FROM "DAMAC" TO "DAIKO" ... AL KHABRI OPENS A BIG CORRUPTION FILE RELATED TO "CENTRAL MARKETS" INVESTMENT

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FROM "DAMAC" TO "DAIKO" ... AL KHABRI OPENS A BIG CORRUPTION FILE RELATED TO "CENTRAL MARKETS" INVESTMENT
 

National News Center / private

With financial and administrative corruption exceeding (750) million US dollars, the "National News Center" opens a large investigation file regarding "central markets" in Iraq.

Beginning of contract assignment

In 2017, 5 central markets owned by the General Company for Central Markets were transferred to investment by the Prime Minister / Supreme Investment Committee in coordination with the National Investment Commission to the UAE company (DAMAC) without the participation of the Ministry of Commerce or the concerned company (the General Company for Central Market), and these markets They are: (Salhia Central Market, Al Amel Central Market, Al Shaab Central Market, Al Adl Central Market, and Al-Mustansiriya Central Market).
And (DAMAC) is an Emirati real estate company founded in 2002, and it is considered one of the largest real estate companies in the Middle East and the Arab world. Its headquarters is in Dubai. It has expanded its spread in the Middle East and the Arab world by establishing many major projects.

The underlying corruption

Officials at the Ministry of Commerce told the “National News Center” that “after correspondence with the National Investment Authority, the latter informed us that the company is (UAE DICO) and not (DAMAC); It turned out that the so-called (DICO) does not have a branch or representative office in Iraq.
The officials add that "the commission at the time insisted on preparing contracts before it, and despite being informed of our terms and our amendments to the contract, it refused to do so and struck our demands on the wall."

They assert that "since that date, the five markets are still a hostage to the investor, and our overtures to the National Investment Authority to withdraw the licenses from them were in vain."

Pressure meets destructiveness

The officials add that “the investing company (not registered with the Registrar of Companies) is not satisfied that it does not record any completion rate for these central markets, but rather it exerts pressure to keep contracts as they are in their interest.” Despite the fact that it is located in vital and strategic areas in the governorate of Baghdad, and that its survival in this case is a distortion of the landscape of Baghdad governorate.

Earlier, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi warned the Investment Authority against corruption at the expense of the national interest, stressing that the founding of the mistake resulted in chaos in projects and there are many excesses in the issue of investment.

An appeal to the Prime Minister

Officials in the Ministry of Commerce called on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to “withdraw investment licenses and return them to the central markets to announce them again and to invite bids for sober companies to start the reconstruction and investment campaign and the advancement of the company’s reality and enter the state as a strong competitor to the private sector,” stressing that this would “meet the needs of the private sector.” All Iraqi society, as stated in the founding statement of the General Company for Central Markets.

Last Wednesday, Al-Kazemi visited the Ruthani Commission for Investment and was briefed on the progress of work and the obstacles facing investment in the country, and directed the following:

1- Cancellation of all licenses for investment projects whose completion rate ranges between (0-35%) and the time period available for project implementation has expired, and the number of projects to which this applies is (1128) projects.

2- Full commitment to implement the provisions of Article 28 of the Investment Law by sending warnings to unfinished projects. The National Investment Commission shall supervise and follow up the implementation of procedures.

3- Leaves are withdrawn in the event that the investor does not adhere to the completion period.

 

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End the power of lagging investors on state land

Thursday April 22, 2021 

Baghdad: Hazem Muhammad Habib

 

The head of the National Investment Commission, Suha al-Najjar, promised Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to cancel all licenses for investment projects whose completion rate ranges between (0-35%) And the time period available for its implementation has ended, an important decision, indicating that the directive, which will cancel 1,128 investment licenses, will return to the state about 400 thousand dunams, with an estimated value of 90 trillion dinars.

Al-Kazemi had also directed, during his visit to the Investment Authority and his briefing on the progress of work and the obstacles facing investment in the country, according to a statement by his office, to “fully adhere to the application of the provisions of Article 28 of the Investment Law by sending warnings to incomplete projects, provided that the National Investment Commission shall supervise And follow-up implementation of procedures, ”and also directed to“ withdraw licenses in the event that the investor does not comply with the completion period.

 Al-Najjar told Al-Sabah: “Canceling investment licenses for delayed projects will provide the state with financial resources as a result of the issues arising from these projects, such as customs exemptions on building materials and the characteristics of the entry of large numbers of foreign workers, in addition to ending the control of project investors lagging on state-owned land.”

She added that the directives are an important step that has positive and tangible economic effects, indicating that it will end customs exemptions that affect the local industry, which will contribute to restarting local factories and attracting Iraqi manpower, as well as limiting the granting of entry characteristics for foreign workers that affect the creation of Local employment opportunities. 

