Saturday November 15, 2014 10:47
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Saturday, that the decentralization experiment in Iraqis still in its infancy, and among the oil and gas of the most important Marqlatha, pointed out that the contribution of the private sector in GDP did not exceed 4%. , said Abdul-Mahdi in Workshop held at the Oil Ministry building with the provincial councils to discuss ways of enhancing joint cooperation between the federal government and local governments in the management, development and protection of the oil wealth, and attended "Alsumaria News", that "in spite of the powers and management capabilities that have evolved and increased financial allocations for provincial councils, which was the performance of this Councils in some cases better than the performance of ministries, but the decentralization experiment between the federal government and the provinces what Zalat in its infancy and considers a lot of confusion and overlap and malpractice. "
He said Abdul-Mahdi, "We have to deepen the decentralization experiment and to address many of the problems which stand in its application and benefit from the successful experiences both at the level of the federal government or the provincial council." explained Abdul-Mahdi said "one of the most Barriers to the application of the decentralized system in Iraq is not to adopt a series of laws task, particularly oil and gas law and equitable distribution of the financial giant, in addition to the national oil company law, "noting that" the absence of these laws made opposing rather than to be integrated. " He said Abdul-Mahdi said: "The State of Iraq did not become their own rents, but now local governments moving towards the rentier Everyone Oil wants and seeks for the job, "pointing to" the existence of the decline in the contribution of the agricultural and industrial sector and other sectors in the gross national product to 30%, and the contribution of the Iraqi private sector 4% of fixed capital formation, while the proportion of the contribution of other sectors did not exceed the general budget of 5%. " The Act 21 of 2008 for provincial councils issued by the House of Representatives on the provincial council powers of control and supervision of all ministries and institutions except the courts, universities and the military. The suffering of the Iraqi provinces, including the capital, Baghdad, since several years, especially after the events of 2003, the of the major problems on the level service, and come in the top services that are not insured, electricity, drinking water, sanitation, traffic congestion and others. confirmed the Ministry of Planning, in 2013 that Iraq's economy is still a yield and with consumerism, pointing to the need to make critical decisions about consumer spending, reducing the extent key. The financial support Iraq in its revenue within the federal budget to 95% on the export of crude oil, which this budget presents a substantial risk that may arise due to the drop in world oil prices, which is what happened in 2008.
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