Sistani supports the demonstrations in Iraq and refuses to receive politicians to inspect his health

Baghdad / Dr. Hamid Abdullah

Monday 20 January 2020 – 02:00

 

Confirmed information was leaked from the Green Zone stating that there was diplomatic mobility to obtain guarantees from the American embassy not to target the leaders of the armed factions. Assurances to the militia leaders not to target them in exchange for stopping any provocative movement against American interests and institutions in Iraq.

Iraqi lawmakers cautioned against a US move towards the Security Council to pass a resolution that would allow American forces to remain in Iraq under an international cover to protect democracy, and to save the lives of thousands of activists who are subjected to targeted assassinations.

On the other hand, the Shiite authority, Ali Sistani, perpetuated the protests when he received a delegation of protesters on the occasion of a broken leg.

Al-Sistani’s office quoted the authority as saying to the demonstrators: “You have continued your demonstrations to put pressure on corruption and tyranny, which is recognition by the highest Shiite authority of the right to demonstrations and the corruption of the political class.”

Al-Sistani refused to receive any politician, party leader or deputy to inspect his health, and did not ask the government for any support during his transfer to the hospital, and he was satisfied with the use of a government ambulance followed by 3 personal cars that were taken by his close associates.

The Husseiniya threshold published part of Sistani’s speech in support of the protest, coinciding with the expiry of the deadline set by the coordination in Baghdad and the provinces, which includes an escalation in the peaceful demonstration if the political class does not respond to the demands of the protesters. Al-Ataba quoted Al-Sistani as saying: “The citizens did not go out to the demonstrations demanding reform in this unprecedented form only because they did not find another way to get rid of corruption.”

The posting of the threshold sparked a wide interaction on social media, which increased the momentum of the demonstrations and boosted the hopes of activists to start a new page of governance in Iraq.

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Iraq: A tentative agreement to resolve the nomination of the Prime Minister .. Protests and road blocking continue

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Partial opening of the streets of the Green Zone

Baghdad – Agencies: Iraqi parliamentary sources reported that the understandings between the political blocs led to an agreement, described in principle, to resolve the position of the next prime minister and choose a consensual figure acceptable from the street and reference, suggesting that the name be announced within the next few days. The Iraqi newspaper “Al-Sabah” quoted the deputy from the Alliance “Sayeroun” Riyad Al-Masoudi as saying that “the political forces have reached a full conviction of the necessity of choosing a personality that suits the nature of the stage and is not in accordance with the wishes of the political parties, and therefore it has moved from the stage of political rigidity to an actual and serious movement to choose a person leading the stage Transition without problems. ” Al-Masoudi suggested that “the coming few days will witness a solution to the crisis of choosing the next prime minister, according to specifications that the people accept and reference.” He added that “the transitional phase that will be determined will be by political agreement, as the constitution has not mentioned it.”

In addition, witnesses said that hundreds of protesters closed a number of bridges and set fire to tires in a number of streets in the city of Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhi Qar Governorate, south of Baghdad. Witnesses explained to the German News Agency (dpa) that large groups of demonstrators closed the bridges of victory and civilizations and tried to control the intersection of the lobby, the main in the city center, by burning tires, as well as closing government buildings, despite the large deployment of security forces And the Civil Defense Forces. Large numbers of demonstrators, including university students, flocked to Al-Haboubi Square, the main protest square in Nasiriyah, to support the demands of the demonstrators, waving Iraqi flags and chanting slogans calling for the nomination of an independent candidate to form the new government.

In the context, Iraqi protesters cut all major and commercial roads in Najaf, including the Najaf International Airport, in a continuation of the wave of protests that started last October. In the capital, Baghdad, eight Iraqi protesters were wounded in al-Tayaran Square, in confrontations with the security forces, after the square was completely closed. Negotiations between the Iraqi Federal Police and demonstrators failed to reopen the roads around the Flying Square and the Muhammad al-Qasim Highway. Protesters said the closure was in response to the tear gas and bullets being fired by the riot police. Baghdad has witnessed student demonstrations aimed at reaching Tahrir Square, one of the most important demonstration squares in the capital. Security forces entered the southern Iraqi province of Diwaniya in the extreme state of alarm, while protesters in Dhi Qar cut a number of major bridges. In the Karbala governorate, clashes took place between riot police and demonstrators in the Al-Baladiyah neighborhood.

The resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi did not lead the demonstrators to leave the protest arenas, but rather increased the pace of their movements in pursuit of the rest of their demands, foremost of which is the departure of the political elite accused of corruption, and its accountability, and the selection of an independent candidate for the presidency of the government that is moving Iraq towards peace and organizing early elections supervised by the nations United.

On the other hand, Major General of the Iraqi Traffic Police, Ammar Walid, revealed yesterday a partial reopening of the streets of the Green Zone towards the suspension bridge to remove traffic jams in the city of Baghdad against the backdrop of the closure of three major bridges due to the protest demonstrations. The Iraqi officer told the government television, “Iraqiya”: “On Sunday morning, the Green Zone was reopened with specified times in order to clear the traffic jams towards the suspension bridge on the side of Al-Karkh, against the backdrop of irrigated congestion in Baghdad against the backdrop of the closure of the bridges of the Republic, Al-Sanak and Al-Ahrar.” He explained that the suspension bridge was opened towards the Al-Alawi area and from Amman points towards Al-Qadisiyah road to the Baghdad airport road, back and forth from six in the morning until ten in the morning and from two in the afternoon until five in the evening. The Iraqi authorities have closed all entrances to the Green Zone against the backdrop of widening protests since its launch last October and until now.

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Sadr comments on the escalation of the demonstrators and sends a message about the candidate for prime minister

 Politics    01/20/2020 20:31  1268          

Baghdad today – Baghdad

On Sunday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, commented on the escalating steps taken by the demonstrators during the past hours and what they are preparing for during the coming hours after the end of the Nasiriyah deadline.  

“I respect the decision to escalate that the revolutionaries took,” said Al-Sadr, in a new tweet, published on his personal Twitter account.

He continued, “I hope that they are committed to peace, not to harm the security of the people, and to subject the country to a fierce civil war.”

“I respect the government’s decision – if any – to confront saboteurs and riots,” he added.

“But a distinction must be made between peaceful and saboteurs,” he said.

He stressed the necessity “not to force the crowd to confront them … this will harm them,” according to him.

He continued, “I also stress the speedy selection of a non-controversial candidate and submission to the President of the Republic, to be assigned to form a government.”

He said, “Stop politics, you guys, procrastinate, and a struggle for the sake of you is enough. Your people and Iraq are in danger.”

In conjunction with the end of the deadline for Nassiriya, which was announced by the city’s demonstrators a week ago, and supported by demonstrators in other governorates, the demonstrators stepped up the pace of their protest today, and this was represented by cutting off the road of Muhammad al-Qasim from the side of the nervous sentence hospital in central Baghdad, and paralyzing traffic in the city of Najaf, by cutting off The main roads, the closure of the Electricity Directorate and the Petroleum Products Department in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate, as well as cutting the Karbala-Najaf road and closing the Tax Department in Karbala and the Office of the Parliament.

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The Sadr alliance stresses: The prime minister’s crisis must be resolved today or tomorrow

January 19, 2020 | 1:54 PM   –

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Deputy Governor of the Alliance of Naji Idris Idris confirmed, on Sunday, that the meeting of the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, with the political blocs was not attended by a representative of the other, noting that the general situation is passing through the most dangerous stage and the crisis must be resolved today or tomorrow.

Idriss said in a press statement that “The Alliance of Walkers announced a long time ago that he will not participate in any meeting regarding the selection of a new prime minister, but we will not oppose any choice, provided that it is independent and acceptable from the street and good reference and according to its specifications.”

He added that “yesterday’s meeting at the President’s house of the political blocs did not attend any representative of the other people,” noting that “the information I personally obtained about yesterday’s meeting is the failure to reach agreement on a specific personality.”

Idris warned the political blocs of “entering into a major impasse because the general situation is going through the most dangerous stage of popular congestion, and the government crisis today or tomorrow must be resolved in the most extreme cases.”

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A leader in the crowd warns of a “continuous escalation” in the street with the approach of “two million chest” .. These people want to create chaos

 Politics    01/19/2020 17:50  1368          

Baghdad today – Diyala

The leader of the Popular Mobilization Committee, Adel Al-Karawi, confirmed on Sunday 19/1-2020 that the escalation on the line of demonstrations in Baghdad and some provinces is expected for several days, while he warned parties that want to create chaos, he said before the millionth demonstration to be held next Friday.

