The first sessions of the investigation committee were held in the electricity sector ... and this is the most prominent statement

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The first sessions of the investigation committee were held in the electricity sector ... and this is the most prominent statement

•  Time: 07/13 2020 14:28:23
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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The first session of the investigative committee in the electricity sector was chaired by the first deputy speaker of parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, today, Monday, in the presence of a number of government regulatory agencies to uncover corruption in the Ministry of Electricity.

 

Al-Kaabi said during the session, according to what was quoted by his media office, that "despite the fight against corruption, we have yet to see the recovery of smuggled money and no corrupt entry to prison, and this is absolutely unacceptable to the Iraqi street."

He added: "The electricity sector was spent more than the allocations of other ministries, and we have not witnessed any development in this sector until this moment."

He continued that "the representation of the Integrity Commission and the Financial Supervision Bureau added a transparent and neutral oversight dimension and ended accusations of political targeting."

And Al-Kaabi said that "the Ministry of Electricity should work with a clear vision, which is approved by the parliament, and implemented within 5 years, and not affected by the change of ministers ... and any defect that occurs, those concerned will be held accountable." is over

Mohammed Al-Marsoumi

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Parliament has been investigating electricity contracts since 2006

Monday 13 July 2020 145

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah 

 

 

Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Halbousi has formed a committee to investigate the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity, due to the continuous deterioration in the electrical system.

According to a statement received by Al-Sabah, a copy of it was directed by the Speaker of Parliament, Mohamed Al-Halbousi, to form an investigation committee headed by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, to scrutinize and investigate the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity from 2006 to 2020, the extent of their conformity with the laws and regulations in force, and the rates of financial and actual achievement for each project.

The statement added that the committee will indicate the percentages of deviations in those projects, if any, the reasons for not entering into implementation, the measures taken against those who waver, and the extent to which these projects achieve the public interest.

The statement indicated that the committee has the authority to request documents and information and to summon any person concerned to testify.

He pointed out that it includes in its membership the Chairman of the Parliamentary Energy, Energy and Integrity Committee, the Services and Reconstruction Committee and the Economy and Investment Committee as well as the Chairman of the Financial Supervision Authority, the President of the Integrity Commission and the Director General of Investigations in the Integrity Commission.

To that, a statement of the Office of the First Deputy stated that, "Today, Monday, Al-Kaabi chairs an expanded meeting to investigate and audit all contracts of the Ministry of Electricity."

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62 billion dollars spent on the electricity sector, Iraq is dark!

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07/13/2020 08:42:24 PM
 

 

 

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The Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee says that the funds spent on the Ministry of Electricity since 2005 have amounted to more than $ 62 billion without any improvement in processing hours.

 

 

The Parliamentary Inquiry Committee held the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity in its first meetings and confirmed that the allocations spent on the electrical sector are the highest compared to the rest of the Iraqi ministries and institutions, considering that corruption and poor planning in the Ministry of Electricity created for us power plants far from fuel sources and thus failed to produce them.

The Prime Minister directed to activate the stalled electricity projects and provide free fuel for private generators in exchange for lower subscription prices and increased processing hours, confirming that billions of dollars previously spent were sufficient to build modern electrical networks.

Hassan Al Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives asserts in the first meeting of the Parliamentary Investigative Committee in the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity that "the electricity sector has been spent more than the allocations of other ministries, and we have not witnessed any development in this sector until now," adding that "despite my efforts to fight corruption, but we So far, we have not seen any recovery of contraband public funds, nor corrupt entry to prison, and this is totally unacceptable to the Iraqi street. "

Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Halbousi decided to form a committee headed by the First Deputy to audit and investigate the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity, due to the continuous deterioration in the electrical system, the accumulated failures throughout the previous years, the existence of administrative and financial suspicions of corruption, and in order to identify the reasons for the lack of clear progress in this sector and to hold the negligent accountable .

Al-Kaabi believes that "corruption and poor planning in the Ministry of Electricity created for us power plants far from fuel sources and consequently the failure of their production." The stakeholders will be held accountable. "

According to the parliamentary order formed on 11/7/2020, Hassan Al-Kaabi set the date for the first meeting of the investigative committee on Monday, July 13, 2020 at one o'clock in the House of Representatives to investigate and audit all contracts of the Ministry of Electricity from 2006 to 2020, for this purpose.

A statement issued by Al-Kaabi office confirmed that "the session was held in the presence of a number of heads of the concerned committees, the head of the Financial Supervision Bureau, the head of the Integrity Commission, the director of investigations in the aforementioned body, and a representative of the public prosecution after the approval of the head of the Supreme Judicial Council and the media."

For his part, Rep. Raad Al-Dahlaki, Chairman of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee, praised the decision of the House of Representatives to form a committee to investigate the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity, while expressing his confidence in the Chairman of the Committee, First Vice-President of the Council, Hassan Al-Kaabi, in reaching the reasons for the delay in the service of the electric current that the citizen has suffered for many years.

