The Ministry of Electricity issued a statement on Friday accusing Alia Nassif of "complicity" in the case of the German company Siemens , saying the information was inaccurate.

The ministry said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "We regret the recent statements made by the member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, high Nassif, and circulated a number of social networking sites, which accused the Ministry of Electricity collusion, without knowing the fact of information or listen to the opinion of the ministry, Government does not implement any paragraph of its work only in accordance with parliamentary legislation and the government program and decisions issued by the Council of Ministers.

"It is working transparently and all its formations are subject to regulatory bodies, foremost of which is the Iraqi Council of Representatives, along with the representative's reference to the German company Siemens, which presented an expanded road map that requires high-level international consultations, negotiations, preparation of financing plans, , Explaining that "the ministry has not contracted so far, and was limited to negotiate the proposal for the accelerated plan for 2019."

The Ministry pointed out that "through the meetings of the ministry with Siemens, the company explained that it has secondary contractors will carry out the work, and the ministry objected to one of them being idle in a number of work sites and failure to detail the work plan, as well as our objection to the proposed new solutions proposed by the German company The country has never tried it in an environment similar to Iraq, in addition to the exaggerations of prices and unfairly, which amounted to three times the estimated costs of the relevant committees in the government, "explaining that" negotiations are still ongoing with Siemens and the Ministry will determine its position soon on the offer.

The ministry confirmed that "the information declared by the high, inaccurate, and was the most effective to investigate the truth of the Ministry of Electricity open its doors with all companies and public departments in front of all regulatory bodies, not to be penetrated the Department's communications and cut words of the correspondent within many correspondence, As well as that the Office of the Minister receives on Wednesday from every week members of the House of Representatives, and the provincial councils since taking office.

The ministry considered "such statements, as it inflames public opinion and creates an atmosphere of repugnant investment that will have a negative impact on the arrival of large international companies, on the one hand, and the functioning of the ministry's staff, on the other hand," considering that this "will be reflected against the status of the national electricity system , Because it will hamper the implementation of the Ministry's plans for reconstruction, and will be the first loser and the last is the Iraqi citizen. "