KTFA:
Clare: The General Secretariat announces the suspension of official working hours on Sunday and Monday for the Christian component
4/08/2023
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced today, Saturday, the suspension of official working hours on Sunday and Monday, for the Christian component.
The spokesman for the General Secretariat, Haider Majeed, said in a press interview that “based on the decision of the Council of Ministers, taken during the fourteenth regular session, held on April 4, 2023, to consider Sunday and Monday, April 9 and 10, as official holidays for the Christian component, on the occasion of the Resurrection Day.” Glorious”. LINK
Clare: Distributing the salaries of employees and retirees before Eid Al-Fitr
4/08/2023
An official source in the Iraqi Ministry of Finance suggested, on Saturday, that the salaries of employees and retirees will be distributed before the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
The source told Shafaq News agency, “It is likely that the salaries of retirees and employees will be paid before Eid Al-Fitr, as the Eid holiday coincides with the end of the month.”
He added, “The Ministry of Finance will mobilize its efforts to distribute salaries in full before April 20,” expecting that “salaries will be distributed to employees first, and then retirees second.”
It is expected that Eid Al-Fitr will fall on the 21st or 22nd of April. LINK
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Clare: Parliamentary Finance expects the approval of the oil and gas law “immediately” after the budget, on condition
4/08/2023
Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ikhlas Al-Dulaimi confirmed, on Saturday, that the agreement between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government will reflect positively on the general budget and oil and gas laws.
Al-Dulaimi told Shafaq News agency, “The agreement between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region will reflect positively on the general budget law within the parliament and its approval in record time, and it is also a positive step for approving the oil and gas law in light of the positive conditions in the country.”
She added, “Today, if the political will is real and exists to solve the problems, the approval of the oil and gas law will be immediately after the approval of the budget law.”
Al-Dulaimi said, “The draft oil and gas law is still with the government, awaiting approval by the Council of Ministers and sending it to the House of Representatives.”
And last week, the Federal Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani, and the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, agreed to resume exporting the region’s oil, which was stopped by a decision of an international court. LINK
