The Council of Ministers held today, Tuesday, its twenty-sixth regular session, headed by PM Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, and took a number of decisions.
At the beginning of the session, the Prime Minister affirmed: “The next six months are a critical period in the life of the government, and the momentum of implementation of the government program must be maintained, especially after the approval of the federal general budget law for three years,” directing “ministries and government agencies to take measures to reduce dispatches, especially for ministers and undersecretaries, which has been observed to increase in recent times, affecting the work of Ministries.
The Prime Minister directed “that the work of leadership staff in positions of duty continues, even after the end of the official working hours, and that they be present in their ministries to work day and night, and that they remove from their dictionary the issue of vacation or the end of working hours,” pointing to “the need to listen to citizens by officials, This will support the ministers’ work program and speed up the achievement of achievements, in addition to the necessity of standing up to and exposing blackmailers, who may appear under official or unofficial titles.
The Council of Ministers studied the files and issues on the agenda and took the appropriate decisions regarding them.
With regard to regulating foreign labor in Iraq, the Council of Ministers decided to approve the amendment of Cabinet Resolution (119 of 2021) amended by Resolution (283 of 2022) by adding a member from the Ministry of Interior, with regard to residency for foreign workers, to the Supreme Committee for Planning and Operating the Workforce.
In the field of import regulation and administrative reform in this sector, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Economy No. (230128 s).
Source: National Iraqi News Agency