Al-Najjar emphasized that the directives will contribute to improving and developing investment work, by returning those previously transferred lands and putting them up again to implement real projects that are tangible on the ground. 

 

In another matter, the President of the National Investment Commission stated that the (20) thousand housing units in the Basmajah complex that the authority proposed aim to reduce the effects of the housing crisis in the country, indicating that lowering prices and reducing the interest rate, and facilitating facilities in the payment process, were the most prominent measures taken by it.

The Commission in presenting these units, and confirms that the Commission will proceed to address the housing problem that plagues the country.

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Al-Kazemi orders the cancellation of licenses for 1,128 investment projects, and another incomplete warning

 

21st April, 2021

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi directed the Investment Authority to cancel the licenses of 1,128 investment projects, and to issue warnings for other incomplete projects. 

Al-Kazemi's office said in a statement received by the "Tigris", that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi visited the Investment Authority and looked at the progress of work and the obstacles facing investment in the country," indicating that "he directed the cancellation of all licenses for investment projects whose completion rate ranges between (0-35%).

The period of time available for the implementation of the project has expired, and the number of projects to which this applies is 1,128 projects.

He added that Al-Kazemi also instructed "full commitment to implement the provisions of Article 28 of the Investment Law by directing warnings to incomplete projects.

The National Investment Commission shall supervise and follow up the implementation of procedures, as well as withdraw licenses in the event that the investor does not adhere to the completion period." 

 

End the power of lagging investors on state land

Thursday April 22, 2021 

Baghdad: Hazem Muhammad Habib

 

The head of the National Investment Commission, Suha al-Najjar, promised Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to cancel all licenses for investment projects whose completion rate ranges between (0-35%) And the time period available for its implementation has ended, an important decision, indicating that the directive, which will cancel 1,128 investment licenses, will return to the state about 400 thousand dunams, with an estimated value of 90 trillion dinars.

Al-Kazemi had also directed, during his visit to the Investment Authority and his briefing on the progress of work and the obstacles facing investment in the country, according to a statement by his office, to “fully adhere to the application of the provisions of Article 28 of the Investment Law by sending warnings to incomplete projects, provided that the National Investment Commission shall supervise And follow-up implementation of procedures, ”and also directed to“ withdraw licenses in the event that the investor does not comply with the completion period.

 Al-Najjar told Al-Sabah: “Canceling investment licenses for delayed projects will provide the state with financial resources as a result of the issues arising from these projects, such as customs exemptions on building materials and the characteristics of the entry of large numbers of foreign workers, in addition to ending the control of project investors lagging on state-owned land.”

She added that the directives are an important step that has positive and tangible economic effects, indicating that it will end customs exemptions that affect the local industry, which will contribute to restarting local factories and attracting Iraqi manpower, as well as limiting the granting of entry characteristics for foreign workers that affect the creation of Local employment opportunities. 

Al-Najjar emphasized that the directives will contribute to improving and developing investment work, by returning those previously transferred lands and putting them up again to implement real projects that are tangible on the ground. 

 

In another matter, the President of the National Investment Commission stated that the (20) thousand housing units in the Basmajah complex that the authority proposed aim to reduce the effects of the housing crisis in the country, indicating that lowering prices and reducing the interest rate, and facilitating facilities in the payment process, were the most prominent measures taken by it. 

The Commission in presenting these units, and confirms that the Commission will proceed to address the housing problem that plagues the country.

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Political moves to prevent corruption files from being opened about the disappearance of huge sums of money in Anbar

 

14:45 - 04/23/2021

 

 

An official source in Anbar governorate said, Friday, that there are political moves to prevent the opening of corrupt files about the disappearance of huge sums of money in Anbar.

The source said in a statement to Al-Maalouma Agency that “prominent political leaders are afraid of issuing arrest and summoning orders against senior officials in the current and previous Anbar government against the background of information indicating that the judiciary intends to issue orders against senior officials who committed financial and administrative corruption operations while they assumed administrative positions.”

He added, “The Administrative Court issued arrest and summoning orders on all members of the Anbar Council before its dissolution on charges of the disappearance of huge sums of money, and the file was closed at the time, indicating that“ the stage of entry of the ISIS terrorist To the governorate and the previous displacement of citizens, many projects have been marred by financial and administrative corruption by senior officials in the governorate and the disappearance of billions of dinars allocated to projects and the displaced.

It is noteworthy that the era of ISIS terrorists witnessed the disappearance of huge sums of money, the fate of which has not been revealed until this hour in Anbar. 

