Saturday, March 19th 2011 12:38 PM
Baghdad, March 19 (AKnews)- A Kurdish lawmaker warned that the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG)’s decision of cutting the allowances for the media outlets will endanger the independence of the channels.
In a step which seemed a compromise to the angry anti-corruption protesters in Kurdistan, the KRG Prime Minister Barham Salih ordered to cut the allowances for all the governmental and non-governmental (political party affiliated) media. Hundreds of million Iraqi Dinars will thus be returned to the Kurdistan treasury.
This will put the independence of the media in Kurdistan at stake and will affect the coverage of the “positive developments” in the Region, the lawmaker believed.
Commenting on the motive for the decision, Othman said the KRG could instead of cutting the media allowances reduce the “large” number of the personal guards of some officials “because Kurdistan is safe.”
He also advised the Kurdish semi-autonomous government northern Iraq to reduce the salaries of the top officials as a sound economic measure.
Salih, the Kurdish premier, earlier declared his cabinet has proposed 10% cut to the monthly payment of the high profile figures.
Reported by Wisam Jaf
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/226141/
Baghdad, March 19 (AKnews)- A Kurdish lawmaker warned that the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG)’s decision of cutting the allowances for the media outlets will endanger the independence of the channels.
In a step which seemed a compromise to the angry anti-corruption protesters in Kurdistan, the KRG Prime Minister Barham Salih ordered to cut the allowances for all the governmental and non-governmental (political party affiliated) media. Hundreds of million Iraqi Dinars will thus be returned to the Kurdistan treasury. This will put the independence of the media in Kurdistan at stake and will affect the coverage of the “positive developments” in the Region, the lawmaker believed.
Commenting on the motive for the decision, Othman said the KRG could instead of cutting the media allowances reduce the “large” number of the personal guards of some officials “because Kurdistan is safe.”
He also advised the Kurdish semi-autonomous government northern Iraq to reduce the salaries of the top officials as a sound economic measure.
Salih, the Kurdish premier, earlier declared his cabinet has proposed 10% cut to the monthly payment of the high profile figures.
Reported by Wisam Jaf
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/226141/
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