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Mawazine News - Baghdad
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired the 41st regular session of the Council of Ministers, one of two sessions held today, Tuesday, to compensate for the Council of Ministers session on September 24, due to his participation in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
A statement from al-Sudani's office received by Mawazine News stated that "the session witnessed the discussion of the general conditions throughout the country, and the discussion of a number of vital files, in addition to discussing the topics included on the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them."
In response to what was presented by one of the citizens affected by terrorist operations, the Council approved the following:
1- The Minister of Finance shall extinguish the debt owed by the citizen, based on the provisions of the first paragraph of Cabinet Resolution (23447 of 2023).
2- The National Retirement Authority shall expedite the completion of the retirement process.
3- The Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works shall allocate a housing unit for the citizen, among the units that will be transferred to the state in the new housing projects in Baghdad.
4- Keeping her residence in the house where she has lived for 44 years, and collecting a symbolic fee from her, as an exception to the public auction condition according to Article 39 of the Law on the Sale and Lease of State Property 21 of 2013, as amended.
The Prime Minister directed that “all cases that reach the offices of ministers and officials be dealt with in the same way, as he stressed the need to pay attention to them, address them, and not delay in resolving them, in order to do justice to citizens and solve their problems.”
In follow-up by the government to the relief efforts of our steadfast people in Palestine and Lebanon, the Council approved “allocating 3 billion dinars to the Ministry of Migration and Displacement, to provide services to Lebanese guests arriving in Iraq, from the emergency reserve, based on the provisions of the Federal General Budget Law, and exempting the aforementioned ministry from the contracting methods stipulated in the instructions for implementing government contracts, and the instructions for facilitating the implementation of the budget, and adding the category of Lebanese expatriates (guests of Iraq) to the tasks of the Higher Committee for the Relief of the Displaced, in coordination with the Higher Committee for Collecting Donations for the Relief of Gaza and Lebanon.”
Based on the Prime Minister's directives to provide health support to brotherly Lebanon, in light of the crisis it is currently going through, approval was given for the Ministry of Health to purchase aid in the form of medicines and medical supplies, as an exception to the contracting methods mentioned in Chapter Three of the Implementation of Government Contracts Instructions No. (2 of 2014).
In the energy field, the Council of Ministers approved granting the Ministry of Electricity the powers stated below for the purpose of contracting with Loxstone Energy to supply Turkmen gas to Iraq, via Iranian territory, through the swap mechanism, as follows:
- Exempting the contract from the instructions for implementing government contracts, the federal general budget for the three years, and the instructions for facilitating the budget law, as it is one of the important and urgent contracts for the continuity of the operation of power stations, given that the gas supplier is a government entity represented by the Turkmen Gas Company, with which a memorandum of understanding was previously signed pursuant to Cabinet Resolution (23519 of 2023).
- Adopting the prepayment mechanism required by the Turkmen Gas Company, and the Ministry of Finance shall secure the necessary financial allocations within the timeframes, and the government entity shall bear the payment of taxes and fees.
- Exempting the contract from the performance guarantee, similar to the Iranian gas contract, and that payment shall be made through transfers to the Turkmen Gas Company and Luxton Company, according to the mechanism recommended by the Trade Bank of Iraq, and not including the contract in the government debt collection law.
- The contract shall be subject to Swiss law, and the draft contract shall be approved on the basis of the sole offer.
The Council approved the principles of cooperation on energy in Iraq, between the Ministry of Electricity in the Republic of Iraq and Stellar Energy America Inc., without entering into any financial commitment.
Within the framework of government care for citizens deported from outside Iraq, the Council of Ministers approved the plan to support the reintegration of Iraqis deported from abroad, and to manage their affairs upon their return, after taking into account the observations presented in the meeting, which include:
A. Developing a description of those deported from abroad.
B. Coordination between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Migration and Displacement regarding the file of returning deportees.
C. Media awareness of illegal immigration.
D. Cancelling the activity (mentioned in the second axis of the plan) of reappointing the dismissed employees.
The Council approved amending its decisions (364 of 2022) and (23193 of 2023), as follows:
1. Paragraphs (2 and 3) of Cabinet Resolution (364 of 2022), and paragraphs (15 and 16) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023), shall be cancelled, to be replaced by (ownership shall be an exception to the provisions of public auction for a specified fee, based on Article (39) of the State Property Sale and Lease Law (21 of 2013) amended).
2. Amend paragraph (4) of Cabinet Resolution (364 of 2022) to read: (The relevant authorities shall take the necessary legal measures to change the different uses of the lands on which the houses are built in the Zorava (Al-Uruba) and Dahula (Al-Qadisiyah) complexes in the North District/Sinjar District, and the Tal Banat (Al-Walid) complex/Al-Qayrawan District/Sinjar District, in addition to the complexes mentioned in paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (364 of 2022), and they shall be owned by Iraqi citizens covered by the two aforementioned Cabinet Resolutions.
