The Baghdad government warns of a project to privatize the electricity and it describes as "unfair"

The Baghdad government warns of a project to privatize the electricity and it describes as "unfair"


 Baghdad / Star Gazan

The local government announced in Baghdad on Saturday, reservation to the "privatization of electricity", as indicated it was waiting for clarification from the ministry on the application of the new distribution of power system in the areas of the capital mechanism, a spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity announced the collection of more than one billion dinars a month from Zayouna only .
The committee said the Baghdad Provincial Council member said Saad logistical "long", " The privatization of the electricity project in Baghdad need accurate statistics to figure out the financial wages paid by residential areas and commercial areas in the capital."
Among the logistical that "there are significant financial differences in the privatization of electricity paid from the commercial districts and residential areas of wages , " pointing out that "there are residential areas of privatization pay money wages more commercial areas."
Logistical and added that " the instructions sent by the Federal Ministry of Electricity to the Baghdad Provincial Council raises suspicion of financial figures for the privatization of electricity, which is the figures are exaggerated."
He explained that " has not been a study and to find accurate statistics by the Baghdad Provincial Council can not give any opinion on the privatization of the electricity project in the capital."
In turn , the first deputy governor of Baghdad , Jassim Alboukhata confirmed by saying "long" that " the privatization of the electricity project in the province of Baghdad is a federal project, but at the conclusion of contracts by the Council of Ministers with the executing companies are not taking the local government opinion of the province of Baghdad has not been put solutions or gaps by it. "
He added that "there are three directorates of electricity in Baghdad is working Kmaderiaat sectoral working under the supervision of the local government , but after the privatization of electricity has not been on the supervision of these directorates."
He pointed out that "there are four investment companies working on the privatization of electricity in Baghdad , " pointing out that "two of them working in the Rusafa and 2 works in the Karkh side."
And that "every company takes 12% of privatization revenues while the rest of the financial revenues go federal government as resources."
Revealed the official spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity Musab teacher "long", that " the ministry gets monthly billion and 200 million dinars per month as revenue collection from the privatization project of electricity only from the east of Baghdad , Zayouna area after what was the collection of which annually 600 million dinars."
The teacher added that " the privatization of the electricity project will include four police areas of the fifth, police, Harithiyah Jamma, Ameriyah and Saidiya, Baya inspired factor, freedom, torch and Palestine Street and all areas east of the canal east of Baghdad , was released."
And that "these areas will enter the privatization project of electricity before the end of this year, pointing out that the areas actually entered into a project of privatization of 35%."
It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Electricity announced on Tuesday (25 August 2015), a tender for the service of three shops in the east of the capital Baghdad , Zayouna area, collecting wages from consumers where current Baltsairh, for a period of three years, while pledged to the processing of those areas continuous card without interruption, the company backup materials for the maintenance of networks, confirmed that the experiment aims to reduce Aldhaiat and improve the collection of consumption wages, as a prelude to apply to the rest of the regions.
The move comes in the wake of the mobility of a popular overwhelming included 11 provinces, to protest against the deterioration of electricity and the lack of implementation of the promises "Dumped optimistic" about improvement, launched by senior former government officials, particularly former Prime Minister Nuri al - Maliki, and his deputy for energy affairs at the time , Hussein al - Shahristani.



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