Committee: Meeting of 'Final Touches' on Financing Fiscal Deficit Law (photos)

2020.10.28 - 12:38

 

Baghdad - People  

On Wednesday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee held a meeting with the advanced staff in the Ministry of Finance to discuss the fiscal deficit financing law, in preparation for its approval  

A statement issued by the Parliament's Media Department, of which "People" received a copy, (October 28, 2020), stated that the Parliamentary Finance Committee's meeting with the advanced staff of the Ministry of Finance began today to put "the final touches on the law on financing the fiscal deficit."  

  

Ahmed Mulla Talal, a spokesman for the prime minister, denied, on Tuesday, that the government intended to print the currency in order to bridge the salary deficit.  

Mulla Talal told reporters on the eve of the weekly conference, which was followed by "people" (October 27, 2020), that "there is no intention to print the currency to fill the salary deficit," stressing that "preserving the exchange rate is the most important task of monetary policy."    

"The government has other solutions if the deficit financing law is not passed," he added.    

  

The head of the National Approach bloc, Ammar Tohme, presented, on Tuesday, twelve notes on the fiscal deficit financing law that the government is pushing towards.  

Tohme said in a statement that Nass received, a copy of which (October 27, 2020), “We present the following notes on the Fiscal Deficit Financing Law:      

1 The book of the Ministry of Finance on (9/1/2020) mentioned that the Accounting Department had funded approximately (49) trillion dinars for the period from 1/1/2020 until 9/1/2020, meaning that the rate of funding was nearly six trillion per month, while This fiscal deficit financing law stipulates that public expenditures estimates for the remaining four months are close to (58) trillion, at a rate of (14.5) trillion dinars per month, nearly double what was spent in the first eight months of the year. Iraq’s oil sector is inconsistent with the principle of squeezing expenditures and being limited to what is necessary, and the budget bears more financial deficits without an acceptable justification.      

  

2 By analogy with the actual spending spent in the first eight months of the year 2020, the total expenditure assumed in the last four months of the year is close to (24) trillion dinars, and since the expected revenues for those months are supposed to be (22) trillion dinars, with non-oil revenues, The financing gap (deficit) is close to (2) trillion dinars, so why should the government carry the budget a deficit of (41) trillion for the next four months only! Even if Kuwaiti debts and licensing contracts are excluded and subtracted from revenues, the supposed deficit does not exceed (7) trillion for the aforementioned period.      

  

3 The strange thing about this law is that it specified the Kurdistan region’s share of the total actual spending for current and investment project expenditures without restricting the region to its obligations towards the federal government. The law indicated an outline reference to the 2019 Budget Law that can be interpreted later politically, as has been used in previous years, which means that It gives him a cut-off percentage of what was actually spent in the past eight months, even though the region did not deliver the oil produced in it, as well as for the next four months even if the region did not commit to delivering the oil produced in it. Complete for the federal government.      

  

4 Calculating the quantities of oil produced in the region in the amount of (250) thousand barrels per day does not match the reality, because the region’s production is more than these quantities by more than twice, and the constitution obliges all governorates and the region to deliver its entire oil product to the federal authority that distributes its revenues according to unified, fair standards that apply to all .      

  

5 The table of current expenditures includes an amount of (3.6) trillion for the region during the next four months. If the salaries of the region’s employees are (370) billion dinars per month, then their total for the next four months is approximately (1.5) trillion dinars, so what is the address of the remaining estimated amount (2) , 1) Trillion dinars! Noting that the regional government has not received the region's oil product since the beginning of this year.      

  

6 The current expenditures table includes an amount of more than (2,4) trillion dinars in the title of goods, services and the rest of the expenses, so does the difficult financial situation bear spending such large sums in public addresses, and many of them are unnecessary in stable economic conditions, so how in such financial critical circumstances ?      

  

7 Estimating the price of oil at forty dollars is at risk with the continuation of the Corona pandemic and the fluctuation of market prices, and then the deficit gap will increase and the expenditure pressure required in such volatile circumstances will weaken.      

  

8 We demand a government effort to postpone the payment of compensation to Kuwait, which will save more than (500) billion dinars.      

  

9 It is very unfair for Iraq to pay five trillion dinars as dues to licensing round companies out of a total of (17) trillion estimates of oil revenues for the last four months of 2020, by (30%) of the total oil revenues for the same period. This calls on us to renew the demand to review the licensing rounds and correct their contracts in a way that achieves fairness for Iraq and eliminates the unjustified losses caused by these contracts biased in the interests of foreign companies.      

