Friday, July 29, 2011

Parliament Resumes Saturday ~ House of Representatives will discuss the government program and host-Shahristani, the oil minister and electricity

07/28/2011

House of Representatives will discuss the government program and host-Shahristani, the oil minister and electricity

Baghdad, House of Representatives voted in the fourteenth regular session held under the chairmanship of Osama Najafi, Chairman of the Board of Representatives and the presence of 245 deputies on Thursday not to withdraw confidence from the Electoral Commission for elections proceeded with discussion of the government program.

Baghdad, Voted House of Representatives in regular session fourteen, which was chaired by Osama al-Chairman of the Board of Representatives and the presence of 245 deputies on Thursday not to withdraw confidence from the Electoral Commission for elections in proceeded to discuss the government program.

According to a statement of the Department of Media Council of Representatives, received the Agency (news) a copy of it today Thursday: that at the beginning of the meeting initiated by any of the Quran presented Nujaifi condolences of the Council of Masoud Barzani, on the occasion of the death of his mother, then read the Al-Fatihah memory of the spirit of the deceased.

The statement on the vote of the Council not to exempt the President and members of the Electoral Commission for elections after DAI request exemption the approval of 94deputies out of 245 deputy without achieving an absolute majority.

Promised Nujaifi the voting process as the exercise of democracy appear convinced of parliamentary blocs to their positions over the Commission, noting that the Council will amend the law on the work of UNHCR and the election of a new commission.

In the interventions of Representatives on the voting process said Salman Jumaili not vote on the exemption of the Commission represents the defense of democracy in the country and a model for national position is far from the sectarian divisions, or ethnicity.

MP Aziz Ugaili stressed the importance of protecting state institutions from being controlled by the idea of one-party or per capita.

Demanded MP Safia al-Suhail work to amend the Commission elections in order to guarantee its independence and the importance of linking the elimination instead of the House of Representatives.

For his part, MP Sabah al-Saadi to do repair work of the Electoral Commission through the enactment of the parties and amend the electoral law without sufficient accountability of the corrupt.

The proposed MP Bahaa al-that is discussed a proposed exemption conditional through the formation of committee substitute for the Commission during a specified period.
and MP Salim al on the importance of setting priorities in building the state and its institutions in order to address problems in the country.

Turn MP Sardar Abdullah said the work of the Electoral Commission entertains doubts, which requires the formation of the Office of the fair are not subject to quotas party out of the crisis .

Rejected the Attorney Farhad Atrushi questioning the role of UNHCR and its work as a serious issue, pointing out that behind the attempt to withdraw confidence politically motivated and not technical.

The statement said that the Council discussed the government program, the private sectors of oil and electricity in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Shahristani, the oil minister and electricity Karim and coffee and the thunder of a waterfall.

In outset of the discussion presented Karim Laibi a brief presentation of charts showing the production of crude oil during the past six months compared to last year, which indicate a significant increase in production was also view a summary of the ministry's plan for the coming four years which aims to increase oil and gas reserves and export capacity of the port of Basra to the more than 5 million barrels per day in addition to the development of oil exploration and rehabilitation of oil refineries as well as the drilling of 10 oil wells in different areas and work to promote environmental awareness.

Then directed to the Commission on oil and energy inquiries about the plan and the Oil Ministry in accordance with the Government's program, which focused on what the plan for the restructuring of the ministry in light of the suffering slouch sectors and the Ministry's policy on multiple export outlets and limited to the Gulf and the responsibility for the delay increase in production in the past six years
, sought clarification of Representatives on the issue of consultation with local governments on the side of the oil, and not to provide the House with copies of the contracts.

In answer to questions, said Abdul Karim and coffee that his ministry Pending the enactment of the Oil Ministry by the House to regulate the structural pointing out that the export ports three through Basra and Ceyhan and Syria's Banias card is estimated at 10 million barrels and could be used to port an alternative in the event of any emergency, noting that oil fields, the basic older than production for 50 years, which led to a decline in production.

And the oil minister said the ministry is keen to consult with local governments on oil contracts stating the unconstitutionality of an asylum any province to contract with any party without reference to the federal government, adding that the ministry is prepared to brief the House on the contracts, revealing the formation of committees with all countries neighbors on the common fields with these countries in addition to the ministry is ready to compensate those affected who expropriate farmland.

For his part, Hussein Shahristani, the deputy prime minister for the energy he was assigned to institutions advisory by the advisers in the Cabinet and the Ministry of Oil to develop in-depth study of the potential implementation of oil contracts and the affected in case of change of production, referring to rising production from Iraq of the common fields.

On the electricity between the al-Shahristani said there is a group of stations will enter service next year and which has produced three thousand nine hundred MW as well as a station al-Sadr in Baghdad and Zubaydiah in Kut and Najibiyah and goods, adding that there are stations will be presented Mnaqsatha in the coming days the station, Amarah, Samawah, Al Kut, Al-Anbar and an output of 4 900 MW.

By another Council discussed the plans of the Ministry of Electricity within the government program which focused observations and inquiries, Ladies and Gentlemen MPs on the issue of the reluctance of companies in the implementation of contracts and a retreat from the promises made of the people on the improvement and the reality of power and the reasons behind the obstacles to the improvement of the reality of the electricity system.

And said Raad waterfall that the ministry has a plan to sign contracts for the stations electrical and speed up the implementation of projects that had been contracted out in the various provinces and to avoid delays in the programs developed in this regard, pointing out The promise of the private distribution of electricity summarize that ensure access to fuel and distributive justice will allow the production of 8 hours electricity a day.

For his part, the face of Nujaifi of the oil and energy to follow up the distribution of electricity in the province of Baghdad to find out the real number of production and its comparison with figures provided by the Ministry of Electricity.

It was decided to adjourn the meeting on Saturday. / End / Q. P /

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