Government of Kurdistan: We can only pay one salary of salaries remaining for the current year

Government of Kurdistan: We can only pay one salary of salaries remaining for the current year



Wednesday, December 13,

Alsumaria News / Erbil
announced the Kurdistan Regional Government , Wednesday, she can pay one salary only from the remaining salary for the current year, pointing to the provincial government will not be able to pay monthly salaries next year , according to its timing in imports and not to send Baghdad 's budget region.

The Secretary of the Council of Ministers of the region Amang Rahim in a joint news conference with the Chairman of the Committee on Oil and Gas Parliament of Kurdistan Sherko Jawdat, attended by Alsumaria News that "the provincial government can distribute only one salary of the remaining salaries for the current year," noting that "the provincial government will not be able to pay The salaries of next year 2018 per month, and on time according to imports existing with the provincial government, and in the case of failure to send Baghdad budget of the region.

Rahim added that "the provincial government will review the payrolls and will try to grant salaries to the beneficiaries only," pointing out that "there is a new project on salaries will be submitted to the Parliament with a view to reforms in this file."

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Najirvan Barzani and his deputy Kibad Talabani and a number of ministers of the region held a meeting today with the Presidency of the Parliament of the region and parliamentary committees and heads of blocs, indicating that the meeting discussed the financial situation and directions of the region and how to distribute salaries during the coming period.

According to informed sources in the Kurdistan region that the government of the region has paid so far the salaries of the month of August of this year, as well as its decision to cut the proportion of 30% to 40% of salaries of employees two years ago.

The Kurdish region is suffering from a severe financial crisis, as the Kurdistan Regional Government has not been able to pay the arrears of salaries of its employees for a long time, and officials attribute the financial crisis to the decline in oil prices and outstanding problems between Baghdad and Erbil on oil files and the budget and the war against "dashing" Half a displaced person and a refugee.

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