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The Minister of Culture discusses with the Bahraini Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism the activation of the 1980 Agreement

•  Time: 05/26/2021 18:41:55
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{Iraq: Al Furat News} The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Hassan Nazim, discussed, on Wednesday, with the Bahraini Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Zayed bin Rashid Al-Zayani, the activation of the 1980 agreement with a program of tourism cooperation.

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A statement of his office, a copy of which was received by Al Furat News, stated that "the meeting that was held on the sidelines of the tourism revival conference that is being held in Riyadh will enhance the prospects for tourism, cultural and archaeological cooperation between the two brotherly countries."
He added, "The two sides also discussed working on activating the 1980 agreement with a tourism cooperation program to set an effective work mechanism to revitalize the tourism sector between the Republic of Iraq and the Kingdom of Bahrain, and agree on mutual support between the two parties in regional and global forums."
Wafa Al-Fatlawi

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With the participation of an Iraqi .. The launch of the conference to revive tourism in Riyadh

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Baghdad - conscious

Today, Wednesday, the Ministry of Culture announced the participation of Minister Hassan Nazem in the Tourism Promotion Conference in Riyadh, which began today .

The media office of the ministry said, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the conference on reviving tourism was launched in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with the participation of the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Hassan Nazim, and the Arab tourism ministers."

He added that "the conference was held at the joint invitation of the Minister of Tourism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization UNWTO ," explaining that "the conference began with a speech by the Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khatib, who welcomed the attendees."

The office confirmed that "the conference program was full of paragraphs and participations that led to the opening session in which nine leading figures in the tourism sector participated, including the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Hassan Nazem, and headed by the Saudi Minister and Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, as well as ministers from a number of countries, including Jordan, Greece, Egypt and Morocco And others, the South African Minister of Tourism also participated on the screen in a working session. "

The office stated that “the participants presented the effects of the Corona pandemic on the tourism sector, and their experiences as specialized departments to confront it and to deal with its damage and then what comes next.” To face the challenges of the pandemic, and its consequences. "

The office explained that "the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, Zurab, made an intervention regarding the importance of having procedures and everything that would create communication between regional destinations."

 

https://www.ina.iq/126651--.html

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Minister of Resources from the region: We are taking steps to overcome difficult and critical circumstances

•  Time: 05/27/2021 13:57:16
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{Locality: Al Furat News} The Minister of Water Resources in the Federal Government, Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, and his accompanying delegation arrived in the Kurdistan region.

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He was received at Sulaymaniyah Airport by Deputy Governor of Sulaymaniyah, Laila Omar Ali, Chairman of the Sulaymaniyah Provincial Council Azad Muhammad Amin, and Director General of the Directorate of Dams and Reservoirs in the region, Akram Ahmad Rasul.
A statement by the ministry stated that "during the meeting, the work and achievements of the ministry's formations were reviewed in exceptional circumstances, the most important of which is the impact of climate change on the country through the fluctuation of rain and the lack of snow cover, which negatively affected the water imports achieved throughout the Middle East and the world."
The Minister of Water Resources stated, "The ministry, through its various formations and its advanced owners, is taking scientific and deliberate steps according to systematic programs to bypass these difficult and critical circumstances by removing transgressions of various kinds and forms from the prohibitions of rivers and applying the system of sharing in water distributions to achieve justice in water distributions among all governorates." By using modern irrigation methods for the purpose of reducing water losses and optimal use of this national wealth.
Al-Hamdani pointed out that "the ministry moved towards the upstream countries diplomatically in order to share the damage and benefit from water imports in the event of scarcity and flooding."
Ammar Al-Masoudi

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Opening of the Iraq reconstruction and investment exhibition in Erbil

•  Time: 05/27/2021 13:10:57
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{Economical: Al Furat News} The Ministry of Trade announced the launch of the Iraq Reconstruction and Investment Exhibition for the period from 26 to 29 May.

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The exhibition is organized by the Turkish "Sofwar" company for organizing exhibitions and conferences, in cooperation with the Erbil International Fair, in coordination with the Ministry of Trade, and in the presence of a large number of officials, businessmen and a large number of media professionals in the province.
The director general of the Iraqi Exhibitions Company, Sarmad Taha, said in a statement to the ministry that the Euphrates News Agency received a copy of it.
He stated, "The exhibition is an important step aimed at stimulating the economy, which is witnessing a recovery in Erbil. It is also an important opportunity for investment and encourages Arab and foreign companies to enter into an investment competition to reconstruct the infrastructure and areas damaged by terrorist acts."
He noted, "The Iraq reconstruction exhibition in Erbil coincides with the opening of the Nineveh Energy, Reconstruction and Investment Exhibition."
Ammar Al-Masoudi

 

https://alforatnews.com/news/إفتتاح-معرض-إعادة-إعمار-العراق-والإستثمار-في-أربيل

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Three factors behind the decline in the contracting sector in Iraq ... Planning clarifies

