06/23/2010
Iraq is pressing on the "Siemens" to complete the power plants within 14 months
Baghdad, The adviser in the Iraqi government's outgoing government has sent a delegation of experts to the company "Siemens" Japanese to pressure it to complete the construction of power stations which contracted its creation with the Iraqi side during a maximum period of 14 months, following the wave of widespread protests swept the country as a result of the acute shortage of electrical power in sync with a hot summer in Iraq.
He said the adviser, who preferred anonymity, told the Kurdish news agency (Akaniwz), "The government sent on Wednesday a delegation of experts to Siemens Japan to press it in order to complete its power stations during the period of a maximum of 420 days," about 14 months.
The consultant added, "The government has developed a comprehensive plan to solve the problem of electricity during the period in question by making a number of significant changes in the country's policy regarding the provision of energy."
The source pointed out that "the resignation of the Minister of Electricity will not solve the crisis in the country because there are fundamental problems and real stand in the completion of important projects in it."
He explained that the "electricity in Iraq must be based private companies investing in the country, in the sense that is the privatization of this vital sector, and transforms the role of the government of the Ministry of Electricity to the supervisory role."
The chancellor said that "the people that came out was right that the government has a duty to provide important services, but some political parties used this issue to Tinkl Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and some senior government officials," as he put it.
Iraq has witnessed a wave of mass protests in different parts of the country since the beginning of this week because of acute shortages in the Gaza electricity, and the continuation of hours snapped up in some provinces to 20 hours a day, strongest was what happened in Basra last Saturday, and resulted in clashes between protesters and the police killed two people and wounding several others were injured.
Stations are about two-thirds of Iraq's electricity capacity amounting to 11 thousand megawatts because of attacks from insurgents and years of neglect.
Increased public frustration with the Iraqis on the power outage with the stalled negotiations to form a government after the forthcoming three and a half months to the elections of the seventh month of March.
The protests and Iraqi Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid to resign from his post last Monday, but the situation did not calm down after that, which some have called to say that Iraq is experiencing a revolution in the face of lack of services like "revolution of the hungry."
Defended Iraqi Prime Minister outgoing Nuri al-Maliki yesterday, Tuesday, for the decision, Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid to resign, saying at the same time solving the problem of power cuts still need to be two years.
The figures indicate to government that has been allocated about 17 billion U.S. dollars to the Ministry of electricity during the past four years, but the Iraqi power network can only provide a few hours of electricity a day, bringing the cost to business and increase the impact of summer temperatures that reach in some areas to 50 degrees.
And suffer the electricity network in Iraq in general from a lack of energy production over the past years due to exposure stations and transport networks to major damage to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, followed by acts of sabotage by militant groups.
(Akaniwz c) m 23/06/2010
Iraq is pressing on the "Siemens" to complete the power plants within 14 months
Baghdad, The adviser in the Iraqi government's outgoing government has sent a delegation of experts to the company "Siemens" Japanese to pressure it to complete the construction of power stations which contracted its creation with the Iraqi side during a maximum period of 14 months, following the wave of widespread protests swept the country as a result of the acute shortage of electrical power in sync with a hot summer in Iraq.
He said the adviser, who preferred anonymity, told the Kurdish news agency (Akaniwz), "The government sent on Wednesday a delegation of experts to Siemens Japan to press it in order to complete its power stations during the period of a maximum of 420 days," about 14 months.
The consultant added, "The government has developed a comprehensive plan to solve the problem of electricity during the period in question by making a number of significant changes in the country's policy regarding the provision of energy."
The source pointed out that "the resignation of the Minister of Electricity will not solve the crisis in the country because there are fundamental problems and real stand in the completion of important projects in it."
He explained that the "electricity in Iraq must be based private companies investing in the country, in the sense that is the privatization of this vital sector, and transforms the role of the government of the Ministry of Electricity to the supervisory role."
The chancellor said that "the people that came out was right that the government has a duty to provide important services, but some political parties used this issue to Tinkl Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and some senior government officials," as he put it.
Iraq has witnessed a wave of mass protests in different parts of the country since the beginning of this week because of acute shortages in the Gaza electricity, and the continuation of hours snapped up in some provinces to 20 hours a day, strongest was what happened in Basra last Saturday, and resulted in clashes between protesters and the police killed two people and wounding several others were injured.
Stations are about two-thirds of Iraq's electricity capacity amounting to 11 thousand megawatts because of attacks from insurgents and years of neglect.
Increased public frustration with the Iraqis on the power outage with the stalled negotiations to form a government after the forthcoming three and a half months to the elections of the seventh month of March.
The protests and Iraqi Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid to resign from his post last Monday, but the situation did not calm down after that, which some have called to say that Iraq is experiencing a revolution in the face of lack of services like "revolution of the hungry."
Defended Iraqi Prime Minister outgoing Nuri al-Maliki yesterday, Tuesday, for the decision, Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid to resign, saying at the same time solving the problem of power cuts still need to be two years.
The figures indicate to government that has been allocated about 17 billion U.S. dollars to the Ministry of electricity during the past four years, but the Iraqi power network can only provide a few hours of electricity a day, bringing the cost to business and increase the impact of summer temperatures that reach in some areas to 50 degrees.
And suffer the electricity network in Iraq in general from a lack of energy production over the past years due to exposure stations and transport networks to major damage to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, followed by acts of sabotage by militant groups.
(Akaniwz c) m 23/06/2010
