"Iraq for sale at once," al-Maliki .. sold 40% of the Real Estate State Government Abadi striving to sell the remaining

Baghdad -arac Press -4 February: Iraqi political corridors witnessing a fierce debate on the draft sale of the remaining state property to bridge the shortfall in the general budget.

The government has taken virtually preliminary procedures for the sale of the property auctioned publicly, which is the method adopted in the sale of 40% of the real estate the state during the past years, according to official documents leaked and a certificate of members of parliamentary committees on relevant and who scoffed at some of the project and called on the government to raise the banner "Iraq for sale at once." .

The committee will determine the classification of property and sales priority. While sales will include, along with real estate and other remote lands in an upscale area in the heart of Baghdad.

On the other hand it seems there is almost a consensus on the exception of the presidential palaces in the sale, property on the mind of the people can not dispose of them.

According to the parliamentary finance committee there was not left to the government, only 60% of the property, which is still at its disposal, as the government began a week ago, the idea of studying the disposition of more than 600 thousand drug, a State within a plan to cope with the financial crisis due to falling oil prices.

Finance Committee estimated the achievement of the sale of property. Sales process up to 150 billion dollars. But it expressed concern over the takeover parties and influential figures on the property at low prices.

He warned lawmakers from compromising the presidential palaces, and suggested turning them into museums, rather than sell them.

Finance Committee made ​​earlier, several ideas to the government to get out of the financial crisis, including the sale of property the state.

Exception presidential palaces

And says MP Jassim Mohammed Jaafar, a senior member of the state law, that "the government is serious in the process of selling real estate."

The members of the Finance Committee had attended, last month the Cabinet meeting, revealed that the latter put forward the idea of selling the property, real estate and state lands.

Jafar said, "The cabinet had formed a special committee within the Council in the process of inventory of real estate and property that can be sold, as well as determine the property to be sold immediately, and any property can wait a little bit to the presence of occupants of the property."

He added, "The sale process will include a land far away on the outskirts of cities." A land still without the services of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead of the last election in 2014, sold a number of them to the citizens in a campaign for Housing.

And confirms the leadership of the state law that "bargain sale will include residential buildings and the role of the state as well as a distinctive land like the land of Al-Muthanna airport."

It is the Dawa Party, which belongs to the current Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a large part of the land of Al-Muthanna airport, and taken by the central headquarters of the party.

But MP Jassem Mohammed Jaafar confirming that "the sale would not include Saddam's palaces and considered symbolic buildings and property of the people." He expressed his fear of "the possibility that the parties are trying to Iraq from outside the control of some of the property that will be displayed for sale."

40% of properties already sold

The official confirms leaked documents dating back to the period of the government of Nouri al-Maliki, the second to the last in 2009 decided to sell the apartments and the role of state-owned to Iraqi public auction, with the exception of Palaces "Saddam" and buildings that are used for official purposes.

And Ckv documents for al-Maliki agree to proposals for a committee set up by the Council of Ministers to study the sale and rental of state funds.

And provide documents to rent a government compound in the Green Zone to the ministers allowance annual rent of 2 million dinars, an average of 170,000 dinars per month, which is less weakening of the real market prices.

In turn, ridiculed MP Adel Nouri, a member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, of the government's efforts to sell the remaining state property, and demanded the lifting of a banner "Iraq for sale at once."

He said Nuri, in a statement, "He was on the government obtaining the rents of all the beneficiaries of the government real estate individuals, parties and political blocs and retroactively since 2003 until now as an optimal solution and useful rather than the sale of government real estate in this critical and very difficult time."

And emphasizes the MP Ibtisam al-Hilali, a member of the parliamentary legal committee, said that "the government will form a committee to ensure the transparency of the sale."

The estimated Hilali, the property sold by the state in previous years to "40% of all of its holdings," to emphasize that the health of the leaked documents.

Hilali and suggest that "the sales process will be according to the law of the sale and rental of state funds and public auction." Ended (1)


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