Economie| 01:43 - 5/27/2021

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News The
Ministry of Planning revealed, on Thursday, that the contracting sector rates decreased to 20.3% during 2020, while noting that Nineveh Governorate ranked first in the number of projects, followed by Baghdad and Diyala.
Ministry spokesman Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi said, "The contracting sector witnessed a decline in its rates during the year 2020 compared to 2019, as its rates decreased to 20.3%," indicating that "the decrease was affected by the circumstances that passed through the country during the past year, represented by the Corona pandemic and the drop in oil prices." The lack of a budget that provides financial allocations for projects. "
He added that "the contract costs amounted to one trillion and 900 billion Iraqi dinars, a decrease of 29% compared to the year 2019," noting that "the Nineveh Governorate ranked first in the number of projects referred during the year 2020, which amounted to 135 companies in the field of buildings and constructions at a cost of 59 billion dinars."
He emphasized that "the capital, Baghdad, ranked second with 121 companies referred in the field of buildings and constructions at a cost of 522 billion dinars, followed by Diyala province in third place with 65 companies at a cost of 125 billion dinars," noting that there is no comparison between one governorate and another, but projects. It is implemented according to the financial allocations available to each governorate, where the Ministry of Planning deals in accordance with clear planning standards in this area. ”Ended 29 / A 43

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=154708

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Commerce: The 2021 marketing season achieves great success after the stabilization of marketing operations

Economie| 11:08 - 27/05/2021

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
The Ministry of Trade announced, on Thursday, that the Director General of the Iraqi Exhibitions Company and the Supervisor of the Marketing Campaign in Diyala Province, Sarmad Taha Saeed, in general, inspected the marketing and storage sites in Silo Baquba, Al-Banaker Center and Baladruz Center in Diyala Governorate, accompanied by the Director of Relations and Media Department, Mr. Muhammad Rajab Nazhan.
The director of the Iraqi Exhibitions Company, during his inspection tour that included storage sites and Silo Baquba, confirmed in a statement that Mawazine News received a copy of it, "the streamlining of the entry of wheat quantities, laboratory examination procedures, and sample withdrawal, in addition to the process of storing wheat in pans and sites designated for storage."
He added, "The quantities received up to 5/26/2021 of wheat marketed from farmers amounted to (101,544,280) tons in Silo Baquba, Al-Banakir Center and Baladruz Center, where these quantities were distributed (90,532,760) first-class wheat and (10,673,010) tons of second-class wheat."
He explained that his visit "also included meeting with a number of farmers and marketers and listening to their opinions and problems regarding the marketing campaign in Diyala governorate, and stressing the need for concerted efforts for the success of the 2021 marketing season plan to ensure food security for the Iraqi citizen."
He stated, "The marketing season for 2021 is achieving great success after the stability of marketing operations and the absence of violations compared to previous years, and this is an indication that the steps taken by the Ministry of Commerce were important steps to achieve success and overcome the problems of previous seasons."
The Director General stressed, "the necessity to solve all the problems and obstacles that the farmer suffers during marketing and to take urgent and rapid measures to reduce these obstacles in a way that secures the achievement of the public interest."

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=154685

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SUPPORTING "MADE IN IRAQ" .. GAZAN DIRECTS TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT

 

 

 

Baghdad / National News Center

The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Hamid Al-Ghazi, today, Wednesday, directed to provide facilities for the success of the Baghdad battery production project, in support of the "Made in Iraq" project.

The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers said in a statement received by the "National News Center" that "the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Hamid Al-Ghazi directed to provide all facilities for the success of the battery production project, which was inaugurated by the Minister of Industry and Minerals, Manhal Aziz Al-Khabaz, today, Wednesday, at Babel / 1 Factory in Baghdad."

The statement added that "the Government Coordination and Citizen Affairs Department in the General Secretariat, through its membership in the relevant committees, contributed to the completion of the project, as it is part of the government program projects that the Prime Minister announced earlier."
He added, “The project of producing non-permanent batteries (SMF) in the magic eye in Babel Lab (1) in the batteries factory affiliated to the General Company for Automobile and Equipment Industry, works with a production capacity of (500) thousand batteries per year with four capacities (62, 74, 90 and 100) amperes. “According to the statements of those in charge of the project, the new battery bearing the mark (Baghdad) will be put on the local market soon, to take its role in competing with imported goods.”

He stated that "the new battery (Baghdad) enjoys high-quality European specifications and a real guarantee for a period of (6) months at very competitive prices."
The statement pointed out that "the factory operates according to modern international technology and its production line includes advanced environmentally friendly machines and equipment from the Italian company, Sofima."

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