Tag Archives: Iraqi Parliament

Parliament approves nearly 25 Articles of budget law

The Iraqi Council of Representatives passed approximately twenty five articles of the federal budget law for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 on Sunday evening before taking a half-hour break to continue the voting process. Al-Ghadeer’s News correspondent reported from the parliament building that the passage of articles 15, 16, …

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Iraqi Parliament strives for agreement on budget law

Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, the First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, held an “important” meeting with several leaders of parliamentary blocs today, Friday. The meeting, which was attended by the Chairman and several members of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, was part of efforts to reach an agreement among all political parties …

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Iraqi Parliament to approve 2023 budget of 140 trillion dinars soon – source

Iraq’s Parliament will approve the 2023 budget of 140 trillion Iraqi dinars ($ 95,923,261,000.00) in the coming days. A source in the Parliamentary Finance committee, Mouin Al-Kadhimi, revealed that Prime Minister Muhammad S. Al-Sudani directed the minister of finance to complete the 140-trillion-dinars budget law to approve it and then …

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Al-Halboosi invites leaders of the political parties to a round table

Parliament Speaker Muhammad Al-Halboosi on Wednesday called on the political forces to sit at one table to find a way out of the current political crisis. Al-Halboosi’s media office said in a statement, “Al-Halboosi stressed, during today’s parliament session, the need for a comprehensive political solution in which everyone should …

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Al-Halboosi’s resignation rejected in a vote of confidence

A majority of 222 Iraqi lawmakers voted to reject the resignation of speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi, the latter’s bureau said in a brief press release on Wednesday. According to the press release, only 13 of the 235 parliamentarians, who attended the session presided by deputy speaker Shakhwan Abdullah, approved al-Halboosi’s resignation.

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Iraqi Parliament expresses concern over human rights violations in prisons

The Parliamentary Human Rights Committee expressed today great concern over “the violations taking place in Iraqi prisons and detention centers.” Committee member Qusai Al-Shabki said, “We do not know the death circumstances of inmates in Nasiriyah Central Prison (Al-Hout), nor the citizen who died during interrogation in the Basra Anti-crime …

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The Iraqi parliament: the finance minister does not cooperate

The Parliamentary Finance Committee pledged, on Saturday, to question Finance Minister Ali Allawi for not cooperating with it. The committee’s reporter, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said, “The government works as it has all legislative powers, and is not interested of no having the general budget.” He added that “the Minister of Finance …

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Al-Fatah submits a request to host Al-Kadhimi in the parliament

Al-Fatah Parliamentary Bloc announced, on Tuesday, that a request has been submitted to Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, to host him in the council of Representatives, to discuss “violating Iraqi sovereignty”. MP Muhammad al-Baldawi said, “the discussion will include the most prominent files, such as the government’s position regarding the violation …

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The parliament resumes its sessions this week

The representative of Al-Sadiqoun parliamentary bloc, Fadel Al-Fatlawi, announced today, Sunday, that the Presidency of the Parliament will set a date for this week to resume its sessions. Al-Fatlawi said, “multiple political blocs in addition to MPs have submitted several requests to the Presidency of Parliament to resume the sessions …

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Iraqi Parliament to host PM Al-Kadhimi over pandemic

MP from Al-Fatah parliamentary alliance reported, on Tuesday, that a request has been submitted to the Presidency of the Parliament, to host the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, to discuss the government’s plan to contain Covid-19. This is the first request to host Al-Kadhimi in the parliament, since the formation of …

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Head of the Al-Fateh Parliamentary Bloc resigns from Parliament

Parliamentary sources said on Saturday that the leader of the “Al-Fateh” coalition, the Secretary-General of Badr Organization, has submitted a formal request to resign from the Iraqi parliament. Al-Amiri submitted a formal request to the parliament presidency to resign, without further details, the sources told Alghadeer News. This comes at …

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Parliament sets conditions for the government to accept borrowing

The Parliamentary Finance Committee announced today, Friday, its position regarding the Iraqi government’s resort to external debt to fill the country’s budget deficit, considering the internal borrowing a better option. The committee’s chairman, Ahmed Al-Saffar said that, “cutting the salaries does not help Iraq dealing with its financial crisis,” noting …

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Iraq will reject any talks to prolong US troops presence: MP

An Iraqi legislator says the parliament will reject any negotiations between Baghdad and Washington aimed at prolonging US military presence in the country, emphasizing that the forthcoming talks should secure the exit of American troops. “The negotiations between Washington and Baghdad, which are to start in the middle of this …

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Iraq eyes broadening parliamentary ties with Iran: al-Halbousi

Iraq’s Speaker of Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi said that his country is interested in broadening and enhancing parliamentary ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Al-Halbousi in a message on Wed. congratulated Ghalibaf on his election as Iran’s new Parliament Speaker and expressed readiness for evermore development of parliamentary ties between …

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