  

10 The law provides for the financing of current expenditures, as an exception from the Financial Management Law, in the article restricting the disbursement at a rate of 1/12 or less of the actual expenditures of the past year. We know that the expenditures of the past year are greatly exaggerated. To this exception.      

  

11 In this law, the government is required to continue working with articles (2-3) of the Local and External Borrowing Law for the year 2020, noting that Article Two of the Borrowing Law provides for the continuation of borrowing from abroad, and as the article on the enforcement and validity of this law made the validity of this second article open Without a specific time limit, this means granting the authority to borrow abroad for this government and subsequent governments in an open manner that extends for many years without returning to Parliament.      

  

12 The article on the enforcement and enforcement of this law stipulates that the article on authorizing the Minister of Finance to authorize internal and external borrowing shall remain in effect openly beyond the end of this year.      

  

  

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, confirmed, on Tuesday, the House of Representatives’s keenness to expedite covering the salaries of employees and retirees, procedures and contracts, pointing out that the legislative and executive authorities are partners in the task of overcoming the current financial crisis.  

Al-Kaabi’s media office said in a statement, which "people" received a copy of, (October 27, 2020), that "Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament chaired today, an expanded meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee to discuss the provisions of the draft law on financing the deficit transferred by the government As well as shedding light on what was stated in the white paper on economic reforms.      

According to the statement, Al-Kaabi said, "The next stage is the most difficult for our country, Iraq, in economic and financial terms, and this is what forces everyone to pass it in a scientific and thoughtful way without affecting the citizen's life, livelihood and source of income." Procedure and contracts. "      

He pointed out that "the legislative and executive authorities are partners in the task of finding appropriate solutions to overcome this crisis, which we must take advantage of to search for treatments and sober solutions, whether temporary solutions related to a financial crisis or solutions related to future economic growth."      

The deputies addressed, according to the statement, "the most important thing in the aforementioned draft law," demanding that "there be numerical data explaining some details of spending and the size of the total deficit, so that they can be studied before the law is finally approved."  

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When I see these pics of politicians in their opulent settings, no doubt so do the citizens. Must aggravate the hell outta them to know that “ here I am STILL in these squalid conditions while there they are in their “ High Tower “

 

16 years, the October massacres and another year since those awful days and still we wait. 

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Parliament votes on health insurance laws and certification equivalency and ends reading eight more {extended}

•  Time: 10/29/2020 00:25:52
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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The House of Representatives voted in its 17th session, which was held under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Karim Al Kaabi, on Wednesday, with the presence of 180 deputies on two laws, and ended the reading and discussion of eight draft laws and proposals.

