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Story updateNew06 Oct, 19:16 BAGHDAD

Budget exchange-rate claims diverge across faction-linked outlets

THE FILE8 SIGNALS · OPENED 05 Oct
  1. 05 Oct, 22:48Ishraqa Kanun MP Faruq Adnan al-Yasiri faults Finance Ministry budget access – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
  2. 05 Oct, 22:48National Approach Coalition political-bureau member Hussein al-Aqabi says new immunity requests exist
  3. 06 Oct, 03:36Sadiqoun MP Ahmad al-Khazali says budget tables have not reached parliament
  4. 06 Oct, 08:37Suyana bloc MP Imad Yukhna alleges Central Bank is drawing reserves – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
  5. 06 Oct, 14:45Budget dollar rate will stay at 150,000 dinars, KSS-aligned iNEWS says
  6. 06 Oct, 18:49Finance Committee chair Uday Awad calls budget reports inaccurate – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
  7. 06 Oct, 19:45Budget exchange-rate claims diverge across faction-linked outlets
  8. 06 Oct, 22:44Former Hikma MP Hassan Fadum defends Finance Ministry procedures
WHAT HAPPENED

On 6 October, Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official owned media) quoted Hoquq MP Hussein al-Diraji (KH — parliamentary bloc) describing a provisional exchange-rate figure written as “150 per dinar,” a $58 oil-price assumption, farmer entitlements rising from 250 billion to 500 billion and conditionally 700 billion, unresolved Kurdistan Region entitlements, at least 493,000 contracts becoming permanent, and 100,000 new positions. iNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) called the reported rate of 150 a rumor and carried a statement credited on screen to Dr Haidar Muhammad Kadhim al-Mutairi saying the rate remained unsettled and announcements had harmed citizens; FAA (Ansar Allah al-Awfiya — official social media channel) relayed Parliamentary Finance Committee member Ghufran Iqbal al-Shammari’s similar account of absent approval and market-price increases, alongside her account of contract regularization under Decision 315 and a proposal for 50,000 security and 50,000 civilian contracts. FAA also quoted MP Murtadha al-Saadi advocating permanent status for 150,000 contract positions and the same 100,000-contract split, distributed by provincial population through a Cabinet mechanism after budget completion, while Al-Nujaba TV (Nujaba — official owned media) promoted a programme framing a dollar-rate rise as treasury relief at the public’s expense.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media06 Oct, 17:09

    “The budget oil price was set at $58 per barrel... the dollar exchange rate was changed to 150 per dinar, “not fixed yet”... raising farmer entitlements from 250 billion to 500 billion, and to 700 billion if the financial situation improves... the Region’s entitlements remain outstanding and unresolved with the federal government... making at least 493,000 contracts permanent... there will be 100,0”

    تم تحديد سعر برميل النفط في الموازنة بسعر 58 دولار ... سعر صرف الدولار تم تغييره إلى 150 لكل دينار "غير ثابت لحد الآن" ... رفع سقف مستحقات الفلاحين من 250 مليار إلى 500 مليار وفي حال تحسن الوضع المالي فسيتم رفعها إلى 700 مليار ... لا تزال تفاصيل استحقاقات الإقليم عالقة وغير محسومة مع المركز حتى الآن ... تثبيت ما لا يقل عن 493 ألف عقد على الملاك الدائم ... الدرجات الوظيفة الجديدة ستكون 100 ألف درجة

  2. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media06 Oct, 18:25

    “Exclusive information for Studio Iraq: changing the dollar exchange rate to 150 is a rumor.”

    معلومة حصرية لاستوديو العراق .. تعديل سعر صرف الدولار على ١٥٠ اشاعة

  3. FAAAnsar Allah al-Awfiya — official social media channel06 Oct, 18:28

    “Raising the dollar exchange rate in the 2027 budget has not yet been settled, and no official approvals have been issued... merely circulating the possibility raised prices in some markets and negatively affected citizens... the finance minister affirmed making all contracts permanent and converting wage workers to contracts under Decision 315... a proposal to include 100,000 new contracts in the ”

    رفع سعر صرف الدولار في موازنة 2027 لم يُحسم حتى الآن، ولم تصدر أي موافقات رسمية بشأنه ... مجرد تداول احتمالية رفع سعر صرف الدولار تسبب بارتفاع الأسعار في بعض الأسواق وانعكس سلباً على المواطنين ... وزير المالية أكد تثبيت جميع العقود على الملاك الدائم وتحويل العاملين بالأجور إلى عقود وفق قرار 315 ... مقترح لتضمين 100 ألف عقد جديد في موازنة 2027، بواقع 50 ألفاً للأجهزة الأمنية و50 ألفاً للوظائف المدن

  4. FAAAnsar Allah al-Awfiya — official social media channel06 Oct, 18:32

    “MP Murtadha al-Saadi: During the finance minister’s parliamentary appearance, we stressed the need to make 150,000 contract positions permanent... a proposal to add 100,000 new contracts, comprising 50,000 military and 50,000 civilian contracts... the new contracts will be distributed among governorates according to population shares... the Cabinet will determine their distribution and organizatio”

    النائب مرتضى الساعدي: أكدنا خلال استضافة وزير المالية في مجلس النواب ضرورة تثبيت 150 ألف درجة من العقود كافة ... مقترح لإضافة 100 ألف عقد جديد، بواقع 50 ألف عقد عسكري و50 ألف عقد مدني ... العقود الجديدة ستوزع بين المحافظات وفق النسب السكانية ... آلية توزيع وتنظيم العقود ستُحدد من قبل مجلس الوزراء بعد الانتهاء من قانون الموازنة

  5. iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media06 Oct, 18:45

    ““Markets are experiencing confusion”: al-Mutairi says the dollar rate has not been settled, and what was announced negatively affected citizens.”

    "إرباك يصيب الأسواق".. المطيري: سعرُ الدولار لم يُحسَم، وما أُعلِن عنه انعكس سلباً على المواطنين

  6. Al-Nujaba TVNujaba — official owned media06 Oct, 19:16

    “Raising the dollar rate: saving the treasury and drowning the people.”

    رفع سعر الدولار.. إنقاذ للخزينة وإغراق للناس

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

Agreement on an unsettled exchange rate does not amount to agreement on the budget’s employment totals or on how to frame its fiscal trade-offs. These publications distinguish parliamentary speakers’ accounts from the outlets’ own editorial language: iNEWS supplies the rumor characterization and Al-Nujaba TV supplies the treasury-versus-public contrast.