Sadrist MP criticizes officials’ retirement salaries

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Awad al-Awadi, of al-Ahrar bloc within the Sadr Trend, stated “The Retirement Law needs to be reviewed and modified,” noting that “It is unfair to make the retirement salary of an official as eight IQD Million compared to the retirement salary of a citizen.

Speaking to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com), he said “This law shows injustice and lack equality,” assuring that “The parliament will endorse new law drafts that can limit the retirement merits of the officials and make them reasonable.”

“The officials’ retirement salaries are about eight IQD Million and this is unfair if we want to compare them to the salaries of the citizens,” he concluded.