Today .. Parliament holds a special session in Basra in the presence of Abadi

08/9/2018 12:00 am

Al-Hadithi: Near the launch of 425 billion dinars for the province
Baghdad / Al-Sabah


Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi expressed his readiness to attend the special session of parliament called for by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, and called on by the President of the age, Muhammad Ali Zinni, to discuss the crisis in the province of Basra scheduled to be held on Saturday, while the spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office Saad al-Hadithi about the launch of the amount of 425 billion dinars within the trillions and 500 billion dinars promised by Abadi to the province, stressing that the prime minister follows directly and accurately the situation in Basra, drew legal expert, Tariq Harb, that there is nothing prevents constitutionally from Extraordinary session of He sat the new House of Representatives even before the election of the President of the Council and his deputies.


Sadr initiative
The leader of the Sadrist movement, said in a statement: «Put as a first stage some points regarding the oppressed Basra, including the call of the new parliament to convene immediately and an extraordinary public session broadcast publicly through official channels to inform the people on the course of things, and the maximum on Sunday», Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Interior Minister Qassem al-Araji, Minister of Health Adelah Hammoud, Minister of Water Resources Hassan al-Janabi, Minister of Housing and Construction and Municipalities Ann Nafie, Minister of Electricity and Governor of Basra As'ad al-Eidani and his deputies and the head of the Basra Provincial Council to develop radical and immediate solutions for the future and future. And only For all of the progress reminded them to leave their posts immediately and that their mandate was terminated. »


He added Sadr, in the initiative, which received the welcome and response of a number of political blocs, including the alliance of victory and the alliance of the resolution, «must cooperate with neighboring countries through official delegations for understanding on some files important service and increase water quotas and others, whether in Basra or other provinces», Calling for «the protection of government institutions in Basra, especially ports and airports of foreign and non-official interventions».


Sadr stressed the need to «end the informal interventions in the province of Basra, especially the interventions of parties and militias and even the popular crowd to maintain his reputation», pointing out that «if the parliamentary session was achieved on time and achieved the points above, it is a sign of good and a new start of the new parliament and bloc, And with him can cooperate with them ».


Sadr vowed "a firm stance that may never come to mind and will shake down the thrones of the corrupt and those with sectarian quotas who do not respect the blood of the people or their livelihood and dignity, and who brought the country to the abyss."



Sadr called for a "campaign of donations from all provinces to aid the stricken Basra," calling for "a protest with the people of the province of Basra and its demonstrators and martyrs and wounded, and the demonstrations of peaceful and angry and unified in Basra Mujahid and a specific date to be announced later.


It is noteworthy that the parliamentary chamber announced a special session on Saturday to discuss the situation in Basra.


The statement said the department, "based on the request of 54 deputies to hold a special session to discuss the situation of Basra, the head of the age to hold a meeting to discuss problems and solutions and recent developments in the presence of the Prime Minister and the ministers concerned," noting that the meeting will be held Saturday at one o'clock.


Office of the Prime Minister
And on the invitation of the leader of the Sadrist movement, the two statements of the Office of the Prime Minister, received by «morning», that «the Prime Minister Haider Abadi stresses the importance of the speed of meetings of the House of Representatives and not to disable it and the commitment of constitutional times to accomplish the tasks entrusted to him», adding that «Abbadi Is ready to attend the session of the Council of Representatives with the ministers and officials concerned to discuss the conditions and needs of the province of Basra dear and the measures taken to alleviate the suffering of its people and provide the best services for them »In this context, the statement that« the funds for the province of Basra has been allocated direct guidance by Ebadi, and will be spent away from the red tape and bureaucracy in order to provide services to our people in the province of Basra. »


The statement added that «has been given all financial and administrative powers to the governor of Basra, Asaad al-Eidani by the Council of Ministers in its meeting last Tuesday», adding that «the Prime Minister directly follows the completion of projects and provide services to citizens in the province was sent a high-level ministerial committee to follow up And overcome all obstacles ».


"We welcome the invitation of Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr to hold the extraordinary session," a spokesman for Prime Minister Saad al-Hadithi's press office told Iraqi News Agency (INA).
He added that "the federal government gave the local government of Basra broad powers to provide services to citizens," pointing out that «the energy equipped Basra currently has 3,000 MW» .


Al-Hadithi pointed out that «the government gave an exception to the governor of Basra from the instructions to implement the laws in force in terms of contracting and referral to companies», stressing that «that exception has not been given by the federal government to any local government or ministry». The problem of salinity of water and government procedures , Al-Hadithi said that «the Ministry of Water Resources has increased the water releases from the back of Nazem Qal'at Salih, which is 75 cubic meters per second and 7.15 cubic meters per second channel of innovation, but the abuses prevented Basra from benefiting from the increase of these releases», adding that «the lifting The abuses committed by a Security forces will access sufficient water quota, which able to pay the tongue of salt ».


Al-Hadithi touched upon the job grades allocated by the government to the citizens of Basra and the rest of the provinces. He reiterated the government's efforts to provide financial allocations for these grades from one of the items in the financial budget of the Republic of Iraq for the fiscal year 2018, which obliges the government to allocate grades in the event of financial abundance, The spokesman for the government media cell, Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi, said in a statement: "It will be the experimental launch of the water project of Greater Basra, after the completion of technical works and reach the completion rate of 90 percent in preparation for the launch of the month "The project will provide 40 percent of the water needs of the governorate," said Health Ministry spokesman Saif Al-Bader. "The health institutions in Basrah received 75 wounded, 42 demonstrators and 33 security forces. Citizens, "and expressed surprise at the« attacks on a number of ambulances and paramedics ».


