Iraq's Parliament Approves Unanimously Major Government Reform Package Tuesday Aug 11,2015

 

Iraq's parliament voted unanimously on Tuesday Aug 11,2015 to approve Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's reform package, Speaker Saleem al-Jabouri said during a session broadcast live on state television.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had proposed measures to reduce corruption and save money in the face of mounting unrest.

They include eliminating a layer of senior government positions, ending sectarian and party quotas for state positions, reducing officials' benefits and reopening corruption investigations.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also proposed scrapping Iraq's multiple vice president and deputy prime minister positions, currently shared out along sectarian lines.

Iraqi Parliament also approved on Tuesday Tuesday Aug 11,2015 its own package of reforms to sack the ministers of finance and electricity, cut the number of ministries, reduce the size of officials' security details and reform the judicial system.