******* House of Representatives is hosting Mr. Bahaa al-Araji, Deputy Prime Minister

This meeting of the HoR has a lot of good info!




02/07/2015

Hosted Majlis Iraqi parliament second Minutes of the legislative term first second legislature enacted held under the chairmanship of Dr. Salim al-Jubouri, President of the Council and in the presence of 215 deputies on Thursday, 02.07.2015 Mr. Bahaa al-Araji, Deputy Prime Minister to discuss energy and electricity files in addition to the performance of Mr. Mohammed's Darraji sworn in Minister of Industry.

At the outset of the session, Mr. Jubouri offered the condolences of the House of Representatives deputy Abd al-Hadi al-Hakim of the death of the late mother.

This was followed by Dr. Salim al-Jubouri, head of the House of Representatives a speech marking the start of the legislative year for the second Council which he asserted that Baghdad will not be held hostage to surrender and recidivism despite what went through the events throughout its history, pointing out that the House of Representatives are the hope of the people and its representatives legitimate who are expected to speak Dmirh and aspirations of working with the executive branch, which was born from the womb of parliament, calling for the adoption of legislation to facilitate the work of the government package.

Mr. Jubouri said legislation approved or to be approved interested in developing citizens, noting that the House of Representatives is determined to follow up the supervisory role to hit corrupt as the parliamentary committees continue its work for the completion of major issues, especially the corruption of at least a threat to terrorism, calling on the committee to resolve the proposals to provide the agreed legislation them, stressing that it is time to rectify the differences in order to combat terrorism, which requires reset the internal problems and the threat of terrorism to a full-time starting from the relationship with the province and the application document the political agreement in addition to the national reconciliation project.

Then the Council hosted Mr. Bahaa al-Araji, Deputy Prime Minister based on his desire to discuss issues related to energy and electricity.

Mr. Jubouri and welcomed Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, pointing out that the Council is determined to hold a series of meetings to follow up the work of the executive authority.

At the outset of hosting Mr. al-Araji, he confirmed the existence of failures and cons in the electricity and energy annotate their file has been due to lack of strategic energy sector in an integrated manner or units within this sector as well as the rise in oil prices, which have been relied upon without expecting landing.

Mr. Deputy Prime Minister, said the government and despite what has been disbursed from the funds are still in the initial stages, especially that the ministry is in the last phase focused on power plants that have been built based on the gas that we are witnessing a crisis in which the import from the Islamic Republic of Iran, noting that the need for Iraq energy of 18 000 MW and 13 000 MW located and actual reach 11 000 MW, adding that the Energy Committee in the Council of Ministers favors the introduction of investment in the electricity file and work on the sale of the old power stations and invest.

And between Mr. al-Araji, the presence of 500 000 horseshoe on electricity in addition to the Ministry of Electricity in which 60 000 employees surplus explaining that he had been informed of the government to involve Parliament debates the Committee on Energy, pointing out that the Ministry of Oil was interested in the previous phase extraction, stressing that the export of oil reached yesterday 3 million and 304 thousand barrels except Kirkuk and the Kurdistan region realized a boom for the first time, adding that the refinery Maysan in the process of assignment as work continues in the refinery in Karbala million barrel increase expected in the coming year.

He pointed to the existence of negotiations with the Jordanian side to deliver the Basra oil Aqaba to implement the project at a cost of $ 20 billion to be D pipeline across Najaf province to the border with Jordan after it was planned that passes through Ramadi, calling for rationalizing water consumption, noting that the dispute between the The government and the Kurdistan region is otherwise technician and that any defect in the oil production from the region will be irreducible allocated from the budget of the province of proportion, calling for an end to the dispute through dialogue and in accordance with the Constitution.

In the interventions of the ladies and gentlemen of Representatives between Aris MP Abdullah, head of the parliamentary energy committee that the absence of a law regulating the oil and gas is one of the causes of the current problems and wondered about the possibility of legislation to oil private law.

MP Adnan al-Janabi has inquired about the role of the Committee on Energy to accelerate the arrival of gas to the power plants.

She MP Hanan al ministries to the need to review procedures within the Committee on Energy to supply kerosene generators for the purpose of processing citizens.

For his part, MP Habib Terminal that the announcement of the fact that the electricity issue is still in the early stages puts a big question mark on the fate of the money that has been disbursed.

The MP pointed to the net and stumbled in the presence of the establishment of power stations.

