The Cabinet holds an extraordinary session to discuss the situation in Basra

Saturday 8 September




Alsumaria News / Baghdad
On Saturday, the Council of Ministers convened an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of the province of Basra and take a number of decisions on it.

"The Council of Ministers held an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of Basra and to take a number of decisions for the benefit of its citizens," state television reported in an emergency report followed by Alsumaria News.

Basra province has been witnessing for months months angry demonstrations demanding services, primarily drinking water and electricity, and developed into the intervention of security forces, killing a number of demonstrators and wounding others, and burned government buildings and headquarters of parties in the province, in addition to the Iranian consulate.


The commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Prime Minister Haider Abadi, decided earlier Saturday to transfer the security units responsible for the protection of government institutions and the Iranian consulate in Basra to investigate "for not carrying out their duties."


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Sadr offers seven points to solve the problem of Basra as a second stage
Saturday 8 September



Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr, Saturday, seven points to resolve the crisis in the province of Basra in the event of the extraordinary session of the House of Representatives to reach "serious, effective and real" to alleviate the suffering of the people of the province.

Sadr said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "If the session of the House of Representatives today to the solutions of serious and effective and real in order to lift the suffering of the people of Basra by the immediate and future solutions to their suffering and restore the basic elements of life of drinking water and use and other things such as electricity, health and reduction Of unemployment and so on, many must work to complete the second stage, which is the formation of honest committees to work on the start of service projects in the province immediately and the removal of all the corrupt who were the cause of what resulted in Basra from deteriorating service conditions.


He added that the committees "set a time limit of 45 days to end all immediate needs, or what needs a longer period will be determined later, as well as the formation of a security cell to protect Basra and impose security as soon as possible so that the people are safe from all internal and external interventions, "I am here to prepare for the protection of the people and the demonstrators and in coordination with the security authorities."

Al-Sadr called for "the work of sending impartial judicial bodies to work to hold the perpetrators and aggressors of the two sides accountable, whether the security forces that attacked the demonstrators on the one hand or those who attacked the public, private, diplomatic and other property. The month van Bant signs and the results of security projects, especially if the corrupt corrupt in the province there is no need to demonstrate or let them go out peaceful demonstrations until the completion of the above period or the people are authorized to express his opinion and raise his voice to satisfy the Sharia and reason and in accordance with the aspirations of the Djaip ".

Sadr pointed out that, "in the event of procrastination work or the spread of corruption in it as usual do not blame me and blame yourselves and God and the oppressed and supporters of them," going on to say, "and during this work is advised by the reference to accelerate the formation of the government in accordance with new bases and new faces Almgurb does not try , And by consensus blocks on the nomination of three national names in accordance with the terms and national controls for prime minister and authorizes one of them to form a ministerial cab without a quota or interference in his work to be a purely service security government away from sectarian and partisan interventions.

Basra province has been witnessing for months angry demonstrations demanding the provision of services, especially drinking water and electricity, and developed to the intervention of security forces, killing a number of demonstrators and wounding others, and burned the headquarters of parties and government buildings in the province as well as the Iranian consulate.

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The Council of Ministers issues a series of decisions on Basra
Saturday 8 September



Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The Council of Ministers issued a series of resolutions on Basra, including the dispatch of a ministerial team to remain in Basra until the completion of the tasks and delegated all the necessary powers of the Council of Ministers, as well as the release of funds allocated under the management of the team with extraordinary powers.

"In implementation of the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers to address the needs of the province of Basra, the Cabinet decided to approve the exception of the paragraphs listed below of the implementation of the general budget for the fiscal year 2018 and the instructions for the implementation of government contracts No. 2 of the year 2014 decided to support and support the people of Basra, especially the families of the victims of civilians and military. "


The office also decided to "send a ministerial team according to the decision of the Council of Ministers No. 271 of 2018 and remain in Basra until the completion of the tasks and delegated all the necessary powers of the Council of Ministers, and the release of funds allocated under the management of the team with extraordinary powers and decisions of the Council of Ministers, Security and armed forces to enforce the law and enable them to protect citizens and public and private property. "

"The right to demonstrate is guaranteed peacefully according to the constitution and the protection of this right, in addition to supporting civil society initiatives to participate in reconstruction campaigns and voluntary work, as well as communication with the youth sector in Basra province and their participation in reform projects," the council said.

On Saturday, the Council of Ministers held an extraordinary session to discuss the situation of the province of Basra and take a number of decisions on it.


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They ask for Abbadi and his cabinet to resign
Saturday 8 September



Alsumaria News / Baghdad
On Saturday, the bloc called on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his cabinet to resign, referring to the formation of a "strong" government to meet the demands of the people.

