Al-Kaabi: There is no plan to reduce salaries of employees and retirees

First Deputy Speaker Mr. Hassan Karim al-Kaabi denied reports of reducing the salaries of employees and retirees, except salaries of special grades including the General Directors, Deputies, Ministers and MPs in the budget of 2019, due to lack of financial allocations.
Al-Kaabi said that “it is agreed upon that employees’ salaries remain intact. We seek to revitalize the Iraqi economy through the activation of the private and public sectors and create additional employment opportunities, and encourage investment.”
He pointed out that “the Iraqi constitution stipulates that the Iraqi citizen must be guaranteed a decent living. Also, the real income level of the individual should be taken into account. We should not allow ourselves to be the cause of the decline in the standard of living of our country. ”
The First Deputy Speaker Media Office
13/12/2018