Hundreds of local councils’ members demonstrate before Parliament building

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Hundreds of members of the Municipal Councils from provinces of central and southern Iraq demonstrated in front of the Parliament building to demand for their retirement rights.

IraqiNews.com correspondent reported on Tuesday “Hundreds of members of Municipal Councils demonstrated before the Parliament building demanding to abolish the item No.40 of 2012 general budget law which stipulated to cancel granting pensions for the retired members.”

“The demonstrators called to treat them equally with the MPs who still receive their retirement salaries,” IraqiNews.com correspondent added.

Earlier, the Parliament voted last March on abolishing an item within the general budget of 2012 related to the provinces which stated to cancel the retirement salaries for those who occupied positions in the local councils.