Iraq disrupts 150 days a year, losing billions

[yota691]

Iraq disrupts 150 days a year, losing billions

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     Shatha Khalil *

    The Iraqi economy suffers large financial losses due to official and non-official holidays, which suddenly recognize the need for security, political and religious necessities, despite the need to compensate for the severe deficit in the annual budget. 
Iraq is at the forefront of the diversity of national and religious events in which public and private sector institutions are disrupted, where holidays and holidays are imposed for various reasons and are often controversial in Iraqi society, which is no longer considered to be disrupted by its interests. 
And that the state can not rise and develop this number of useless holidays, except for some occasions that require a holiday because of the symbolic responsibility of Iraqi society. 
In comparison to some countries, Swedish citizens enjoy only nine official holidays a year, while in Germany they are between 10 and 13 days depending on the state, compared to 14 days in Spain.
A member of the National Alliance Habib terminal that Iraq tops the first place in the world in the number of holidays, which are up to 150 days a year, and add to these events other sudden surprises, often imposed by security or political conditions. 
According to studies, these losses caused depletion of the Iraqi economy. The loss is estimated to be about 30 million dollars during the seven days of the holidays, and the holidays are taken without compensation for working hours, which leads to a failure to fulfill the obligations of the state towards its citizens. The delay due to wars and crises.

The economic expert, Haidar Daoud, confirms that the loss of a full month's holiday is estimated at more than one billion dollars, if the average salary of the employee is 500 dollars a month at the very least, and this is why we call on the legislators to find a suitable solution to invest time against salaries, The other one, which calls for a reduction in holidays, is a report issued by a United Nations organization that confirmed that the average Iraqi employee has an hour and a half hour during the 8-hour daily working hours. 
He added that the multiplicity of official and non-official religious holidays and events not only affects the economy; it affects all life facilities, especially the study and educational level, which is affected by the security situation and its consequences, including holidays that are given to students on occasion and inappropriate.
(25) weeks per year, two days per week. The total number of holidays on Fridays and Saturdays (104) days per year, plus (13) official occasions equivalent to (26) That there is a leakage of staff and students on the day before and after the holiday; this is equivalent to the proportion of the number of holidays by 26 days also. There is also a system followed by Iraqis "between the holidays holiday" is within the 26 days, and on this basis we are talking about more than 170 days of vacation, note that these holidays do not include personal holidays of illness, travel or childbirth.

The views of the Iraqi public differed about the holidays between supporters and rejecters. There are employees in state institutions who see them as positive and provide them with an opportunity to entertain themselves and their families, especially that their salaries are paid to them anyway. The daily wage earners are the biggest segment in Iraq, Of their daily income, while the pockets of some beneficiaries of religious holidays in some provinces, especially Karbala and Najaf. 
He warned Iraqi MPs and economists of the consequences of the holidays and their impact on the Iraqi economy. Vacations and holidays that disrupt life in Iraq and cripple the economy, making it the first country in the world in the number of annual leaves, and warns Iraqi economic experts of the Iraqi economy hit by recession due to frequent disruptions.
The length of holidays also affects the educational level of Iraqis. Schools do not succeed in completing school curriculums, and students receive little and insufficient time to develop their skills during the school year. The head of the Committee on Culture and Information MP Mason Damluji, the draft law on public holidays will include about 20 public holidays. 
Despite the absence of accurate figures on the losses incurred by the Iraqi economy because of the holidays, it is estimated that employees only on these holidays cost the state about 30 billion dollars annually. While others went to the figure of 150 billion dollars a year annual loss of the entire production and economic process in Iraq.

The experts emphasize that Iraq and meet its development needs need not only to reduce holidays, but to increase the number of working hours. 
In the same context, says economic expert Bassem Jamil Antoine that there is a deterioration in life and infrastructure, and the construction of productive sectors, noting that the holidays have been a burden on the Iraqi economy and confusion, and must reduce the holidays and especially informal, all countries give 10-15 days Official holiday". 
The Committee on Culture and Information in the Iraqi Parliament recently presented the Public Holidays Act, which gives wide powers to provincial councils to approve holidays and events in accordance with the necessities and events that they find important, especially religious events. 
The law gives the prime minister the authority to declare a holiday at times deemed critical by the government, such as the days of calamities and emergencies. He also grants the authority to the Sunni and Shiite branches, as well as granting the Christian and Saba'i waqf stops in their festivals.
If the law passed by the Culture and Information Committee is approved, there will be a reduction in the number of holidays previously scheduled. Experts believe that holidays cause economic loss to the country. 
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, the number of government employees in Iraq is 3.2 million. Last year, the government approved 50 official holidays in Iraq, including 32 days of religious holidays and one known as consensual. The government announced the holiday for a whole week to be in line with the two communities. And other elections due to the elections, usually three to four days, including the elections of the parliament and local governments of the provinces, and the days of the army and police holidays, and leave calculated in memory of the occupation of Iraq, which the government is afraid of Matt escalate.

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[Goggles]

And they need grants and loans to get out of the bind they're in...

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks  Yota,

 

Well, if you are not working but half the time who fault is that?  

[ChuckFinley]

2 minutes ago, Goggles said:

And they need grants and loans to get out of the bind they're in...

Seems like we can figure it out. 😀

[King Bean]

Not sure if that number also includes the whole month PLUS for Ramadan. Even though parts of their society still 'work', not much gets done then...especially from the GOI standpoint. That would push that number to 50% of the year. Ridiculous. 

[Donziman]

That article wore me out just reading it. i think i need some time off to rest.

[10 YEARS LATER]

6 hours ago, Goggles said:

And they need grants and loans to get out of the bind they're in...

Precisely what was on my mind - 

 

6 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

Thanks  Yota,

 

Well, if you are not working but half the time who fault is that?  

How can they not understand & see what everyone else sees ? 

 

3 hours ago, King Bean said:

Not sure if that number also includes the whole month PLUS for Ramadan. Even though parts of their society still 'work', not much gets done then...especially from the GOI standpoint. That would push that number to 50% of the year. Ridiculous. 

Yep KB, utterly and Epically Ridiculous 

 

1 hour ago, Donziman said:

That article wore me out just reading it. i think i need some time off to rest.

I believe your statement must be said by many of the members of the GOI, daily. It certainly fits the current mind set of many of the members.  what a mob.

 

Morning All - These folks never cease to astonish, do they. This Clueless, can't get out of their own way and clear lack of work ethic(s) attitude is not conducive to to the Industrious 21st Century, Iraq it is attempting to project. I understand that every country/culture should observe their religious practice(s), however, not to the detriment to that people or country; which is clearly the case here.

 

This is not an easy transition for a people that have been " locked away " for countless decades by Dictatorship(s). Pretty sure Iraq is being pulled kicking & screaming into the 21st Century.

Enjoy the weekend everyone 

 

[TexasMike1958]

I think 150 days is being very generous..... its seems more like 200 or 225 days.  

[DIAMOND]

THEY WORK??????

[pontiyak]

Iraqis are in a Holidaze....

 

The best things in life RV.

 

yak