The Iraqi Prime Minister directs to end the file of lagging projects and improve services for citizens

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The Minister of Planning reassures the employees ... and announces: The benefit of raising the dollar is more than its harm

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{Economist: Al Furat News} The Minister of Planning, Khaled Battal Al-Najm, assured employees that they would secure their salaries by the end of this year.

 

Al-Najm said in a televised statement: "The government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi came to solve a problem in three files: {the elections - reforming the economy and facing the pandemic - and the security file}, indicating that" the government provided all the requirements of the electoral process. "
He emphasized, "Salaries are fully secured for this year, and we have succeeded in restoring the true role of the Ministry of Planning, which is to draw a sound economic policy for the country."
He pointed out, "We have about 2000 suspended projects out of 6 thousand projects, and the coming period will witness the return of many of the stalled projects to work."
Al-Najm pointed out that "the 4 trillion dinars in regional development allocations will be allocated to the completion of ongoing projects, and this is a great success for the Ministry of Planning," stressing that "the stalled projects are costing us great damage."
The Minister of Planning said, "The change of the exchange rate of the dollar represents a response to the economic reality, and economic competition requires such a measure," adding, "The economic benefit of changing the exchange rate is more than its harm."
"Within two years, we will overcome the crisis, and we will have a national product that is able to compete with the importer," he said.
Al-Najm explained that "the government dealt wisely with the security file," stressing that "the stability of the situation in Iraq under complex circumstances represents an important success for the government and running the economic rudder in light of a complex crisis is a success for the government."
He believed that "the government succeeded in confronting the pandemic by exceeding expectations," noting that "we did not find anything condemning the Minister of Health in the accident (fire) of Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, and the Ministerial Committee did justice to the minister."
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Parliamentary services: 75% of Iraq's projects are threatened with stoppage due to the repercussions of the high dollar

20:47 - 12/05/2021

 

  

The information / Baghdad

Deputy Manar Abdul-Muttalib confirmed, on Wednesday, that 75% of Iraq's projects are exposed to stoppage due to the continuing repercussions of raising the price of the dollar several months ago.

"The repercussions of raising the price of the dollar several months ago in Iraq are still having repercussions and may lead to a halt of 75% of the projects, especially those that were referred before the decision of the Central Bank of Iraq to raise the exchange rate to 1450 dinars per US dollar," Abdul-Muttalib said. “.

She added, "The rise in the exchange rate has increased the financial burdens on companies and contractors who complete projects by tens of billions of dinars due to the increase in the total cost, especially since not a small part of the materials are imported from outside the country, pointing out that the issue will constitute another problem in the reconstruction file during the coming period if There were no measures to contain it. ”

She pointed out that "the rise in the price of the dollar still has negative repercussions on the Iraqi market, especially for food imported from abroad, pointing out that there have been no attempts to contain the prices so far."

The Iraqi markets have suffered from a steady rise in prices during the past months due to the increase in the exchange rate of the dollar against the Iraqi dinar.

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Calls to accelerate the implementation of Al-Kazemi's directives to promote investment

Wednesday 26th May 2021 279

 

 Baghdad: Farah Al-Khafaf 

At a time when the Investment Authority is seeking to create appropriate climates to advance the current status of work, calls have increased to accelerate the implementation of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi's directives regarding canceling investment project licenses that are stalled or of very low achievement. Amid this picture, the consultant in industrial development and investment, Amer Al-Jawahiri, said that the projects that are lagging behind are major beneficiaries. Al-Jawahiri said: {The prime minister's directives regarding the stalled investment projects did not come in vain, but rather as a result of what the National Investment Commission had studied, and it was in the face of major beneficiaries of those lagging projects.

Project licenses

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi had directed the cancellation of licenses for investment projects whose completion rate ranged between (0-35%) and the time period available for their implementation had expired, as the number of projects to which this applies is 1,128 projects, with full commitment to implementing the provisions of Article 28 of the Investment Law from During the issuance of warnings for unfinished projects.

Al-Jawahiri stressed the need to {search for the threads and intertwined roots in the lagging projects, and not just stop them, so it may require changes. Conducted by the Iraqi Media Network ».

 

Residential projects

He added that {what is required is to implement projects for the benefit of the country and for the benefit of citizens, despite the fact that most of these (lagging) projects took lands to establish housing projects and others}, pointing to {the importance of implementing procedures and directives that prove the rule of law and prove that the government represented by the Investment Authority and the concerned ministries is working on Take the necessary steps to improve the investment environment ».

