The Council of Ministers comes out with a package of decisions
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Today, Thursday, June 27, 2024, the Council of Ministers issued new decisions in its compensatory session held to compensate for the session delayed due to the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Today, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired the twenty-sixth regular session of the Council of Ministers, the second during this week, in compensation for the session that was postponed due to the Eid Al-Adha holiday.
The session witnessed discussion of all general topics in the country, and follow-up of service and economic files, especially those related to implementing the government program. The items on the agenda were also discussed, and the necessary decisions were taken regarding them.
During the session, the Prime Minister directed the formation of a committee from the Investment Authority, the Advisory Board in the Prime Minister’s Office, the Coordinator of Governorate Affairs, and the Legal Department in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, to study the proposed amendments to the Investment Law.
Al-Sudani also directed the ministries to activate the memoranda of understanding that were signed with Turkey during the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Iraq.
Within the framework of the government’s treatment of the electricity file and the development of direct solutions, approval was given for the Ministry of Electricity to contract with private sector companies to provide an additional amount of energy, due to the summer peak load, using the “Take and Pay” method, according to the equation proposed by the Ministry of Electricity, for a period of 3 months, extendable according to the system’s needs, and according to financial powers.
As well as approving the exception of the petroleum products distribution company, for the purpose of contracting with a tanker company to transport operational fuel to private sector stations; In order to be able to begin transporting fuel as quickly as possible, and to begin preparing electrical power for the national system
Based on the government’s approach to completing lagging projects, and to prevent wasting public money, the Council of Ministers approved the following:
First: Changing the name of the project (Rehabilitation of the original Khalidiya Unified Water Project with a capacity of 250 m3/hour in Anbar Governorate/ World Bank emergency loan/ Additional financing), to become (Rehabilitation of the original Khalidiya Unified Water Project with a capacity of 250 m3/hour, and the expansion with a capacity of 200 m3/). An hour in Anbar Governorate/emergency loan - additional financing), with an increase in the total cost of the project.
Second: Creating a component (completing the establishment of scientific departments in the Technical Agricultural College/University of Mosul), and increasing the total cost of the project.
In order to complete the requirements of the strategic joint seawater project, the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Energy (24054 T) for the year 2024 was approved as follows:
1. Excluding the joint seawater project tenders and the project consultant tender (CSSP) of ILF Company from the contracting methods stipulated in the Government Contracts Implementation Instructions (2 of 2014) and excluding them from the application of the standard document.
2. Excluding the tenders for the Joint Seawater Project and the tender for the Project Consultant (CSSP) ILF Company and the consultants from the instructions to facilitate the implementation of the federal general budget for the years (2023-2024-2025).
3. The project is included in the aforementioned paragraphs (1 and 2) of Cabinet Resolution (23700 of 2023).
Within the framework of the government’s special work to care for heritage landmarks, the Council approved the recommendations of the Joint Committee for Heritage Schools, as stated in the Ministry of Education’s letter dated November 27, 2023, as follows:
1. Referring the two schools (Al-Futowa and Quraish) to demolition and reconstruction, in the traditional form and style specified by the joint committee.
2. Including Al-Kadhimiya Elementary School, Al-Mufid Elementary School, Al-Kadhimiya Intermediate School for Boys, and Al-Kadhimiya Intermediate School for Girls in maintenance and restoration work.
3. The Ministry of Education coordinates between itself and the Ministry of Finance to provide the required amounts for (12 schools) included in the plan to develop the holy city of Kadhimiya, by making the required transfer in accordance with the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal years (2023 - 2024 - 2025).
In the course of the government’s policy under the auspices of all components in Iraq, the Council voted on the following:
First: Approval of the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Social Services (24018H) regarding the transfer of ownership of the properties whose details are listed below to the Office of Endowments of the Christian, Yazidi, and Sabian-Mandaean Religions, according to the following:
1. Transfer of ownership of real estate (2/6716 Al-Katoun – Diyala/Mandi of the Sabean-Mandaean sect), (10/2 Al-Sikka wa Al-Kaf/Al-Muqdadiya – Diyala cemetery of the Sabean-Mandaean sect), (1/473 especially Temari – Kirkuk Mandi of the Sabean-Mandaean sect) without allowance. Based on the provisions of the Law of the Religious Endowments Bureau (58 of 2012).
