🚨🇮🇶 Iraq's Four Presidencies Hold High-Level Meeting on Security, Corruption & Economic Crisis
📢 A late-night meeting between Iraq's top leaders is set to address three of the country's most pressing issues.
👥 The meeting will bring together:
🏛️ Prime Minister Ali al-Zubaidi
🏛️ Speaker of Parliament Hebat al-Halbousi
🏛️ President Nizar Amidi
⚖️ Supreme Judicial Council President Faiq Zaidan
🏛️ Speaker of Parliament Hebat al-Halbousi
🏛️ President Nizar Amidi
⚖️ Supreme Judicial Council President Faiq Zaidan
🔒 1. Restricting Weapons
One of the main topics will be enforcing the government's plan to limit weapons to official state institutions.
📅 Leaders are expected to discuss options for dealing with armed factions that refuse to disarm ahead of the September 30 deadline, which has been established by Iraq's major political forces.
⚖️ 2. Expanding the Anti-Corruption Campaign
Officials will also review the government's ongoing fight against corruption.
✅ The goal is to continue pursuing corruption cases without political exceptions, regardless of an individual's position or influence.
📌 The discussion follows "Operation Dawn," a nationwide campaign launched in late June targeting politicians, government officials, members of parliament, and business figures as part of broader efforts to recover public funds and strengthen accountability.
💰 3. Addressing Iraq's Economic Challenges
The meeting will also focus on Iraq's worsening financial situation.
📉 According to reports, the disruption of oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz has placed additional pressure on the country's economy.
Among the issues expected to be discussed:
💵 Delays in salary payments for some government employees.
📈 Rising living costs and inflationary pressures.
🛢️ The impact of reduced oil revenue.
🔧 Potential solutions to stabilize public finances and support the economy.
📈 Rising living costs and inflationary pressures.
🛢️ The impact of reduced oil revenue.
🔧 Potential solutions to stabilize public finances and support the economy.
🌍 Security Transition
The discussions come as Iraq continues implementing its long-term security transition following the 2024 agreement with the United States to conclude the international coalition's military mission against ISIS and move toward a bilateral security partnership.
👀 The outcomes of this high-level meeting could influence Iraq's security strategy, anti-corruption efforts, and economic policies in the weeks ahead.
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LATE-NIGHT MEETING OF THE FOUR PRESIDENCIES TO DISCUSS THREE “SERIOUS” ISSUES IRAQ
The four presidencies will hold an important meeting this evening, Monday, focusing on the issue of limiting weapons and options for confronting factions that refuse to disarm after the September 30 deadline.
According to an informed source who spoke to Shafaq News Agency, the meeting to be held between Prime Minister Ali al-Zubaidi, Speaker of Parliament Hebat al-Halbousi, President Nizar Amidi, and Head of the Supreme Judicial Council Faiq Zaidan will focus on two issues: first, restricting weapons, and second, continuing the fight against corruption and ensuring there are no red lines in pursuing any person accused of corruption, regardless of their governmental or political position.
The source explained that the meeting will also discuss the economic situation and the serious financial crisis that Iraq is going through due to the halt in its oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz, and possible solutions to confront the crisis in the coming period.
The issue of armed factions is one of the most sensitive issues facing the Iraqi government, with the approach of September 30, which the main political forces have set as the deadline for restricting weapons to official institutions.
In September 2024, Iraq and the United States agreed to end the military mission of the US-led international coalition against ISIS in Iraq, as part of a phased plan to move the security relationship between the two countries from the framework of the coalition to a bilateral partnership.
On Sunday, the State of Law coalition, led by Nouri al-Maliki, submitted a proposal to separate the date of the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq from the issue of disarming the factions, within the framework of a vision that is still “under study”.
Regarding the fight against corruption, a campaign of arrests was launched in Iraq in late June, targeting political officials, members of parliament, and businessmen, as part of a campaign called “Operation Dawn,” which Prime Minister Ali al-Zubaidi described as the “first phase” of broader measures to recover public funds, while tasking oversight bodies with receiving any indications related to cases of corruption or negligence in state institutions.
On the financial level, Iraq is experiencing a serious financial crisis, which has resulted in the delay in paying the salaries of a number of Iraqi state employees for the month of July, amidst accumulated living expenses and increasing economic pressures that have begun to be clearly reflected in the Iraqi markets.