At the beginning of the session, MP Burhan Al-Mamouri read a statement denouncing the treacherous terrorist incident that targeted a number of citizens in Diyala Governorate, condoling the martyrdom of five people from the Khailaniyah village in Al-Muqdadiyah district, including Sheikh Ali Fadalah Al-Kaabi, and the injury of two others, noting that the security breaches warn of the danger of gangs vulnerabilities The terrorist attacks in separate areas of the governorate, blaming the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces responsible for this heinous crime and other violations.
And he called for providing protection for citizens and opening an urgent investigation to uncover the circumstances of the terrorist incident, holding accountable the military force holding the land and neglecting its duty, compensating the families of the victims, and pursuing the perpetrators to obtain their punishment.
In the same regard, Al-Kaabi referred to holding a close meeting with the Prime Minister Al-Kazemi in the presence of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee and representatives from Diyala Governorate, to discuss the security breaches that occurred in the province.
The House of Representatives completed the vote on the proposed health insurance law submitted by the Health Committee to ensure the quality of health services and citizens' access to them everywhere in the homeland and at any time and to reduce the financial burdens of citizens, reduce poverty and achieve the principle of social solidarity and health justice stipulated in the constitution to enhance the application of the insurance law Health services properly, and the health departments and their separation from the governorates, so that the governorates enjoy equal health services.
The House of Representatives voted on the proposed law on the equivalence of Arab and foreign academic degrees and degrees submitted by the Legal, Higher Education and Scientific Research Committees in order to strengthen the education center as it is a basic factor for the advancement of society and to encourage scientific research for peaceful purposes in the service of humanity and to care for outstanding, creative and innovative people and to urge obtaining higher degrees with Maintaining scientific sobriety, simplifying procedures for equivalency and evaluation of certificates and academic degrees, adopting objective standards, and ensuring the right to object and grievance against evaluation and equivalence decisions.
In another matter, Al-Kaabi directed the House of Representatives to host the Minister of Finance, the Chairman of Customs and Taxes and the Director General of Public Retirement to discuss the white paper on economic reforms and the draft fiscal deficit law.
During the session, partly headed by Bashir Al-Haddad, the Council finished reading a report and discussing the draft law on ratification of the Agreement on Encouragement and Mutual Protection of Investment between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, submitted by the Foreign Relations, Economy and Investment Committees.
Parliament completed the reading of the report and discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damages of 1992 submitted by the Foreign Relations, Health and Environment Committees.
The Council completed the reading of the report and the discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the 2005 protocol amending the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation submitted by the Committees on External Relations, Security, Defense, Agriculture, Water and Marshlands.
The House of Representatives completed the reading of the report and the discussion of the first amendment law to the Judicial Supervision Authority Law No. (29) of 2016 submitted by the Legal Committee.
He also finished reading the report and discussing the draft law of the first amendment to the Public Roads Law No. 35 of 2002 submitted by the Services and Reconstruction Committee.
The Council also completed reading the report and discussion of the legal employee protection law proposal submitted by the Legal Committee.
In the same regard, the House of Representatives has completed the first reading of the draft law ratifying the agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent financial evasion with regard to taxes on income and capital between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the State of Kuwait submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee in order to develop and strengthen mutual economic relations between the two countries and avoid double taxation And evasion from paying taxes on income and capital.
The Council completed the first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution Resulting from Waste and Other Resources for 1972 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee to protect and maintain the marine environment from all pollution sources and to take effective measures to prevent, reduce or eliminate marine pollution resulting from Turning waste and other materials in all its forms.
The House of Representatives raised its 17th session.
Ammar Al-Masoudi

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Parliament holds its 18th session

•  Time: 10/29/2020 00:54:14
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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The First Deputy Speaker, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, opened the proceedings of session No. (18).

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The Iraqi parliament votes on the two laws on health insurance and certificate equivalency

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 29 October 2020 12:37 AM

 

Mubasher: The Iraqi Council of Representatives voted in its seventeenth session, in the presence of 180 deputies, on two laws, and finished reading and discussing eight draft laws and proposals.

The session was held under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, according to the Council's statement issued today, Wednesday.

The House of Representatives completed the vote on the proposed health insurance law submitted by the Health Committee to ensure the quality of health services and citizens' access to them, everywhere and at any time. To alleviate the financial burdens on citizens, reduce poverty, and achieve the principle of social solidarity and health justice stipulated in the constitution.

The Council voted on the proposal of a law on the equivalence of Arab and foreign degrees and academic degrees submitted by the Legal, Higher Education and Scientific Research Committees, in order to strengthen the education center, while preserving scientific sobriety and simplifying procedures for the equivalence and evaluation of academic degrees and degrees.

In another matter, Al-Kaabi directed the House of Representatives to host the Minister of Finance, the Chairman of the Customs and Tax Authority and the Director General of Public Retirement to discuss the white paper on economic reforms and the draft fiscal deficit law.

The Council finished reading the report and discussing the draft law on ratification of the Agreement on Encouragement and Mutual Protection of Investment between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, submitted by the Foreign Relations, Economy and Investment Committees.

The Council completed the reading and discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damages of 1992 submitted by the Foreign Relations, Health and Environment Committees.

The Council completed the reading of the report and the discussion of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the 2005 protocol amending the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation submitted by the Committees on External Relations, Security, Defense, Agriculture, Water and Marshlands.

 

The Council completed the reading of the report and the discussion of the first amendment law to the Judicial Supervision Authority Law No. 29 of 2016 submitted by the Legal Committee.

The Council also finished reading the report and discussion of the draft law of the first amendment to the Public Roads Law No. 35 of 2002 submitted by the Services and Reconstruction Committee.

The Council completed the reading of the report and discussion of the legal employee protection law proposal submitted by the Legal Committee.

In the same regard, the Council completed the first reading of the draft law ratifying the agreement on avoiding double taxation and preventing financial evasion, with regard to taxes on income and capital between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the State of Kuwait submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee in order to develop and strengthen mutual economic relations between the two countries and avoid double taxation And evasion from paying taxes imposed on income and capital in it.

