Iraqi News Monday AM 4-5-21

 Iraqi News Monday AM 4-5-21

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Iraq's Teachers Are Calling On Saleh Not To Approve The 2021 Budget

Money  and business  Economy News – Baghdad   The Iraqi Teachers Union called on President Barham Salih not to approve the draft federal budget approved by Parliament, on Wednesday, until an amendment is made to ensure the rights of thousands of teachers are granted temporary contracts in schools.

Teachers have been working on temporary contracts in schools for 10 years for free, in the hope that they will be installed on permanent contracts and will receive monthly salaries.

The head of the Iraqi Teachers Syndicate, Abbas Al-Sudani, said during a press conference held in Baghdad yesterday, Sunday, that "teachers on temporary contracts have made efforts in the Education Department for free without any monthly dues."

Al-Sudani added that all teachers will stand by force to convert free-working teachers into permanent paid contracts, and that any services provided without paying a fee for this are exploitation and a procedure contrary to the law.

The protests area of ​​teachers appointed on temporary contracts covers 15 Iraqi governorates, excluding the governorates of the Kurdistan region.

The captain called on the Prime Minister to "increase the financial allocations specified in the budget to convert temporary teacher contracts to fixed ... We call for the budget not to be approved until the amendment is made to the paragraph on teachers."

The country's draft budget for 2021 included an item under the name of "grant" that would be offered to teachers on temporary contracts, without clarifying the mechanism of its distribution, which was rejected by the union.

Malek Hadi, "the representative of the free lecturers", said in press statements that the total number of teachers working for free in the country in the education sector is 140,000.

Since last Thursday, that is, the day after the Iraqi parliament approved the country's budget, protests began in the southern provinces of the country, and expanded to include all provinces.

On Sunday, the governorates of Baghdad, Salah al-Din, Najaf, Karbala, Diwaniyah, Babil, Muthanna, Nineveh, Diyala, Dhi Qar, Wasit, Basra, Anbar and Maysan were witnessed.

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives approved the country's financial budget for the current year 2021, with total expenditures of 129 trillion dinars (88 billion dollars).

Source: Anatolia    Number of observations 106 date of addition 04/05/2021

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Delayed Instructions Disrupt The Budget Agreement Between Baghdad And Kurdistan 

Political   Monday, April 5, 2021 | 09:42 am| Views: 84  The parliamentary bloc of the Kurdistan Democratic Party hinted, on Monday, that there is a delay in the instructions of the Ministry of Finance to implement the budget agreement between the central government and the Kurdistan region, calling for determining the quantities of oil .

A member of the bloc, Dyar Barwari, said, "There are instructions that are expected to be issued by the Ministry of Finance to determine some of the work steps of the committees implementing the budget agreement, calling for specifying the form of implementing commitment to the items ."

Berwari added, "We need a period of no less than a month to fully organize the agreement and determine how to deal with its clauses, in addition to our need to schedule federal imports, expecting the escalation of political disputes from parties he did not name that oppose the government's approach to this agreement ."

He pointed out that "the joint technical delegations between the central government and the Kurdistan region continue to work to achieve the region's obligations towards Baghdad, especially in drawing the form of the relationship between the Federal Ministry of Oil and the ministries of natural resources in the region, in addition to coordination with the Federal Office of Financial Supervision ."

As stated in the budget, 80% of the revenues come from oil, which includes 250 thousand barrels produced by the Kurdistan region, a condition imposed by the government to pay the salaries of employees, and the region's share amounted to three trillion and 300 billion as an investment budget .

It is expected that the Council of Ministers will hold a session to approve the steps for implementing the budget within 30 days.   https://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=145915

Today ... A Decline In The Exchange Rates Of The Dollar In The Local Markets

Economie| 10:53 - 04/05/2021  BAGHDAD - Mawazine News  The exchange rates of the dollar fell, on Monday, on the main stock exchange and local markets in the capital, Baghdad.

The exchange rate of the dollar on the Al-Kifah Central Stock Exchange in Baghdad decreased, recording 146,750 dinars, for every $ 100 bill.

The prices of selling and buying dollars in banking offices and local markets in the capital witnessed relatively stable, as the selling price reached 147,750 dinars, for each $ 100 note, while the purchase prices reached 146,000 thousand dinars, for each $ 100 bill.