Al-Dahlaki said in a statement, "We pay tribute to the parliamentary committee formed by the Speaker of the Parliament to investigate and audit the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity from 2006 to 2020."

For his part, Ghaleb Muhammad Ali Shukr, a member of the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee, said, "The formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate the contracts of the Ministry of Electricity from 2005 to 2020 headed by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, and membership of a number of heads of parliamentary committees."

Shukr adds in an interview with Al-Mada that "the problem of the electric current crisis is not immediate, and the current government cannot bear it, but it started from the year 2005 until this moment." Dollars that included the purchase of power stations, and fuel. "

The past and present days have witnessed a decline in the hours of supplying the electrical current in all Iraqi governorates and cities, in conjunction with the heat wave and high temperatures, amid expectations of the return of protests that often begin in the summer season.

The deputy from the Sulaymaniyah Province completes his speech that "there are problems related to electric power stations that need fuel of all kinds, as well as that electricity production reaches 19 thousand megawatts while the actual need reaches 25 thousand megawatts."

A member of the Parliamentary Energy Committee believes that "the agreement of the ministries of oil and electricity to obtain national fuel instead of the importer who costs the state significant funds", calling on the Ministry of Electricity to "maintain the electrical network in the summer."

The government directed to activate the stalled electricity projects and provide free fuel for private generators in exchange for lower subscription prices and increased processing hours, stressing that billions of dollars previously spent were sufficient to build modern electrical networks.

The media office of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said in a statement that the latter directed the activation of all electricity projects, especially the agreement concluded with the German company Siemens, during a meeting held with the ministers of electricity and oil, devoted to addressing the current electricity crisis.

Al-Kazemi stressed that the electricity file is one of the most important challenges facing the work of the current government, noting that past periods saw billions of dollars being spent on this sector, enough to build modern electrical networks, but corruption, financial waste and mismanagement prevented the treatment of the electric power crisis in Iraq, to continue the suffering of citizens, which is exacerbated in the summer months.

Al-Kazemi indicated that the previous ministry had not undertaken projects related to electricity maintenance, which has exacerbated the problem of electricity, especially in this economic and financial circumstance that Iraq is experiencing due to the collapse of oil prices globally as a result of the effects of the Corona pandemic.

He explained that the government is determined to address this file through the implementation of plans to develop production sectors, as well as standing at the joints that stand in the way of advancing the reality of electricity, and blocking all the outlets of corruption in this important vital sector. 

In turn, Hisham Al-Suhail, head of the Parliamentary Bloc, welcomed the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate electricity contracts, noting that we "support the move of Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Halbousi to open and investigate files of corruption since 2003".

Al-Suhail said in a press statement that this step will reveal "a lot of corruption operations in the contracts for electricity for several years," adding that the people have the right to know the money spent and where more than $ 40 billion went to electricity, and it is still suffering darkness and extreme heat in light of This flame summer.

To that, Deputy Zafir Al-Ani expressed his support for opening corruption files related to the Ministry of Electricity.

Al Ani said in a post: "People have the right to know where $ 40 billion went to electricity and they are still suffering darkness, vomiting and disease, while those responsible for files of corruption are blessed with lights, cooling and comfort."

He added, "We support the speaker of parliament’s move to open corruption files since 2003 and investigate them," concluding his words with a tag: "Iraq without electricity." 

 

 

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Iraqi Deputy Speaker: "Despite the fight against corruption, we have not seen a recovery of smuggled money"

The first deputy speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi, presides over the first sessions of the investigative committee in the electricity sector

 July 13, 2020 4:06 PM

Direct: The first deputy speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Hassan Karim Al Kaabi, chaired today, Monday, the first sessions of the investigative committee in the electricity sector, in the presence of a number of governmental regulatory bodies to uncover corruption in the Ministry of Electricity.

Al-Kaabi said, according to a statement issued by his media office, that despite efforts to fight corruption, but so far we have not seen any recovery of contraband public funds, nor corrupt entry to prison, and this is absolutely unacceptable to the Iraqi street.

Al-Kaabi added, during the meeting, that he spent more on the electricity sector than the allocations of other ministries, and we have not witnessed until now any development in this sector.

He continued: "Because of corruption and poor planning in the Ministry of Electricity, he found us power plants far from fuel sources and thus failed to produce them."

The Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament emphasized that the representation of the Integrity Commission and the Financial Supervision Bureau added a transparent and neutral oversight dimension and ended accusations of political targeting.

Al-Kaabi stressed the need for the Ministry of Electricity to work with a clear vision that is approved by the House of Representatives and implemented within 5 years, and that is not affected by the change of ministers, and any defect that takes place will be held accountable to those concerned.

Yesterday, Sunday, the President of the Iraqi Council of Representatives , Muhammad Al-Halbousi, ordered the formation of a committee headed by the First Deputy for Auditing and Investigation of the Ministry of Electricity's contracts.