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MPs and politicians: the law reduce the salaries of the three presidencies entered a dark tunnel
Author: the future of Iraq
25/7/2011 0:00
Baghdad / Iraqi future / follow-up
despite the passage of nearly five months to submit the law to reduce the salaries of the three presidencies by the government to the parliament is still the law Trapped in the corridors of the House of Representatives are raising questions and doubts about the lack of adoption of this law which has become a popular demand, especially after reveal that the salaries of the three presidencies accounted for 21% of the operational budget for the current year.
attribute the deputies and political delays in the adoption of a law reducing the salaries of the three presidencies to the entry in the "tunnels dark" of the Presidency of the Council of Representatives was Takbith listing and place it on the shelves forgotten.
says MP Kurdistan Alliance Mahmoud Othman said the law reduce the salaries of the three presidencies entered a dark tunnel to the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, explaining, "It seems that the Presidency of the parliament and prime minister have tunnels hidden by the laws that do not have to accept some political blocs." He added: "The Law of the salaries of the three presidencies is one of the laws that got a stall in the approval because it did not obtain satisfaction of some political blocs, "adding that he" heard more than once before about two months that the law will be presented in the House of Representatives for approval in the coming days, but did not get anything from it. "The Council of Ministers approved the first of the month of March, a law reducing the salaries of the three presidencies and turned it into the House of Representatives for approval.
According to the law presented by the Council of Ministers, the rates of reduction of the salaries of the three presidencies varied between 80% and 40%, as was reducing the salaries of presidents and ministers and House of Representatives from 50 million to 12 million and 7 million to three million deputies with the allocations, the Minister becomes the salary of each individual, including 5 million dinars, with the addition of three million allowances, and salaries of members of the House of Representatives 7 million each deputy and three million allocation. The House voted at its forty-one of the legislative term of the former Act to reduce the salaries of the three presidencies in principle and forwarded to the committees of the financial and legal Alniabaten to determine the discount rate and then a final vote. For his part, attributed MP for the coalition of state law, Abdul Salam al-Maliki delays in the adoption of this law to reject the political blocs did not identify with this law, noting that claims to reduce the salaries of the three presidencies has increased dramatically and by the various categories of the Iraqi people. "
Maliki said that "the adoption of this law is a necessary requirement after an increase in claims by reducing the salaries of officials in the state, "referring to the call of religious reference in Najaf, the need to reduce the salaries of state officials because it represents a huge difference for the income of employees and ordinary citizens." The representative of the religious authority in Karbala, Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai criticized in a sermon last Friday delayed the House of Representatives pass a law reducing the salaries of the three presidencies, adding, "Although the reduction of the salaries of officials and special grades to ensure a reduction of nominal and symbolic, a one million dinars, only that he did not pass until Now, despite the passage of five months to view a draft law reducing the salaries of the House. "For his part, member of the House of Representatives on the mass of a martyr mihrab that" there are problems undeclared in the organization of pay scale of the three presidencies on the basis of grades for the citizens. "said MP Abdul-Hussein Abtan: "Some called logos do not want to implement the organization pay scale presidencies, as the members of the House of Representatives their expenses and others did not comment on the issue."
He added: "The religious authority considers that the delay in approval of the Council of Representatives of the laws necessary for the country as law reduced the salaries of the three presidencies is one of the reasons for the slow progress in Iraq. "
Political analysts say that the political class in the country do not have a sincere desire to meet popular demands to reduce the law of the salaries of the three presidencies. considering that some political blocs look at the salaries paid for a glance sacred should not be overrun by . said political analyst Ahmed White: "It seems that the law reduced the salaries of the three presidencies may Put gifts away in a drawer the House of Representatives because it does not in the interest of the political blocs."
He added: "The political blocs are reluctant to adopt this law as it is considered that the salaries charged by members of the sanctuaries that should not be touched under any demand or public pressure ", and wondered about the" appropriate huge salaries paid to officials and the tasks assigned to them. "He explained that" the country in dire need of this large amount of money, especially as it is spent on things luxury utilized officials exclusively.
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