***** Mahdi Keywords: State evolution of the private sector in addition to security

2/10/2014 0:00

In an interview with the morning {}
BAGHDAD morning 


Dr. Mahdi Keywords director of the office of Prime Minister of Iraq, that there is more concern for the construction of a complementary relationship between the legislative and executive powers in accordance with the principles of the twentieth contained in the statement of political fired by Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi in the inaugural session.



Alak said in an interview conducted with him "morning": that one of these principles is to ensure the construction of a complementary relationship between the legislative and executive branches, pointing out that the government program is built on the basis of realistic and did not lead all ministries work characteristically will not succeed.

The Keywords that there are significant challenges facing the country, and in spite of the terrorist attacks and the occupation of some areas, but the insistence mounts on resolving the security file in order to preserve the integrity of the country and the people as well as for the resumption of the process of planning, development and construction in the regions Alozma.oahar relationship to the role of the citizen prominent in achieving development the management shift indicating that the tool is a citizen of the State in the conversion of some services to the private sector, noting that the state is working on the issue of the development of the private sector in addition to achieving security and stability and to maintain security.

Alak said: that privatization will have exceptional attention by the government and over the next three months will provide a complete plan and in line with the private sector development strategy approved by the government a few months ago. 

The following is the text of the meeting

Infrastructure development

* What mechanisms adopted to develop the infrastructure referred to by the government program on many items and stressed its importance in shaping the future of the country? 


- As you can see the country in which investment program properly, which now accounts for one-third of the budget, and if the best work in the operating budget and threw been resolving consumer spending, the government, we believe that there is potential for many can be harnessed in the infrastructure of this First, Second, can benefit from the potential investment in the sector through the development of some private services, many of the states left to rely on the government to secure basic services as services municipal, and fuel services, and water and sanitation, such services managed in a lot of countries in the world by the private sector and private investments.


The government Bckiltha new, and within the handling of the problem of electricity, began to think about the issue of privatization of the sector production and distribution, and this will provide electrical power is best for the consumer and dramatically, as happened in the province of Kurdistan, a successful experiment using or relying heavily on the private sector in the production as well as in distribution .



There is waste in energy, so the citizens did not enjoy comfortably as he deserves from electric power, and therefore should be subject to rationing there to become a societal responsibility, along with the responsibility of government in energy conservation and to provide the quantities needed to sustain life and sustain the production process.

The private sector

* Can we say that the government program will be directed toward practical open the doors of investment and private sector development? 


- Yes, SOFTWARE government a realistic and large and very ambitious, but we have to recognize the importance of that lead all the ministries their roles properly and implement what lying to themselves, have pointed out the program to six priorities, including the development of the private sector and the transition from state ownership of some sectors to the private sector, the state put the subject of the development of this sector, in addition to achieving security and stability, and this means that we give the development of the private sector such as the importance of great importance to secure stability and to maintain security.

The role of the citizen

* How do you view the role of the citizen to the government as a key player in the implementation of its program, in other words, when you think about the role of the government program put burden on the Iraqi citizen in facilitating the process of the application of the government program? 


- In fact, if we observed the various activities in the priorities of the government, we will find that there are targets and roles have been emphasizing the role of the citizen, which was expressed by a single citizen, or efficiencies community, whether civil society organizations or orientations of tribal or trade union organizations and professional, in all of these events emphasis was placed on the role of the citizen is expected in the completion of the program, for example, if we wanted to shift from the public sector to the private sector Van our instrument key which is the citizen, and when we talk about the rationalization of consumption, the citizen a prominent role as well, and when we talk about the transfer of some services to the private sector, the response to citizen have an active role in the success of this transformation, and when we confirm to improve performance and increase production, the public Citizen particularly in state institutions is a key factor which ensures the success of that, alas, the labor productivity in Iraq is also known, especially in the government sector is still low in general, and this is linked to the conditions of objectivity, including the lack of employment opportunities, and this prompted the state to hire more in different sectors, which led to sagging great in a lot of institutions, and reflected negatively and directly on productivity, you will find ten employees in the Division can be run by two only, if the style transformation of traditional style to utilitarian then you can imagine what accomplish these ten, and if divided on what produces these numbers will be very low productivity, but this relies on citizen greatly in the completion of the program.

The legislative and executive

* What is the role of the legislature to facilitate the work of the government? Is there harmony between the two authorities to pass laws to facilitate the implementation of the program? 


