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Access Shabibi and Ugaili to Parliament for debate a resolution to link independent bodies Cabinet

Arrived in the heads of the Commission and the Commission for Information, Communications and integrity and the Governor of the Central Bank, on Tuesday, to building Iraqi Council of Representatives to participate in today's meeting and discuss the decision of the Federal Court decision to link independent bodies of the Cabinet rather than parliament.

A source in the Information Service of the Council of Representatives in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "Central Bank Governor Sinan al-Shabibi and Chairman of the Electoral Commission for elections Faraj al-Haidari and Chairman of the Integrity Commission Rahim Ugaili and the Chief of Information and Communications Burhan Al-Shawi and arrived at the parliament building."

The source, who requested anonymity, that "the heads of the Commission will discuss with members of the Parliament's decision the Federal Court decision to link independent bodies of the Cabinet rather than parliament."

The House of Representatives decided, the first on Sunday, hosting the heads of the Integrity Commission Rahim Ugaili and the Electoral Commission Faraj al-Haidari and the media and communications and Central Bank Governor Sinan Alcbyibi at its twenty-seventh, to be held on Tuesday, to discuss the issue of linking independent bodies of the Council of Ministers, rather than the House of Representatives.

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Iraqi demands to accelerate again in the appointment of a Minister for Electricity

renewed Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi's claim Thursday to speed up the appointment of a minister of electricity to solve the problem of the deterioration in power several years ago amid expectations of an increase in the exports of the country's oil.

position of Iraq, after the previous statements of its candidate to fill the bag was considered the worldwide abolition of electricity Ziad where to save Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki filled the position of "unjustified", pointing out that there is a near consensus of most of the blocks on the leadership of the Ministry. The MP said Alaa Makki, a Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "to accelerate the appointment of a minister of electricity and the implementation of the contracts entered into years ago and stopped, are important to resolve the crisis of electricity."

And the granting of the Iraqi parliament in December last, the confidence to Maliki's government after painstaking negotiations which lasted several months, while the deputies voted a big majority in favor of 33 ministers out of 42 ministerial portfolios comprising the government, while the remaining other ministries vacant has not been decided is a number of them so far. The Iraqi List of nine ministries, in addition to the posts of Vice-President and Ministers, and the presidency of the National Council for the strategic policy.

The Mackie "I have been paid large sums of money in order to import equipment, tools and equipment and all that would provide electric power, and have found that many of these devices do not work and not enough (to meet the shortfall in energy), as well as a lot of contracts that have been frozen and led to a negative impact in the provision of electricity. "

He wondered, "Why does not end with the Prime Minister and Minister of choice for electricity?".

And several Iraqi cities were seen in the summer of last year, the most widespread protests in the province of Basra because of the electricity crisis, and claimed the lives of many, and forced the Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid to resign for "failure" in the provision of electricity to the population. Mekki said that "Iraq put a question mark on the subject of selection and Minister of Electricity and calls once again to the need to accelerate the acceptance of one of the candidates and efficient for this ministry, to reform this sector."

Did not succeed to the oil-rich Iraq now is to solve the power crisis in spite of expectations to increase its oil exports to four million barrels per day year-end. And suffer the electricity network in the whole of Iraq from a lack of energy production over the past years due to exposure stations and transport networks to major damage when the invasion of Iraq in 2003, followed by acts of sabotage by armed groups.

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Electricity Ministry to add 1,200 megawatts to Iraqi national grid in summer

The Electricity Ministry should be able to add 1,200 megawatts to the national grid once the repairs and maintenance of several power stations in the country is completed, according to a government official.

The claim, made by Musaab Mudaris, the ministry’s spokesman, comes as many Iraqi cities like Baghdad hardly enjoy two hours of uninterrupted power supplies.

But Mudaris said the repairs were of a scale that should improve supplies during the hot summer season in which demand peaks.

Four major power stations were mentioned by Mudaris to have undergone major repairs: Baiji, Musayab, Qudus and Nasiriya.

However, Mudaris did not make clear whether the 1,200 megawatts are a part of the plants’ original capacity or the result of reconstruction.

Seven years after U.S. invasion and billions of dollars in investments, Iraqis still have less electricity than in the months preceding the fall of Baghdad to U.S. troops in 2003.

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2011 budget contains positive aspects for provinces – minister

The 2011 budget contains several positive aspects for the interests of provinces, said Minister of Finance Rafie al-Issawi during a visit to the southern Iraq province of Basra on Thursday.

“Our discussions with the governor of Basra revolved around two points: the 2011 budget for Basra that must be transformed into Iraq’s economic capital, and the finance ministry’s plans to activate its role in the areas of pensions, taxes, customs and banking,” Issawi said in a conference at the Basra province office.

“We have emphasized some measures, including the need to avoid depriving Basra from petrodollars as well as investment projects,” he added.

The oil-rich port city of Basra, Iraq’s only outlet to waterways, lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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Iraq's Deputy PM confers with U.S. Consul on development of country's agriculture

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, Saleh al-Mutlaq, has conferred in Baghdad on Thursday with the U.S. Embassy's Agricultural Consul and his accompanying delegation, means of developing the agricultural sector in the country, according to a statement by the Deputy Prime Minister's office.

"Both sides have held a meeting that concentrated on means of developing of the agricultural sector and to find solutions for the problems of peasants in Iraq, along with the activation of the Agricultural Memo, concluded between the Iraqi and the U.S.
governments, being part of the Strategic Agreement, concluded between both countries," the statement pointed out.

