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Iraq: government pre-empt popular protests urgent reform pledges
Thursday, 08/06/2015
BAGHDAD
Iraq's three presidencies confirmed during a meeting in Baghdad, "was devoted to discuss the concerns of the immediate citizens, where it was stressed the importance of making the doors of the three authorities wide open to receive and accept the demands and proposals of citizens in this regard, and the need to take urgent actions and decisions to ensure initiate real and fast and efficient processors serving the country and promote freedom, justice and provide opportunities for human life precious to all Iraqis, "as a presidential statement said yesterday after the meeting and participated in the meeting President Fuad Masum, the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri and Chief Justice Medhat al-Mahmoud, the Vice-President of the Republic Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, and Iyad Allawi and Osama Najafi and Deputy Prime Minister Bahaa al-Araji, Saleh al-Mutlaq, and Vice President of the House of Representatives Hamoudi.
The meeting stressed the need to work on "the reform of all institutions and organs of State" .. noting that "momentum is popular now gives more confidence and strength to take bold and decisive decisions in this direction in the fight against corruption and to address sagging some government facilities and other shortcomings."
The meeting recognized that ensuring security, stability and the rule of law and the protection of the democratic system are together solid foundation and the Secretary should everyone from the start to meet public legitimate in the security and service sides demands, especially without losing sight of the country at the height of the war against terrorism aimed at the destruction of Iraqi life all.
The meeting called for strengthening the frank dialogue, understanding and openness between the people and institutions of the requested State to continue to ensure that the interests of citizens, including daily on services and activating the role of receiving complaints from the public institutions as well as to emphasize that the State the task of working to meet the immediate needs of people solve their problems and to consider the demands of citizens, young people and dealing positive and fast with it. She pointed out that the presidential meeting pillow "complete openness in the exchange of views was agreed to hold a meeting soon to follow up on what was agreed upon and complete the discussion of pressing issues ".
The meeting came at a time when it was announced that the popular protests that emerged in Baghdad and various Iraqi cities last Friday against corruption and deterioration of services and power shortages could grow next Friday to confirm Mtalibha in the reform.
The source close to Haider al-Abadi "that the prime minister would not allow one to derail the recent actions taken by the related reductions of the three presidencies salaries and cutting programmed electrical power at all state officials.
The source explained," it was imposed programmed cutting electricity to all state officials, like other citizens, as The move of the three presidencies and special grades reduce the salaries of the procedures by which issued Abadi ".
In addition, Turkish authorities announced yesterday Hernakh border region with Iraq a "closed military zone", where a curfew and banned for two weeks in the wake of the recent strikes in the region against the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party sites.
He confirmed to the state of Hakkari, in southeastern Turkey, the curfew in the region starting from yesterday and until the nineteenth of this month.
In another military development of Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded Tuesday evening in an attack by gunmen belonging to the PKK exhibitions in the town of Silopi of the State of carrot near the Turkish border with Iraq, and three soldiers were killed in an attack by militants Workers' Party in Arakoa village of spend Hernaq.
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Thursday, 08/06/2015
BAGHDAD
Iraq's three presidencies confirmed during a meeting in Baghdad, "was devoted to discuss the concerns of the immediate citizens, where it was stressed the importance of making the doors of the three authorities wide open to receive and accept the demands and proposals of citizens in this regard, and the need to take urgent actions and decisions to ensure initiate real and fast and efficient processors serving the country and promote freedom, justice and provide opportunities for human life precious to all Iraqis, "as a presidential statement said yesterday after the meeting and participated in the meeting President Fuad Masum, the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri and Chief Justice Medhat al-Mahmoud, the Vice-President of the Republic Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, and Iyad Allawi and Osama Najafi and Deputy Prime Minister Bahaa al-Araji, Saleh al-Mutlaq, and Vice President of the House of Representatives Hamoudi.
The meeting stressed the need to work on "the reform of all institutions and organs of State" .. noting that "momentum is popular now gives more confidence and strength to take bold and decisive decisions in this direction in the fight against corruption and to address sagging some government facilities and other shortcomings."
The meeting recognized that ensuring security, stability and the rule of law and the protection of the democratic system are together solid foundation and the Secretary should everyone from the start to meet public legitimate in the security and service sides demands, especially without losing sight of the country at the height of the war against terrorism aimed at the destruction of Iraqi life all.
The meeting called for strengthening the frank dialogue, understanding and openness between the people and institutions of the requested State to continue to ensure that the interests of citizens, including daily on services and activating the role of receiving complaints from the public institutions as well as to emphasize that the State the task of working to meet the immediate needs of people solve their problems and to consider the demands of citizens, young people and dealing positive and fast with it. She pointed out that the presidential meeting pillow "complete openness in the exchange of views was agreed to hold a meeting soon to follow up on what was agreed upon and complete the discussion of pressing issues ".
The meeting came at a time when it was announced that the popular protests that emerged in Baghdad and various Iraqi cities last Friday against corruption and deterioration of services and power shortages could grow next Friday to confirm Mtalibha in the reform.
The source close to Haider al-Abadi "that the prime minister would not allow one to derail the recent actions taken by the related reductions of the three presidencies salaries and cutting programmed electrical power at all state officials.
The source explained," it was imposed programmed cutting electricity to all state officials, like other citizens, as The move of the three presidencies and special grades reduce the salaries of the procedures by which issued Abadi ".
In addition, Turkish authorities announced yesterday Hernakh border region with Iraq a "closed military zone", where a curfew and banned for two weeks in the wake of the recent strikes in the region against the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party sites.
He confirmed to the state of Hakkari, in southeastern Turkey, the curfew in the region starting from yesterday and until the nineteenth of this month.
In another military development of Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded Tuesday evening in an attack by gunmen belonging to the PKK exhibitions in the town of Silopi of the State of carrot near the Turkish border with Iraq, and three soldiers were killed in an attack by militants Workers' Party in Arakoa village of spend Hernaq.
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