Al-Jawahiri indicated that {monitoring corruption operations shows the existence of an executive body capable of this matter}, calling for {the prime minister's decisions to be covered by legislation. "

 

Financial revenue

To that, the economic expert, Nazem Al-Aqili, stressed that {the current stage requires that the country's efforts be directed to creating an ideal investment environment that advances the economy and addresses its problems and achieves financial revenues for the general federal budget}, pointing out that {international companies from different regions of the world have their sights set on Iraq, realizing The opportunity to work in our country is renewed, and this matter is unique to the countries of the world. 

And they confirmed that {The investment portal represents urgent solutions to all the problems that the country suffers, as the country's economic performance has witnessed a clear decline in all its sectors, production and service.

 

Promote investment

He warned that {the local and international effort possesses capabilities capable of changing the reality of the economy in a short period of time, as it has capabilities that shorten time and effort, and this is in harmony with Iraq's need in the sectors of industry, agriculture and tourism, and these sectors are able to transfer the national economy to a new stage, and here it is necessary. An administration devotes all efforts to promoting investment and making Iraq a destination for all investments. In a recent statement, the Economic and Investment Committee affirmed its support for the government's directive to withdraw the lagging investment licenses, calling on the National Investment Authority to study the files of lagging investment licenses, and to follow the legal contexts against violators in accordance with the applicable investment law. Committee Chairman Ahmed Al-Kanani said:

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Iraqi planning explains the reasons for the decline in the contracting sector during the year 2020

Iraqi Ministry of Planning

 May 27, 2021 2:24 PM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Ministry of Planning revealed, today, Thursday, the reasons for the decline in the rates of the contracting sector during the year 2020, while indicating that the Nineveh Governorate ranked first in the number of projects, followed by Baghdad and then Diyala.

"The contracting sector witnessed a decline in its rates during the year 2020 compared to 2019, as its rates decreased to 20.3%," ministry spokesman Abdul Zahra Al-Hindawi said, according to the Iraqi News Agency.

And that "the decline was influenced by the circumstances that the country went through during the past year, represented by the Corona pandemic, low global oil prices, and the lack of a budget providing financial allocations for projects."

He added that "the cost of contracting reached 1 trillion and 900 billion Iraqi dinars, a decrease of 29% compared to 2019," noting that "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 stressed that "the capital, Baghdad, ranked second with 121 companies referred in the field of buildings and constructions, at a cost of 522 billion dinars, and then Diyala governorate came in third place with 65 companies at a cost of 125 billion dinars."

 

He pointed out that there is no differentiation between one governorate and another, but that the projects are implemented according to the available financial allocations for each governorate, as the Ministry of Planning deals in accordance with clear planning standards in this area.

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The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers: Resumption of work with 444 projects that have been stalled and lagging behind

 

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Reconstruction and building Economy News - Baghdad On Sunday, the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers announced the resumption of work with 444 stalled and lagging projects throughout the country. The secretariat stated in a press statement, that "the Diwaniya Order No. 6 of 2017 in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, concerned with this file, had great support, capabilities and powers that enabled it to diagnose the most important obstacles and obstacles facing the investment file in Iraq ." She explained that this was done through "continuous periodic follow-ups and meetings, with the aim of bypassing bureaucracy, in order to reduce effort and time, which enabled it to find solutions and remedies ." According to the statement, the committee held “(107) sessions in which it issued (777) recommendations and guidance, adopting the highest degree of professionalism and quality, through which advanced achievement rates were achieved. Intersections between the relevant official authorities . The sectors covered by the committee included, according to the statement, “(residential, commercial, tourism and entertainment, industrial, agricultural, health, and educational), where the share of Baghdad governorate included (153) projects, and (291) projects distributed over the rest of the governorates . The committee diagnosed, "the most important obstacles facing the investment file in Iraq, despite the exceptional circumstances that the country witnessed, such as the Corona pandemic and the reduction in the number of employees working in official institutions."

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Al-Kazemi government announces the realization of "advanced" achievement in moving the stalled projects

 

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Shafaq News / The General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers announced, on Sunday, that advanced achievement rates have been achieved in moving the lagging investment projects in Baghdad and the provinces.

In a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, the secretariat stated that "the Diwaniya Order No. 6 of 2017 in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, concerned with this file, had great support, capabilities and powers that enabled it to diagnose the most important obstacles and obstacles facing the investment file in Iraq."

She explained that this was done through "continuous periodic follow-ups and meetings, with the aim of bypassing bureaucracy, in order to reduce effort and time, which enabled it to find solutions and remedies."

According to the statement, the committee held “(107) sessions in which it issued (777) recommendations and guidance, adopting the highest degree of professionalism and quality, through which advanced achievement rates were achieved. Intersections between the relevant official authorities.