On the pollution of water in Basra and the injuries suffered by citizens as a result, Al-Bader said «the occurrence of 6280 cases of citizens with diarrhea, divided between medium and simple».


The Ministry of Finance, in a statement, it «continue to launch the amounts allocated to the province of Basra within the investment budget», pointing to «the launch of more than 53 billion dinars within the investment expenditures that meet the needs of citizens visual». The ministry explained that «the amounts funded were distributed on investment expenditures between more than 3 billion dinars within the allocations of the province of petrodollar amounts, and more than 25 billion dinars within the program for the development of regions», indicating that «was funded more than 24 billion dinars within the investment projects of the province».



Welcome and support
In the meantime, the coalition victory, expressed support and welcome to «call for Mr. Sadr to hold a meeting of the parliament to discuss the decisions taken regarding the province of Basra», noting that «Basra province deserves to join all efforts from the federal government and local parliament to provide services to its people».


The Coalition appreciated «all the efforts that want good for the people of this people and the province of Basra», expressing support for «government efforts in response to the demands of the people of Basra in particular and the rest of the Iraqi provinces» The Coalition stressed that «security and stability of Basra will contribute to the implementation of planned projects and provide services», Praising the call by Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr on the invitation of the House of Representatives to hold an extraordinary session by Sunday, attended by the Prime Minister and some Officials for "We are fully concerned with the issue of Basra," he said, stressing "the necessity of convening the parliament session to reach radical solutions in which representatives of the people will contribute." The statement added that "the tragedy of our citizens in Basra should be a great incentive for all Iraqis to provide assistance. Their representatives to be role models in this area », pointing out that« Iraqi blood is more valuable than any difference ». The coalition that« the suffering of any Iraqi person is much more important than any political scramble or partisan interest or sectarian or national ».


Legal expert
"As long as the session of parliament called by Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr is not a legislative session or the exercise of parliamentary oversight, such as questioning, but will be the invitation of the Prime Minister," said Tarek Harb, a legal expert. As a host, it is a constitutional and legal session is not wrong ».


He added «the meeting is held even if the head of the age is not called to the deputies to hold the meeting after they swore the constitutional oath is not required to preside over the meeting by the President of the teeth, but chaired by the oldest of the deputies present».
And between the war that «hold this (extraordinary) meeting in accordance with the provisions of Article (54) of the Constitution being within the 15-day period granted by the article to the House of Representatives as an extension and not an open session and can take the required decisions if the presence of the presence of 165 deputies to achieve the quorum, About attendance, whether the attendance is less than that may be a deliberative deliberative session and attended by the Prime Minister or the ministers or the governor of Basra or the provincial council of Basra or who has a relationship with the subject of Basra »The legal expert« There is nothing constitutional to hold these The meeting necessitates the prohibitions and this rule of law "The time has come for the demobilization of the provincial councils, including the Basra Council, for a year and five months after the expiry of their term, and the absence of a constitutional electoral basis for their stay in service. This period has passed over the four years that the people took their election, For four years while now four months in the sixth year ».


The conquest alliance
In a statement, Al-Fateh President Hadi Al-Amri called on the ministers concerned with municipal services, water resources and electricity to "go to Basra and solve the problem of citizens, otherwise they will resign and allow experts and specialists in this regard to deal with the situation." They ordered the security forces not to use force With peaceful demonstrators », and announced solidarity with peaceful demonstrations on the file of services. In turn, the European Union called, in a statement, the Iraqi security forces to exercise maximum restraint and protesters to keep the protests peaceful. The statement stressed that the European Union looks forward to doubt For the government as soon as possible so as to deal with the multiple challenges facing Iraq.


Renewed protests
Dozens of Basrahis have protested against poor services, the protests that followed a stormy night during which angry protesters torched the offices and headquarters of most of the political parties and movements in the province. Correspondents said the protests broke out again yesterday, while security forces redeployed. The reporters pointed out that the violent protests caused the burning of the headquarters and offices of most of the political parties and movements in Basra, including the Badr Organization, the Supreme Council, the movement of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, the Islamic Dawa Party, the Dawa Party (internal organization), the Islamic Virtue Party, Al-Nabaa, the Al-Badala movement, Ansar Allah Al-Oufiyya movement, Saraya Al-Kharasani, Saraya Ansar Al-Aqeedah, while the protesters yesterday burned the Iranian consulate. The correspondents pointed out that the homes of some officials were subjected to attempts to break into the old court in the district of Abi Khasib, Rest of the Governorate Bureau And the office of MP Faleh al-Khazali, as well as the burning of the headquarters of the Iraqi media network. In this regard, the head of the Iraqi media network Mujahid Abu al-Hill on Friday, to continue the network all its institutions to cover the events of Basra, and deliver the demands of its true people.


He told the Iraqi News Agency «conscious»: that «the burning of the network in Basra by Mendesin, will not stand in front of us to support our people, and their voice to the responsible authorities» .This comes after the security forces imposed a comprehensive curfew on roaming throughout the province. "The ban came after a large number of political party headquarters were burned," the source said, adding that "the ban will continue until further notice." It is worth mentioning that on Friday, demonstrations were launched in a number of provinces in support of and solidarity With demonstrations in Basra demand.


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