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Azmi Shuabi, the head of the Parliament's economic committee, said Fayad was furious that Qorei had ensured $350 million was continuing to be channelled towards the 60,000 people employed by the security services.
"We don't know if 10-15,000 of these people are even still working or not," Shuabi said.
"Fayad is insisting that only those who are working be paid, and he wants to increase the salaries of the civilians who are employed in the public sector." A report recently compiled by the World Bank, while praising Fayad, said the Palestinian economy faced major structural problems.
"The PA has created a serious fiscal crisis for itself with salary expenditure essentially out of control," it said.
"In spite of the efforts of the finance minister to maintain discipline, the PLC (Parliament) and Cabinet have shown little appreciation of the need for restraint, and have given into pressure by various groups and in the security and civil service." Nigel Roberts, head of the World Bank's mission in the region, said the Palestinians had to either start reducing salaries or the government payroll to attract investment and the largesse of the donor community - a fact that Fayad but few others appreciated.
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