Parliamentary Finance: The amount of the borrowing will be limited to the insurance of salaries, supplies, medicine and care

by **GirlBye** Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:17 pm

Today, Thursday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed that there is a tendency to limit the amount of borrowing in the fiscal deficit law by securing salaries, ration items and medicines.

The committee’s rapporteur, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said, according to its affiliate (Iraqi Media News Agency /) , that the committee listened to the government's viewpoint regarding financial spending for the deficit financing law.

He added, "The Finance Committee is awaiting the answer to the question sent to the Prime Minister's Office regarding the possibility of securing salaries in the event that the disability law is not approved, after which the amount of the borrowing is determined."

He pointed out that "the second reading on the Deficit Financing Law may witness a reduction in the amount of borrowing to be limited to securing the salaries of employees and retirees, social care, ration card items and medicines."

https://iraqakhbar.com/2730425