Dhi Qar: Renewed demonstrations against the privatization of electricity

Dhi Qar: Renewed demonstrations against the privatization of electricity

 Dhi Qar / Hussein factor

New civilian activists Dhi Qar province, on Friday rejected the decision of the local government to privatize electricity, stressing that the decision targeting the poor segment within the province, while provincial council expressed its solidarity with the demands of the demonstrators.
He said civil activist and member of the organizing group of the demonstration, Khaled Thamer of Nazareth, (range), " The demonstrators came to the provincial council building, waving slogans including (what a fetus from the privatization of the health sector to accept privatization in the collection of electricity), and ( the masses of Dhi Qar refuses pricing unfair to their children) , "noting that they" renewed their rejection of the decision to privatize the electricity and new pricing being the targeting segments of the poor and low - income people . "
He added Nazareth, that " the demonstrators called on the provincial council to reject the project of privatization in the electricity sector and not to allow the signing of the contract with the investment company , " noting that " the privatization of electricity adds financial burdens on the segment of the poor and weigh their shoulders and aims to develop the electricity and the production of the electric power sector , " noting they "demanded an official position clear and explicit by the President and members of the provincial council in this regard." For his part , expressed the provincial council chairman Hamid Naim Gazan for "support for the demands of the demonstrators," and said during a meeting with a number of them that " the provincial council previously and that the voice of the majority of its members to reject the decision of privatization in the electricity sector" and vowed to "stand against any move to sign the contract with the investment company. "
The dozens of residents of Dhi Qar province to still continue their demonstrations every Friday and several weeks ago in Habboubi Square in front of electricity distribution of the Directorate of Dhi Qar to express their rejection of the decision to privatize electricity, while noting that the decision aims to slice the poor and low - income people and aggravate their suffering, they demanded the return the formation and structure of the electoral Commission and the amendment of the electoral law.
Activists of Dhi Qar, confirmed Wednesday (January 2017 17), the privatization of the electricity project targeting a slice of the poor and low - income people and aggravate their suffering, threatened to withdraw their children from the popular crowd in the event of its application in the governorate.
It was a Gar, province renewed Saturday (February 26, 2017), rejected the Special Ministerial project to privatize the electricity distribution sector in the province, usually him a legitimate lack of mechanisms mature and "deep study", and burdening citizens to maintain, and comes with the approval of the central government project to privatize electricity although the provinces refused.
The management of Dhi Qar province, announced Tuesday (December 2016 27), to transmit the electricity distribution sector in the province to the investment, noting that the Chinese Himalayan company will take over the functions of the implementation of the project , which includes the collection and rehabilitation of the electricity network, while the South Electricity Distribution Directorate confirmed that the wages of collection according to the pricing will be approved by the central government.
It is said that the central government, announced on Saturday (February 26, 2017), agreeing to refer a number of other provinces and other areas in the capital, projects of power stations investment and showed that "Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi, chaired a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Energy", and that the Commission continued discussion of service contracts and collection for the power sector to provide electricity 24 hours for citizens, where it was approved to refer a number of other provinces and regions in the capital Baghdad, and discuss the completion of referral of the rest of the provinces.
The Council of Dhi Qar province, announced on Thursday (January 19 2017), rejected "cutter" project privatization of the electricity sector in the areas of the province, while the central government and the Ministry of Electricity asked not to download citizens , " the consequences of administrative failure."



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