Former Minister of Planning: The draft compulsory service law needs in-depth study

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[size=52]Former Minister of Planning: The draft compulsory service law needs in-depth study[/size]

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The former Minister of Planning, Nouri Al-Dulaimi, stressed that the draft compulsory service law needs a greater review and awareness campaigns of its negatives and positives, before proceeding with its approval.[/size]
[size=45]Nouri Al-Dulaimi, said Thursday (10 November 2022), that the draft law on compulsory service needs to be “greater review, workshops and awareness campaigns about its pros and cons,” noting that it could be approved after “an in-depth study and if its positives are greater and achieve important points for the Iraqi people.” .[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that he does not support any project without "taking a large amount of in-depth study, which would make the law issued in a positive way."[/size]
[size=45]The first reading of the bill was scheduled to take place on November 6, 2022, but it was removed from the agenda, due to differences between Shiite and Sunni blocs.[/size]
[size=45]The draft compulsory service law consists of 66 articles, and stipulates that compulsory service is 18 months for those who did not attend or leave school or did not complete middle school, 12 months for those who completed middle school or its equivalent, and 3 months for those who obtained a doctorate.[/size]
[size=45]Concerning the demands of the liberated areas from the new government, and whether they hope to achieve them, Nuri al-Dulaimi said, “We certainly hope that these demands will be fulfilled,” explaining: “We have displaced, displaced, detained and forcibly disappeared persons, and a great lack of services.”[/size]
[size=45]In response to a question about the decline in services and infrastructure, he said that "the great shortage in the investment budget, caused the decline in services and infrastructure, in addition to the great corruption that exhausted the Iraqi state, in addition to the reluctance in the implementation of projects."[/size]
[size=45]In this context, he indicated that "more than $50 billion annually in Iraqi state payments from salaries to employees, retirees, security services and social welfare."[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the general population census, the former Minister of Planning pointed out that there is a confusion between the general census and statistics.[/size]
[size=45]He explained that all the outputs of the general census of population and houses are “developmental, so we must proceed with it quickly, so that the planners and programs can benefit from it, in order to develop appropriate plans for development and construction,” considering that “the issue of census and the dispute over the disputed areas is another story.”[/size]
[size=45]He noted that the Ministry of Planning completed in 2019 60% of the requirements for conducting the general census, which was hoped to take place in 2020.[/size]
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