Al-Kaabi warns of infringing social welfare allocations and calls on the Finance Committee not to be affected by political pressures

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Al-Kaabi warns of infringing social welfare allocations and calls on the Finance Committee not to be affected by political pressures

02/15/202102/15/2021


* Al-Kaabi is surprised that the article on increasing sponsorship allocations was removed from the draft budget agreed upon in the presence of the Minister of Labor *


* Al-Kaabi: The increase in the exchange rate of the dollar contributed to reducing the amount of salaries and exhausting the weak and middle classes *
 
Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, warned against compromising or reducing the allocations of the social welfare network in light of the outbreak of the Corona pandemic and the economic crisis that Iraq is going through, in addition to the decision to increase the dollar exchange rate, which contributed significantly to reducing the amount of salaries in general and making value The dinar is very weak and the shoulders of the poor and middle classes have been exhausted.


He was surprised at the deletion of the article agreed upon in the draft budget in the presence of the Minister of Labor regarding increasing social welfare allocations.


Al-Kaabi said in a statement today, Monday, February 15, 2021, while we value the efforts made by the Parliamentary Finance Committee over the past period of meetings and hosting to complete the draft budget law, we call on it not to be affected by political pressures, whims and moods that are practiced under the pretext of developing, encouraging and increasing the allocations of some sectors At the expense of those covered by social welfare salaries, considering the measure taken seriously harms the poor and middle segments of Iraqi society.


It should be noted here that the First Deputy attended two separate meetings of the Finance Committee, in the presence of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, during which the agreement and emphasis was placed on increasing the financial allocations for all those covered by social care and not to prejudice it even in any circumstance.
 
The Media Office of the
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament
2/15/2021




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