He asked MP Mohammad Darraji on the action taken in how to facilitate and encourage investment in the power sector in all governorates of Iraq.

The MP said Amira Abdel-Karim and a number of power stations in Kirkuk need rehabilitation.

In turn inquired high Nassif MP for the nature of the legal measures taken to ensure the rights of the provinces over oil and the economic feasibility of the Japanese loan.

The MP Sirwan Abdullah that the continuation of current policies will push the region to look for outlets to provide financial liquidity to pay employees' salaries.

He expressed MP Mohammed Naji surprise at the huge money has been spent long years to prove that buy electricity cheaper than its production.

He stressed MP Mohammed al-Tai on the oil, gas and water included in the concept of energy and there are a waste of gas associated with oil and water are Mtatmd in the province of Basra.

He asked MP Abdul Kahar Samurai for actions taken on the rehabilitation of the liberated areas and provide mechanisms for maintenance of electrical stations.

In response to the interventions he noted Mr. Deputy Prime Minister said the draft oil and gas law will be presented soon to the Council of Ministers, pointing out that the provinces of Najaf, Samawa and Babylon are processed low rates of electricity because of the fuel, explaining that the connector for electricity comes from Mosul Dam where you can not keep the water quantities that produce electricity or stored indicating that the Commission does not interfere the work of the ministries.

Mr. Araji pointed to progress in obstetrics despite the fact that electricity in the early stages, but progress to Aaoizi what has been spent, it was also awarded 7500 Mika for the purpose of investment in electricity, explaining that there convinced the government that the presence of the interests of the neighboring countries with the protection of national interests will achieve Security in the country, noting that the government supported the oil derivatives by $ 500 million in the first half of the current year, stressing that the majority of Basra them up electricity for 20 hours a day except for two areas.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the Energy Commission decided to expand in the establishment of refineries, particularly in the central provinces, stressing the absence of any blockade of the region because the government recognizes the region of Kurdistan financial stake, adding that Kirkuk's oil is of the federal government and the oil region of the province and there is no any political disagreements.

He explained that the lack of justice in the distribution of electricity to the electricity grid and is linked to exposure to the terrorist attacks, stressing that the licensing rounds useful being led to increase oil production rates but there is exaggeration in the money exchange in implementation.

On the other hand, he warned the First Deputy Speaker Sheikh Hamoudi of a crisis in the water during the coming period, stressing that the government will take political action through negotiation with Turkey to increase the share of water and the other military.

For his part, Mr. Hussein Ali Murtaza agricultural adviser in the prime minister that Daash controls the water column in the Euphrates River in addition to the loss of large amounts of water on the hands of some parties, pointing out that even in the event that Turkey firing amounts of water will be storing the Daash Dam releases in tenderness alluding to the existence of a package of measures for the protection of water, and calling for the exercise of political pressure on Iran and Turkey to increase water releases on the Tigris River.

For his part, he praised Sheikh Hamoudi, first deputy chairman of the House of Representatives to attend Mr. Bahaa al-Araji, Deputy Prime Minister to the Council.

This was followed by the Committee on Agriculture and Water and the marshes statement on water crisis Basin Euphrates indicated it to the deterioration in the economic, social and environmental situation in some central and southern governorates, expressing its deep concern for water crisis in the coming period, calling for the formation of an official delegation to ask the neighboring countries to increase water releases, particularly in Euphrates river basin and to the Ministry of Water Resources, in coordination with the Ministry of Defense to protect water installations and secure and Ministry of Water Resources Water sufficient revenues from the Tigris River to feed the marshes as well as claim the ministries concerned to play a key role in the relief population of the affected areas.

On the other hand, Sheikh Hamoudi announced the withdrawal of an objection previously submitted to manual voting, which took place on Mr. Mohammed's Darraji minister of industry, noting that the vote, which took place in the previous legislative term officially became.

Then Mr. Mohammed Darraji sworn in as minister of industry.

In another context display MP Raad Aldhlki Chairman of the displaced persons and deportees request signed by more than 40 Deputy to the inclusion of displaced people in Turkey and Jordan displaced the same benefits at home, while Mr. First Deputy Chairman of the Council announced the postponement of the discussion to the next meeting.



And then it decided to adjourn the meeting to next Saturday 04/07/2015.


The information department
Iraqi Council of Representatives
02/07/2015


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