Trade: being accused of corruption prevents contracted with global grain companies

Trade: being accused of corruption prevents contracted with global grain companies


 Baghdad / term

Ezzat and the Ministry of Commerce, on Wednesday, the case of the shortage of food vocabulary that is distributed to more than 37 million people due to lack of adequate financial allocations, and as pointed out that the ration card for the years funds (2016-2017) has not been received from the Ministry of Finance, confirmed the failure Tenders conducted for the supply of grain because of fears of international companies from the political pressure.
The ministry said in a statement seen "long" a copy of it, that " the statements which saw the deputies that a million dollars is the amount sufficient for the processing of food vocabulary for all covered by the ration card reflects the lack of system understanding and knowledge of money needed by the ministry for the purpose of contracting and processing vocabulary fully stable ".
The statement added, " The ration card for the years allocations (2016-2017) have not been received from the Ministry of Finance fully while she's Atsd actual need of the covered card system because of the difficult financial conditions in the country and the inability to give the ministry funds that allow them to supply and purchase vocabulary food. "
The statement pointed out , that " the ministry explained the case of the shortage of food vocabulary that is distributed to more than 37 million Iraqi citizens due to lack of adequate financial allocations to provide private and vocabulary effect of balancing recent years , appropriations were reduced by 60% from the actual need, and more failure money received in full as well as the population increase that took place in the provinces of the country, which has reached very high levels may reach 40% or more. "
The statement continued that "this increase needs to allocations of very large funds is difficult for the government provided in the light of the difficult economic circumstances , " noting that " the campaign faced by the Ministry of Commerce due to lack of understanding of the procedures and lack of awareness of the problems faced by this ministry, most notably the lack of money assigned to them in accordance with the budget law for the supply of food vocabulary and contracting with global origins and that need to be more than seven billion dollars a year. "
And the statement that "it is not , as reported by MP Adel Nouri , who said the ministry gonna act a million dollars a month while this amount does not fill securing one article , or half the ministry needs of that article , " pointing out that "some are trying to mislead the public opinion through irresponsible remarks about the alleged corruption without realizing Hola said the ministry did not receive allocations even by 20% , which as announced by the ministry in the data and press Releases continuous the reason is linked to the financial crisis and the government 's inability to complete the financial allocations to pay after he received the treasury empty of money the state accompanied by financial difficulties created by the economic crisis because of lower oil prices. "
It stressed the ministry, the statement, "that must be truth from the main flaw in the instability of food vocabulary equipped fully , " noting that he " is linked to the lack of adequate financial allocations to meet the requirements and take into account the huge population increase in the number of Iraq 's population and who Aathdt by some for political reasons or to exercise the pressure to win over public opinion or misleading information lacks accuracy
and objectivity. "
The ministry asked MP Adel Nouri, to "provide files that are talked about in placed corruption and the involvement of senior officials to the regulatory and inspection instead of talking in general , and the launch of the statements are inaccurate."
She stressed the ministry, said that " the reluctance of international companies to engage in processing tenders of the Ministry of Trade because of the political pressure Almzaauah and irresponsible statements about the existence of corruption in contracts what drives these companies to distance away from the Iraqi market."
It revealed the ministry, for "tenders conducted by the CEC contract for the supply of grain because of fears of international companies from the political disputes that are trying to mislead the public opinion and give flimsy justifications on the quality of materials and mechanisms examination conducted according to international controls operate food companies for 25 years without being registered by the remarks failure or questioning. "


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