The Council completed the first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution Resulting from Waste and Other Resources for 1972 submitted by the Committee on Foreign Relations to protect and maintain the marine environment from all pollution sources and take effective measures to prevent, reduce or eliminate marine pollution resulting from Turning waste and other materials into all forms.

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Parliament votes on the various districts of Kirkuk governorate

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The House of Representatives voted on the various departments for Kirkuk governorate in its session, which was held today, Thursday, headed by Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi.

A parliamentary source said in a press interview, "The House of Representatives voted on the various departments for Kirkuk Governorate."

Today, Thursday, the House of Representatives held its 18th session chaired by the First Deputy Speaker, Hassan Karim al-Kaabi.

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Parliament ends its "night" session by voting on Kirkuk constituencies

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2020-10-28 | 19:21

 

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Today, Thursday, a parliamentary source said that the parliament voted on the electoral districts for Kirkuk governorate.

The source added, in an interview with Alsumaria News, that the Presidency of the Council raised the 18th session to further notice.

Below is the formula for distributing electoral districts in Kirkuk that Parliament voted on:

 

 

 

 

 

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thanks for the always consistent articles Yota ,, something seems a little different now in parliament usually they stall and stonewall sessions i might have overlooked it but they would always play the " could not meet quorum " card even with covid they seem to be meeting now ... cheers 

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Minister of Finance before Parliament to discuss the "white paper" and the "fiscal deficit"
 

 2020-10-28 15:01

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Parliament intends to host Finance Minister Ali Allawi and other directors, to discuss the fiscal deficit and the government reform paper.

A statement by the Media Department of the Iraqi Parliament said in a statement received by Shafaq News, that Hassan Al-Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, "directed to host the Minister of Finance, Director General of the Customs Authority, Director General of the Tax Authority and Director General of the Retirement Authority to discuss the white paper and the financial deficit."

This came in the parliament session on Wednesday.

The Iraqi government presented a bill to Parliament authorizing it to borrow an amount of 41 trillion dinars to cover the fiscal deficit for the remaining months of this year.

However, the reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmad Al-Saffar, informed Shafaq News Agency, on Wednesday, that his committee had agreed to reduce the value of borrowing to 15 trillion dinars only.

Earlier today, Wednesday, Ahmed Mulla Talal, spokesman for Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, issued an explanation of the statements he made during his weekly conference on the borrowing law and securing the salaries of employees.

"The decline in state revenues in the past several months is not sufficient to pay its salaries and other urgent obligations," Mulla Talal said on his Twitter account. "On this basis, the government requested from Parliament additional borrowing authority to fill the financing gap until the 2021 budget presentation."

"The 2021 budget will be a reform budget par excellence and based on the requirements of the white paper, and measures will be taken directly aimed at improving state revenues and controlling expenditures," he added.

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16 minutes ago, 3n1 said:

something seems a little different now

Thanks 3n1 Evening DV....Yes they making progress

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I would have to agree...

 

 

Deputy: Holding sessions in the evening are wrong practices and the council presidency should avoid them

12:11 - 10/29/2020

 

  

The information / Baghdad ..
MP for the Al-Fateh Alliance, Thamer Theban, criticized, on Thursday, the delay in holding the regular sessions as scheduled, indicating that the sessions are three hours and four hours late and the MPs are sitting waiting.
Theban said in a statement to / information /, that "the problems between the blocs require individual meetings with the president, but it is preferable to resolve these problems before the date of the meeting."
He added that "shifting the evening sessions, as well as delaying them, are wrong practices that must be avoided by the Presidency of the Council," calling on the Presidency of Parliament to "affirm the commitment to the timing for the meeting to take place at the specified time."
The Representative, Manar Abdul Muttalib, had earlier called on the House of Representatives to take into account the rules for holding the parliament sessions, criticizing the determination of the evening sessions to be held by the Presidency of Parliament. Ended / 25 h

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Deputy criticizing held in the evening: The sessions were delayed for hours, and the deputies were sitting waiting

•  Time: 10/29/2020 14:31:11
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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The MP for the Sadikoun bloc, Thamer Theban, criticized the delay in convening the regular parliament sessions as scheduled.

