Newspapers Tuesday follow the implications of low oil prices on salaries and government formation co

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Baghdad / Nina / Newspapers published today, Tuesday, the twenty-eighth of April, have implications of low oil prices on salaries and government formation consultations.


Al-Zawraa newspaper, which is issued by the Press Syndicate, quoted the Parliamentary Finance Committee as saying that the proposal to reduce salary allocations will include the three presidencies, deputies and special grades only, stressing that the funds are covered for salaries, health supplies and ration items until next July.

The committee’s rapporteur, Ahmad Al-Saffar, said that the issue of reducing or increasing salaries or adding allocations or deducting them from the authority of the government is not the parliament, except that the decision is taken with the approval of Parliament. Noting: The Ministerial Council for Economy, one of its members is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, and a set of proposals were put forward for the purpose of discussion during the Council’s sessions in light of the financial crisis and the Corona pandemic.

He added: The government currently has enough cash liquidity until next July to cover the expenses of salaries and health supplies such as the purchase of medicines and others, as well as the ration card items, in case the oil prices remain the same. Pointing out that there are expectations that oil prices will improve after the month of June, meaning that the financial situation of the country will improve.

He explained: There is a set of proposals put forward in the Ministerial Council for Economy to address the financial crisis in the event that oil prices remain a continuous decline, including reducing the allocations added to the salaries of the three presidencies and members of the House of Representatives and special grades inside and outside Iraq, stressing: that young employees are not covered at all.

He continued: There are proposals related to commercial policy, meaning that the import focuses on the essential essential matters only, and there is the possibility of resorting to internal borrowing through privatization from the central bank and banks, and that there are procedures related to financial and monetary policy in order to be able to pay the salaries of employees and the basics of life The crisis, which is a matter of special medicines and the issue of the ration card.

He ruled out the government's resort to compulsory saving for employees and retirees, and may have high salaries only, adding that "if the government resorted to compulsory savings for all employees, I will stand against this decision because it will harm a large segment of society."
He said that the new government will definitely have its own fiscal and monetary policy through which it can develop solutions and remedies for the crisis. An emergency budget is likely to be submitted by the new government for the remainder of the months for the current fiscal year.

For his part, the member of the Finance Committee, Ahmed Haji, warned of a stifling financial crisis that could hit the country in the coming months.

Haji said: “All expectations indicate that the financial crisis will continue, as the Corona crisis has not yet ended, and life in most countries of the world is almost idle, in terms of population movement, commercial exchanges, factories, and others, which has reduced the demand for oil.

He explained: The lack of supply from oil buyers in light of the large supply of oil and the fullness of oil tanks, led to the collapse of prices in the global oil markets. Pointing out that there are a group of solutions that the government may resort to in light of the financial crisis, including the use of the central bank reserves through offering government bonds and purchases by banks with the support of the central bank, as happened in previous years.



And on the formation of the government, the new Al-Sabah newspaper quoted the Shiite forces, confirming that the list of candidates for ministries should be replaced entirely, warning Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi against favoring the Sunni and Kurdish forces, and called on him to use a team of experts to help him in his mission.
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"The actions of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi in choosing the ministers differed from what was agreed upon," said independent deputy in the Construction Alliance, Amer Al-Fayez.
Al-Fayez added, “When the Shiite blocs authorized Al-Kazemi to choose the ministers, I set a condition for him to apply the same mechanism to all political forces from other components.
He pointed out, "The reality has shown in contradiction to the agreement, that the commissioner has accepted candidates who are forced by the blocs, and others have legal indications, or that they are current ministers facing interrogation."

Al-Fayez pointed out that "the proposed list was rejected by completing it," stressing that "the commissioner undertook to review all candidates and consultations are still ongoing in this regard."

He added, “The Sunni and Kurdish blocs insist on quotas and demand what they find their electoral merits, because the situation will not change, and the political process will keep going at the same pace and the anger of the Iraqi street will worsen.

Al-Fayez said that "the constitutional deadline has entered its final days and we hope that Al-Kazemi will accomplish his mission and submit the candidates according to the previous agreement, and we will not enter into a new impasse."

For his part, a leading member of the State of Law coalition, Jassem Muhammad Jaafar, asked, “Al-Kazimi to seek the assistance of consultants in choosing the most appropriate ministers from those who presented them to the political blocs.
Jaafar said, “The list currently presented is disappointing, and it contains names that are not appropriate for ministerial tasks for several reasons.”


Regarding confronting the Corona epidemic, Al-Sabah newspaper said that the Supreme Committee for Health and National Safety recommended yesterday, Monday, to tighten legal procedures against those who violate the guidelines and directives of the health institution in the country ruling on health divergence and to follow ways to prevent corona virus, warning against ignoring the health instructions committed by some citizens by breaching the spacing Health and the establishment of gatherings during the past few days after the relaxation of the curfew, warning of continued instances of non-compliance, crowding and contact.

A statement of the Information Office of the Prime Minister said, "The Higher Committee for Health and National Safety held its sixth meeting headed by Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, yesterday, Monday, via closed-circuit television, to discuss issues prepared for the agenda, including evaluating the partial lifting of the curfew and the extent of citizens' commitment to health guidelines." , And the arrivals of Iraqi expatriates, and the urgent requirements and facilities related to confronting the Corona pandemic.
The Prime Minister praised the efforts made by all parties to protect the Iraqis from the epidemic and the good and advanced results achieved, noting that "the preliminary assessment to ease the curfew measures calls for us to tighten procedures and ensure full compliance with health protection, guidelines, health divergence and wearing masks to prevent the spread of the epidemic and other instructions Stressing, “Health decisions have an opinion regarding the jurisdiction, which is the Ministry of Health and its recommendations.” The Prime Minister praised the role played by the media and its contribution to increasing health awareness. / End[/rtl]

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