By Prashant Rao (AFP) – 22 hours ago
BAGHDAD — One year after landmark polls, a political impasse in Iraq remains, with several key cabinet posts unfilled and analysts warning bad habits are setting in to the country’s nascent democracy.
The March 7, 2010 election, which saw 62.4 percent of Iraqis turn out to vote despite violence, was hailed as free and fair by international observers, and was seen as a key marking point ahead of the pullout of US forces at the end of the year.
Concerns of Iraqi national budget
Baghdad, March 6 (AKnews)- Kurdistan Bloc’s Coalition (KBC) revealed Sunday an agreement among the political blocs that there will be no voting on the next budget unless submitting the final accounts for the current year which has been accepted and that the current year was the last year for voting on the budget without providing these accounts .
Mahma Khalil told AKnews that the demos that started in a number of areas demands to eliminate administrative corruption in addition to provide the ration card items and eliminate unemployment.
Said the central bank adviser, Dr. appearance of Mohammed Saleh, said that the bank had not received any initiative for the integration of the private banks, only two initiatives a year ago.
Saleh said in a statement (of the Agency news) today: “I have not received the bank any initiative for integration by private banks, only two initiatives, although there is no information to the intention of some banks to merge, but did not provide anything official. “
Deputy called for the Iraqi List, Sunday, members of the House of Representatives to cancel their holidays to come, which will take two months, in order to accelerate the completion of laws and improve services across the country, noting that he has started collecting signatures to Congress as required by that stage.
The MP said Osman Aljehici in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “out of responsibility and the requirements of public interest, I ask the members of the House of Representatives to cancel their vacation scheduled from 13 / 4 till 13 / 6,(April 13th to June 13th ) out of loyalty to the Iraqi people,” noting that he is “to collect signatures number of members of Parliament for this purpose. “
Raised the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, Sunday, meeting of the Council standard of 38 to next Tuesday, after the vote to form a committee to investigate the use of force against demonstrators in all governorates of Iraq, as Security Council President Osama Nujaifi that the House of Representatives will host Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday.
A source familiar with in an interview with “Alsumaria News”, “The Presidency of the Council of Representatives decided to raise the regular session of the 37 held today, chaired by Council President Osama Najafi and the presence of 265 deputies to next Tuesday, noting that” the Council voted during today’s meeting to form committees to investigate the use of force against demonstrators in all governorates of Iraq. “
Arbil, March 6 (Rn) – Turkish media sources reported on Sunday that he expected the summit of the Group of 20 in Turkey at the end of April or early May of this year, according to the Turkish terminal.
Quoted Station (CNN Türk) News by the Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said that the “Summit of the Group of 20 will be held in Turkey at the end of April or early May of this year,” explaining that “the summit will be held by Turkey France and the President of the current session of the summit of the Group of 20 “.
Central: Iraq, follow the best plans to pay its debts as financial
Baghdad, March 6 (Rn) – The Central Bank of Iraq adviser, on Sunday, that Iraq follow the high-level political economic repayment of the debt as they have not faced legal problems.
He said the appearance of Mohammed Saleh told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “Iraq followed an economic policy is one of the best plans in the payment of debt and economic, as approved by the Paris Club as a political religion, economic applied well.”
Baghdad, March 6 (AKnews) – The parliamentary economic committee will oversee all commercial contracts signed by the Trade Ministry in order to eliminate corruption, a committee member announced today.
Salman al-Moussawi told AKnews that the intervention of the commission is backed by the government in a bid to accelerate the work of the ministry and negate the possibility of fraudulent contracts being signed.
“The Parliamentary Economic Committee will hold weekly talks with Ministry directors to ensure the smooth distribution of ration card items without any delays,” he said.
Baghdad, March 6 (AKnews) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is expected to announce potential candidates for the security posts in his cabinet early next week, says an MP from the National Coalition (NC) led by Maliki.
The security ministries of the defense, interior and national security have been left unassigned since Dec. 21 last year when the new Iraqi cabinet was sworn in after an 8-month political stalemate.
Iraqi officials still indecisive over security ministries share
Sulaimaniya, March 6 (AKnews)- Reports suggest the squabble over the allocation of security posts may last longer.
The Iraqi parliament gave confidence to part of the 42-seated cabinet of the reinstated Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Dec.21. Some ministries including the defense, interior and state ministry for national security are temporary run by the PM himself until the new ministers are assigned.