2. Transfer of ownership of real estate (2/456 Al-Khar/Baghdad Mandi of the Sabian-Mandaean sect), (48/24 Abu Tararid Al-Diwaniyah, cemetery of the Sabian-Mandaean sect), (34/3 Al-Zubayr/Basra, cemetery of the Sabian-Mandaean sect) without compensation, based on the provisions of the Ownership Law Piazzas and Buildings (3 of 1960).
The Minister of Construction, Housing and Municipalities is responsible for transferring the ownership of the two properties (180/54990/Al-Nasiriyah, the cemetery of the Sabean-Mandaean sect), (1/123 Souq Al-Shuyoukh/Al-Nasiriyah, the cemetery of the Sabean-Mandaean sect) without compensation, based on Legislative Resolution (693 of 1973).
4. Transfer of ownership of the property (13/430 Al-Karkh/Baghdad) for a fee, based on the provisions of the State Property Sale and Lease Law (21 of 2013) as amended.
Second: The transfer of ownership above shall be in accordance with what is stated above, restricted by the conditions of endowment lands, with a commitment to the uses of the lands without changing them.
Third: The Ministry of Finance shall, within (30) working days, maximum from the date of issuance of this decision, submit a study to the Council of Ministers to settle the rights arising from the two properties numbered (3/6578 Waziriya/Baghdad Social Club), and (1/Al-Sayyada/Kirkuk Cemetery of the Mandaean Community), and to state the extent of the possibility of transferring their ownership to the aforementioned Diwan.
In support of the government for the work of the private sector, paragraph (4) of the recommendation of the Council of Advisors was approved regarding addressing problems and obstacles to work in the private industrial sector, which includes taking the necessary measures to grant a period of (6) months to all industrialists who have previous debts to any government agency. To review and settle debts and benefit from Cabinet Resolution (23188 of 2023). Failure to pay debts within a period of (6) months is not considered an obstacle to promoting their transactions.
This decision shall be implemented from the date of its issuance.
In the field of health care and its projects, the Council of Ministers approved what was stated in the Ministry of Health’s letter dated June 27, 2024, excluding Nineveh Governorate from the instructions for implementing government contracts (2 of 2014), and granting the Nineveh Governor the authority to direct a direct invitation to a consulting office for the purpose of reviewing and approving designs, and supervising the implementation of the (Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital) project, implemented within the emergency support budget.
Approval of what was stated in the letter of the Ministry of Health regarding the settlement of the amounts related to the commitment agreement for Iraq with the COVAX facility, which was cancelled in exchange for paying the termination fees for the agreement with the manufacturers (GAVI), as all amounts due to Iraq are paid in one payment within 20 days of notifying (GAVI) of that, provided that the payment is 78.5% of the total amount due, which is equivalent to 6.546 million dollars, according to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization voluntarily.
The Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the Diwani Order Committee (23603), which was formed under the direction of the Prime Minister, in light of what was presented in the session held on June 4, which included reviewing the lawyers’ fees stipulated in the amended Lawyers’ Law (173 of 1965), to become as follows:
First: Keeping the text of Paragraph (2/First/A) of Article (63) of the current Lawyers’ Law as stated in the text.
Second: Amending paragraphs (b, c, d) of the aforementioned text in (First) to read as follows:
B. Not less than (25 thousand dinars) only, and not more than (150 thousand dinars) in a lawsuit of unlimited value, and a criminal lawsuit in which there is a civil claimant.
C. An amount of (5%) of the value of the consideration awarded in expropriation claims, provided that it is not less than (25 thousand dinars) only, and not more than (150 thousand dinars).
Dr . Not less than (25 thousand dinars) only, and not more than (75 thousand dinars), borne by the state treasury for the assigned lawyer in accordance with the provisions of Article (144) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (23 of 1971).
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