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Viewing cable 07BAGHDAD1152, PRT TIKRIT: PROVINCIAL BUDGET HAS MULTIPLYING

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BAGHDAD1152 2007-04-03 18:38 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Baghdad 
VZCZCXRO3427
PP RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
DE RUEHGB #1152 0931838
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 031838Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0530
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS BAGHDAD 001152 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KPAO ECON IZ
SUBJECT: PRT TIKRIT: PROVINCIAL BUDGET HAS MULTIPLYING 
EFFECT ON GOVERNANCE, PC HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE 
 
1. (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 
 
2. (SBU) SUMMARY.  At an April 2 PRT/Coalition 
Forces-initiated press conference, the Salah ad Din 
Provincial Council (PC) Chair Sheikh Rasheed Ossman and key 
PC members outlined the 2007 provincial budget and fielded 
questions from members of the local media, including Salah ad 
Din Television (reftel).  During the press conference, Sheikh 
Rasheed gave a thorough overview of the 2007 budget, compared 
the current budget to the 2006 budget, discussed the PC's 
oversight role in the budget execution process, and answered 
questions. 
 
3. (SBU) Sheikh Rasheed concluded the press conference by 
calling the press "the power of truth" and encouraging them 
to attend PC meetings and other legislative committee 
meetings.  The Governor and Deputy Governor plan to hold a 
second press conference about the budget execution process 
later in the week. 
 
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COMMENT 
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4. (SBU) This was the first press conference the Salah ad Din 
Provincial Council has sponsored and marks a significant 
change in the way Sheikh Rasheed and other PC members view 
the media.  Previously, the media had been barred from 
attending PC meetings and arbitrarily banned from reporting 
on certain topics.  The PC's pride in passing a professional 
provincial budget is proving to have a multiplying effect in 
many governance areas: improving relations with the media, a 
renewed desire to ensure proper checks and balances in 
project contracting, and a vision for automating the 
provincial accounting records.  END COMMENT. 
 
5. (U) For additional reporting from PRT Tikrit, Salah ad 
Din, please see our SIPRNET Reporting Blog: 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Tikrit. 
 
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