House of Representatives questioned the Minister of Electricity next week to 30 questions

House of Representatives questioned the Minister of Electricity next week to 30 questions



    Tuesday, June 25, 2013 08:58

Twilight News / revealed the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, they ستستجوب the Electricity Minister Abdul Kareem Aftan next week on several files preceded by the reluctance of electric power stations, indicating it is prepared for the Minister of 30 questions.

Iraq has suffered a shortage of electricity since the beginning of 1990, and increased electricity rationing hours after the year 2003, in Baghdad and the provinces, because made ​​a lot of stations in addition to sabotage suffered by enterprises over the past years.

Successive governments have failed after 2003 to make any significant improvement of electricity, despite the availability of large financial allocations and the openness of Iraq on the global markets.

A member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary Uday Awad's "Twilight News" that "next week Senstjob and Electricity Minister Karim Aftan, according to the request we made ​​last year."

He explained that "the delay in questioning the Minister of Electricity was due to the procrastination of the President of the House of Representatives and some political blocs."

The Ministry says that the production of electricity energy reached about 10 thousand MW, while Iraq needs according to their estimates to about 20 thousand megawatts of energy self-sufficiency.

This percentage is the highest up to it by Iraq.

The Ministry of Alkahra in more than one occasion that will achieve energy self-sufficiency end of the year 2013.

However, the MP belonging to the Sadrist movement Uday Awad believes that "the rate of production of electrical energy did not exceed 7000 MW."

On the nature of the interrogation process he replied Awad, that "Electricity Minister Karim Aftan will face 30 questions about a number of files, the most prominent file for Ptlka power stations and give-term additional companies lagging outside powers as well as the exaggeration of the media which was adopted on increasing the production of electric power are contrary to reality."

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani said earlier that Iraq will begin exporting electric power soon after his arrival at the stage of self-sufficiency.

However, this statement triggered a wave of criticism.

The Commission said the parliamentary oil and energy for "Twilight News", Talkie Shahristani's remarks, that the actual production of electrical energy did not exceed 40 percent, so how can we achieve self-sufficiency?

The rate increases power cut hours across the Iraqi provinces in the summer and the Iraqis resort to alternatives to save energy they have adopted more than 15 years.

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