The Council of Ministers votes on the draft service and retirement law for the Mujahideen of the Pop

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[size=52]The Council of Ministers votes on the draft service and retirement law for the Mujahideen of the Popular Mobilization Forces... Al-Sudani directs to hold an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers next Sunday to discuss the budget schedules[/size]

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05/15/2024
The Council of Ministers decided to proceed with the procedures for evacuating and opening the military zone in the Holy Kadhimiya, and while it voted yesterday, Tuesday, on the draft service and retirement law for the Mujahideen of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani directed that an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers be held next Sunday to discuss the budget schedules.
Yesterday, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers held its twentieth regular session, headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, while it issued a number of decisions, including those related to education and printing school books.
The media office of Al-Sudani’s office stated in a statement that the latter “chaired the twentieth regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which the general situation in the country was discussed, and a number of vital files included within the government’s program were discussed, in addition to considering the topics on the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them.”
The statement added that the Prime Minister directed that an extraordinary session of the Council be held next Sunday, May 19, to discuss the federal budget schedules for the year 2024. He also directed the formation of a committee headed by a representative of the Ministry of Planning and the membership of representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Council of Advisors, the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, and the Public Service Council. The Federal Government will undertake a re-examination of the draft law on the Public Service Institute, and will submit its recommendations within one working month to the Council of Ministers to take the appropriate decision.
The Council of Ministers continued to discuss other topics on its agenda. In appreciation of the great sacrifices made by members of the Popular Mobilization Forces in defending Iraq against terrorist gangs, along with the rest of our security forces, “the Council voted on the draft service and retirement law for the Mujahideen of the Popular Mobilization Authority; Which was examined by the Council of State and referred to the House of Representatives, based on the provisions of the Constitution, taking into account the observations of the Legal Department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, after an extensive discussion in the presence of the Chairman of the Popular Mobilization Forces, and officials of the Authority, who were hosted in the Council of Ministers.” .
Based on the directives of the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, issued in February 2023, “the Council of Ministers approved proceeding with the procedures for evacuating and opening the military zone (what is known as the Fifth Division) in the holy city of Kadhimiya, and converting its land into recreational, educational, and cultural facilities, hotels, hospitals, health and medical centers, and sports stadiums.” And a civil defense center, and cities for visitors, according to an integrated architectural vision. A special conference will be held on this topic, and specialized international companies will be approved to implement these vital and important projects that will serve the city’s people and visitors.”
As part of implementing the government’s approach, which aims to restart lagging projects and address the problems and obstacles they face, the following was approved:
First: Changing the name of the project (Rehabilitation of the Martyr Othman Al-Obaidi Hall) to become (Rehabilitation of the Martyr Othman Al-Obaidi Hall - Method of Implementation is a secretariat), and increasing the cost. College for the project.
Secondly: Increasing the total cost and the amount of reserve for the project (constructing the second corridor of the road leading to the Tarmiyah district, with a length of 15 km).
Third: Increasing the total cost of the project (equipping, installing, inspecting and operating the Al-Kahla secondary mobile in Al-Kahla district).
Fourth: Creating a component (the remaining works for the project to expand the Tourism Department building in Holy Karbala/the Center).
In the field of the educational sector, and in order to speed up the process of printing school books and provide them with the required timing, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the audit committee regarding printing school books as follows:
1. Authorizing the Ministry of Education to assign (Al-Nahrain General Company) to complete the work of printing school books and notebooks, and excluding them. Of the contracting methods stipulated in the Instructions for Implementing Government Contracts (2 of 2014) before holding any tender, in order to exploit its full production capacity and rely exclusively on its machines, provided that the aforementioned ministry undertakes to provide full support to the company from the Central Education Fund to Al-Nahrain General Company in providing The amounts necessary to purchase the raw materials involved in the printing work at the specified times, to ensure the completion of contracts from the company, in light of the instructions and controls, and shall be spent from the Fund’s funds.
2. Referring the remaining and surplus capacity of the Al-Nahrain General Company, using the public tender method, to the public and private sector printers at an amount of (50%) for each, provided that a schedule worth two billion dinars is allowed for each company, without being restricted by the number of titles, and that the books reach the students within the timings. Determined before the start of the school year.
3. Obliging the Ministry of Education to adhere to the financial allocations included in the 2024 estimates tables upon contracting, and the Ministry of Finance must provide funding to ensure the Ministry of Education’s commitment to fulfilling its contractual obligations and delivering books to students within the specified times before the start of the academic year.
4. Continuation of implementation of Cabinet Resolution (23424 of 2023) so that the period between referral and signing of the contract is (5) working days for textbook printing contracts, without the need to issue a warning to the printing press that is reluctant to sign the contracts.
The Council of Ministers approved the following:
1. The Ministry of Oil contracted with the Military Industrialization Authority to purchase machinery from its financial allocations, provided that the amount required for the purchase, amounting to (76.150) billion dinars, would be divided among its extractive companies benefiting from the service of the Energy Police Directorate, in two stages:
-The first phase (43.65) billion dinars.
-The other stage (32.5) billion dinars, regarding the request for a rifle type (M4 Babel), will be considered later.
The Ministry of Oil will gift these mechanisms to the Ministry of the Interior for the purposes of the tasks of the Energy Police Directorate, in accordance with the provisions of the instructions to facilitate the implementation of the General Budget Law, as an exception to the requirement that these goods be not purchased during the current year, and surplus to the need of the concerned department, according to the authority stipulated in the aforementioned instructions. above.
2. Excluding self-financed, profitable oil companies from operating, from the Resolution of the Committee for the Restructuring of Public State-Owned Companies No. (1 of 2024), provided that the Ministry of the Interior is responsible for the integrity of the procedures, the formation of opening committees, the analysis of bids, and the preparation of estimated costs for the subject of the research decision.
A vote was also taken to stop the exceptions granted to the Ministry of Electricity pursuant to Council of Ministers Resolution (24049 of 2024), and any text that conflicts with this decision shall not be implemented.
The Council of Ministers reviewed the financial data tables for the state, based on the provisions of the amended Federal Financial Management Law (6 of 2019).
The Council also reviewed the annual report for 2023 of the Iraq Assets Recovery Fund, based on the provisions of Article (7) of the amended Iraq Assets Recovery Law (9 of 2012).[/size]
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