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Story updateNew08 Oct, 15:19 BAGHDAD

Hoquq MP Miqdad al-Khafaji challenges the secret currency meeting

THE FILE13 SIGNALS · OPENED 06 Oct
  1. 06 Oct, 18:49Finance Committee chair Uday Awad calls budget reports inaccurate – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
  2. 06 Oct, 19:45Budget exchange-rate claims diverge across faction-linked outlets
  3. 07 Oct, 09:38KH-linked media challenge the dollar increase’s household costs
  4. 07 Oct, 10:42Sadiqoun bloc demands currency action as KH-aligned Sabereen News alleges government leaks
  5. 07 Oct, 12:45MPs Shaima al-Fatlawi and Saba al-Saadi reject dollar-rate rise – Nujaba-owned Al-Nujaba TV
  6. 07 Oct, 15:49Hoquq MP Miqdad al-Khafaji seeks a currency-decision cancellation vote
  7. 07 Oct, 17:48MP Nora al-Juhaishi proposes removing the finance minister and central bank governor – Unit 10,000
  8. 07 Oct, 20:45KH-aligned Sabereen News questions the poor’s protection in the currency decision
  9. 08 Oct, 01:42MP Silwan Aqrawi conditions budget approval on currency reversal – iNEWS
  10. 08 Oct, 10:44Hoquq MP Muhammad al-Hassnawi seeks parliamentary correction of the dollar rate
  11. 08 Oct, 13:46Al-Muthanna tribal sheikhs protest dollar rise, faction-linked outlets report
  12. 08 Oct, 15:47Hoquq MP Miqdad al-Khafaji challenges the secret currency meeting
  13. 08 Oct, 16:47MPs condition budget approval on currency reversal, Sabereen News reports
WHAT HAPPENED

On 8 October, Hoquq MP Miqdad al-Khafaji (KH — parliamentary bloc) said the planned hearing with the finance minister and Central Bank governor had become a secret evening session, expressed surprise at its cancellation, and alleged that the dollar-rate increase had raised medicine prices and burdened patients. Reports from KH-, KSS- and Nujaba-linked outlets agreed that the hearing was cancelled; iNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) described an evening meeting with political bloc leaders, the Finance Committee and the Central Bank, and reported that most publicly objecting MPs had not attended the day’s session. The Badr parliamentary bloc (Badr Organization — parliamentary bloc) demanded protection for low-income citizens, assessment of exchange-rate effects and measures to contain market impacts, while Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official owned media) framed the change as harming living standards and poor households.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media08 Oct, 13:49

    “Our correspondent: Parliament cancelled today’s session and converted it into an evening meeting with political bloc leaders, the Finance Committee and the Central Bank.”

    مراسلنا: البرلمان الغى جلسة اليوم وحولها الى اجتماع مسائي مع رؤساء الكتل السياسية واللجنة المالية والبنك المركزي

  2. Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official owned media08 Oct, 13:31

    “The Badr parliamentary bloc: Citizens are the first harmed by raising the dollar rate, and we demand measures to protect people on limited incomes.”

    كتلة بدر النيابية: المواطن أول المتضررين من رفع سعر الدولار ونطالب بإجراءات لحماية أصحاب الدخل المحدود

  3. Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media08 Oct, 14:08

    “Hoquq bloc MP Dr. Miqdad al-Khafaji to Al-Ittijah: The session to host the finance minister and Central Bank governor became a secret evening session.”

    النائب عن كتلة حقوق الدكتور مقداد الخفاجي لـ(الاتجاه): جلسة استضافة وزير المالية ومحافظ البنك المركزي تحولت إلى جلسة سرية مسائية

  4. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media08 Oct, 14:11

    “We were surprised by the cancellation of today’s session dedicated to hosting the finance minister and Central Bank governor and its conversion into a secret evening session. The decision to raise the dollar exchange rate is ill-considered and imposes economic burdens on citizens. Medicine prices rose as a result of the decision to raise the dollar rate, increasing burdens on patients.”

    تفاجأنا بإلغاء جلسة اليوم المخصصة لاستضافة وزير المالية ومحافظ البنك المركزي وتحويلها الى جلسة سرية مسائية قرار رفع سعر صرف الدولار غير مدروس ويحمل المواطن أعباءً اقتصادية أسعار الادوية ارتفعت نتيجة قرار رفع سعر الدولار ما يزيد الأعباء على المرضى

  5. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media08 Oct, 14:23

    “Parliament cancels the session to host the finance minister and Central Bank governor and converts it into a secret evening session.”

    البرلمان يلغي جلسة استضافة وزير المالية ومحافظ البنك المركزي ويحولها الى جلسة مسائية سرية

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

The parliamentary dispute is not simply supporters versus opponents of the currency decision: the published positions distinguish scrutiny of officials, scrutiny of MPs and protection of household incomes.