Theban said in a statement that the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it, that "the problems between the blocs require individual meetings with the president, but it is preferable to resolve these problems before the date of the meeting."
He added that "shifting the holding of the meetings in the evening, as well as being late, wrong practices that must be avoided by the Presidency of the Council," calling on the Presidency of Parliament to "emphasize adherence to the timing for the meeting to take place at the specified time."
He pointed out, "The sessions are three hours and four hours late, while MPs are sitting waiting."
It is noteworthy that the House of Representatives held evening sessions this week, some of which were delayed until dawn, during which the provincial electoral districts were approved in the election law.
Ammar Al-Masoudi

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Election Law and Bio Metric at the same time. New face's coming soon...

 

 

Legal expert .. Most of the parties will vanish after the publication of the new election law

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Legal expert Tareq Harb confirmed, on Thursday, that 90% of the parties registered with the Electoral Commission have disappeared within a month of the date of the publication of the new election law, to prevent it from transmitting electoral votes to the head of the party or list.

Harb said in a post on Facebook, today (October 29, 2020), that "this new law, contrary to the provisions of the previous election law, prevented the votes of candidates from being transferred to the head of the party and the head of the bloc, as happened in all electoral sessions, including the current one, so that votes will not be collected. The other in the electoral list and granting it to the head of the list in order to enable the head of the bloc to obtain a seat in parliament, as happened in the previous elections, where His Excellency (P), His Excellency (H) and His Excellency (M) entered the current parliament for Baghdad not with the votes they actually obtained, but by adding votes The other candidates on their list based on their votes and the votes of the other candidates enabled them to obtain the number of votes required to win a seat in the parliament in its current session.

He added, "The number of votes they obtained did not enable them to enter Parliament, but the votes of other candidates were added to the electoral list of each deputy, because the previous electoral law required the votes of the head of the bloc to be collected and the votes of other candidates with him on his electoral list were added, which resulted in an increase in the number. The votes of the head of the list, so that combination can reach the electoral denominator, that is, the number of votes required to obtain a seat in Parliament. "

He explained, "Some of the heads of the lists entered parliament in this way and became deputies not only by their votes, but by the votes of other candidates on their lists, especially since each electoral list had a nomination of 136 candidates, including the head of the list, so if we assume that the head of the list got a thousand votes only and this The number will not enable him to enter Parliament, but there are 135 candidates with him on his electoral list. If each candidate gets only 250 votes with him, this means that he won more than thirty thousand votes with the number of votes he got and the number of votes that other candidates received on his list that It is added to the thousand votes obtained by the head of the list, which enables him to enter parliament, considering that he received more than thirty thousand votes, and this number enabled the three deputies whom we mentioned to enter parliament and obtain the status of a deputy with the votes of the list and not their votes.

He continued, "The new law abolished this principle and prohibited the transfer of votes to the head of the list or others on the list with him. Therefore, there is no benefit in having a party or gathering an electoral bloc and spending sums on the party and the bloc if the electoral interest has been absent from party members and members of the electoral bloc by virtue of a law "The new elections dealt with the number of actual votes obtained by the head of the party or the electoral bloc, not the collection of the other votes on the list."

He pointed out that "we will see that most of the current parties will vanish and collapse if we know that they were formed for the purpose of collecting votes in favor of the party leader. Therefore, more than 90% of the current parties will disappear, and new parties will not be formed because of the expected electoral benefit."

 

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The Three Leaders Scenario Will Not Be Repeated'

Tariq Harb: 90% of the registered parties will flee after publishing the new election law!

2020.10.29 - 22:50

 

Baghdad - People  

On Thursday, legal expert Tariq Harb suggested that 90 percent of the parties registered with the Electoral Commission will disappear within a month from the date of publishing the new election law.  

Harb said in a clarification continued by "People" (October 29, 2020), that "this new law, contrary to the provisions of the previous election law, prevented the votes of candidates from being transferred to the party leader, as happened in all electoral sessions, including the current one, as votes will not be collected The other on the electoral list, and granting it to the head of the list in order to be able to obtain a seat in Parliament, as happened in the previous elections, where His Excellency (P), His Excellency (H) and His Excellency (M) entered the House of Representatives currently from Baghdad not with the votes they actually obtained, but by adding the votes of the candidates The others on their list referred to their votes and the votes of other candidates that enabled them to obtain the number of votes required to win a seat in Parliament in its current session.  