Al-Karawi said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that “the escalation witnessed by Baghdad and the rest of the provinces by a small group that penetrated peaceful demonstrations is expected several days ago after setting next Friday a date for the million demonstration to expel the American occupier as the first responsible for what is happening in the country being the biggest corrupt He is the one who tries to mix cards and stir up discord. ”

Al-Karaawi added, “The peaceful demonstration that aims to change and reform strongly supports and we see that the protests remain in their specific locations is a positive thing to push the political process towards the desired change for all components, but what happened today is very negative, especially cutting the main roads and preventing official working hours in large educational and service institutions in addition to To overtake and burn one of the political headquarters, let alone to seriously offend the images of the martyrs of the popular crowd, especially the image of the martyr commander Abu Mahdi, the engineer who gave his soul as an offering for the homeland and belief. ”

Al-Karaawi pointed out that “there is a category that penetrates the demonstrations, which tries to offend all the lofty meanings for them. What happened today is the measure of that category that the real peaceful demonstrators must produce and remove from the scene because their goal is to burn the country and push it to the abyss to forgive God,” noting that “the escalation will continue with Close to the millionth demonstration of the expulsion of the occupier, because this group understands that expelling America will reveal its papers, and this is why it seeks to cause any chaos or confusion to prevent the demonstration or delay, and this will never happen. ”

Al-Karawi said that “the Friday demonstration is for all Iraqis and its legitimate demands to expel the American occupier, indicating that they represent the demands of all components, and whoever tries to harm this demonstration or escalation in order to postpone it means that it represents an instrument in the hands of the occupier, and this is what must be paid attention to by the Iraqi public opinion.”

In conjunction with the imminent end of the deadline for Nasiriyah, which was announced by the demonstrators of the city a week ago, and supported by demonstrators in other provinces, the demonstrators stepped up the pace of their protests today, and this was represented by cutting off Muhammad al-Qasim Road from the side of the nervous sentence hospital in central Baghdad, and paralyzing traffic in the city of Najaf, by cutting off The main roads, the closure of the Electricity Directorate and the Petroleum Products Department in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate, as well as cutting the Karbala-Najaf road and closing the Tax Department in Karbala and the Office of the Parliament.

Earlier in the day, a security source said that gunmen in civilian clothes shot live demonstrators near a government building in Diwaniya, before an army force intervened to protect the protesters and arrest the militants.

The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, had called on Tuesday (January 14, 2020) for a united million demonstration to reject the American presence.

Then, the Secretary General of Asaib Ahl al-Haqq, Qais al-Khazali, called for a popular stance to reject the American presence. Meanwhile, the representative of the Sadqoun bloc affiliated with the “Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Movement”, Naim al-Aboudi, called for leaving the differences and descending with a united flag, which is the flag of the homeland, as he put it.

The head of the Al-Fateh coalition, Hadi al-Amiri, announced his support for the million-dollar demonstration called by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, against the American presence, while sending a message to the Iraqi people.

In turn, the Secretary-General of the Brigades of the Martyrs Brigades, Abu Alaa Al-Walai, saw that the “millionth” demonstration was the first Ghaith, while he warned that the next one would not leave the place of the American embassy.

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Will Masoud Barzani intervene to end the crisis of choosing the prime minister in Iraq, and how acceptable is it?

 Politics    01/20/1920 18:54  1063          

Baghdad today – Baghdad

Imad Bajlan, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani, confirmed on Sunday (19 January 2020) that his party leader will not fail in any solution that could quell sedition and end the escalation taking place in the federal capital Baghdad and the central and southern governorates.

Baglan said to (Baghdad today) that “Barzani is a figure respected by all parties, and Erbil is always the touchstone to solve all the problems between the conflicting parties.”

He added, “In 2010, when the formation of the Iraqi government was delayed by 9 months, Masoud Barzani intervened with a national political initiative, bringing together the various parties and the government was formed.”

He added that “Barzani will not hesitate if there is a desire by the Shiite parties to arbitrate Barzani for mediation, as he is concerned with Iraqi blood and the occurrence of problems and greater temptation that will lead to the collapse of the security and political situation.”

