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Protesters angry about electricity shortages flocking to Baghdad's Tahrir square
Friday 31-01-2015
Twilight news started hundreds of activists and citizens angry lack electricity service flow on Tahrir square in central Baghdad Friday afternoon to demand that the Government save energy and other services.
Twilight news activists informed the crowd began streaming on the scene to demand electricity, putting an end to administrative and financial corruption rampant in the country.
They noted that the security forces are harassing protesters and prevented many of them from the Karkh, but reported that security measures smooth and locked in liberation square
And resentment across the country due to the chronic shortage of electric power and repeated interruptions for long periods, despite the repeated promises of the Iraqi Government to end the crisis.
The more irritating to residents of poor electricity service in summer heat over 50 ° c.
And Iraqi Governments spent huge sums on successive electricity sector over the past decade but the repeated interruptions come on top of complaints from citizens who are also protesting against corruption and poverty.
The Federal Government decided to disable Office hours across the country on Thursday and next Sunday due to high temperatures and to absorb popular anger in the Central and southern governorates, owing to declining hours electricity.
He invited many activists and journalists on a profile pages on Facebook to participate in the demonstration which confirmed they come for "criticism of the failure of officials to provide current alkrbaei," stressed that the demonstration in Tahrir square in central Baghdad, "the popular and not political dimensions."
They noted that "not criticizing the Minister of electricity as a component, but is criticized for all officials in successive Governments on Iraq (Allawi, Al-Jaafari, Al-Maliki, Al-Abadi) for failing to provide electric power.
Hosted on Wednesday, energy and integrity committees in the House of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Bahaa Al-araji, Finance Ministers Hoshyar Zebari and oil Adel Abdul Mahdi Kasim Al-fahdawi on electricity and the electricity crisis and providing fuel for the stations and funding.
Parliament President tasked the competent committees to prepare a comprehensive report on the development of electric power and responsibility for failure to provide electricity, while heading the State of law Coalition to have sexual intercourse with collection of electricity Minister Qassim Al-fahdawi.
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Friday 31-01-2015
Twilight news started hundreds of activists and citizens angry lack electricity service flow on Tahrir square in central Baghdad Friday afternoon to demand that the Government save energy and other services.
Twilight news activists informed the crowd began streaming on the scene to demand electricity, putting an end to administrative and financial corruption rampant in the country.
They noted that the security forces are harassing protesters and prevented many of them from the Karkh, but reported that security measures smooth and locked in liberation square
And resentment across the country due to the chronic shortage of electric power and repeated interruptions for long periods, despite the repeated promises of the Iraqi Government to end the crisis.
The more irritating to residents of poor electricity service in summer heat over 50 ° c.
And Iraqi Governments spent huge sums on successive electricity sector over the past decade but the repeated interruptions come on top of complaints from citizens who are also protesting against corruption and poverty.
The Federal Government decided to disable Office hours across the country on Thursday and next Sunday due to high temperatures and to absorb popular anger in the Central and southern governorates, owing to declining hours electricity.
He invited many activists and journalists on a profile pages on Facebook to participate in the demonstration which confirmed they come for "criticism of the failure of officials to provide current alkrbaei," stressed that the demonstration in Tahrir square in central Baghdad, "the popular and not political dimensions."
They noted that "not criticizing the Minister of electricity as a component, but is criticized for all officials in successive Governments on Iraq (Allawi, Al-Jaafari, Al-Maliki, Al-Abadi) for failing to provide electric power.
Hosted on Wednesday, energy and integrity committees in the House of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Bahaa Al-araji, Finance Ministers Hoshyar Zebari and oil Adel Abdul Mahdi Kasim Al-fahdawi on electricity and the electricity crisis and providing fuel for the stations and funding.
Parliament President tasked the competent committees to prepare a comprehensive report on the development of electric power and responsibility for failure to provide electricity, while heading the State of law Coalition to have sexual intercourse with collection of electricity Minister Qassim Al-fahdawi.
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