Aug 20 2015
 


Based on the package of reforms presented by the Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi and endorsed by the Council of Ministers and approved by the Council of Representatives the following executive orders and directives were issued:

1. a large reduction in the security details for officials and the presidencies and others, up to 90% percent, and the abolition of the battalions of special security for the VIPs, returning them back to the Defence and Interior ministries as per their designation, to be trained and prepared to do their national duties in defense of the homeland and the protection of its citizens. This decision relieves from the state budget more than twenty thousand security officers, with their salaries exceeding 250 billion Iraqi dinars annually.

2. restructuring the battalions of special protection for the three presidencies and the offices of the Vice-Presidents of the Republic and the offices of the Deputy Prime Ministers that were abolished, and define their duties and subordination and the transfer of their assets so they can assume their security functions to protect the country.

3. the Prime Minister orders the re-allocation of the budgets of the offices of the Vice-Presidents of the Republic and the offices of the Deputy Prime Ministers that were abolished to the public treasury of the state.

4. a) the formation of an expert committee to remove the differences in salaries through the reform of the salaries and allowances system and the abolition of the special provisions for all of the Presidencies, the commissions, and state institutions and their pensioners, taking into account fairness and professional competence, and to provide a new system within one month of the issuance of this order.
b) Lowering the upper limit of the pensions of officials and drafting a decree within a week that deals with the wrong decisions taken previously.

5. the formation of a supreme committee tasked with the selection of candidates for senior positions under the chairmanship and membership of a number of specialists from the Integrity Commission and the Ministry of Planning and experts from development centers in the private sector and consultants and academics.

6. the formation of a supreme committee to hold the Ministries and departments not associated with a ministry to accountability through evaluation programs designed for this purpose and the committee is tasked with submitting periodic reports (quarterly and annual) to the Prime Minister.

7. the Prime Minister Dr. Haider Al-Abadi instructs that recommendations be made by the Office of Financial Supervision and the Integrity Commission to activate the role of inspectors general and provide benchmarks for their staff needs to make them more efficient and to remove the excess in addition to providing criteria for evaluating the performance of audit institutions by no later than 31 August.

8. determine a date no later than 31 August for the implementation of abolishing all positions of external advisers in the ministries, whether fixed or temporary, and limiting the advisors of the three Presidencies to 5 advisors per Presidency.


PM Media Office
20-8-2015