He pointed out that “the continuous escalation and tension of the situation will affect all cities of Iraq, including the Kurdistan region, so a suitable method of solution must be found.”

In conjunction with the end of the deadline for Nassiriya, which was announced by the city’s demonstrators a week ago, and supported by demonstrators in other governorates, the demonstrators stepped up the pace of their protest today, and this was represented by cutting off the road of Muhammad al-Qasim from the side of the nervous sentence hospital in central Baghdad, and paralyzing traffic in the city of Najaf, by cutting off The main roads, the closure of the Electricity Directorate and the Petroleum Products Department in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate, as well as cutting the Karbala-Najaf road and closing the Tax Department in Karbala and the Office of the Parliament.

Earlier in the day, a security source said that gunmen in civilian clothes shot live demonstrators near a government building in Diwaniya, before an army force intervened to protect the protesters and arrest the militants.

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He should cancel it .. Sheikh Ali: Al-Sadr demonstration is funded by the “state” and supported by the “militia”

19-01-2020 06:51 PM

The House of Representatives sets next Wednesday as the date for its session

Time: 1/19/2020 5:25 PM

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Council of Representatives has set next Wednesday, the date for a session after today’s session turned into deliberation because the quorum was not complete.

A representative source said to {Al Furat News} that “after the end of the deliberative session, the Council of Representatives has set, next Wednesday, a date for its session.”

The source added, “The session will be at one in the afternoon.” is over

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Integrity reveals its report regarding salary localization and contracting with e-payment companies

Baghdad / … The Prevention Department at the Integrity Commission revealed, on Sunday, its report regarding the settlement of the salaries of state employees and contracting with electronic payment companies, calling on the central bank not to grant a license to these companies only after verification of the availability of all requirements, especially with regard to the management of anti-operations Money laundering and terrorist financing.

The Integrity Commission said in a statement received by “Eye of Iraq News” that “the department, in its report on the visits made by its team to the central bank and the Rafidain and Rashid banks, recommended the central bank to stop the work of the license and cancel it against companies that prove its default based on its powers stipulated in Electronic Payment Services Regulation No. (3 of 2014), after which the competent authority is concerned with the subject of electronic payment.

The report, a copy of which was sent to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the Parliamentary and Integrity Committees and the offices of the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank, according to the statement, “The central bank obliges banks to provide customers with IBAN numbers as the localization account is an ongoing account to complete withdrawals and deposits and to remain On the same account after referring the employee to retirement, “explaining that” it is the responsibility of the Banking Control Department at the Central Bank to provide the money laundering office with suspicious reports regarding money laundering and terrorist financing, so that the office in turn takes the necessary measures. ”

And the report monitored, “The Ministry of Education and the Interior did not implement the content of Cabinet Resolution No. (281 of 2018) which included the employee’s right to choose a bank accredited to the Central Bank in the process of localizing salaries after circulating offers not less than (10) banks operating in the Emiratization system, calling The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to confirm the ministries need to adhere to this. ”

The report pointed out, “The banks associated with the national division do not comply with the Central Bank’s instructions to increase the number of ATMs and provide at least one ATM per 1,000 cards issued by the bank, in addition to the central bank not taking the necessary measures against a smart card company; For violating work according to the laws and instructions in force throughout its years of operation, bearing in mind that the company deals with more than five million citizens, in addition to the opening of accounts by another company without listing accounting restrictions that support what is included in the financial position; For the purpose of selling ” . Finished 2

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In the document .. the agenda of today’s parliament session

Baghdad / … the House of Representatives announced, on Sunday, the agenda of its session to be held today, Sunday.

A parliamentary source said, “The agenda included a vote on the Iraqi Commission for Accreditation Law proposal and the first reading of the draft law on the Council of Ministers and Ministries, and a proposal for a law to amend the First Law of Judicial Supervision Authority No. 29 of 2016.”
 
He added, “The agenda included the first reading of the proposed law to repeal the Revolutionary Command Council (dissolved) Resolution No. 218 of 2002, the first reading of the draft law for the third amendment to the Great Imam College Law No. 19 of 1997, and the first reading of the proposed law for the first amendment of the Law of the Urban and Regional Planning Center No. 116 For the year 1971, in addition to general discussions. ”

 
Last Tuesday, the Presidency of the House of Representatives decided to lift the parliament session to next Sunday. Finished 2

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