The newspapers issued in Baghdad today, Monday, June 26th, followed the opportunities of the new parties in the provincial elections and the parliamentary efforts to internationalize the water crisis and other issues.
On the chances of the new parties in the elections, Al-Sabah newspaper, published by the Iraqi Media Network, said: “While the activity of the major and traditional parties began to mobilize their audience and their masses in order to run in the provincial elections, a group of emerging parties and new forces in the political arena announced their electoral programs, amid “almost agreement” in the opinions of observers and followers, that the chances of these new parties will be slim to win comfortable seats in the provincial councils under the new election law.
The head of the National Direction Party, Ahmed Al-Saadi, stated in a statement to the newspaper that: “In light of the new election law for the provincial councils, the chances of success of the new movements in the arena depend primarily on the strength of the formed electoral coalition, since this law was detailed as a law of alliances and not as a law of individual parties.”
He added: “The law relies entirely on what is called (the electoral threshold), in addition to nominating people who are able to compete within the allied list, which means, in conclusion, that any emerging party, whatever its financial and organizational tools, cannot reach the electoral threshold alone.”
While Al-Sabah quoted the political analyst on international affairs, Dr. Haider Salman, as saying: “The paragraphs of the law according to the (modified St. Lego) system were detailed to increase the size of the traditional parties, and thus increase their chances of success at the expense of emerging parties.”
Salman continued: “This matter is a foregone conclusion, and therefore we will see all traditional parties at the forefront of the electoral scene with the dissolution of emerging parties in general and in particular those emerging from the October 2021 elections.”
Al-Zawraa newspaper, published by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, followed the parliamentary efforts to internationalize the water crisis.
In this regard, it referred to the statement of a member of the Parliamentary Agriculture and Marshes Committee, Rafik al-Salihi: “In fact, Iraq is suffering during this period from water scarcity because of the dams set by Turkey, and international agreements regarding water, rivers and regions were not observed.”
Al-Salihi added: “There is a trend in the agricultural sector to groundwater, and there is a plan developed by the Ministry of Agriculture in this regard.”
He stressed: “The government is serious about dialogue with Turkey, and the Turkish president is on a visit to Iraq to see this situation. We, as an agricultural committee, are working on setting negotiation points with Turkey and the important points that pertain to the economy, rivers, and others.”
He explained: “The summer agricultural plan has not been approved yet, and it is in the process of work, and there is a committee in the Ministry of Agriculture that is working on developing the plan, and we are pressing towards filing lawsuits against the source countries, so there must be limits to this situation,” stressing the desire to internationalize the water issue. .
Regarding the government’s options to deal with this crisis, the member of the Agriculture Committee said: “We are pressing towards dealing economically with neighboring countries, and there has been dealings in the past years with more than 20 trillion with Turkey, and this is certainly a big economy for Turkey, so we must deal with the same, by cutting off water on Iraq as if it is killing life in it, we must boycott the economy with Turkey and close our borders with Turkey, and this is a popular demand and a parliamentary demand.
In another matter, Al-Zaman newspaper followed the (Job Paths in Iraq) conference held by a Dutch organization in Baghdad.
The newspaper indicated that the conference talked about influential leaders from the public, private and non-governmental sectors, to address urgent challenges and opportunities related to labor demand, economic transformation, entrepreneurship and the growth of small and medium enterprises in Iraq.
The organization’s advisor in Iraq, Ahmed Al-Hashemi, told Al-Zaman: “Spark experts explored innovative solutions and policies that would promote a sustainable economic ecosystem in the country, paving the way for creating strong job opportunities throughout Iraq.”
He added: “The conference was a platform for more than twenty experts and speakers from various sectors such as international organizations and local and European universities, and it was a testament to the commitment of international partners to support Iraq’s journey towards a prosperous and comprehensive economy.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency