Increase in pensioners' salaries, 18 DEC

 Increase in pensioners' salaries

Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Moeen Al-Kadhimi, confirmed that “the problem of Kurdistan’s salary employees has ended, as duplicate names and fictitious employees have been removed.”

He said in a statement seen by (Al-Masry - Tuesday), "The Federal Ministry of Finance now has a clear picture of the number of employees, which turned out to be 700,000, out of 4.2 million employees in all of Iraq."

He pointed out that "there is a possibility of raising the salaries of the lower categories of retirees starting next year in line with inflation, in accordance with Article 36 of the Retirement Law."

Al-Kadhimi continued, "The government withdrew the retirement law from Parliament to make some amendments, including the Cabinet's vision to fix the retirement age at 60 years, which would allow for more appointments, while Parliament sees the need to raise it to 63 to ease financial burdens