Walkingstick: Deputy: Parliament Select 10 days to study the candidates for cabinet reshuffle
31/3/2016
deputy for the National Alliance said that the House of Representatives Select 10 days to study the biographies of the list of candidates submitted by the Prime Minister Haider al – Abadi in a cabinet reshuffle.
Said Harith al-Harthy told all of Iraq [where] that “the parliament select months for a change in the independent bodies and special grades and deputy ministers, military leaders and all the positions that are managed by proxy” .anthy
http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=34396
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Samson: Border crossings: 36 billion revenue for the three months
The head of the Interior Ministry’s border major general Samy, Thursday, the arrival of border revenues to 36 billion Iraqi dinars within two months.
He said Sudan/News/balances, “border revenues reached the first month up to 1/3 to 36 billion Iraqi dinars within two months”, adding that “these revenues into the State Treasury, Ministry of finance.
He added, “there are some ports is down but these revenues included Central and southern ports.”
The parliamentary Finance Committee, earlier, about corruption in large border where some change tariff rates for imported materials customs to mas’alah Iraq. LINK
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Walkingsticck: US official hints at allowing Iran to deal in dollars
Thursday, March 31
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Jack Liu seeks as it seems to pave the way for allowing Iran to deal in dollars , despite stiff opposition from Congress after the historic agreement signed with the West last year to curb its nuclear program in return for lifting the sanctions. In a speech in Washington, the American minister warned against excessive use of financial sanctions, which could weaken the role of the United States and the dollar in world markets.
He told the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace “We must be aware of the risks involved in the excessive use of sanctions, which could weaken the leadership position in the global economy and the effectiveness of the sanctions themselves.” On the other hand we must not get carried away “easily” behind the sanctions.
The minister acknowledged that Washington must be “ready to ease sanctions when you give a result” despite the fact that it is difficult in the case of Iran. After the historic agreement signed in July 2015 between the major powers to lift the related sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, Liu stressed that Tehran was “committed to its promise.”
He added that in contrast, the responsibility of the United States’ commitment to its promise. ” At the same time Jack Liu reiterated that the sanctions are not related to the nuclear issue against Iran and related supporting terrorism and regional instability “still exist.” He stressed that the US administration has interpreted to foreign business circles that can be done in Iran, referring implicitly to the European banking concern in particular.
Ray Marek Dopoviz expert at the Defense of Democracies Foundation that the conflict of the minister’s position suggests that the US administration is preparing to carry out “major concession to the Iranians by allowing them to conduct transactions in dollars,” a change that will be meet stiff opposition in Congress. He said in response to questions from AFP, “It is clear to me that the administration seriously consider the issue of allowing Iran to use the dollar in commercial transactions.” Battle in Congress slit basic respect to indirect transfers currently prohibited, which allows banks to Iranian and foreign remittances in dollars.
These transfers banned in November 2008. In the last week warned the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives Ed Royce in a letter to President Barack Obama that some permits could allow carry out these transfers in dollars. Marc Dopoviz and see that the tone of the Exchequer, “opens the door to ease restrictions in the future” while the Government of the Islamic Republic take on the United States not lifting sanctions, “only on paper”.
He accused the Supreme Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week in Washington “not to respect its commitments,” stressing that Europe is reluctant to do business with Iran, “fear” of the United States. But according to Patrick Clawson, director of research at the Washington Institute specialist on the Middle East, the Treasury secretary’s remarks reveal “an internal political battle with Congress.” He saw the open door to ease sanctions on Iran “would be difficult to manage.”
And the intervention of Secretary of the Treasury not only aims to “prevent Congress from imposing new sanctions” against Iran. He stressed that if the administration considered “that has a problem with the sanctions regime and the difficulties in the filed after the state’s commitment to the pledges, they should talk about Burma, for example,” recalling that many of the sanctions are still imposed on this country, despite the democratization process
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