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MPs call for retirees to demonstrate to set up a mechanism to increase their salaries
On: Saturday 05/05/2012 9:30
Baghdad / term
the president of the Iraqi bloc free Qutaiba Jubouri House of Representatives to form a special committee set up a mechanism to increase the salaries of retirees. complain that many of the retirees from the lack of salary they receive from the state showing how they do not fill their daily needs as well as the needs of their families. Jubouri said in a press release received a copy of which was long yesterday that "pensions are losing their purchasing power in the face of rising prices during the recent years, with multiple responsibilities, retired, who did not get his sons to opportunities for recruitment, or had children of students."
The Jubouri that "the monthly income of the retiree may not be enough to pay rent and wages generators eligibility that have plagued the Iraqi people, as well as living expenses of food, clothing and others."
and that "it is rare to hear about the exit of a group of retirees in a demonstration to demand higher salaries , due to old age and inability to pretend like the rest of the slides that have been successful in obtaining entitlements, but this does not mean to wait for each slide disadvantaged even go out in a demonstration for us to meet their demands, "stressing that" justice and equity to get retired all of his rights as he sat in his home in honor of years of his life he spent in the service of his people, and honor and respect for his efforts and sacrifices. "
The House of Representatives has approved during the vote on the financial budget for the current year grant retirees under the salaries of 400 thousand dinars to increase financial of 50 thousand dinars while adjusting the pension law is that, to the now did not do the increase, prompting resentment and indignation of retired non-compliance with the implementation of the resolution, despite the simplicity of the amount added to their salaries.
He added that "any parliamentary bloc ignore the suffering of the retirees will not succeed in obtaining parliamentary seats in the next session, Valmottagaad is the head of the family who directs his sons to elect whomever it deems appropriate and shall maintain justice and equity.
He stressed "the need to form a parliamentary committee study provides a comprehensive and detailed information on the mechanism to increase the salaries of retired manner that achieves their sufficiency and provide for themselves and their families a decent life."
The solicitor on the mass of 'Abdul-Hussein Abtan announced that its mass intends to submit a proposal to the House of Representatives provides for the consolidation and increase of pensions, noting that "the mass of the citizen initiated in coordination with the committees concerned in the parliament and the Humane Society of Retired Persons, the Directors-General in some ministries to organize workshops for the preparation of legislation to standardize and increase the salaries of retirees."
and attributed the MP for the mass of the citizen and were part of the National Alliance, Abdul-Hussein Abtan delay law unification ladder pensions to overlap more than one complete formulation.
MP said Abtan in an interview with The Euphrates News yesterday that the "bill consolidation peace pensions issued by the Parliament before the year is still under the dome of the discussion did not be agreed upon so far. "
and pointed to the existence of "the intervention of more than one hand to complete the drafting of the law, including, the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the director of public pension and the Finance Ministry and each one of them put points as indicated on the law so long a lot.
It is noteworthy that the pension law in Iraq suffers from significant problems for more than 35 years because of what was going through the Iraqi state from the wars and crises exhausted its economy.
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