Araji: There is an increase in the salaries of social welfare by about 100% .. and Iraq will recover soon
Tomorrow Press / Follow-up: The Deputy Prime Minister Bahaa al-Araji, Tuesday, speaking to a number of heads edit Iraqi newspapers, for an increase in salaries and social welfare allocations in the fiscal budget planned legislation from the House of Representatives up to 100%.
They said, "has been discussed all the paragraphs of the budget was a necessary amendments that will ensure the return of the economic sector activity and liquidity of the country in order to overcome the critical financial juncture for the country, based on flexible foundations laid into account the financial volatility and the decline in world oil prices," noting that "The government will work to cut costs and keep up with the financial returns of both oil exports or other sources, and government spending will be under those inputs, which is not necessarily to be spending as identified in the budget is restricted as this may expose the state budget to a large defect."
Araji said that the general budget for the current year will include giving priority to the sectors of security, health, education, pointing out that it will not affect the salaries of employees and retirees. "
Araji said "the focus was on supporting health and education sectors as well as the security side, what is happening to the country of the particular organization Daash terrorist terrorist attacks," pointing out that "there is a problem in the country in the investment sector over the past years, and its development depends on the ministries and provincial officials them, and the next stage will feature officials working hard in this area and distinguish them from others. "
The Vice Prime Minister said, "There substance in the next budget will hopefully approval, granted powers to the ministries, agencies and provinces have direct investment with the private sector, as there are other material shall grant to the provinces to initiate projects on credit worth five billion dollars, and each ministry projects on credit worth 3 billion dinars to allocate these infrastructure projects exclusively contracted with a solid and well-known companies, and according to the guidelines and standards do not allow the entry of small businesses, "noting that" the completion of projects and investment mechanism determines time running three years during which the project is handed over the roof and will be reflected in the performance of ministries, agencies and provinces in order to work, development and construction, in addition to the investment side of tourism, especially in the field of religious tourism. "
And on the decline in global oil prices, said al-Araji said, "There are three views behind it, the first political war against Russia and Iran, and the second operating in the shale oil extraction companies hit at a cost of about $ sixty, and opinion III is weak, goes to the Iraqi licensing rounds impacted negatively Saudi production and exports, especially since the cost of extracting a barrel in Iraq of $ 25, "stressing that" the most oil-importing countries have benefited from lower prices, such as China. "
He assured the Deputy Prime Minister, "The country is rich in his money and wealth, and recover from financial adversity, and come back stronger than before, and that oil prices will not stay at this low level, and that the government plans and international policies pursued with companies and organizations for the sustainability of development and construction in the country in the future pay agreements give the oil export to those who show more cooperation with Iraq in the current conditions of preference. "
He called al-Araji national media organizations support the government in order to Calendar patch correction does not in order to discredit and slander, the fact that there are foreign media organizations to mobilize their efforts against the country and work for the organization Daash terrorist, and trying to influence the political process in the country, noting that the political forces in the government is working for the advancement of the country does not There are personality differences between this side or that, but there are visions and ideas and differences in viewpoints and application. "
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