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    We will not pay" .. An angry campaign against the privatization of electricity in Dhi Qar

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    We will not pay" .. An angry campaign against the privatization of electricity in Dhi Qar Empty We will not pay" .. An angry campaign against the privatization of electricity in Dhi Qar

    Post by Rocky Tue 21 Nov 2017, 1:42 am

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    "We will not pay" .. An angry campaign against the privatization of electricity in Dhi Qar


    Dhi Qar / Hussein Al-Amel 

    Hundreds of people from the province of Dhi Qar, on Monday, in front of the building to express their rejection of the project to privatize electricity and impose a new price does not suit the economic conditions of the population of the province, which lives 35 percent of its population below the poverty line, noting that the privatization projects adopted by the government in The fields of health, education, electricity and industry all proved their failure because they did not develop these sectors.
    "Hundreds of people from Dhi Qar province demonstrated in front of the governorate building to demand the cancellation of the privatization project of the electricity distribution sector and stop the new pricing," said civil activist Khalid Thamer al-Nasiri. 
    Naciri pointed out that "participants in the demonstration expressed their rejection of the privatization project because it caused injustice to the people of the province of Dhi Qar, and the fact that the company invested in the electricity sector recently issued lists of collection of electricity wages in large amounts does not suit the economic conditions of the population of the province, One-third of its population is below the poverty line and unemployment is rampant among its graduates and others. " 
    Naciri called on the local and federal governments to cancel the electricity privatization project and reconsider the new pricing imposed by the Ministry of Electricity.
    "The citizens will adopt a campaign (we will not pay) to face the privatization of electricity in protest against the damage caused by the privatization project." 
    For his part, the civil activist Faraj al-Badri for the "range," that "Dhi Qar rebounded again on government decisions that adopt the privatization of electricity," asserting "the insistence of the people of the province not to bow to these unfair decisions by not paying the electricity bills that represent high theft of the poor "He said. 
    Al-Badri pointed out that "the government is trying to divert attention from corruption files in the electricity sector and cover the thefts of billions in the Ministry of Electricity through the privatization project," noting that "the ministry spent more than 40 billion dollars on the electricity sector, but without any tangible improvement In increasing the production of energy and the work of the electricity system. "
    He pointed out that "the investment of Himalaya in the electricity sector is not aimed at the development of electricity production, but to collect more funds of citizens and poor and low-income groups, which calls us to stand against the privatization project," hinting to "the existence of collusion between government agencies and the investor company to drain the poor Low-income people ". 
    In turn, the civil activist Karim Saidi said in an interview for "range", "The Iraqi citizen is no longer heard from the government only promises and privatization projects that drain the resources of citizens." 
    "Privatization projects adopted by the government in the fields of health, education, electricity and industry all proved to be unsuccessful because they did not develop these sectors, despite the large amounts of money that they collect from citizens in return for poor services," Saidi said.
    "Privatization projects represent a sale to the public sector and government companies for the benefit of private sector companies that are only interested in making more profits at the expense of citizens," Saidi said. 
    He called on the federal government and the Integrity Commission to "investigate the privatization files of government projects and the huge sums spent by the Ministry of Electricity under the pretext of developing production, which has not seen any development or improvement since 2003 until now." 
    The Department of Dhi Qar province, announced on Tuesday (27 December 2016), the transfer of electricity distribution in the province to investment, noting that the Chinese company Himalaya will take over the implementation of the project, which includes the collection and rehabilitation of the electricity network, while the Directorate of Electricity Distribution of the South that the wages of collection Will be in accordance with the pricing approved by the central government.
    It is noteworthy that the central government, announced on Saturday (February 26, 2017), agreed to refer the number of other provinces and other areas in the capital, for the projects of electric power stations, and indicated that "the Prime Minister Haider Abadi, chaired a meeting of the Ministerial Energy Committee," and the Committee Continued to discuss service and collection contracts for the electric power sector to provide electricity 24 hours for citizens, where it was approved to refer a number of other provinces and areas in the capital Baghdad, and discuss the completion of the transfer of the rest of the provinces. 
    It is noteworthy that dozens of people in the province of Dhi Qar continue to continue their demonstrations every Friday and several months in the courtyard of the province of Dhi Qar to express their rejection of the decision to privatize electricity and other issues of demand.



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