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Iraq's Maliki accuses of seeking to dominate the central bank to help Syria and Iran
16/04/2012 20:45
Erbil, April 16 / April (Rn) - accused the Iraqi List led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Monday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of trying to control the Central Bank of Iraq to support the economy of Syria and Iran, which face economic sanctions from the West.
Iran faces a package of economic sanctions over its nuclear program, while interesting debate punished several countries because of Syria's repression of the population claimants to drop the system.
The spokeswoman said Maysoon al-Iraqiya "The Iraqi coalition is following with great concern the escalation of the Prime Minister's attempts to control the central bank, which is of independent bodies associated with the House of Representatives, which fortified the Constitution and the law of any government interference."
She said in a statement received by the Kurdish news agency (Rn) a copy of it, "is increasingly clear that attempts to authoritarianism on the central bank intended are Khtiran, namely the acquisition of the cover of the Iraqi currency of reserves the central bank, and control the issuance of currency to finance wasteful government on the one hand and support the economies of two countries adjacent subjected to the economic blockade on the other hand, "in reference to Syria and Iran.
She says that "this approach reminds us of the fact that the former regime during the siege Ptbazir central bank reserves and currency printed by the buried Hussein Kamel, destroying the economy and squandered savings of citizens and spent on the monetary value of the rights of retirees."
Damluji said, "All this is done and the Iraqi currency is under pressure from neighboring countries that their currencies collapsed at home and trying to export its financial problems of cash to Iraq."
The Central Bank of Iraq has acknowledged Saturday that the local currency was lower because it covers the needs of Syria and Iran of hard currency.
The deputy governor said the appearance of Mohammed's (Rn) that "the problem of declining Iraqi dinar against the dollar due to the reason that covers the needs of Iraq, Syria and Iran of hard currency."
The critics who are deputies in the coalition in Iraq have warned of the continued smuggling of hard currency to Syria and Iran and said that it would weaken the value of Iraqi dinar.
And the imposition of the Iraqi Central Bank recently several measures to curb demand for the dollar, after rising significantly in Mzhadath daily turnout with local traders to buy dollars to sell to Iran and Syria.
And is now a requirement in the merchants participating in the auction currency, to be members of the Iraqi Chamber of Commerce, which means that they have to record the activity of work formally and obtain a license from the Ministry of Commerce.
Damluji said, "will not come to defend the value of Iraqi dinar but discreet central bank and independent, is able to cover the protection of the currency and controlled entirely on the issue of currency and printed according to strict standards adhered to by the central bank so far."
And urged the Iraqi statement of political leaders, civil society and all people to "stand up against this attack suspicious motives foreign to maintain the independence of the central bank, and to support the management of a professional in the defense of the value of the dinar to repeat the tragedy of nineties of the last century and which still citizens are paying for it."
It also warned Iraq of "the continued targeting of bodies and commissions, particularly the Independent Electoral Commission for Elections and the Integrity Commission and the Central Bank, which is intended to subject them partisan and politically for the benefit of a specific destination."
She said in her statement "in spite of the release of Faraj al-Haidari and Karim al-Tamimi, who was welcomed by the coalition in Iraq, but that the danger still exists because of the dozens of lawsuits spiteful against them and against others in the Commission, which raises serious concerns about the override election event is coming, and jumping on the national will and the Libyan. "
According to a statement, the Iraqi "Targeting the Electoral Commission for elections coincided with a number of pressures that led to the resignation of Judge Rahim head of the Integrity Commission and the continued targeting of the independence of the Central Bank Governor Dr Sinan Shabibi."
The Iraqi statement was "of the positions and statements of the responsible political leaders, particularly the Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani and Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr and others active in addressing the impact of the attack on the independent bodies."
And called for "continued pressure to defend the independence of the Electoral Commission for elections and other independent bodies, in order to build a democratic Iraqi civilian preserves the rights and aspirations of the citizens."
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