VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-15
“I was facing three challenging options to cover salaries and other mandatory expenditures,”
Ali al-Zaidi · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15
Al-Zaidi described three challenging options his government faced to cover salaries and mandatory expenditures.
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