PM:09:29:17/05/2022
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SULAIMANI — The Governor
of Sulaimani, Haval Abubakir, told NRT on Tuesday (May 17) the Prime Minister
of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masrour Barzani, and the Deputy
Prime Minister of the KRG, Qubad Talabani, attended
a meeting on the issue of salary distribution.
Abubakir said the talks focused on the
trouble with the distribution of salaries in Sulaimani and Halabja and the
administrations of Raparin and Garmian.
He said a decision was made during the
meeting to make the issue of salaries a priority ahead of other expenses.
The governorates of Sulaimani and Halabja, which
are under the control of the PUK, have faced delays in paying public sector
salaries. Professors and staff from universities in Sulaimani, Halabja and
Chamchamal have been protesting for two weeks over salary delays.
A decision was reached during Tuesday’s
meeting for the Ministry of Finance and Economy to fill the shortfall in
salaries and for a committee of experts to be formed from the finance ministry
and the interior ministry.
The committee will work in cooperation with
the affected governorates (Sulaimani and Halabja) and administrations, as well
as with all financial and banking institutions there.
The PUK has blamed the Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP) led KRG for the unfair distribution of revenues while the KDP has
accused the PUK of failing to return to local non-oil revenues from Sulaimani
and Halabja.
PM Barzani said on May 11 he wished to
speak with the governors of Sulaimani and Halabja about the public sector
salary delays in the two governorates.
Barzani also stated the KRG’s plan was not
being implemented evenly in all governorate, stating, "We have proof that the
local revenues of Sulaimani and Halabja are not returned to the Region’s
treasury.”
(NRT Digital Media)