"The meeting had also discussed possibility for opening new horizons for cooperation between Baghdad and Washington in the fields of agricultural mechanisation and guidance, as well as the use of modern means for irrigating agricultural areas and the development of technical and engineering expertise for the Iraqi cadres working in the agricultural sector," the statement added.

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Rep. Ashwaq dry: interventions of the Federal Court raised the fears of looting his legislative Parliament

Expressed MP Ashwaq dry Kurdistan Alliance forces for fear members of the House of Representatives of the interventions by the Federal Court to take away the legislative authority of Parliament.

The dry, told the independent press (Iba) will be at today's meeting to discuss the decisions of the Federal Court decisions which included the abolition of the House of Representatives of the Ministry of Municipalities and on the disengagement of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

And considered these resolutions are a challenge to the House of Representatives and the looting of his worth, the legislative law-making under the pretext of Ministers informed of the laws, noting that the rules of procedure of the Council give him the right in the legislation of the law and the right of the Cabinet and the Presidency of the Republic laws and legislation presented to the House of Representatives.

She explained that the dry content of the two laws take away the right of the House legislation, despite the presence of certain substances in the rules of procedure give the right of the ten deputies, or any committee in the Parliament a draft law proposal progress.

She stressed that the interpretation of the Federal Court could spark a revolt in the House of Representatives.

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Trade exchange between Germany, Iraq down to 400 million euro

German Development Minister Dirk Niebel said on Wednesday that his country seeks to increase its trade exchange with Iraq, noting that the trade exchange went down from 4 billion euro to 400 million in 2010.

This came during a press conference held at Rotana hotel in Kurdistan, where he held talks with President Massoud Barzani, Prime Minister Barham Saleh.

The minister asserted that his country will expand its activities in Kurdistan region and will send experts to Arbil to help developing human development programs in the region and in Iraq.

“The German development agency will open an office in Arbil next May,” he noted.

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A judicial source: Federal Court under the pressures and fears the intersection with the government

Said a senior judicial source who declined to be named, said no one can appeal the decision of the Federal Supreme Court on the last independent bodies as binding decisions.

The source told the newspaper that the term of the Iraqi judiciary is always exposed to the pressures of government, noting that the Court has greatly expanded its interpretation of the resolution, because the constitutional text speaks of services unrelated to a ministry and not independent bodies with the latter being governed by a special law. The source indicated that the current Iraqi judiciary is still working according to the old approach, which fears the government violation, as well as the pressures of politicians who have direct contact with the supervisors of the judges had any issue in order to pressure them.

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Parliament adjourns session until Saturday

The Iraqi Parliament adjourned its session until next Saturday to discuss the decision of the federal court, a lawmaker from the Kurdistan blocs alliance said on Thursday.

“The session has been adjourned until Saturday (Feb. 5) to discuss the Federal Court’s decision and those looting states’ properties,” Najieba Najieb told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

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House of Representatives raises its 28th to Saturday

Raised the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, Thursday, today's meeting of 28 to Saturday, while the source confirmed that the Council issued a statement announcing the support of all power for the people of Egypt, has also been discussion of the Federal Court decision on the mechanism of the submission of proposals and draft laws.

A source in the Information Service of the Council in an interview with "Alsumaria News", "House Speaker Osama Nujaifi adjournment of the meeting the usual 28, which was held today, attended by 250 deputies, to next Saturday."

The source, who requested anonymity, that "the Council issued a statement announcing the support of all power for the people of Egypt and young people seeking freedom," noting that "the head of the National Alliance in parliament, Ibrahim al-Jaafari gave a speech on the occasion of the death of the Prophet (r) and current events in Egypt , then read out a statement on the Keywords Deputy Commission of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of the anniversary of the death of the Prophet (r), where he presented his condolences to the Islamic world and the Iraqi people. "

The source pointed out that "the Council discussed the Federal Court decision on the mechanism of the submission of proposals and draft laws," pointing out that "the President of the Council stressed that the topic will be discussed by the committee formed by the Board for consideration of the decisions of the Federal Court."

The source explained that "the Council also discussed the reality of power and the need to create a thermal plants instead of gas stations with a simple course."

The session saw today the election of MP for the Iraqi List, Abd Dhiab Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education and Scientific Research, Abd al-Hadi al-Hakim as his deputy, was elected as MP for the National Alliance Adel Fahd Alhurcab Chairman of the Education Committee, Alaa Makki, his deputy, as was elected to the Committee of Youth and Sports Deputy Said Messenger Khoshnaw its chairman, Ali Abdul Rahman Our Books as his deputy, was elected as Hamed Ahmed vegetative Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, water and beauty of watermelon as his deputy, as was elected to the Committee of the Regions and Governorates MP block change Mohammad Kayani, Chairman of the Committee and Mansour al-Tamimi as his deputy, was elected MP for the meeting of Yassin Chairperson of the National Coalition for Health and Environment Committee and Hamza Alkrtani her deputy.

The Council of Representatives of Iraq, this morning, its the 28, headed by Speaker Osama Najafi and the presence of 250 deputies, while the source confirmed in parliament that the meeting would discuss the issue of the Federal Court decision on the mechanism of the submission of proposals and draft laws and discuss the reality of power.

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