The sectors covered by the committee included, according to the statement, “(residential, commercial, tourism and entertainment, industrial, agricultural, health, and educational), where the share of Baghdad governorate included (153) projects, and (291) projects distributed over the rest of the governorates.

The committee diagnosed, "the most important obstacles facing the investment file in Iraq, despite the exceptional circumstances that the country has witnessed, such as the Corona pandemic and the reduction in the working hours of employees in official institutions, and has worked on continuous communication with the general managers in the relevant departments, to resolve the issues radically, with decisions." And the recommendations and directives issued by the committee. "

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The Iraqi Prime Minister directs to end the file of lagging projects and improve services for citizens

The Iraqi Prime Minister during his meeting with the service departments in Salah al-Din Governorate

 June 16, 2021 11:24 am

Mubasher: The Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, said today, Wednesday, that there are many lagging projects in various regions of Iraq, pointing out that the government focused its efforts on completing and completing them.

Al-Kazemi called, during his visit to Salah al-Din governorate and his meeting with the service departments in the governorate, all institutions in the governorate and the rest of Iraq to end the file of these projects and put them in front of the citizen to improve the reality of services, according to what was published by the Prime Minister’s media office through his official account on “Twitter.”

The Prime Minister added that service institutions should intensify their activities and facilitate their procedures. In order for the citizen to feel tangible improvement and to grow optimism among everyone, pointing out that there are many obstacles that sometimes occur due to mismanagement and bureaucratic obstacles, and this is what the government is determined to fix.

He continued, "We need solidarity, cooperation and integration in work, in order to overcome obstacles and be at the level of the great ambition of the Iraqi people and with the degree of confidence and what the Iraqis expect of us as a performance."

Al-Kazemi noted that the people in various Iraqi governorates have suffered a lot during the past decades; Because of the ongoing wars, terrorism and successive crises, referring to the return of the liberated areas more than others, due to the devastation and destruction left by ISIS terrorist gangs, and for other reasons the government is working to address them.

Al-Kazemi said, during his meeting with a number of Salah al-Din tribal sheikhs, that Iraq has achieved great achievements by defeating terrorism and crossing a political crisis that almost toppled the country and a global economic crisis.

 

And he added: "Today we face the challenges of construction, construction and the development of the country. As Iraqis, we must strengthen our resolve and intensify our activity in agriculture, industry, trade, construction and various sectors to develop the country, for the sake of the strong and capable state that we all aspire to."

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Al-Kazemi directs to end all lagging projects in the country

Thursday 17 June 2021 122

 

  Baghdad: Muhammad Al-Ansari

  Salah El-Din: Samir Adel

 

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi directed all institutions in all parts of Iraq to end the file of lagging projects and put them in front of the citizen to improve the reality of services, and while he indicated that corruption and mismanagement contributed to the delay in many service projects, he stressed during his visit yesterday, Wednesday, Salah al-Din Governorate that "with will, patience, wisdom and calm we will respond." against the yellow negative voices that do not want the country's good and try to question and obstruct any achievement achieved by the government."

Upon his arrival in Salah al-Din Governorate, Al-Kazemi, accompanied by a number of ministers and officials, visited the site of the Speicher martyrs incident, where he recited Surat Al-Fatihah on the souls of the martyrs, stressing that "the government will transform the location of the Speicher crime to a project and museum of memory, glorifying and immortalizing the sacrifices of Iraqis and confirming their cohesion," indicating that he would honor "Directly on these actions."

And the Prime Minister’s Media Office quoted Al-Kazemi as saying: “This place witnessed one of the most heinous massacres of humanity, and the innocent blood that fell here awakened the Iraqi conscience among all spectrums of the people,” noting that “this blood was a motive for achieving the great victory he achieved.” The Iraqis are facing the mightiest terrorist force, and this pure blood strengthened the Iraqi national identity and united all Iraqis.”

He added that "corruption, mismanagement and wrong policies are the causes of these tragedies," stressing that "our unity, our institutions and our national affiliation will prevent the recurrence of such massacres."

During the visit, the Prime Minister inaugurated the Samarra Steam Power Station, and confirmed that "the first phase of the station has been completed despite all the present challenges, especially the economic crisis and the effects of the Corona pandemic, and that the second phase will be completed during the remaining months of this year, and we will introduce it to the national grid."

He explained that "the station will supply the national production network with up to 1260 megawatts of electricity, and will serve the regions of northern Baghdad and Salah al-Din with more electrical energy production, and that we are working hard to develop the Samarra station with a new contract within the Chinese agreement to add a third phase to it." "The station will provide job opportunities for more than 1,400 Iraqi citizens who are specialists and experienced."

