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Today’s Newspapers Follow Up The Relative Compatibility Between The Legislative And Executive Branches And The Nature of the Differences With Kurdistan Regarding the Budget

The newspapers issued in Baghdad today, Thursday, the first of June, followed the relative agreement between the legislative and executive authorities, and the nature of the differences with the Kurdistan region regarding the budget and other subjects.

On the first subject, Al-Sabah newspaper, published by the Iraqi Media Network, said: “Since the year of change in 2003, and beyond with the formation of successive governments, all parties involved in the political process have taken a contradictory approach and duplicity that has no equivalent in all countries of the world, where the principle of (we participate in the government and the executive authority and obtain ministries and positions, and at the same time, we announce ourselves to the public against the deterioration of services, corruption and mismanagement in the state through the platform of the legislative authority).

Al-Sabah added: “The current trends indicate the possibility of the current government succeeding in maintaining the relative agreement between the two authorities and their political parties in order to complete the projects, services, reconstruction and programs that it announced without obstacles.”

The writer and academic, Dr. Talib Muhammad Karim, said in an interview with the newspaper: “The government of Prime Minister Muhammad al-Sudani was formed according to a comprehensive political agreement, and the blocs have a wider space in codifying their political thesis in the fifth parliamentary session, and setting contexts and ceilings through which the government is granted broad freedom in implementing its program.”

He pointed out that “despite the existence of some new formations that bore the title (the political opposition), they cannot impede any decision taken by the House of Representatives,” noting that “this is due to several reasons, including lack of experience in addition to other matters, and therefore the talk about (political opposition) in its true and active sense is completely excluded in this session.

While it quoted the researcher in political affairs, Salah al-Kubaisi, as saying: “In all previous parliamentary sessions, political parties and blocs participated in the government, but most of them claim opposition according to the rule (dividing the spoils that are divided among ministries, agencies, and special grades),” referring that: Prime Minister, Muhammad Al-Sudani is trying to work towards reforming all the previous legacies and failures caused by consensual governments, although this government is in some way a consensual government as well.

He stressed that “everyone is involved in the current government, whether they are the (coordination framework) forces or the (Sunni blocs) allied with the (sovereignty coalition), but there are blocs that are also in the sovereignty coalition – trying to obtain part of the political spoils, and if the situation remains as it is, hence, previous mistakes will be repeated.

With regard to the issue of the opposition, Al-Kubaisi explained that “with the withdrawal of the Sadrist movement from the parliament, it has become opposed to the current political process, but until this moment there are no opposition forces within the parliament, since everyone participates in the government according to the principle of quotas and consensus.”

As for Al-Zawraa newspaper, which is published by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, it followed the nature of the differences with the Kurdistan Region over the draft budget law.

In this regard, it referred to the statement of the MP of the State of Law Coalition, Firas Al-Maslamawi, as said: “There is importance to approving the budget because it relates to the Iraqi people’s livelihood and the provision of services, as well as administrative effects such as allowances, transfer of services and many issues related to the general budget,” stressing that “it is a very important law and its speedy approval is reflected positively for the Iraqi people and the new government, given that it has a governmental program and needs to fund this program in order to be honest and faithful to what it has presented.”

Al-Maslamawi added: “We, as members of the House of Representatives, stress and call on the Presidency of Parliament, and the Finance Committee, which worked day and night by holding more than 60 meetings, hosted all ministries, governorates, parliamentary bodies and committees, and listened to all observations and included amendments in several areas, we call it to expedite the approval of the budget.

He continued, “It is hoped that a general meeting of the State Administration Coalition will be held for the final agreement regarding the Kurdistan region,” noting: “The points of contention with the Kurdistan region are the export of oil from the region, which should be according to the state SOMO company, as well as the revenues that shall be according to an account approved by the Iraqi government.

He explained: “There is an article indicating that if the Kurdistan Regional Government did not abide by these two matters, the Iraqi government will refrain from giving the funding agreed upon in the budget.”

The economic expert, Abd al-Rahman al-Mashhadani, said in an interview with Al-Zawraa: “The essence of the dispute between the center and the region over the budget is to oblige the Kurdistan Regional Government to pay 10% of the employees’ saved salaries because it has been deducting part of the salaries for 9 years.”

He continued, “In the previous text of the budget, the share of the region was taken monthly, and it was calculated every 3 months and was audited by the Federal Audit Bureau, that is, the settlement takes place after 3 months. Now the Finance Committee has set a condition that the region hands over month by month and also receives month by month, and this is

considered an audit subject.”.

In another matter far from politics, Al-Zaman newspaper followed the return of tourism activity to the city of Mosul and the arrival of groups of tourists from all over the world to it.

The newspaper said: “The city of Mosul, the center of Nineveh Governorate, is witnessing a remarkable turnout from tourists coming from different countries of the world.”

It added: “Mosul is the second largest city in Iraq after the capital, Baghdad, which passed through isolation from the world, since the early years of the American occupation of Iraq and the deterioration of the security situation in Nineveh in 2003 to the occupation of Mosul in 2014. However, Umm al-Rubaieen (the title given to Mosul) began to receive its visitors after its liberation in 2017, despite the lack of infrastructure, an airport, first-class hotels, and advanced and modern means of transportation.

Regarding the reasons for the arrival of foreign tourists to Mosul, Harith Fares, who works as a tour guide, explained in a statement to Al-Zaman: “The most important reason for tourists visiting Mosul is the religious and ethnic diversity in Nineveh, which is considered a miniature Iraq, and tourists want to know the roots of these components.” .

Fares added: “The tourists’ visit includes churches, mosques, and various historical places in Nineveh, such as Matti church east of Mosul, the Church of the Immaculate, and some other mosques, despite the monuments that were completely destroyed, such as the Mosque of the Prophet Yunus, the Mosque of the Prophet Zarzis, and the Prophet Sheet (peace be upon them) “.

He pointed out: “Mosul is witnessing an influx of tourists from various countries of the world, including America, European countries, Russia, Australia and China, as well as some Arab countries.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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