Parliamentary Finance: The borrowing law will pass this week … and the government bears responsibility for delaying salaries
Parliamentary Finance: The borrowing law will pass this week … and the government bears responsibility for delaying salaries
11/8/2020 12:48
[Baghdad-Where]
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee for Diyala Governorate, Ahmed Mazhar al-Jubouri, said on Sunday that Parliament is going to pass a borrowing law this week.
He said in a statement, “There is a parliamentary consensus to further reduce the amount of borrowing, especially after the Ministry of Finance reduced the amount from 41 trillion to 31 trillion dinars.”
Al-Jubouri added, “Parliament with a law that guarantees employees’ salaries for the coming months and without any other expenses, indicating that Parliament will pass a law in an amount that is limited to salaries only, and that it does not exceed 15 trillion dinars.”
He explained that “this matter has been agreed upon, as the law will go ahead for approval during the sessions of this week,” noting that “the government is the one who bears the legal responsibility for delaying salaries, not Parliament and its financial committee.”
“The Finance Committee insists that the borrowing amount be for salaries only, without other disbursement doors,” Al-Jubouri said
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