Nadhim: Next year's first salaries will proceed naturally

Baghdad - INA

Cabinet spokesman Hassan Nadhim resolved the controversy over linking employee salaries to the legislation of the general budget law for next year, while revealing the most prominent files that the sending delegation discussed with the Iranian side.

Nadhim told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), today, Tuesday: The salaries of employees for the first months of next year will proceed normally according to the "one on 12" plan, as approved in the year 2020 until next year’s budget legislation, which needs time after it is subject to discussion in Parliament ".

He pointed out that the exchange rate change came within the reform plan in the white paper, "indicating that there is a comprehensive plan for financial and economic reform."

He explained that the application of the exchange rate in the budget next year would revive investment opportunities for the private sector in the long run and would provide job opportunities for the unemployed.