Major challenges stand in the way of Al-Sudani in evaluating the performance of officials

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[size=52]Major challenges stand in the way of Al-Sudani in evaluating the performance of officials[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Hussein Hatem[/size]
[size=45]Parliamentary opinions differed between supporters and opponents regarding Prime Minister Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani's decision to give senior officials in his government six months to evaluate their performance.[/size]
[size=45]One team argued that Al-Sudani possesses sufficient will and parliamentary support to implement what he promised, and his steps towards a services government are serious, while another team believes that Al-Sudani’s move to give senior officials in the government a deadline to evaluate their performance is incorrect, as most general managers, ministers, their agents, and governors are accused With "corruption cases". "The government's work will be evaluated in light of its government-based program, and the evaluation will include ministers, agents, governors, advisors and general managers, according to specific timings," Al-Sudani said during an extraordinary session held by the Council of Ministers last week.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister gave the general managers three months, after which their performance would be evaluated, according to what was implemented on the basis of the government program. Al-Sudani also gave ministers, agents, governors, and advisors a period of six months, after which their work would be evaluated in light of the implementation of the government program and their commitment to its main axes and priorities.[/size]
[size=45]MP Muhammad al-Ziyadi said in an interview with (Al-Mada) that “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani possesses sufficient will and parliamentary support to implement what he promised.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Ziyadi, a member of the Parliamentary Investment and Development Committee, added, "The prime minister is serious in his steps to move towards a service government that meets the aspirations of the Iraqi people."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The government program has been set for a period of time, as any minister or entity that cannot implement what was stipulated in the program during this period, cannot continue to work."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Ziyadi explained, “The percentage of completion of lagging hospitals that were included in the government program that was voted on by the Council of Ministers will be very high when approving the draft general financial budget for the year 2023,” noting that “school projects will also receive great attention from the Council of Ministers and Representatives.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The current problem is the distribution of residential plots, as there is no agreement between the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Municipalities, and the Ministry of Finance, since the dispute exists between the two ministries."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Ziyadi said, "The cabinet has made the health sector and what is related to the social welfare network and the subsidy rate, in addition to improving the items of the food basket, one of the government's priorities." The government program, which was voted on by the Council of Ministers in its extraordinary session, includes “the completion of the disabled hospital projects and the construction of 2,000 to 5,000 schools within the Iraq Fund for Development – ​​the education sector.”[/size]
[size=45]The program provides for "distributing 500,000 housing units with soft loans, establishing new residential cities with full services, as well as opening six major hospitals in the governorates of Babil, Najaf, Dhi Qar, Karbala, Maysan, Basra and Tikrit."[/size]
[size=45]It also includes “improving and raising the items of the food basket, increasing the number of people covered by the social welfare network and increasing the subsidy rate, in addition to increasing loans to support small projects, by increasing the fund’s capital four times over its current amounts.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the other deputy, Hadi al-Salami, described the decision of Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani to grant the heads of local governments in the governorates a 6-month period for evaluation as “incorrect.” Al-Salami said during a press conference followed by (Al-Mada), that “most of the general managers, ministers, their deputies, and governors are accused of financial and administrative corruption cases, and it was first for the Prime Minister to rely on the financial control reports and the reports of the Prevention Department issued by the Integrity Commission before making this decision.”[/size]
[size=45]He added that Al-Sudani “could have relied on the integrity reports for evaluation, especially since the general managers had many years in their positions.” Al-Salami, a member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, pointed out, "The Iraqi people are not a field for experiments, and the Prime Minister's decision is incorrect and incorrect, because some of the conservatives have been in their positions for more than 10 years."[/size]
[size=45]During the extraordinary session, the Council of Ministers decided to form a committee from within the Council to seriously follow up on the implementation of the government program, in addition to forming sub-committees in each ministry to implement its plans and what is required of it within the framework of the government program.[/size]
[size=45]And in light of defining the mechanism for implementing the government program and achieving its goals, the Council of Ministers approved that the Ministry of Planning, independent bodies, entities not associated with a ministry, and governorates that are not organized in a region, commit to implementing projects and the program, in accordance with the government’s priorities contained in the ministerial platform in force.[/size]
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