For nearly a season, spanning the months of May, June, and July, public sector employees in the Kurdistan Region have not received their salaries. This marks the longest period without pay in the history of the Kurdistan Regional Government's cabinets, at least since the fall of the Ba'ath regime and the participation of the Kurds in the Iraqi political process.

The monthly payroll for public employees in the Kurdistan Region amounts to (958) billion dinars, totaling (2 trillion and 874 billion) dinars for the three months.

Currently, the Kurdistan Regional Government is solely looking to Baghdad to cover these salaries, despite the region having several other sources of income.

• Internal Revenue: According to statements from officials at the Ministry of Finance, this amounts to (320 billion) dinars monthly, which totals (960 billion) dinars for the three months.

• KRG Oil Revenue: According to a report by the Iraqi Ministry of Finance, this is approximately (400 billion) dinars per month, totaling (1 trillion and 200 billion) dinars for the three months.

• Coalition Funds: These amount to (20 billion) dinars monthly, adding up to (60 billion) dinars over the three months.

Baghdad is scheduled to disburse the salaries for May, but employees are not optimistic that the agreement between Erbil and Baghdad will resolve the salary crisis. According to a poll conducted by (Draw Media) on Facebook, 94% of participants do not believe the salary issue has been resolved and think that, despite the decision to pay May's salaries, the problem will continue.

As it stands, the Kurdistan Regional Government's only hope for distributing salaries lies with funds from the central government in Baghdad.