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Story updateNew08 Oct, 16:00 BAGHDAD

MPs condition budget approval on currency reversal, Sabereen News reports

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, Sabereen News and Unit 10,000 (both KH — affiliated/aligned media) reported that MPs would withhold budget approval unless the dollar exchange rate returned to its previous level. They and Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) announced an 8 p.m. meeting in parliament’s Constitutional Hall involving the prime minister, parliament’s leadership, bloc heads, the finance minister and Central Bank governor to discuss the increase and its consequences. Shabab al-Islam (Ashab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media) carried MP Muhammad Jasim al-Khafaji’s argument that parliament should question the governor, while a Federal Supreme Court challenge might be rejected for lack of standing.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned/non-official media08 Oct, 14:49

    “MP Muhammad Jasim al-Khafaji: A challenge to the exchange-rate increase before the Federal Supreme Court may be rejected procedurally for lack of standing, and the court previously decided a similar case in 2021. The Council of Ministers does not alone have authority to determine the exchange rate; responsibility for the decision lies with the Central Bank. He called on parliament to exercise its ”

    النائب محمد جاسم الخفاجي: الطعن بقرار رفع سعر الصرف أمام المحكمة الاتحادية قد يُرد شكلاً لعدم توفر المصلحة، كما أن المحكمة سبق أن فصلت بدعوى مماثلة عام 2021. أن مجلس الوزراء لا يملك منفرداً صلاحية تحديد سعر الصرف، فيما تقع مسؤولية القرار على البنك المركزي، مطالباً مجلس النواب بممارسة صلاحياته واستضافة المحافظ لمعرفة أسباب القرار. رفع سعر الصرف وسيلة لتوفير أموال مؤقتة، لكن كلفتها يتحملها المواطن.

  2. Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media08 Oct, 15:23

    “After the session was postponed, MPs threaten not to vote on the budget unless the dollar exchange rate is returned to its previous level.”

    بعد تاجيل الجلسة نواب يتوعدون بعدم التصويت على الموازنة في حال لم يتم اعادة سعر صرف الدولار عما كان عليه سابقا

  3. Unit 10,000KH — affiliated/aligned media08 Oct, 15:59

    “A meeting in the Constitutional Hall inside the Iraqi parliament at 8 p.m., attended by the prime minister, parliament’s leadership, bloc heads, the finance minister and Central Bank governor, to discuss the dollar exchange-rate increase and its consequences.”

    اجتماع في القاعة الدستورية داخل البرلمان العراقي عند الساعة الـ8 مساءً بحضور رئيس الوزراء ورئاسة البرلمان ورؤساء الكتل ووزير المالية ومحافظ البنك المركزي لمناقشة ملف رفع سعر صرف الدولار وتداعياته

  4. Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated/aligned media08 Oct, 16:00

    “A meeting in the Constitutional Hall inside the Iraqi parliament at 8 p.m., attended by the prime minister, parliament’s leadership, bloc heads, the finance minister and Central Bank governor, to discuss the dollar exchange-rate increase and its consequences.”

    اجتماع في القاعة الدستورية داخل البرلمان العراقي عند الساعة الـ8 مساءً بحضور رئيس الوزراء ورئاسة البرلمان ورؤساء الكتل ووزير المالية ومحافظ البنك المركزي لمناقشة ملف رفع سعر صرف الدولار وتداعياته

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 budget-vote condition and the proposal to question the governor describe different parliamentary responses to the same currency decision: withholding approval versus seeking an explanation from the Central Bank.