Urgent Parliament gives the green light to the government to disburse salaries … and the parliamentary finances reveal the date
Urgent Parliament gives the green light to the government to disburse salaries … and the parliamentary finances reveal the date
11/09/2020 15:05:06
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The House of Representatives, represented by the Parliamentary Finance Committee, gave the green light to the government to disburse and release the salaries of employees.
“The meeting with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and Minister of Finance Ali Allawi witnessed dialogue and discussion on the draft law on financing the fiscal deficit (borrowing) and salaries,” said the reporter of the Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar.
He added, “During this week, we will pass the borrowing law and the government will start distributing salaries,” likely “to vote on borrowing on Wednesday or Thursday of this week.”
“We agreed during the meeting to release salaries, and parliament in turn pledged to pass the law, but not with the amount requested by the government (41 trillion dinars). Rather, we will focus on the necessities and another possible postponement to the 2021 budget,” Al-Saffar stressed.
He explained, “We told the Minister of Finance that he will start distributing salaries until the law is approved this week.”
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi met today with members of the Parliamentary Finance Committee regarding the borrowing law.
“There was a positive atmosphere dominated by a sense of shared responsibility that prevailed in Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s meeting with the chairman and members of the Parliamentary Finance Committee,” Al-Waraa’s spokesman, Ahmed Mulla Talal, said in a tweet.
He added, “The employee’s sustenance and the need to secure it quickly was a common concern, and we look forward to voting on a law to cover the fiscal deficit next Thursday to start launching employees’ salaries.”
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