Badara

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MONSOON RAIH SAEI MANARA
(If it’s in the Monsoon, it’s got to be true)
 
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS MORE MINISTERS
 
National Assembly, April  21, 5636:  The National Assembly has elected Mariamne al-Qassem, leading light of the Free Radical Supper Club (FRSC), as Minister of Pensions and Benefits and elected Faisal Abu Saq as Finance Minister.
 
The Monsoon asked the new Minister of Pensions and Benefits if she had joined the Working Majority Group (WMG) and abandoned the Free Radical Supper Club, and she responded:
 

Not at all; as you likely know, we formed the FRSC to recognize our own good luck in having at least enough and to see that the safety net is repaired and remains in place so no one has to live forever in poverty. The Justice Minister, Bashir ibn Ortoq, said that being the case, how about taking over Pensions and Benefits where you can be sure the purposes of the FRSC can be fulfilled no strings attached.
 
I believe Justice Minister Ortoq really is serious about rebuilding a government that is better for everyone and is  not just a tool of the surviving oligarchy.  As you know, the FRSC is very suspicious of the motives of many in the WMG.
 
What my Ministry staff will be doing initially is identifying every source of approval for governmental pensions and monetary benefits and the ministerial appropriations supporting them.  Then we will work with the Finance Ministry to see that all government payments are through accounts in Central Bank.  We will then recommend to the National Assembly that approval authority for payments either be handled as part of our Ministry or by a specific agency in another part of the government.  Payrolls for instance.
 
We know some funds are paid out extremely slowly and some appropriations have dried up. We know unemployment and medical claims are not being handled in an orderly and timely manner. And there is always some corruption; not as much as the enemies of government would have you believe, but there is always some.
 
So to answer your question, I believe this an opportunity to get on with doing what the Free Radical Supper  Club exists for.
 

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