The MP for the rest of Hassan Aqoli, along with a number of deputies in a press conference attended by Alsumaria News, "The meeting today discussed the crisis in Basra and the presence was 172 deputies, and attended the Prime Minister Haider Abadi and the governor of Basra and ministers," noting that "everyone indicated what they have, The ministers were not convincing in the face of a crisis that goes daily to martyrs and wounded. "


He called on the prime minister to "submit resignation and apologize to the people," adding that "work to form a strong government that meets the demands of the people and call for serious steps."

The House of Representatives held an extraordinary session to discuss the situation in the province of Basra in the presence of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Interior Minister Qassim al-Araji, Defense Minister Irfan al-Hayali, Minister of Water Resources Hassan al-Janabi, Minister of Construction Ann Nafie and Health Minister Adela Hamoud.


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Parliament decides to continue the sessions until next Saturday

Date of release: 2018/9/8 17:47

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The House of Representatives decided at the end of its special session to discuss the conditions of Basra, headed by MP Mohammed Ali Zinni, the President of the age and the presence of 180 deputies and Prime Minister Haider Abadi and a number of ministers concerned, to continue meetings to Saturday.

A statement to the Information Office of the House of Representatives, received the agency {Euphrates News} copy of it today, "At the outset of the meeting, welcomed the head of the elderly Haidar Abadi, Prime Minister and the ministers concerned, noting that Basra has been subjected to injustice in various covenants and currently suffers from neglect and water scarcity , Criticizing the exposure of demonstrators live bullets and prevent demonstrations, and called on the Prime Minister to clarify what is taking place and take the necessary measures to address the situation.

For his part, Abadi stressed that the Basra is full of its citizens despite the challenges we face part of the political, stressing that the demands of the people of the maintenance of services right, calling for the isolation of the political side of security and service and warned of turning the dispute into a gunman.

Abadi said that the peaceful demonstrators condemn acts of vandalism and assert that they are outside the province, pointing to holding a series of meetings, the most recent of which is the cabinet meeting today, which was devoted to discussing the security and service situation in Basra and included decisions to compensate the civilian and military victims and to send a ministerial team until completion of tasks and release of funds allocated under the administration The team as well as assigning the security forces to enforce the law to protect public and private property and emphasize the right to peaceful demonstration and support the initiative of civil society in the campaigns of reconstruction and cleaning.

In their interventions during the meeting, Qassim al-Araji, Minister of Interior, said that the ministry issued clear orders to protect the demonstrators since the beginning of last July, pointing to the issuance of penalties for all those who assaulted the demonstrators and left their positions to protect the government institutions, announcing the intention of the ministry to make a change in some security leaders in order to give An opportunity to accommodate the situation, stressing the need to protect Arab and international embassies and consulates.

Minister of Defense Irfan al-Hayali explained that the armed forces are not authorized to fire at any citizen because the army and all the supporters of the popular crowd and the Peshmerga forces are people of the people and defended it and made sacrifices.

The Minister of Water Resources, Hassan al-Janabi, said that there is a shortage of services accumulated over the years in Basra, explaining that the ministry is responsible for providing people with raw water while the treatment is subject to other institutions, pointing out the state of pollution did not occur in the system of raw water but water distribution networks, In response to this situation, the Government has taken several measures, including an increase in releases in some areas due to increased demands.

For its part, noted that Nafie Minister of Municipalities and Construction that Basra suffers from water scarcity and salinity since the eighties of the last century, noting that the existence of an important project funded by the Iraqi government and Japan began to be established in 2014 will be accelerated completion in accordance with the time limits set for him at the end of this year in the event of stability of the security situation, Stressing that the ministry has solutions to the crisis by linking the station in the sports city with the water network of the center of Basra.

The Minister of Health, Adila Hamoud, said that the ministry has decided to send an integrated team after the recording of intestinal infections in the health department of Basra above the normal rates to know the reasons, pointing out that the tests proved the presence of high rates of salt in the waters of the basin that provides citizens water from the Shatt al-Arab, The absence of toxic substances in the water, pointing out that the ministry has used the World Health Organization and UNICEF for the need to conduct other tests of drinking water and proved the tests to the existence of bacterial infections causing diarrhea and accounted for 9% of the cases diagnosed injuries, especially that most of the origin A total of 6918 infections were caused by high salt content in the water.

For his part, Assaad al-Eidani, governor of Basra, said the central government gave the local government in Basra powers to implement the government's decisions and address the problems, noting that Basra has not received from the funds allocated only 6 billion dinars, while allocated more than 3 trillion dinars, stressing the existence of a large lag in the implementation Projects.

The Governor of Basra expressed his readiness to take full responsibility in the implementation of projects, especially with regard to water projects.

In statements to deputies, MP Hassan al-Akoli stressed the importance of not exchanging accusations on the situation in Basra, since everyone is responsible for what the governorate has reached, calling for realistic solutions that are now feasible.