He pointed out that "the lagging stations were a challenge to us during the past year, and we worked hard to complete them," stressing that "there are new stations projects in the south, center and north," and he stressed "with will, patience, wisdom and calmness we will respond to the yellow negative voices that do not want good for the country." It wants to create despair and tries to question and obstruct any achievement of the government.”

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“On paper” .. the completion of the Kirkuk Investment Refinery

Thursday 17 June 2021 216

 

 Baghdad: Huda Al-Azzawi

 

Kirkuk governorate waited three years of deliberations, to see an achievement in the Kirkuk investment refinery project, but the data indicate that this project was included among the lagging projects, due to the financial inability of the investing company to implement it, as well as the disputes over the ownership of the land allocated for its construction.

The idea of this project was crystallized at an earlier stage, and it was agreed at the time with a British company to develop its designs, at a cost of $100 million.

Official statements that accompanied the announcement of the implementation of the project, indicated that its cost would reach 8 billion dollars, on an estimated area of 150 dunums, and a capacity of up to 150 thousand barrels per day.

, that the project was referred to Rania International Company, an Iraqi company invested under an investment portfolio. The North Refineries Company revealed four reasons that prevented the implementation of the project, the first of which is that the investing company, after the assignment and signing the contract, requested to adjust the refining capacity from 150,000 barrels per day to 70,000 barrels per day, and then returned and demanded an adjustment of the capacity to 75,000 barrels per day, but after Inquiry of the investing company from Shaw, the British company that designed the basic design 

(currently technip company) The investing company has returned to the contracted capacity, which is currently 150 thousand barrels.

The source added, that the location of the project was a second reason for the delay in implementation, as the land on which the refinery is to be built is in the Bajuan area in the Debs district of Kirkuk, part of which belongs to the local administration in Kirkuk and part to the Ministry of Finance, and its issue has not been resolved so far. Kirkuk and Kirkuk Governorate.

He continued, as for the third reason, it came after the investing company submitted a request to the Ministry of Oil to change the location of the project to the area opposite the North Gas Company, because most of the land is owned by the North Oil Company. We have no objection, and the surveying departments concerned with our company were involved to meet all the requirements of the proposed site for the purpose of facilitating the investing company's implementation of the project.

The fourth reason was the financial capacity of the company, as the source revealed that the North Refineries Company sent a warning to the investing company regarding its failure to identify the sources of financing and bank guarantees required in such type of investment projects.

The source indicated that his company has formed a working team of its competent staff to follow up the implementation of the project, identify and address all obstacles, and communicate with the investing company and Kirkuk governorate departments for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of the project.

 

 

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Hamid Al-Ghazi: Starting projects that have been stalled for years

Saturday 19 June 2021 107

 

 Baghdad: Omar Abdul Latif

 

The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Hamid Naim Al-Ghazi, announced the start of projects that have been suspended since the past years in Baghdad and the provinces, while confirming the existence of a government direction to create a ministry for women's affairs.

Al-Ghazi said, in an interview with “Al-Sabah”: “It is the authority of the governorates to prepare a plan for their projects for the regional development program,” noting that “the Ministry of Planning has begun to complete its inclusion, as well as to start projects that were previously suspended in Baghdad and the provinces.”

And he indicated that "the Ministry of Planning is in the process of preparing and listing new projects to start after completing all the procedures for this, while the Ministry of Finance will gradually start launching allocations for those plans."

And regarding the suspended projects in Dhi Qar governorate, Al-Ghazi indicated that he was “assigned by the Council of Ministers to follow up on those projects that are more than 10 years old, in addition to the projects included in the upcoming plans, given the sensitive circumstance that the governorate suffers from, which led to the delay in the completion of projects for the years 2019 and 2020.” The projects began to resume and opened by the local and federal governments.

Al-Ghazi alluded to “there is a tendency from the government to create a ministry concerned with women’s affairs during the next phase, which is among the government’s priorities, after it was proposed for deliberation and consultation from (UN WOMAN), civil society organizations and the Committee on Women, Family and Childhood in the House of Representatives in more than one meeting on this subject.

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Investors received 30% of the project costs and left them to disappear

Sunday 20 June 2021 69

 

 Baghdad: Wafaa Amer

 

The Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Investment revealed that investors have defrauded and manipulated by taking a percentage ranging between 25 and 30 percent of the project costs, and implementing only 10 percent and leaving them exposed to extinction, in addition to the existence of projects for which financial payments have been delivered to contractors without being implemented so far.

And Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi instructed, last April, to cancel 1,128 investment projects due to their low completion rates of 35% or the expiry of the time period specified for their completion, while he issued warnings for incomplete projects, provided that the National Investment Commission will supervise and follow up on the implementation of the procedures. Al-Maliki told "Al-Sabah": "There are 4 thousand investment projects suspended throughout the country, but they are referred by the Investment Authority, ministries and provinces to companies."

He noted that "most of these projects are in important strategic locations and are estimated at millions of dollars and in important residential, commercial and health sectors," noting that "the manipulation mechanism in these projects begins with the investor taking the project, and then grants a percentage ranging between 25 and 30 percent of its cost, but only 10 percent is accomplished. The project is abandoned and remains neglected to the point that many of them have been destroyed.” 

He pointed out that "the committee called on the Investment Authority to provide it with a list of its lagging projects and their full details in order to find the necessary solutions for them." He stressed that "there are many lawsuits and cases in the courts due to companies' neglect and abandonment of projects, whether in Baghdad or the provinces, and many of them have been resolved, and some lawsuits are still pending and projects are suspended despite the urgent need for them." Al-Maliki suggested, "the formation of committees within the ministries or provinces with the companies implementing the projects and under the supervision of the House of Representatives to solve the problems of the outstanding investment projects."

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The Prime Minister of Iraq: We withdrew two thousand fake investment licenses..and companies are being blackmailed

Iraq - archive

 June 25, 2021 12:35 AM

Mubasher: Mustafa Al-Kazemi, the Iraqi Prime Minister, stated that his government succeeded in withdrawing more than two thousand fake investment licenses, which were granted ten years ago, and not a single “brick” brick was built.

 

Today, Thursday, Al-Kazemi called on investing companies that may be subjected to blackmail to submit to the government these parties to refer them to the judiciary, saying, “Our doors are open to all,” according to the official account of the Council of Ministers on “Twitter.”

The Prime Minister stated: "There are those who speak brazenly about a demographic change that the state aims at, and I say that this land and projects are for all citizens and they will not succeed in dragging the Iraqis into sectarian strife. These abnormal voices broadcast these allegations only to blackmail companies."

He hinted that there are those who spread rumors that the "Al-Rafeel" project is intended for officials, while it is a project open to all citizens through simple loans.

He pointed out that the "Al-Rafeel" project in Baghdad aims to develop a residential area, and it is an investment project in which large and giant investment companies are organized by Emaar, which has contributed to the development of the UAE and many projects in the world.

 

He stated: "We started solving Basmaya's problem, and within days, a group of apartments will be handed over to employees and members of the security forces, the army and the Popular Mobilization Forces, and we have already started solving the problem after the project was dead."

He continued, that the interests of the Basmaya project loans were reduced from 4 to 2 percent, to encourage people to buy, and already 35,000 apartments were sold.

He stated, that the Anti-Corruption Committee was accused of various charges, such as torturing the accused, which are just statements and allegations, although the medical reports denied this, and we were accused of preventing visits to the families of those arrested on corruption charges, and the fact that their families meet with them weekly.

He said, that the white paper has won international respect and international financial institutions, and will work to save Iraq within five years. The damage is small in the beginning, but the positive return will appear soon.

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The Investment Authority reveals new mechanisms for investment lands

 

President of the National Investment Authority, Suha Daoud Najjar

Reconstruction and building Economy News - Baghdad Head of the National Investment Commission, Suha Daoud Najjar, said on Sunday that the commission is continuing its efforts and procedures related to reviewing the allocation of land to investors with all its priorities in order to identify cases of manipulation and correct the course. And she revealed in a statement received by "Al-Iqtisad News", that "the presence of (850) investment projects in Iraq is suspended or lagging, reflecting a great financial waste that requires concerted efforts by all concerned institutions and the necessary firmness and will to stop this waste." She pointed out that "the mechanisms for granting land at almost free prices are also subject to review and scrutiny, as we work to determine land prices in proportion to their locations and their actual economic value, in which the profit margin from investments reaches 400% sometimes, as some investors (brokers and traders) return Selling the lands they obtained at huge prices, taking advantage of the privileges that were granted to them from customs exemptions, entry visas, and others, thus achieving very large profits at the expense of serving the economy and infrastructure of the Iraqi society. Najjar confirmed that "stopping the granting of licenses in Baghdad and the provinces and subjecting them to scrutiny was one of the first measures taken by the commission to preserve the assets and lands of the state, especially with the presence of (2300) projects in Baghdad and the provinces, of which only 300 projects have been completed, which means that there are about (1800) projects suspended or Fake, we are intensively working to complete the measures taken in this regard, which will positively affect the reality of investment in Iraq."

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