3. Amend paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023) to replace it with (The beneficiary shall be of Iraqi nationality, and occupy one of the lands on which residential houses are built in the residential complexes mentioned in paragraph 2 above).
4. Amend paragraph (4) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023) to read (The works documents prepared by the United Nations Organization - the United Nations Development Programme shall be approved. United Nations Human Settlements Organization (Habitat), in coordination and cooperation with the relevant government agencies as a document.
5. Amend paragraph (9) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023) to become (Taking the necessary measures to dissolve part of the lands on which the houses covered by the Cabinet Resolutions under discussion are built, according to the text of Instructions (9) of 1985).
6. Emphasizing the implementation of the content of the Prime Minister’s Office letter dated March 11, 2024, which includes the exemption of (1000) contracts, according to the Nineveh Governorate letter dated March 5, 2024.
Within the government approach to completing stalled and suspended projects, the Council of Ministers approved the following:
1- Increasing the reserve amount for the contracting project (building a school of 18 classes opposite the Al-Naimiyah checkpoint / Fallujah, Al-Mansour neighborhood) included within the components of the project (building (30) primary schools (18) classes, in Anbar Governorate: Al-Qaim, Haditha, Fallujah, Ramadi, Hit, Al-Karma).
2- Increasing the reserve amount and the total cost of the project (establishing a complex for the Najaf Ashraf Police Departments / Najaf Ashraf).
3- Including a project under the name (Supplementary works to establish Al-Hawija Hospital with a capacity of 200 beds) and reducing the cost of the component (building a general hospital in Al-Hawija with a capacity of 200 beds).
The Council of Ministers also approved imposing a customs duty on plastic granules, both ground and granulated, by 0.5%, and canceling the text related to imposing a zero limit on customs duties, contained in Cabinet Resolution (390 of 2019), and amending the fees contained in Cabinet Resolution (23188) of 2023, to be 0.5% instead of the zero limit.
Within the framework of government support for the education sector and its development, it was approved for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to acquire (100 dunums) of lands numbered 1/(15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 26)/17 doses and holes, belonging to the Iraqi General Cement Company, for a fee of (5,000) dinars per square meter by agreement of the two parties, to establish a university with an integrated educational complex in Al-Zawraa District.
It was also decided to cancel hosting the Institute of Arab History and Scientific Heritage, affiliated with the Union of Arab Historians in Iraq, for the reasons stated by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
In the agricultural sector, it was approved to continue working on paragraph ten of Cabinet Resolution (23486 of 2023) for the next season (2024-2025) in the service of comprehensive agricultural development.
A statement from al-Sudani's office received by Mawazine News stated that "the session witnessed the discussion of the general conditions throughout the country, and the discussion of a number of vital files, in addition to discussing the topics included on the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them."
In response to what was presented by one of the citizens affected by terrorist operations, the Council approved the following:
1- The Minister of Finance shall extinguish the debt owed by the citizen, based on the provisions of the first paragraph of Cabinet Resolution (23447 of 2023).
2- The National Retirement Authority shall expedite the completion of the retirement process.
3- The Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works shall allocate a housing unit for the citizen, among the units that will be transferred to the state in the new housing projects in Baghdad.
4- Keeping her residence in the house where she has lived for 44 years, and collecting a symbolic fee from her, as an exception to the public auction condition according to Article 39 of the Law on the Sale and Lease of State Property 21 of 2013, as amended.
The Prime Minister directed that “all cases that reach the offices of ministers and officials be dealt with in the same way, as he stressed the need to pay attention to them, address them, and not delay in resolving them, in order to do justice to citizens and solve their problems.”
In follow-up by the government to the relief efforts of our steadfast people in Palestine and Lebanon, the Council approved “allocating 3 billion dinars to the Ministry of Migration and Displacement, to provide services to Lebanese guests arriving in Iraq, from the emergency reserve, based on the provisions of the Federal General Budget Law, and exempting the aforementioned ministry from the contracting methods stipulated in the instructions for implementing government contracts, and the instructions for facilitating the implementation of the budget, and adding the category of Lebanese expatriates (guests of Iraq) to the tasks of the Higher Committee for the Relief of the Displaced, in coordination with the Higher Committee for Collecting Donations for the Relief of Gaza and Lebanon.”
Based on the Prime Minister's directives to provide health support to brotherly Lebanon, in light of the crisis it is currently going through, approval was given for the Ministry of Health to purchase aid in the form of medicines and medical supplies, as an exception to the contracting methods mentioned in Chapter Three of the Implementation of Government Contracts Instructions No. (2 of 2014).
In the energy field, the Council of Ministers approved granting the Ministry of Electricity the powers stated below for the purpose of contracting with Loxstone Energy to supply Turkmen gas to Iraq, via Iranian territory, through the swap mechanism, as follows:
- Exempting the contract from the instructions for implementing government contracts, the federal general budget for the three years, and the instructions for facilitating the budget law, as it is one of the important and urgent contracts for the continuity of the operation of power stations, given that the gas supplier is a government entity represented by the Turkmen Gas Company, with which a memorandum of understanding was previously signed pursuant to Cabinet Resolution (23519 of 2023).
