The Ministry of Oil on Sunday issued a clarification on the statement of Minister Thamer Ghadhban during a television program in which he said "I will wipe the land", warning of "exploiting" the space of freedoms and expression in the "abuse" to officials and workers.

The Ministry said in a statement received by Alsumaria News a copy of it, "Regarding the reactions issued by some members of the House of Representatives and the misunderstanding that took place regarding the statement in the statement of the Minister of Oil Thamir Abbas Ghadhban in (a program on one of the satellite channels), we would like to show that the sentence that The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil came during the intervention and question by the presenter about the tweet or statement of a member of the House of Representatives regarding his interrogation of the Minister, although he did not exceed his tenure of four months, the minister joked that I will be happy and I will wipe the land, High level of accuracy and sophistication Yeh to anyone who tries to fish in troubled waters, so based on the long experience and high professionalism. "




The Ministry added that "Unfortunately, the sentence mentioned in the Agency's news story was abbreviated and highlighted as an address, ignoring the above talk of the Minister in the program, in which he stressed the high appreciation of the work of the House of Representatives and respect for its legislative and supervisory role," indicating that "a lot of Members of the House of Representatives has come to the ministry congratulating and supportive and supportive and supportive of his work, and that he enjoys privileged relations with most of them. "

She pointed out that "the members of the House of Representatives have the right to make observations, views, opinions and criticism and to mark the sites of imbalance as required by national responsibility if they are aimed at reform and evaluation and to serve the public good," rejecting the behavior of "some in the charge of random and false accusations and defamation, The oil sector, who continue the night by day to develop it and increase and sustain production and exports, thus ensuring the achievement of financial revenues to the federal budget despite the security and economic challenges facing our country.

The Ministry called on all concerned parties, the media and the press to understand the work of the ministry and its leading role and importance in the national economy and to take all concerned parties to be accurate and professional in dealing with the oil issue because it is part of national sovereignty and that the abuse harms the public interest. In the abuse of officials and employees for political purposes or narrow interests. "