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is to attend the Parliament’s session on Monday to answer questions related to the delay to settle the security cabinet posts till now, a legislature said on Sunday.
“The Parliament shall invite Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki on Monday, to answer questions related to the delay of the announcement of candidates for the security cabinet posts, and probably the names of personalities nominated for those posts would be announced in the session,” MP Ali Shilah from the National Coalition told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Maliki’s candidates cast reel security ministries in the court of Parliament
BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Preparing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to put forward a list of candidates for security ministries to vote them directly inside the parliament.
The leader of the coalition of state law, Abdul-Hadi al-Hassani told a news briefing that al-Maliki will deliver the ball in the court of Parliament by offering a list of candidates for security ministries.
The Council of Representatives, Sunday, its the 38 headed by Osama Najafi and the presence of 265 deputies, while the source confirmed in parliament that the meeting will vote on the formation of committees investigative in the provinces on the use of force against protesters and to meet their demands, and introduced the reports of the Vice-Provincial for the demonstrations witnessed by the country.
A source in the Chamber of Deputies in an interview with “Alsumaria News”, “The Presidency of the Council of Representatives held at noon today, the 38 regular meeting chaired by President of parliament and his two deputies Osama Nujaifi Aref Tayfur and Qusay al-Suhail and the presence of 265 deputies.”
The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 6-MAR-2011. The results were as follows:
| DETAILS | NOTES |
| Number of banks | 14 |
| Auction price selling dinar / US$ | 1170 |
| Auction price buying dinar / US$ | —– |
| Amount sold at auction price (US$) | 77,887,000 |
| Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) | —– |
| Total offers for buying (US$) | 77,887,000 |
| Total offers for selling (US$) | —– |
Source: CBI
Met Osama Nujaifi Chairman of the Board of Deputies and the presence of Qusay al-Suhail, First Deputy President of the Council with the heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs to discuss the latest developments in Iraq.
A statement from the House of Representatives received a (citizen) a copy of the meeting took a number of proposals and ideas to activate Alldoralrkabi of the Council of Representatives and the reforms in different areas and find solutions to the problems experienced by the citizen and the mechanism to deal with the demands of the ongoing demonstrations.
06/03/2011
A parliamentary source said that the parliament will discuss in its meeting today about reports of the Vice-Provincial recent demonstrations. The source told the future (with): “The Parliament will discuss today the reports of members of the House of Representatives from the provinces about the demonstrations witnessed by their provinces.”
A member of the parliamentary Economic Committee, Sunday, that the contracts for the Ministry of Commerce to provide a ration card items for the citizens, will be supervised directly by the Commission, to prevent the spread of financial and administrative corruption.
Parliament allocates today’s meeting to discuss the demands of the demonstrators
Is scheduled to host the House of Representatives during the coming days, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to agree on a program and a time limit of the reforms based on the requests of demonstrators. And met the President of the House of Representatives Osama Nujaifi the presence of his first deputy, Qusay al-Suhail yesterday, with the heads and representatives of parliamentary blocs to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. And eat meeting several proposals and ideas to activate the supervisory role of the Council of Representatives and the reforms in different areas and find solutions to the problems experienced by the citizen and the mechanism to deal with the demands of the ongoing demonstrations.
The head of the Rasheed Bank Kazem fistula that meetings are continuing with the directors of the bank branches and offices in the provinces nominated by the proposals and recommendations aimed at developing the banking business to serve the economic development processes.
He said in an exclusive interview (morning) that the administration of cadres of the bank is working to improve its performance so as to ensure providing the best banking services to the citizen noting in this connection that the process of restructuring the banking adopted by the bank under the supervision of the Iraqi Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has come a long way advanced
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: MP from the National Alliance in the House of Representatives Alfalh, said that his coalition will meet evening, Saturday, to discuss with regard to file security ministries and resolve the Alliance candidate for the Interior Ministry, denied the nomination of Ahmed Chalabi to take over the portfolio of the Ministry official.
Mr. Nuri al-Maliki refused to give Dr. Ahmad Chalabi, the position of the Ministry of the Interior, after it announced most of the political blocs agreed to Chalabi to take over this position.
At the last meeting of the National Alliance on the candidate and the Ministry of the Interior, agreed components of the National Alliance to take over Chalabi and the Interior Ministry, has asked the representatives of the state of law in the meeting, refer to Mr. Maliki to take his opinion.