- If you have noticed the principles twentieth received in the political statement that fired the prime minister in a session inauguration van, including the careful construction of a complementary relationship between the legislative and executive branches, and this principle credibility in a lot of activities that have been referenced in the details of the government program, since the government can not can go ahead with the presence of large numbers of systems and laws that are still under the legislation, whether in the corridors of the House of Representatives, or in front of the Council of Ministers or in the offices of ministries and other authorities.



So we believe that achieving this integration and speed up the completion of legislation that would relieve the government of weakness which marks them when they linger in the implementation of many projects and actions as a result of lack of ratification, and the fact that the signs of complementary action with the House of Representatives is now in a better position if you have noticed that there are more of a meeting between the Prime Minister and the President of the House of Representatives during the short period of time, these meetings would be closer views to speed up the building of the state. 


* Is there a ready-made package of laws now in the quiver government is poised to be presented to Parliament for the purpose of reading, discussion and vote on them? 


  - Certainly, there are a lot of important laws and basic are now in the House of Representatives, and in fact there is urgency on the importance of deliverables, including oil and gas law and the law of the Federal Court and other legislation many still exist, as well as the ministries started to raise what does not rise to the laws until the third meeting , since the majority of systems with some modifications, but I think and I repeat that the issue of integration and benefit from the time and put in the provision of Protozoa legislation that would strengthen the government's performance.

The success of the government program

* Your capacity as director of the Office of the Prime Minister Are you optimistic actively line-up in their quest to achieve sustainable development of the country? 


- CERP government's very ambitious, as I said, and was built on the basis of realistic, but frankly, unless the lead ministries and duty characteristically, will not be written for this program success, and do not hide that there are significant challenges facing the country, and in spite of the terrorist attacks and the occupation of some cities, but there are very keen to resolve this file in order to preserve the integrity of the homeland and the citizen, a key issue as well as to resume the process of planning, development and construction in those areas, case file security is the first challenge, which should give the government priority, and combine all efforts to resolve it to end extremism and terrorism, other point, and frankly, that economy, as it is known, yield economy depends form the foundation on oil imports, and this double-edged sword, Fi setback infected by global oil prices will be reflected directly and heavily on our economic situation and social, but I say that the national development plan focused on growth poles namely, energy and production of oil and electricity production these were given high priority in the development plan for the coming years, and should focus on it for the simple reason that these two sectors are the sources two primary income, and when we want to expand and modify the sources of national income, we have to develop the industrial sector and mean manufacturing key and we need to develop the agricultural sector and sector services and these sectors can not be evolved without that there will be economic resources, focus on the sectors of electricity, oil has ample justification notably to get more returns, and success in creating the resources to diversify the sources of income is a challenge, and we must understand is the ministries fully, and I think that the issue Other waste is of public money and government spending exaggerated. 


  That directed the Prime Minister on a personal level is very clear in addressing these phenomena, they are negative in the eyes of the people, especially those who is outside the framework of the government, as I think the response to the phenomenon of slack key issue is the other, and should combine efforts for politicians officials, led by Minister in order to educate Mlakatna in general to renounce way sag in performance, and exaggeration in government spending.



Maybe some people think and hear much that Iraq is a country rich in oil and, this talk is true, but what of the requirements faced by a very large, as well as the terms of security acquires thing a lot of resources, this was not reflected on the economies of other countries. 


  When we say that a certain country is a rich country and have the same sources we have to look at the challenges they face, we face a lot of challenges, along with the fight against corruption, which constitutes one of the six priorities laid out in the government's program, along with administrative reform.

Interest in privatization

* Our last question, before you as an expert to be Director of the Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq will see you through the next four years in the development of the private sector, secondly you will see the sectors of energy, electricity and oil improvement and a rise in production in the coming days? 


- We do not want the program to be a preamble to the political with my appreciation for the politicians, not the preamble to the theory, but we aspire to be a program of work held accountable by the government at the end of the period, and this is what promised by the Prime Minister when he announced the government program, and my estimation, the subject of privatization will have interest exceptionally by the government , and over the next three months we will give a complete plan for the subject, and support us in that is the subject of the strategic development of the private sector, which was approved by the government a few months ago, a law under the legislation we will be accomplished quickly, as well as the law of the development of industrial zones, and this law the benefit of major investment and suspended it hopes large in alleviating the suffering of unemployment, and improve the subject of housing through the establishment of industrial cities, in every province of our provinces, as you know, there are complete capabilities for specific industries, and both industries were light or heavy, or industries were strategic or grenade or Volkloreh, could grow and prosper if we succeed in providing the infrastructure and the legislative.




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