Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, Peshmerga's70th Forces announced new details regarding the crisis of delayed salaries forsome of its retirees, confirming that the problem is due to regulatoryprocedures in the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan RegionalGovernment.
Brigadier General AhmadLatif, the spokesperson of the 70th Forces told Shafaq News Agency, “Theretirees used to receive their salaries from the Force 70 budget during theirservice, but their names are required to be added to the pension lists of theregional government after their retirement.”
Latif indicated that allthe administrative procedures required to include these retirees on the governmentpayroll have been completed by the competent authorities, and all that remainsis the approval of the Minister of Finance to transfer them to the officialretiree lists. "I personally spoke with the Minister of Finance whoassured me that the problem will be solved within two days.", he added.
The spokesman explainedas well that this problem is not new, as it recurs monthly due to delays insalaries for some retirees as a result of the incomplete transfer to thegovernment payroll system, noting that “the problem began when Force 70 stoppedpaying the salaries of retirees after their retirement, which necessitatedtheir transfer to the government's retiree lists, a step that has not yet beenfully completed.”
The crisis of delayedsalary payments for Peshmerga retirees in the Kurdistan Region is a part of thestructural problems related to the payment of pensions in the Region, wheresome bureaucratic processes are stalled, leading to salaries delays.