He added, "The number of votes they obtained did not enable them to enter Parliament, but the votes of other candidates in the electoral list of each candidate were added, because the previous electoral law required the votes of the head of the bloc to be collected and the votes of other candidates with him on his electoral list were added, which resulted in an increase in the number. The votes of the head of the list, so this combination can reach the electoral denominator, that is, the number of votes required to obtain a seat in Parliament. Thus some heads of lists entered Parliament and became deputies not only with the votes they obtained, but also with the votes of other candidates on their lists, especially since each electoral list had Nomination of 136 candidates, including the head of the list.  

And he stated, "If we assume that the head of the list got only a thousand votes and this number will not enable him to enter Parliament, but there are 135 candidates with him on his electoral list, so if each candidate with him gets only 250 votes, then that means that he got more than thirty thousand votes in number." The votes he obtained and the number of votes obtained by the other candidates on his list, which are added to the thousand votes obtained by the head of the list, which enables him to enter Parliament as he received more than thirty thousand votes and this number enabled the three representatives we mentioned to enter Parliament and obtain The attribute of a deputy is based on the votes of the list and not theirs.  

Harb pointed out that "the new law abolished this principle and prohibited the transfer of votes to the head of the list or others on the list with him. Therefore, there is no benefit in having a party or gathering an electoral bloc and spending sums on the party and the bloc if the electoral benefit is absent from party members and members of the electoral bloc." By virtue of the new election law, which dealt with the number of actual votes obtained by the head of the party or the electoral bloc, and did not collect the other votes on the list, we will see that most of the current parties will vanish and collapse if we know that their formation was for the purpose of collecting votes in favor of the party leader and thus more than 90% will disappear Of the current parties, no new parties will be formed because of the expected electoral benefit. "  

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Al-Iraqiya Education Reserves Parliament Passing the Law on Equivalence of Certificates

Saudi Ministry of Education

 October 29, 2020 09:42 PM

Mubasher: The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq has reserved the method of passing a law on foundations equivalent to degrees.

 The ministry said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency, "INA", today, Thursday, that it had reviewed the law of foundations equivalent to certificates that the Iraqi parliament voted yesterday, and recorded its reservation on the method of passing the law that should have taken into account the opinion of the competent ministry and its concerned departments.

 The ministry added that higher education institutions express their concern about some of the articles indicated in the body of the law that do not establish a solid context for state institutions, as well as the lapses of the scientific philosophy responsible for evaluating and equating certificates, and taking into account the principle of complementarity between authorities.

 She indicated that she had approached the House of Representatives, the "legal department" on August 16, regarding her lack of formal conviction to go to legislate a law in this regard, and it was sent to the State Council on July 19 last year with a proposal to amend the instructions for the principles of equivalence of degrees and academic degrees to prevent any intersection with the legislation regulating the work of institutions Higher education and scientific research. "

The Iraqi Council of Representatives voted in its seventeenth session yesterday, in the presence of 180 legal deputies, health insurance and equivalency certificates.

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PARLIAMENT APPROVES THE KIRKUK DISTRICTS AND ENDS THE LEGISLATION OF THE LAW

30 Oct 2020

 Baghdad-Al-Sharqiya October 30: The Iraqi Council of Representatives completed the legislation of the new election law after voting on the number of electoral districts in Kirkuk, which included twelve seats five for the Kurds, four for Turkmen, and three for Arabs ..
 According to the new election law, the distribution of electoral districts for the provinces It will be as follows ..
17 departments in Baghdad, 8 departments in Nineveh, 6 departments in Basra, 5 in Dhi Qar and Sulaymaniyah, 4 each in Babylon, Anbar, Erbil and Diyala, and 3 each in Kirkuk, Najaf, Salah al-Din, Dohuk, Diwaniyah, Karbala, Wasit and Maysan , And two circles at Muthanna

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On 10/27/2020 at 8:58 PM, yota691 said:

ending the reading of the bill for accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Damage to Oil-Based Ship Fuel Pollution of 2001, and first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on the Control of Ship Systems Resistant to Adhesion and with Detrimental Effects of 2001

 

GM YOTA. I have been laying awake nights wondering when they would get to these two bills?? Considering them WAY more important than HCL and activation of Article 140. I can rest easy now. Glad they held a late night session to push these through. LOL.

                                               

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She requested data from the government.

New statement from the Finance Committee on the employee payroll crisis and the deficit financing law

2020.10.30 - 11:19

 

Baghdad - People  

On Friday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed that it would continue studying special data on the fiscal deficit law, while it indicated that the government is being addressed to withdraw the borrowing law if it is able to pay salaries.  