- Adopting the prepayment mechanism required by the Turkmen Gas Company, and the Ministry of Finance shall secure the necessary financial allocations within the timeframes, and the government entity shall bear the payment of taxes and fees.
- Exempting the contract from the performance guarantee, similar to the Iranian gas contract, and that payment shall be made through transfers to the Turkmen Gas Company and Luxton Company, according to the mechanism recommended by the Trade Bank of Iraq, and not including the contract in the government debt collection law.
- The contract shall be subject to Swiss law, and the draft contract shall be approved on the basis of the sole offer.
The Council approved the principles of cooperation on energy in Iraq, between the Ministry of Electricity in the Republic of Iraq and Stellar Energy America Inc., without entering into any financial commitment.
Within the framework of government care for citizens deported from outside Iraq, the Council of Ministers approved the plan to support the reintegration of Iraqis deported from abroad, and to manage their affairs upon their return, after taking into account the observations presented in the meeting, which include:
A. Developing a description of those deported from abroad.
B. Coordination between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Migration and Displacement regarding the file of returning deportees.
C. Media awareness of illegal immigration.
D. Cancelling the activity (mentioned in the second axis of the plan) of reappointing the dismissed employees.
The Council approved amending its decisions (364 of 2022) and (23193 of 2023), as follows:
1. Paragraphs (2 and 3) of Cabinet Resolution (364 of 2022), and paragraphs (15 and 16) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023), shall be cancelled, to be replaced by (ownership shall be an exception to the provisions of public auction for a specified fee, based on Article (39) of the State Property Sale and Lease Law (21 of 2013) amended).
2. Amend paragraph (4) of Cabinet Resolution (364 of 2022) to read: (The relevant authorities shall take the necessary legal measures to change the different uses of the lands on which the houses are built in the Zorava (Al-Uruba) and Dahula (Al-Qadisiyah) complexes in the North District/Sinjar District, and the Tal Banat (Al-Walid) complex/Al-Qayrawan District/Sinjar District, in addition to the complexes mentioned in paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (364 of 2022), and they shall be owned by Iraqi citizens covered by the two aforementioned Cabinet Resolutions.
3. Amend paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023) to replace it with (The beneficiary shall be of Iraqi nationality, and occupy one of the lands on which residential houses are built in the residential complexes mentioned in paragraph 2 above).
4. Amend paragraph (4) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023) to read (The works documents prepared by the United Nations Organization - the United Nations Development Programme shall be approved. United Nations Human Settlements Organization (Habitat), in coordination and cooperation with the relevant government agencies as a document.
5. Amend paragraph (9) of Cabinet Resolution (23193 of 2023) to become (Taking the necessary measures to dissolve part of the lands on which the houses covered by the Cabinet Resolutions under discussion are built, according to the text of Instructions (9) of 1985).
6. Emphasizing the implementation of the content of the Prime Minister’s Office letter dated March 11, 2024, which includes the exemption of (1000) contracts, according to the Nineveh Governorate letter dated March 5, 2024.
Within the government approach to completing stalled and suspended projects, the Council of Ministers approved the following:
1- Increasing the reserve amount for the contracting project (building a school of 18 classes opposite the Al-Naimiyah checkpoint / Fallujah, Al-Mansour neighborhood) included within the components of the project (building (30) primary schools (18) classes, in Anbar Governorate: Al-Qaim, Haditha, Fallujah, Ramadi, Hit, Al-Karma).
2- Increasing the reserve amount and the total cost of the project (establishing a complex for the Najaf Ashraf Police Departments / Najaf Ashraf).
3- Including a project under the name (Supplementary works to establish Al-Hawija Hospital with a capacity of 200 beds) and reducing the cost of the component (building a general hospital in Al-Hawija with a capacity of 200 beds).
The Council of Ministers also approved imposing a customs duty on plastic granules, both ground and granulated, by 0.5%, and canceling the text related to imposing a zero limit on customs duties, contained in Cabinet Resolution (390 of 2019), and amending the fees contained in Cabinet Resolution (23188) of 2023, to be 0.5% instead of the zero limit.
Within the framework of government support for the education sector and its development, it was approved for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to acquire (100 dunums) of lands numbered 1/(15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 26)/17 doses and holes, belonging to the Iraqi General Cement Company, for a fee of (5,000) dinars per square meter by agreement of the two parties, to establish a university with an integrated educational complex in Al-Zawraa District.
It was also decided to cancel hosting the Institute of Arab History and Scientific Heritage, affiliated with the Union of Arab Historians in Iraq, for the reasons stated by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
In the agricultural sector, it was approved to continue working on paragraph ten of Cabinet Resolution (23486 of 2023) for the next season (2024-2025) in the service of comprehensive agricultural development.
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