On Sunday, the dollar exchange rate on the Al-Kifah Central Stock Exchange in Baghdad reached 147,000 dinars for each $ 100 bill. Ended   https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=148399

The Currency Auction Stops For A Week As A Result Of Banks ’Fear Of Changing The Dollar’s ​​Price

Economy  Monday, April 5, 2021 | 01:36 PM| Views: 224   On Monday, a government source revealed that the currency auction was suspended for a week due to banks ’fear of changing the dollar’s ​​price .

The source said that "banks stopped participating in the currency auction conducted by the Central Bank daily during the past week due to their fear of changing the exchange rate of the dollar in the budget that was approved last week ."

He added, "It is expected that the banks will participate in the auction and submit their requests to the bank to buy the dollar, starting from the current week," noting that "these requests will be implemented during the end of the week or the beginning of next week ."  https://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=145945

A Deputy From Al-Fateh Calls On The Government And The Central Bank To Review The Exchange Rate

Author: AhadNA4 On 4/5/2021 - 5:36 PM  11  The deputy of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Hamid Al-Mousawi, confirmed, on Monday, that the shift in the oil market from stagnation to popularity and high prices to excellent levels gives the state many economic possibilities.

Al-Mousawi said in a press statement followed by Al-Ahed News, that “selling prices have reached levels of 71 dollars per barrel, market recovery and increased demand gives the state economic strength that enables it to adapt resources easily and simply.”

He added, "The current oil prices will witness another rise and thus give the Iraqi government the ability to deal with a variable exchange rate and great economic flow and not rely on fixed exchange rates that harm the Iraqi market and the simple citizen."

He pointed out the need for "the Iraqi government and the Central Bank to review the exaggerated exchange rates and to develop a new and reasonable study that adapts to the reality of the economic situation in Iraq and is fair to various segments of society."

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A Parliamentary Bloc Denies The Decision To Raise The Price Of The Dollar: This Is What Happened In The Meeting With Al-Kazemi

Political| 04:46 - 04/05/2021   Baghdad - Mawazine News  The Parliamentary National Approach bloc announced, on Monday, innocence from the decision to raise the price of the dollar against the dinar, while confirming that it rejected the decision during a meeting of the political blocs with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

The head of the bloc, Ammar Tohme, said in a statement that Mawazine News received a copy of, that "we have heard speeches by some officials and politicians about the blocs' position on the issue of the dollar exchange rate and how some of them confirm without evidence of generalizing the position of rejection of the dollar price that it is auctions and they add the saying that the heads of the blocs all voted In a meeting with Al-Kazemi in support of raising the exchange rate, and the strangest thing in their inference is that they say they saw the pictures of the meeting !!

It is supposed to display the recording of the meeting so that the public opinion hears the positions of the blocs, and then you will hear the opinion of the head of the National Approach bloc and his rejection of the exchange rate decision in the meeting of Al-Kazemi with the heads of the held blocs At the beginning of December 2020, we have a brief comment on these statements contrary to the truth, and if the need arises, we will expand and detail in highlighting the arguments and evidence for what we say:

1. The position of the head of the bloc in the prime minister's meeting with the blocs was clear and explicit in rejecting the exchange rate decision and outlining the risks involved, and announcing the recordings of the meeting interrupts the discussion and shows the facts.

2. The position of the National Approach bloc on the exchange rate decision and its clear rejection of it since its enthusiasts preached and before its adoption, the bloc’s position was clear of rejection and issued dozens of statements and conducted similar interviews and press conferences not only to announce the position of rejection, but discussed the justifications put forward by them to market the decision and refute it with scientific and objective evidence and data. And the beginning of its activity rejecting the exchange rate decision was not related to the time of arrival of the budget to Parliament. Rather, this date was preceded by weeks.

3. The bloc submitted a request for fundamental amendments to the overall budget, the most important of which was the reduction of the dollar exchange rate, and its demand was supported by (113) deputies, and the date of this request was 1/23/2021, that is, more than sixty days before the vote on the Budget Law was followed by assurances from the bloc in the emergence of its media members. And the issuance of detailed data supported by scientific data on the error and harm of this decision.

