The Sudanese gives Al-Alaq a period of three months

Shafaq News / A prominent leader in the coordination framework revealed, today, Monday, the scenes of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani’s decision to dismiss the Governor of the Central Bank and assign Ali Mohsen Al-Alaq to replace him.

The leader told Shafaq News agency, who asked not to be named, that “the decision to dismiss the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, was made by agreement between the leaders of the coordination framework and Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani, during their meeting, last night, at the home of the leader of the Al-Fateh Alliance.” Hadi Al-Amiri.

And he indicated that “the decision to exempt was made by a vote of the majority of the leaders of the framework and was supported by the Prime Minister, and the selection of Ali Mohsen Al-Alaq as governor of the Central Bank, was done by the vote of the leadership body of the coordination framework, and also the Sudanese was supportive of this choice.”

He pointed out that Al-Alaq was given a period of three months to evaluate his work and performance, and he attended the meeting with the leaders of the framework and the Sudanese after it was agreed to assign him this task.

And today, Monday morning, Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani decided to relieve the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, from his post, while Ali Mohsen Al-Alaq was assigned to run the bank by proxy.

Yesterday, Sunday, Al-Sudani took urgent decisions to “address” the exchange rate of the US dollar against the local currency during his meeting with the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce to discuss solutions to the fluctuation of the exchange rate of foreign currency.

These decisions come at a time when the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar has witnessed a gradual rise since November 2022, reaching its highest levels in recent days, as it crossed the barrier of 165 thousand dinars per 100 dollars.

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