The Cabinet held its regular session on Tuesday, in Baghdad, chaired by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.
The Cabinet hosted the head of the Independent High Electoral Commission. The guest reviewed the ongoing preparations for holding the elections as scheduled. Based on that, the Cabinet decided the following:
1- Authorising the Independent High Electoral Commission to directly sign a contract with the Iraqi Media Network Printing Press to print the final public and private voter register, the candidates’ handbook, and the voter register poster.
2- Authorising the Independent High Electoral Commission to negotiate and contract directly with a well-respected international company to print and prepare ballot papers and other forms for the election.
The Cabinet also discussed the topics on the agenda and issued the following decisions:
Male category:
A – A family of one person to receive 125,000 dinar
B – A family of two people to receive 175,000 dinar
C – A family of three people to receive 225,000 dinar
D – A family of four people to receive 275,000 dinar
Female category:
A – A family of one person to receive 125,000 dinar
B – A family of two people to receive 200,000 dinar
C – A family of three people to receive 275,000 dinar
D – A family of four people to receive 325,000 dinar
Allowing the General Directorate of Evaluation and Examinations affiliated with the Ministry of Education to print and prepare examination books from outside Iraq exclusively for the sixth grade of secondary school, on the condition that local printers excuse themselves from printing and preparing material.
Agreeing to the following:
1- The purchase price of barley fodder from Mesopotamia Public Company for Seed Production in the Ministry of Agriculture and the Iraqi Company for Seed Production / mixed sector is 300,000 dinar per tonne.
2- The local sale price for the beneficiaries is 250,000 dinar per tonne.
3- Setting up specifications for crops according to the standards set by neighbouring countries.
4- Halting subsidies for inputs of the production of barley for irrigated areas.
5- The Ministry of Finance shall pay the subsidy amounts from the Agricultural Support Fund.
6- The barley fodder crops for the next season will be marketed in the local markets by the producers, not by the two aforementioned companies, which are included in paragraph (1).