05/29/2020 12:38
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Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Mazhar Al-Jubouri, announced on Friday (May 29, 2020) that the parliament will move after the Eid holiday to cancel the double salaries, indicating that 70 percent of the deputies support this approach.
Al-Jubouri said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), "There is duplication in the distribution of salaries to employees or officials, and many may receive several salaries at the same time away from social justice."
He added, "There is parliamentary support reaching 70% of the deputies to cancel these salaries, and there will be movement after the end of the Eid holiday and the start of the parliament sessions."
Al-Jubouri said, "The file is receiving the attention of the financial committee of the intention, especially since there is popular support for this framework through the need for the employee to have a salary, not several salaries, and that the country is going through a severe financial crisis."
On May 13, 2020, the former deputy, Saad Safouk al-Masoudi, called on Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi to issue a decision to cancel all double salaries and keep one salary.
Al-Masoudi said in a statement that "the new government's reform steps require starting with the implementation of social justice among the people, the abolition of all double salaries, and the maintenance of one salary per person."
He added that "this step is an application of justice and to address the financial crisis."
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