Engineer Khamis in front of the workers' conference: We are continuing to reform the public sector .. Our monetary institutions are able to overcome difficulties

Damascus-Sana

The demands of the participants in the twenty-seventh general conference of the Trade Union Federation during the discussion of the economic report of the union today, in the presence of the Prime Minister Eng. Imad Khamis and a member of the central leadership of the Arab Socialist Baath Party and head of the Workers and Peasants Office Shaaban Azouz focused on living, life, service and economic issues related to improving the reality of the working class in the face of The challenges posed by the economic war, which mainly targets the livelihood of the Syrian citizen.

The proposals emphasized the importance of maintaining public sector laboratories and facilities, restarting them according to priorities, granting compensation to workers on the basis of the current salary, issuing a new law for partnership and continuing to fight corruption and smuggling, in addition to monopolists and speculators on the national currency, amending legislation and laws for workers, strengthening the role of the Syrian Trade Corporation’s outlets in all regions, and correcting Any defect in the electronic services card to secure basic materials for citizens in a smooth flow.

The proposals discussed strengthening the role of the Foreign Trade Corporation in securing basic materials and the necessity of cultivating areas liberated from terrorism, fixing temporary workers, expanding by granting loans to the working class, addressing the reality of prices in markets, increasing school allocations of diesel in cold areas, and reducing prices of energy carriers for agricultural products.

In response to the proposals, Eng. Khamis stressed the importance of the participation of trade union committees in taking the necessary decisions to mitigate the repercussions of the economic war that Syria is facing and improving the living reality of the working class, calling on representatives of trade unions to hold workshops and continuous meetings with representatives of unions and the government team to develop a joint plan to develop the sector The private sector and activating its role in the process of development and developing legislations regulating the work of government institutions and the laws of the public job, indicating that the government is open to any initiative that will improve the reality of government action and highlight the deficiencies and address them Corruption.

Engineer Khamis added that with the increasing economic blockade, a set of steps have been taken to support the national currency and fight speculative cases, stressing that the state will maintain the provision of subsidized materials to citizens and its list is currently expanded to include other materials, explaining that the work of the e-services card is corrected to ensure that materials and supplies reach the citizens Smooth and fluid.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the number of people targeted to distribute basic materials has reached 700,000 families to date through the electronic services card, and the involvement of the private sector in this mechanism is being studied, indicating that 150 mobile cars will be transported to areas where there are no outlets for the Syrian Foundation for Trade in the governorates.

Regarding monetary policy, Engineer Khamis said that we are confident of the ability of our monetary institutions to overcome the existing difficulties and challenges imposed on them according to a deliberate plan, confirming the government's continuation of the plan for reforming the public sector institutions as a safety valve for our country's economy in the face of the economic blockade and terrorism, explaining that the union organization is participating in the boards of directors and is A true partner in implementing the economic public sector reform plan.

For his part, President of the General Federation of Trade Unions Jamal Al-Qadri stressed the importance of taking into consideration the full demands of the workers and working to achieve them, pointing out that the work will focus during the coming period on the reform of public sector companies and institutions and to go on combating corruption and corrupt and reconsider the law of partnership with the private sector.