4. The role and position of the National Approach bloc was not limited to rejecting the exchange rate decision and denouncing it only, but rather it made a sincere and clear national effort to every fair person, by studying all the original and added materials for the budget, and nearly issued detailed positions on most of the articles that warned of their danger in statements, conferences and television interviews until they occurred Hiraka and spread an in-depth culture on the details of the budget and the seriousness of many of its original and added materials,

and its efforts, praise be to God, resulted in the creation of a pressing public opinion that forced many to vote by canceling the disastrous materials (38,41,42,47) that were paving the way for the sale of state assets and agricultural lands, privatizing all sectors, and engaging Owned contractors and investors, including the oil and gas sector, hospitals, Iraqi Airways aircraft ... and many others.

5. As evidencing that the position of the National Approach bloc is based on a clear vision and a deliberate decision in diagnosing the dangers of this economic and social budget, it announced its position to boycott the voting session if the budget was not modified with fundamental amendments affecting at least forty articles, which it announced on 2/27/2021 before the vote on The budget for about a month,

and after that, great efforts were made to persuade those who could convince him to cancel the dangerous materials that would pave the way for the dismantling of the economic structure of Iraq and the transfer of its ownership to the hands of influential people and forces who took advantage of public resources. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=148454

The National Approach Disavows The Decision To Raise The Price Of The Dollar

Author: Ahad7 On 4/5/2021 - 5:08 PM 46  The Parliamentary National Approach bloc announced, on Monday, innocence from the decision to raise the price of the dollar against the dinar, while confirming that it rejected the decision during a meeting of the political blocs with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

The head of the bloc, Ammar Tohme, said in a statement that Al-Ahed News received a copy of it, that “we heard speeches by some officials and politicians about the blocs’ position on the issue of the dollar exchange rate and how some of them are asserted without evidence of generalizing the position of rejection of the dollar price that it is auctions and they add a saying that the heads of the blocs all voted In a meeting with Al-Kazemi in support of raising the exchange rate, the strangest thing in their reasoning was that they said they saw the pictures of the meeting !!

The recording of the meeting is supposed to display so that the public opinion hears the positions of the blocs, and then you will hear the opinion of the head of the National Approach bloc and his rejection of the exchange rate decision in the Al-Kazemi meeting with the heads of the blocs held at the beginning of December 2020, and we have a brief comment on these statements contrary to the truth and if the need arises, we will expand and separate in Highlighting arguments and evidence for what we say:

1. The position of the head of the bloc in the prime minister's meeting with the blocs was clear and explicit in rejecting the exchange rate decision and outlining the risks involved, and announcing the recordings of the meeting interrupts the discussion and shows the facts.

2. The position of the National Approach bloc on the exchange rate decision and its clear rejection of it since its enthusiasts preached and before its adoption, the bloc’s position was clear of rejection and issued dozens of statements and conducted similar interviews and press conferences not only to announce the position of rejection, but discussed the justifications put forward by them to market the decision and refute it with scientific and objective evidence and data.

And the beginning of its activity rejecting the exchange rate decision was not related to the time of arrival of the budget to Parliament. Rather, this date was preceded by weeks.

3. The bloc submitted a request for fundamental amendments to the overall budget, the most important of which was the reduction of the dollar exchange rate, and its demand was supported by (113) deputies, and the date of this request was 1/23/2021, that is, more than sixty days before the vote on the Budget Law was followed by assurances from the bloc in the emergence of its media members. And the issuance of detailed data supported by scientific data on the error and harm of this decision.

4. The role and position of the National Approach bloc was not limited to rejecting the exchange rate decision and denouncing it only, but rather it made a sincere and clear national effort to every fair person, by studying all the original and added materials for the budget, and nearly issued detailed positions on most of the articles that warned of their danger in statements, conferences and television interviews until they occurred Hiraka and spread an in-depth culture on the details of the budget and the seriousness of many of its original and added materials,

and its efforts, praise be to God, resulted in the creation of a pressing public opinion that forced many to vote by canceling the disastrous materials (38,41,42,47) that were paving the way for the sale of state assets and agricultural lands, privatizing all sectors, and engaging Owned contractors and investors, including the oil and gas sector, hospitals, Iraqi Airways aircraft ... and many others.

5. As evidencing that the position of the National Approach bloc is based on a clear vision and a deliberate decision in diagnosing the dangers of this economic and social budget, it announced its position to boycott the voting session if the budget was not modified with fundamental amendments affecting at least forty articles, which it announced on 2/27/2021 before the vote on The budget for about a month,

and after that great efforts were made to persuade those who could convince him to cancel the dangerous materials that would pave the way for the dismantling of Iraq’s economic structure and the transfer of its ownership to the hands of influential people and forces who took advantage of public resources.

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