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Next week .. Parliament to vote on a package of new laws
03/08/2011
Integrity Committee: 80 billion dollars were spent on the electricity sector since 2004
BAGHDAD - Muhannad Abdul Wahab
A source parliament early that next week will read the package of new laws and vote on them. The source said parliament's "morning": that next week will be hot because there is a set files will be discussed, including the report of the Commission of Inquiry to serve the mobile phone and files relating to electricity, oil, and again, especially to cancel numerous resolutions issued by the Revolutionary Command Council dissolved.
The House of Representatives had voted in regular session 16, which was chaired by Osama Najafi, Chairman of the Board of Representatives and the presence of 184 deputies yesterday, a resolution to as what he was subjected Kurds Alfelaon Based on the decision of the Court of Assizes of the crime of "genocide", as well as vote on the draft agreement Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the International Organization for Migration and the draft law the Higher Institute for Research on embryos and treatment of infertility, and an end to the first and second reading for six bills in addition to discussing the reality of electricity.
At the beginning of the meeting congratulated the Speaker of the Iraqi people and the Islamic world on the occasion of the holy Chehrramadan, wishing that it God bless the month and Barakat.
Najafi also congratulated the Yazidis on the occasion of major religious ritual rejoicing the summer, wishing them a good life and dignity.
In another matter, Baqir al-Zubaidi, MP President of the Special Committee charged with verification of mobile services to find out the reasons that led to the report of the Committee of the agenda, although presented on Thursday, stressing the importance of the report that the Committee reached its conclusions important.
For his part, said Haider al-Mulla, a member of the Committee that the report revealed the loss of three billion dollars of benefits the Iraqi people, stressing that the committee came to the various types of pressure since it was formed, demanding at the same time maintaining the content of the report and the facts reached by the Committee.
In turn, the head of the Council that he had asked to keep the report, and distributed to members of the Presidency, and kept in a safe place so as not up to the media, but the report reached the media has been published, stressing that he strongly supports the report.
Valley MP Ali Hassan gave sworn in to replace Vice-Mawla Muhammad Taqi.
In the second paragraph, followed by MP Mohsen Saadoun, a statement on the anniversary of the crime of genocide Barzani tribe in 1983 at the hands of former regime, which claimed the lives of more than 8 thousands of unarmed civilians, demanding compensation for families of the victims and expressed the hope that this occasion will be a factor for cohesion and unity of the situation and a new era free from mass graves.
Then stop the minute of silence to read Surat Al-Fatiha for the souls of the martyrs and the martyrs of Iraq, Barzani tribe.
He read MP Abdul Dhiab Chairman of the Higher Education Commission issued a statement condemning the assassination of General Manager at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dawood Salman and his son by the terrorist groups demanded the security authorities to intensify efforts to reduce the targeting of scientific cadres.
The deputy followed on the Keywords Chairman of the Committee of Religious Endowments and Religious Affairs issued a statement on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan in which he called the Almighty to bless the Iraqi people well and pond and return it to security, safety and stability of Iraq and move towards Iraq in which all its citizens enjoy its rewards. MP Mutashar member of the Sudanese security and defense committee was denounced in a statement read by U.S. forces to death three people in front of their relatives in Salahuddin province, in addition to the fire on the people, causing a wound six, including three children, demanding accountability of the force and compensate the families of the victims.
In response to the statement, MP Hassan Sinead, head of security and defense committee that his committee pursue the matter carefully, it also has to address the anti-terrorism forces to know the name of the unit that committed this crime to enable the Committee to take action right and the formation of a judicial committee to follow up the corrupt forces.
He denounced the Attorney Nabil Hrbo member of the security and defense committee that military force coming from Baghdad arrested a number of citizens in the city of Tal Afar, including the hospital director and director of citizenship and a number of women based on information from a confidential informant, called the House of Representatives to form a fact-finding committee on the subject. In reply to the topic said President of the Council two days before he asked the prime minister the release of women.
Najafi said: "The prime minister promised the implementation of the request as we sent a formal letter in this regard to the president of the Supreme Judicial Council regarding the circumstances of the arrest and actions taken about them, and called for security and defense committee to follow up the subject."
And submitted to the Commission on oil and energy during the meeting a report prepared for the reality of power in Iraq.
And the MP Adnan al-Janabi, Chairman of the Committee that the report has been prepared by the host and the ministers of oil, electricity and some of what the report has been processed, pointing out that detailed and covers all aspects of the problem.
For his part, MP Uday Awad said there is a clear reluctance in the work of the Ministry of Electricity and the Minister of Electricity did not make any promises on improving electricity.
For his part, MP Habib Terminal that the reality of power and reality will remain dire for many reasons, the most important financial and administrative corruption and pledges given by the ministry was doomed to failure, calling for the privatization of this sector and referred to the investment companies.
MP also said Sabah al-Saadi said the government program has not been given any attention to the electricity sector mentioned only the one page mentioned in the program, stressing that he has no new plans to the ministry stating something better in the future, but electricity is a repeat of previous promises.
The MP said that the unit Jumaili the amounts spent on the electricity sector is very huge and it was possible to utilize them well, calling for the abolition of the absolute exceptions, taking into account some aspects such as hospitals.
For his part, MP Bahaa al-Chairman of the Integrity Committee to host Dr. Hussein Shahristani, the deputy prime minister and the ministers of oil, electricity and international experts in the field of electricity to find out the real reasons for the power crisis, stressing that the amounts spent on the electricity sector since 2004 amounted to about $ 80 billion.
And MP Mahmoud Othman, that the electricity issue puts the government in an embarrassing situation and is a measure of its failure, adding that the government did not provide a minimum of electricity to the citizens, calling for reliance on the private sector and engage in the production of electricity. Criticized Osman agreements signed with foreign countries do not are implemented, such as South Korea.
The MP Mutashar Sudanese government to provide material for the black oil Salahuddin province and the establishment of power plant capacity of 300 MW in the province.
The Council ended the first reading of the draft Fund support the dormitories at the Ministry of Higher Education.
The Council ended the first reading of a bill supporting small income-generating and came in the reasons that "for the purpose of supporting small income-generation through the provision of soft loans in the framework of the completion of the ability to use the employment in the Decent Work Agenda and to reduce the volume of unemployment and expanding a culture of self-employment and work free and to encourage individual initiative and private. "
Parliament also completed the first reading of the law on ratification of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the European Union on strategic partnership in energy.
According to the source of parliament, the parliament also completed the first reading of draft law on political parties, which aims to regulate the legal framework for the establishment of political parties on the basis of national democratic guarantees of political pluralism and achieve wider participation in public affairs.
Monday's session saw an end to the second reading of the draft Law on the Ministry of Industry.
To that, the President of the Parliament of the Legal Committee to send a message to the Government on its vision of the feminine and whether these ministries are covered Baltrchiq, calling for legislation to wait until this law and the government received an answer.
And MP Awad al-Awadi, that the powers granted to the agents and general managers are not consistent with the large tasks.
MP Dler Omar has stressed the need not to rely heavily on oil wealth, but also giving attention to other sectors such as agriculture.
In regard to another MP Jawad Alshahyla to form a committee to consider the disruption continued for drinking water in Baghdad, where instructed Nujaifi to form a small committee of MP Jawad Alshahyla and another unit Jumaili and another member to contact the Secretary of the capital immediately to find reasons and find immediate solutions.
It was also during the session completed the second reading of the draft law the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In the meantime, the President of the House of Representatives decided to adjourn the meeting until Tuesday of next week
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