Political pressure on al-Abadi caused the wheel to stop reforms

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09/21/2015 20:56



Long-Presse / Baghdad

The parties have succeeded from within and outside the National Alliance to stop the efforts of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in moving forward the announcement of new reforms package, despite the recent renewal of its commitment to continue reforms, "even if it cost him his life."

But members of the al-Abadi Party talking about the damage to some political forces, which lost their posts recent reform measures, which forced them to put pressure on the Prime Minister to stop the feminine Last reduce the number of ministries to 15 bag as well as the restructuring of independent bodies.

On the other hand are still details and mechanisms to reduce the protections of the three presidencies, deputies and officials, which was announced a month ago Abadi, it is not clear yet. The relevant committees in the House of Representatives does not know a lot about those actions. It's also ignorant of the way the dissolution of the protections decades and reintegration of security and military institutions.

They also questioned the financial viability of these committees, which will return to the budget if it is integrated circuits and other staff ladder higher than the previous salaries. Expects that identifies each of the 18 people official protection and some other elements to guard their homes.

Promised Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, at the time of this September, up from the most difficult reforms and salary protections officials segment, noting that it "aims to reduce the gap between the citizen and the administrator."

Abadi and decided, on 20 August, a large reduction in the number of personal protections for officials and presidencies and others up to 90 percent and the abolition of the special protections of the battalions to the characters and bring them back to the Ministries of Defense and Interior.

The prime minister then the measure will save the state budget to more than 20 000 security element of their salaries exceed 250 billion dinars annually.

The Prime Minister also decided to restructure the battalions of special protection of the three presidencies and the offices of the Vice-President of the Republic and the offices of Deputy Prime Ministers canceled and define its duties and subordination and the transfer of its assets to assume the security functions to protect the country.

Why stop Abadi?

And was likely to be called al-Abadi, a few weeks ago, a new package of reforms complement previous measures announced last August and voted on by the Parliament unanimously.

And the mystery wheel reforms stopped, says the messenger Abu Hasna, a member of the Dawa Party (range), that "the long time it took the implementation of the first reform package and breadth of the size of popular demands allowed political forces to impose new requirements to protect its interests after it voted to approve these measures."

Abu and demonstrates good on his words as "the last leader of the National Accord Movement, which demanded a change Abadi remarks", adding that "the parties to the coalition forces began to talk about accountability Prime Minister because of failure to implement reforms or to overcome the Constitution."

The attention of Member State law that "al-Abadi faces pressure from inside and outside the National Alliance claims that it wants to maintain the electoral maturity through blocking the launch of a new package of reforms."

He said a member of the Dawa party bloc by saying that "those parties calling Balaln to reject the quota system it adheres to their quotas in the government and state institutions," noting that "the upcoming reforms package they include reducing its government to 15 ministers and the abolition and merging some independent bodies."

Abu Hasna and confirms that "those measures, which were parked, had provoked the other end and put all the fenders to stop it," calling on the prime minister to "continue reforms because the decline would be embarrassing to him as prime minister and sends a bad message to the street."

The head of the government has hinted at a meeting in early September with the current heads of blocs and some lawmakers in the presence of Vice-President of the Parliament that he had "feminine announce the new government includes views unnamed recent changes."

According to a survey conducted by the (long), last month, the government last limbering did not affect the citizen advocacy and party quotas and virtue in the government, while the Badr Organization, the largest Shiite losers.

Protections officials

So it is not clear so far the fate of the battalions that protect officials Abadi announced resolved, last month, within the reform and austerity measures.

Haider says Mutlaq, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, (range), that "al-Abadi said 18 battalions for a solution for the protection of senior officials in the state."

Mutlaq asserts that "the protection of ministers and MPs are now limited to only 16 individuals 0.8 per meal 24 hours," likely to "be assigned similar numbers for the rest of officials as well as additional elements to protect their homes."

Finance Committee denies its work, according to Mutlaq, preparing to be allocated to the three presidencies, but only that the "withdrawal of all protections article figures, according to the government last Tashreeq, was devoted to them until the elements of protection to guard their homes."

The deputies demanded that, earlier, to reconsider the independent regiments which formed after the fall of Saddam's regime for the protection of some politicians and government officials, which, according to their estimates of up to about 18 battalions and brigades presidential addition to Saraya discipline, which exceeds the prepared 12.561 element earn salaries of up to 200 billion dinars annually .



The fate of the regiments protections

On the other hand also says Najiba Najib, a member of the Finance Committee, said that "the decision to reduce protections do but wait for its application mechanisms".

She Najib, in connection with the (range), that "Parliament is unaware of decoding protection association council contracted with them and how to get them into the security ministries mechanism, and how to choose the MP 18 people out of 30," asserting that "it needs to regulations issued by the government, but did not we receive Until now".

Parliament is not known, according to Najib, the nature of the protections after converting them to other ministries? They will will work in the protection of persons or will be thrown in the battles?

Kurdish MP questioned the financial benefits that would accrue to the state treasury if protections have been transferred to the Interior and Defense Ministries, in which the ladder higher than the salaries of parliament ahead of about 200 000 for each member after the addition of risk provisions.

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