A member of the committee, MP Abd al-Hadi al-Saadawi, said in a statement to the official agency, which was followed by “Nass” (October 30, 2020), that “the Finance Committee met with the staff of the Ministry of Finance and asked them for all the data on the fiscal deficit law, because there is a difference between the numbers in the deficit law and the data. Existing with the committee, "pointing out that" the finance committee discussed many matters related to the loan. "  

Al-Saadawi added that "the committee sent a letter and addressed the government about paying employees' salaries without the need for a loan, in light of the statements of the government spokesman, in which he indicated that the government has solutions to pay the salaries of state employees," noting that "the committee addressed the government to withdraw the fiscal deficit law." If it is able to pay employees' salaries with options other than borrowing. "  

He pointed out that "according to the figures in the borrowing law, it will lead to bankruptcy of the government in the future."  

The Parliamentary Finance Committee had confirmed earlier, the existence of a tendency to limit the amount of borrowing in the fiscal deficit law by securing salaries, ration items and medicines.  

Committee rapporteur Ahmed Al-Saffar said, "The committee listened to the government's viewpoint regarding the financial spending of the Deficit Financing Law."
He added, "The Finance Committee is awaiting an answer to the question sent to the Prime Minister's Office regarding the possibility of securing salaries in the event that the disability law is not approved, and after that the amount of the borrowing is determined."  

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The 2020 budget did not allocate a single dinar for the maintenance of power stations

Saturday, October 31, 2020 76

 

  Baghdad: Hoda Al-Azzawi

 

The Oil, Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the House of Representatives warned of what it described as a "setback" in providing citizens with electricity in the next stage, pointing out that the 2020 budget deficit bill did not include any amounts for maintenance of stations

Electricity.

Committee member Sadiq Al-Sulaiti explained, in an interview with Al-Sabah, that the government prepared a budget of 57 trillion and 811 billion Iraqi dinars for four months, with a financial deficit of 41 trillion, to be paid by borrowing, adding to it revenues estimated at 16 trillion dinars, indicating that the prepared budget has not One dinar is allocated for the maintenance of power stations that will remain vulnerable to breakdowns 

Emergency.

Al-Sulaiti added that the schedule allocated by the Ministry of Finance for the fiscal deficit law included amounts for importing electric power as well as sums for energy purchase from investors in Rumaila and Basmajah stations and the rest of the stations in very high amounts that burdened the state and its budget, indicating that the Finance allocated five trillions and a half trillion dinars to import and buy gas Most of the neighboring countries are entitled to dues for the years 2019/2020, meaning that the Ministry of Electricity will not benefit from it because most of it will go to station investors. 

Electricity.

Al-Sulaiti called on the government and the Ministry of Finance to amend this paragraph and allocate funds to the Ministry of Oil classified under the heading Maintenance and operation of power stations, especially diesel units whose cost of operation and maintenance is lower and gives higher generation for the purpose of increasing production capacity during peak periods in summer and winter, noting that the joint of diesel generation Spread 

Its stations are in the geographical area of the country in the south and the center and in the northern regions, it has not received full attention, as despite its scarcity it gives very good efficiency and is cheaper after the hydroelectric stations and competes with gas stations in need of maintenance and fuel as it works with heavy fuel (HFO) which is the cheapest fuel and is available in very large quantities Oil Ministry.

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Next week .. Begin amending the Federal Court Law

Sunday 01 November 2020 47

 

 

Baghdad: Morning 

 

 

The deputy of the Saeron Alliance, Riyadh Al-Masoudi, suggested that Parliament will initiate amending the Federal Court Act or amend the current law early next week.

Al-Masoudi said in a press statement: "Disrupting the Federal Court Law means disrupting the electoral process and will leave a clear constitutional vacuum," noting that "the political blocs are intent on completing the Federal Court Law after completing the election law in order to complete the pillars of the electoral process and move the ball from the stadium." Parliament refers to the government so that it can take measures to start the process of preparing for the early elections to be held in June of next year. 

He added, "Parliament faces two directions with regard to the Federal Court, the first of which is a draft bill to amend the Federal Court submitted by the Presidency of the Republic. It has been read first, and the direction of the last legislation of the law by Parliament has been read first and second and needs to vote only by a majority of 220 parliamentary votes."

Al-Masoudi affirmed, "The House of Representatives intends to resolve the issue of the Federal Court law during the month of November, so that nothing remains in Parliament's custody related to early elections."