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Clare: Parliamentary Finance hosts Taif Sami to discuss 2025 budget schedules and salary insurance
1/22/2025 Baghdad
Today, Saturday, the Parliamentary Finance Committee hosted the Minister of Finance, Taif Sami.
An informed source said, "The meeting will discuss the 2025 budget schedules and securing salaries."
He added, "The meeting will also discuss Article 12 of the 2025 Budget Law Amendment, which relates to resuming the export of Kurdistan Region oil and preparing the final draft of the amendment." LINK
Clare: The House of Representatives discusses amending the Unified Retirement Law and the General Budget
1/11/2025
The Iraqi Council of Representatives is scheduled to resume its sessions tomorrow, Sunday, and the first reading of the draft amendment to the Federal Budget Law is on the agenda, as it proposes extending the retirement age for public sector employees to 63 years.
In this regard, Dr. Narmin Marouf, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, said: “The first session of the first legislative term of the new year will be held on Sunday, as the agenda includes the first reading of the draft law amending the General Retirement Law No. 9 of 2014.”
Dr. Narmin Marouf added: “The main article to be amended in the law is Article 5 related to the retirement age, as the amendment proposes returning the retirement age for public sector employees to 63 years, as it was before the legislation of the aforementioned law, which reduced the retirement age to 60 years.”
The Council of Representatives is scheduled to hold another session on Monday 13/10, and its agenda includes 10 paragraphs, the most important of which is the second reading of the draft amendment to the Federal General Budget Law.
The amendment relates to Article 12 of the Federal Budget Law of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025) No. 13 of 2023, and this article concerns the export of oil extracted from the Kurdistan Region through the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO).
On 11/7/2024, the Presidency of the Iraqi Council of Representatives decided to extend its legislative term for 30 days, starting from November 9. LINK
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