PUKMEDIA Releases Details of Al-Zaidi’s Ministerial Programme

Al-Zaidi’s media office

Iraqi PM-Designate Ali al-Zaidi.

Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi presented the ministerial programme of the new federal government to Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi. The programme includes several key measures aimed at strengthening security, stability, and the economy.

The main provisions are as follows:

First Axis: Strengthening State Sovereignty and National Security

1. Restricting arms to the authority of the state and enforcing the rule of law.

2. Enhancing the capabilities of the security, intelligence, and military institutions, extending state authority, and diversifying sources of armament.

3. Developing the capabilities of Popular Mobilisation Forces personnel to improve combat readiness, while defining their duties, responsibilities, and role within the military and security institutions in accordance with the law.

4. Unifying security decision-making and integrating all resources and capabilities within the official state framework.

5. Combating terrorism and organised crime, and cutting off their sources of funding.

6.Strengthening border security and upgrading surveillance systems using modern technologies.

7. Reinforcing the principles of human rights and criminal justice, while supporting freedom of expression and a free press.

Second Axis: Foreign Policy

1. Keeping Iraq away from regional and international conflicts as a fundamental step towards protecting internal stability, creating a secure environment for economic growth, attracting investment, supporting sustainable development, and pursuing an active foreign policy based on balanced relations.

2. Strengthening ties with influential international powers and building distinguished relations with Arab countries, particularly Gulf Cooperation Council states and neighbouring regional countries, based on shared interests and the activation of joint economic and strategic agreements with sisterly and friendly nations. This also includes supporting regional connectivity projects and activating joint committees to serve Iraq’s interests.

3. Adopting the principle that Iraq must not be used as a corridor or launching point for aggression against other countries, while also rejecting foreign interference or aggression in Iraq’s internal affairs, in line with the Constitution.

4. Activating the Strategic Framework Agreement with the United States in a way that guarantees mutual interests.

5. Improving the standing of the Iraqi passport to reflect the dignity and status of Iraqi citizens.

6. Strengthening Iraq’s role in regional and international forums.

7. Restricting international communications to official diplomatic channels.

Third Axis: Economic and Financial Reform

1. Building a diversified national economy capable of adapting to change and reducing the impact of external shocks.

2. Adopting fiscal discipline programmes, restructuring public spending, increasing non-oil revenues, and digitising tax collection in cooperation with relevant international institutions.

3. Accelerating reform of the public banking sector to achieve greater efficiency in line with international banking standards, particularly in combating money laundering and terrorist financing, while ensuring high levels of financial compliance in accordance with Central Bank of Iraq plans for comprehensive banking reform.

4. Empowering the private sector and improving the business environment as major drivers of growth and employment, while promoting competitiveness and preventing monopolies.

5. Reforming state-owned companies through partnerships with strategic investors from within Iraq and abroad.

6. Strengthening confidence in the investment environment, encouraging domestic and foreign investment across all sectors, and activating one-stop-shop regulatory procedures through the National Investment Commission and provincial investment bodies.

7. Providing the necessary security protection for foreign companies investing in Iraq, particularly major oil firms.

8. Establishing a “Supreme Council for Financial and Monetary Stability in Iraq” to coordinate fiscal and monetary policies.

9. Establishing a “Supreme Investment Council” tasked with reshaping the strategy for attracting foreign direct investment and revitalising domestic investment.

10. Creating a “Generations Fund” to safeguard the rights of future generations to oil and natural resources.

11. Expanding and strengthening the role of the insurance sector within the national economy.

12. Increasing and improving investment in non-oil minerals and natural resources.


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