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PM @MAKadhimi walks back on decision to cut salaries for Rafha's political prisoners which was backed by popular support. Rafha beneficiaries protested and the government positively responded. 700 victims of October's protests weren't alive to comment on the double standards
The average salary of each person in Rafha is $1200 a month per person. Some families collect $10,000 a month(for 13 years ongoing). Noted that the vast majority of beneficiaries have settled in the US and Europe since 1991.
Another point to add to the high-horse discourse when addressing why unemployed Iraqis are mad. There are thousands of Iraqis who have settled overseas but collect thousands of $ paychecks to "compensate" for Saddam displacing them.
We also notice the high-horse circus didn't resort to slandering these protesters. They weren't call agents, or traitors, or instigators despite openly threatening to carry arms against the government.
Perhaps most disappointing is @MAKadhimi 's inabilities to even slightly shake the core of the ridiculous patronage system of the post-2003 order. He can maintain high cuts to pensions but not Rafha salaries is testament to how powerful the order is.
Worth noting that salaries weren't to be severed completely, but limited to one salary per family. I guess it's hard when the additional income of $10,000 suddenly becomes $1,200. How does one pay for mortgage in upscale neighborhoods?
