8-31-2015 Iraq Articles
BAGHDAD / Obelisk: emphasizes the political blocs that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi record pointing at the political part of the package of reforms launched by since the beginning of August this success. While it is waiting for him to achieve a breakthrough in the two files and clear service and economic.
Congress is expected to turn the prime minister into a new austerity measures in the coming months with the increasing pressure of the financial crisis, likely to be “forced savings” imposed on citizens, according to the opinions of experts told the “long” and pursued “obelisk.”
Abadi and decided, on 9 August now, a range of measures in the light of the breadth of popular protests condemning corruption and its impact on the electric power crisis. He also called on the religious authority, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Prime Minister to take decisive action against corrupt officials and hit all those involved with corruption “with an iron fist.”
The reform package has included five areas: administrative, such as reducing the ministry and the restructuring of ministries and the abolition of consultants, financial to address the shortfall in the budget, the economic boost the economy and trade, service, the most attached to the movement of protests and represented a quick solution for electricity and monitor the work of the ministries, and the fight against corruption. SOURCE
The Iraqi Council of Representatives held on Sunday, the 18th of its first legislative term of the second legislative year, while the meeting will vote on the draft law of the National Guard and the first and second readings of the seven bills. As the heads of parliamentary blocs, on Sunday, meeting with House Speaker Salim al-Jubouri and Committees legal, security and defense, to resolve differences on the National Guard Law. The President of the Security and Defense Committee in the House of Representatives of quitting likely, in (26 August 2015), the possibility of a vote on the National Guard law during the parliamentary session, which was held last Thursday, in the event of resolving points of contention, as he emphasized that the law aims to give a legal cover and constitutional for the crowd People and tribal fighters and volunteers. The head of the House of Representatives Saleem al-Jubouri new, in (19 August 2015), calling the political blocs to approve the National Guard Law in the coming period, and said the law will protect the rights of the fighters who will run in the decisive battle for the Liberation of Anbar province, calling for greater support for al-Anbar as to contribute in the province to speed up the liberalization of Daash. Council of Representatives of Iraq and ended during its 39th of the second legislative term of the first legislative year, which was held on 20 May 2015, the second reading of the draft National Guard Law, as decided at its 28th, which was held in the 14th of May 2015, to postpone continue the second reading of a law on political parties . The President of the House of Representatives, stressed, in (23 December 2014), that the legislation of the National Guard law will end the “debate” on the popular crowd and clans. SOURCE
He said Transport Minister, Bayan Jabr, in an interview to the (long-Presse), “The ministry welcomes the loan provided by the ACSM American Bank, to finance aircraft Boeing deal if it was unconditional and did not constitute a burden on Iraq,” noting that “the Iraqi negotiating team on the subject, he returned, in, (the 28th of August the current 2015), from Turkey after good negotiations conducted with the US bank. “
He said al-Zubaidi, that “The ministry will refer in the coming days, six berths in ports to Arab and foreign investment companies, including the French,” they returned to it, “the ministry will enable the conversion of large and small ports to parallel their counterparts in the region.”
The US embassy in Iraq announced in (August 2, 2015) that the Iraqi Ministry of Transport obtained a loan “certain” of a US bank to finance the purchase of Boeing aircraft, Mukdh that the ball is now in the court of the Iraqi Ministry of Transport to complete the loan process.
The Ministry of Transport confirmed, (the 15th of July 2015), that the negotiations for a loan to finance the Boeing deal going about “positive”, while showed that Iraq has 30 aircraft and a number of “national vector”, refused to impose conditions “cost Iraq a lot “.
The date of the founding of the Iraqi Airways “Green Bird” due to (18 May 1938), when it recommended the Iraqi Aeronautical Society on the purchase of three aircraft type (Darkin Rapid), in aircraft factories (De Havilland), have reached Baghdad Saturday(first October 1938), and a domestic flights from and to neighboring countries.
Iraq had possessed more than 20 civilian aircraft Ilyushin Russian (Eastern Fleet) an Iraqi Airways prior to 1991, were destroyed, mostly in Desert Storm, and the transfer of the other part of them to neighboring countries during the period of sanctions.
Iraq signed in May 2008, the first two decades with the company (Boeing) US to buy 40 aircraft, and the second with the company (Bombardier) Canadian, to buy ten aircraft, while the Ministry of Finance showed that the total value of the two contracts amounting to five billion dollars.
Iraq and received since the end of 2012 until the month of March a number of Boeing aircraft within the contract signed with the company and that it is hoped that the end of the year ending 2018, also received a Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft over the past years.
The Ministry of Transport announced the (March 20 2015) for receipt of new aircraft from Boeing under the contract signed between Iraq and the company during 2008, while confirming that the Iraqi Airways fleet currently consists of 28 aircraft.