Iraq: Reducing the salaries of special grades and stopping the double salaries

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhmi announced today, Tuesday, a decision to reduce the salaries of presidents, special grades, and senior positions, to suspend the double wage and delusional and rationalize government spending.

“We will not allow the solutions to the financial crisis to be at the expense of the rights of low-income, retired and social-care employees,” Al-Kadhmi said in a tweet on Twitter.

He added, “Our decision is to reduce the salaries of presidencies and special grades and higher positions, and to suspend the double-wage and delusional and rationalize government spending.”