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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Tuesday denied that the government had interfered in the Social Security Investment Fund's decisions, pointing out that the government is a trustee of the fund, whose assets amount to over JD9 billion.

Mulki told lawmakers during a Lower House session, chaired by Speaker Atef Tarawneh, that the fund's reports are passed to the House every three months, dismissing expressions of scepticism and distrust between the parliaments and governments, and referring to "a systematic assault on the country and the citizens, and possibly external forces seeking to put a stick in the wheel." Mulki stressed the partnership with the legislature, which had reached the point of "integration", noting that "the strength of the government is from the strength of the House," and rejecting any abuse of the current legislature, which, he said, had achieved a lot and passed legislation, including the judiciary revamp law.

Labour Minister Samir Murad reiterated that the Social Security Fund's assets had not been harmed, and said that there had been no change in the mechanism of making investment decisions since the Social Security Law went into force, and that no new powers had been granted to any party in this respect, whatsoever.

He also denied that the government had taken any decision on the Social Security Fund's investments, stressing that there was no foreign interference in its decisions, which, he said, are taken for the purpose of making feasible revenue and maximizing the real value of its assets according to utterly clear and transparent investment criteria.