The Iraqi Council of Ministers votes on a set of new decisions

by **claud39** Tue Dec 01, 2020 11:34 am

The Iraqi Council of Ministers votes on a set of new decisions

2020-12-01

The Iraqi Council of Ministers votes on a set of new decisions 1606838476563

Shafaq News / Today, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers held its regular session headed by President of the Federal Government, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, during which they discussed a number of issues and topics included in the agenda.

During the session, Al-Kazemi confirmed his directives to the ministers to mobilize all available resources and work, to serve the people of Dhi Qar in the health, service, agricultural and industrial aspects, as well as reconstruction and municipalities.

He touched upon the ongoing preparations for the success of the parliamentary elections scheduled for the sixth of next June, and affirmed the government's determination and keenness to move forward to hold the elections on time and ensure their success.

Al-Kazimi also directed all ministries to remove all obstacles facing the needs of the Electoral Commission, spare it bureaucracy and red tape, and support its efforts to make its work a success.

The council listened to a briefing by the Minister of Health on the efforts of the concerned state agencies to confront the Corona pandemic, in which he referred to the escalation of the rate of recovery to 87%, which was achieved by expanding the clinical capacity, providing treatments and serious work to improve health sector services, as this led to a decline The death rate is high, confirming that the Ministry of Health will secure the necessary funding to purchase the vaccine, as soon as the World Health Organization approves its effectiveness.

The Minister of Health also stressed that the risks of the spread of the Corona virus are still severe, calling on citizens and all institutions to adhere to preventive measures, and not to be lenient in their implementation.

After the council considered the issues and files on its agenda, it took the following decisions:

First / Approval of the recommendations of the work team formed under the Diwaniya Order 32 of 2020 regarding the completion of data for state employees, according to the following:

Continuing to develop the process of issuing the employee number in the Central Bureau of Statistics at the Ministry of Planning, as well as the process of data collection and urging ministries and government agencies to provide the aforementioned agency with the required data, and work to establish a unified system for salaries that includes all spending units, and through which salaries are raised electronically, to the salary platform In the Ministry of Planning, the financing book is issued electronically from the platform to the spending unit, and sent to the Ministry of Finance to launch the disbursement with a barcode in each book, or any other method.

Establishing a platform or application that works on smart phones, through which employees' data is collected after entering them by them and verified by their departments, and the national card data is approved when providing the employee as a first option, and working to provide it to all employees as a priority in issuing cards, and instructing the Ministry of Interior To provide that, and the committee is left with the alternative option in the event of a delay in issuing the card to an employee.

• To form a committee from the Prime Minister’s Office, the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, the ministries of (planning, industry and minerals, and communications), in addition to the Federal Office of Financial Supervision, to implement what has been proven above, and this committee shall be headed by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

• Determine a body to follow up on the work of the aforementioned team, in the Ministry of Planning, and inform the Council of Ministers of its progress.

• Ministries are required to send the names of their employees who have not been issued a job number to the Ministry of Interior.

Second: Authorizing the Industrial Bank to contract with whomever it deems appropriate in the banking field, provided that the numbers of contractors and their wages are determined based on a proposal from the bank’s board of directors, and the approval of the Ministry of Finance, provided that there is no demand for appointment to permanent staff.

Third / The ministries of finance, oil and electricity provide a final solution to all urgent and medium-term vital projects, especially maintenance projects for GE and Siemens companies, in addition to providing financial support for the purchase of additives to ensure the use of liquid fuels instead of the shortage of gas fuels.

Fourth / Approval of the amendment of Paragraph (1) of Cabinet Resolution (92 of 2020), to become as follows:

The Ministry of Agriculture sells (700) thousand tons of fodder barley in the stores of the companies affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture in Nineveh Governorate, in the state it is in, to the Islamic Republic of Iran, at a price of $ 125 / ton, and the payment is in favor of the Ministry of Finance from an account The Iranian Gas Company at the Iraqi Trade Bank (TBI), to pay farmers marketed barley dues.

Fifth: Approval of Minutes No. (17) and the recommendations of the Diwani Order (45 of 2018) attached to the linking of the Ministry of Planning’s letter No. 1/2/931, dated 12/1/2020, relating to hospital projects.

Sixth / Approval of the following:

1- Authorization of the Minister of Finance, Ali Haider Abdul Amir Allawi, the power to sign an agreement to impose the financing of multiple annual maintenance projects (fourth phase), which is implemented by the American company, GE, for the benefit of the Ministry of Electricity, and with the guarantee of the British Export Guarantee Agency UKEF, based on the provisions of Article ( 2) From the Law of Domestic and External Borrowing to Financing the Fiscal Deficit for the year 2020 No. (5 for the year 2020), and Article (2 / second deficit / 3 / k) of the Federal Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2019.

2- The financing conditions for the loan confirmed in the book of the Ministry of Finance No.

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