Privatization could topple the Minister of Electricity and Energy parliamentary opposition to join!

Privatization could topple the Minister of Electricity and Energy parliamentary opposition to join!



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He called on members of the Oil and Energy Committee in the House of Representatives, the Minister of Electricity Qasim Fahdawi to resign, after refusing to cancel the new pricing, while hosted within the Commission, demanding Fahdawi projects supporting alternative energy privatization project challenged by the citizens of the provinces.

While, the Minister of Electricity Qasim Fahdawi pledged to be citizens processing power next summer season better than last summer a little, pointing out that the goal of hosting respect to clarify some of the figures of the Parliamentary Committee, which relates to costs in wages pricing of electricity approved a year and a half ago and not now .

The Committee intends to Oil and Energy Parliamentary invitation of the Council of Ministers and the Ministerial Committee on Energy to the meeting to discuss the draft privatization of electricity pricing and collection fees and resolve the controversy about them.

A member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary Badr Razak mheibes block, for (Journal) that "a number of members of the committee demanded that the electricity minister to resign because he refused to respond to cancel the new pricing for the wages of electricity and return to the old pricing."

"The Committee hosted the Minister of Electricity and discussed with him the issue of the new pricing and the issue of privatization and investment," noting that "the new pricing for the wages of electricity comes at an inopportune time and never strain the shoulders of the poor class of the sons of the people and must be abolished."

In turn Fahdawi said, "The hosting of the Oil and Energy Committee is the context of the normal parliamentary work because we are partners in the energy file and indicates that we have few rotating our meetings."

He explained that "the goal of hosting respect to clarify some of the figures of the Parliamentary Committee, which relates to the costs in the pricing of electricity fees, which passed a year and a half ago and not now."

He added that he "discussed the reality of the electricity network operating in the country's system, and we promise citizens that the processing power for the season next summer will be better than last summer a little, and if the savings in electrical energy there will be a significant improvement," noting that "the privatization of the electricity is still under discussion and during the The meeting was presented in numbers and statistics data to the parliamentary committee to reach specific details. "

The Committee on Oil and Energy Parliamentary hosted by the Minister of Electricity and agents and officials of the ministry to discuss the processing and fuel stations project contracts and privatization of the electricity and the wages of new rates.

The committee member said Hussein Al-Awad said that "Electricity Minister Qassim Fahdawi reviewed during the meeting of the Committee meeting, Price Avatar provided by the privatization of energy to citizens project that, and a presentation to the assembled sample of the people Zayouna area after the project application there," noting that "a member of the Committee boycotted the words of the minister refuted Speaking, he confirmed that his object in that area and received a list of electricity, including debts of 600 thousand Iraqi dinars. "

Al-Awad added that "the House of Representatives will see the presentation lists a number of indebtedness of electrical power to the people of Zayouna and review before the House of Representatives and to match the prices set by the ministry and the government."

Al-Awad drew attention to "the Committee demanded that the Minister of Electricity and the government to provide alternative energy projects that support for the privatization project challenged by the citizens of the provinces," calling Fahdawi to "resign from his post in the event of his inability to manage the position."

It took over the Presidency of the Council of Representatives, during a session last Thursday, seats a request signed by more than 70 members of the various political blocs to cancel the privatization project of electric power headquarters by the central government.

The Council of Ministers decided, in the atheist th of this April, all displaced families returning to their regions liberated the exception of the costs of the privatization of the electricity project permanently.

Said Oil and Energy Committee in the House of Representatives Zahir al-Abadi, said that "the Minister of Electricity Qasim Fahdawi, agents and general managers hosted to discuss the issue of collection and privatization contracts signed by the ministry with a number of investment companies."

"The Parliamentary Committee in connection with another session to complete the study of the project and will announce its final position after the invitation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministerial Committee on Energy to a joint meeting to discuss the matter in Mstfad," noting that "in the absence of the opinion of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee will bear the government the results of the decision."

The MP stressed the need to reduce Abadi collection electricity prices commensurate with the economic situation of citizens, adding that "the levy imposed on the citizen through the privatization of the electricity project will exceed the employee's salary."

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