MP Faleh al-Khazali said that the solutions to most of the problems of Basra province falls on the federal government, especially with the lack of financial allocations for the projects of the province, adding to the province of Basra, the worst environmental city in the world to the existence of large areas containing remnants of war, accusing the US Consulate to support some of those who contributed to incitement On the events of Basra.

MP Osama Najafi stressed that Basra is a fundamental pillar of Iraq, which requires the removal of the political conflict, pointing to the existence of internal conflicts and foreign agendas applied in Basra, which requires attention to him, calling for the transformation of all the possibilities of the State led by the Prime Minister to Basra to follow the work on the ground and Normal.

For his part, MP Kazem al-Shammari pointed out that the crises unite efforts to solve them, especially the need to preserve the province of Basra and away from the problems, urging the Council of Ministers to implement the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers immediately and with the support of the deputies of Basra.

MP Sabri expressed her support for the right to demonstrate peacefully and reject any acts of sabotage and burning of state institutions and consulates.

MP Ahmad al-Asadi said that the current crisis solutions to the central and local governments by providing the necessary funds allocated to the budget in 2018 in addition to taking advantage of the financial abundance due to oil prices.

MP Faleh al-Sari called on the Council of Ministers to set clear time-frames for submission to the House of Representatives, proposing to form a parliamentary committee to follow up the decisions of the Council of Ministers including the deputies of Basra.

For his part, MP Ammar al-Tohme to unite efforts to address the crisis in Basra and the transfer of ministers concerned to the province of Basra as well as increase water releases by unifying the diplomatic efforts of the three presidencies to neighboring countries.

MP Adnan al-Zarfi said that the problem is focused on the work of the State Departments and the mechanisms of implementation, stressing the existence of a large reluctance in the implementation of projects by the Ministry of Municipalities and Works.

MP Sabah al-Saadi pointed out that the solutions must be within specific time limits committed by the central and local government.

MP Khalid al-Mafraji called for all government capabilities to be directed to Basra for the purpose of solving the problems.

MP Muzaffar al-Waeli called for the immediate dismissal of the head of Basra operations, calling on the Ministry of Water Resources to increase water releases from the emergency water reservoirs.

MP Uday Awad inquired about the reasons for the non-disbursement of funds allocated to the province of Basra, pointing out that the commander of the province's operations to maintain security.

In turn, MP Jamal Mohammedawi proposed opening a bank account in the name of the Development Fund of Basra, which is financed monthly from half of the imports of border crossings.

MP Safa al-Ghanim stressed the need for the government to take firm and quick measures to maintain security and stabilize stability in the province of Basra.

MP Hamed al-Hamdi pointed out that the program of sabotage and burning exposed to social networking sites at night under the eyes of the central and local government without moving any occupants.

The MP urged the Halafi revolution politicians in Iraq to realize that the situation is no longer as it was in the past after the patience of the people.

For his part, stressed the head of age that the adoption of Iraq as a whole on Basra demonstrates the profitability of the economy, which requires the development of plans and strategies to build the Iraqi economy by relying on a productive economy and revitalize the private sector, which suffers from neglect.

MP Khalaf Abdul Samad reviewed the legal violations by the government against Basra, including turning the petrodollar from $ 5 to 5%, which is contrary to Law 21, which was legislated by the House of Representatives and not to launch career grades, calling on the federal government to transfer its work to Basra to resolve the crisis.

MP Adnan al-Faihan said that the security chaos in Basra was the result of a clear negligence by the security forces, demanding an immediate investigation with those who failed to protect public and private property, calling on the government to stop the US consular interventions in the affairs of Basra.

MP Mohammad Tamim considered the decisions issued by the Council of Ministers as good, stressing the need to remove Basra from political conflicts.

He urged MP Ahmed al-Jubouri not to involve the military and security forces in the crisis in Basra, and called for meetings of the Council of Ministers in Basra on an ongoing basis.
In his response to the interventions, he thanked the positions of the ladies and gentlemen on Basra in support of the removal of political differences on the service files, explaining that the Council of Ministers implements the recommendations of the Council of Ministers to a team of the Council of Ministers, calling for the formation of an expanded team of the House of Representatives to follow up the implementation of the recommendations of the Council of Ministers, Expressed his surprise at the presence of the governor of Basra, who heads the security committee in Baghdad and left the province in light of the current crisis.

For his part, the province of Basra that his presence in Baghdad came to attend a meeting of the advisers to resolve the crisis of the province and review plans, noting that the water carrier lines worn out and large pumps need maintenance, indicating the development of a plan of action to resolve the crisis.

He called on Mohamed Ali Zinni to form a parliamentary committee to follow up the implementation of the recommendations of the Council of Ministers, after which it was decided to continue the meeting until Saturday, 15 \ 9 \ 2018. End

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