Weekly Dialogue Summery – 73th Week
Some pointed out that the situation in Iraq is moving without a compass towards unknown directions, including the State’s resort to the external debts that will definitely lead to inflations in the interests that will be borne by the State later, in addition to the interferences imposed by the credit-granting bodies that will largely control, as a result, the Iraqi economic system, which reflects on the quality of the services provided to the citizens.
Conclusions:
· The strangulation suffered by the Iraqi reality is a result of the accumulation of many problems that were not solved simultaneously or within a specific timeframe.
· Providing the basic needs to the citizen and improving the real income levels of citizens are the first motivator of the security stability in the country.
· The patching and superficial useless solutions will increase the frustration of the demonstrators and will worsen the situation in a way that threatens the order in the country.
· Resorting to the external debts is the last and most difficult choice of the government to settle its payments and it may result in disastrous consequences on the economy of the country.
· The loans granted by the International Bank are combined with difficult conditions in the financial policy of the State and the sections supporting the citizen, although the loan value does not commensurate with those conditions.
Recommendations:
· The best way, which is followed internationally, to solve the service problems in the states is prioritizing, which starts with providing the urgent needs for which the citizen cannot wait.
· The government must stop everyone who tries to shake the country’s security, through providing the services to citizens and increase their welfare.
· The government must take several deep non-superficial measures in an effort to solve the crisis of the demonstrators’ demands, most important of which is the current system.
· It was better for the Iraqi government to move towards the domestic borrowing or through national bond offering to cover the shortfall it suffers from, instead of the expensive foreign loans.
· To avoid borrowing, Iraq needs to correct the administrative and financial processes of the State in a way that fits the pattern of the Iraqi economy.
Names of some participating members during the week's dialogue:
(1) Dr. Yousef Al-Taai
(2) Dr. Abd Al-Zahra Al-Hindawi
(3) Mr. Hamdallah Al-Rikabi
(4) Dr. Basel Hussein
(5) Mr. Salam Khalid
(6) Dr. Rahim Al-Hasnawi
(7) Mr. Mustafa Sadun
(8) Mr. Abd Awad
(9) Dr. Abdul Hakim Khasro
(10) Dr. Alaa Al-Mawla
(11) Mr. Amer Al-Musawi
(12) Mr. Jawad Al-Abaoudi
What is contained in this paper is a summary of the proposed opinions in the electronic groups of RCD.