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Power file. Protests in Baghdad and the Government warns reference: citizens ' patience has limits
Friday 31-01-2015
Twilight news, hundreds of demonstrators gathered after Friday afternoon in Tahrir square in central Baghdad protesting the lack of electricity and other services, demanding the Government provided and contain corruption.
Twilight news activists reported that security forces harassed demonstrators to prevent many of them from the Karkh, but reported that security measures smooth and locked in liberation square.
And resentment across the country due to the chronic shortage of electric power and repeated interruptions for long periods, despite the repeated promises of the Iraqi Government to end the crisis.
The more irritating to residents of poor electricity service in summer heat over 50 ° c.
And Iraqi Governments spent huge sums on successive electricity sector over the past decade but the repeated interruptions come on top of complaints from citizens who are also protesting against corruption and poverty.
The Federal Government decided to disable Office hours across the country on Thursday and next Sunday due to high temperatures and to absorb popular anger in the Central and southern governorates, owing to declining hours electricity.
He invited many activists and journalists on a profile pages on Facebook to participate in the demonstration which confirmed they come for "criticism of the failure of officials to provide current alkrbaei," stressed that the demonstration in Tahrir square in central Baghdad, "the popular and not political dimensions."
They noted that "not criticizing the Minister of electricity as a component, but is criticized for all officials in successive Governments on Iraq (Allawi, Al-Jaafari, Al-Maliki, Al-Abadi) for failing to provide electric power.
And through Iraq's Supreme Shiite spiritual leader Sayyed Ali al-Sistani on Friday deplored the failure to provide electricity service to the population and take all the blame on the Government.
The representative of the Supreme religious authority in Karbala, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi karbalai during Friday prayers that "the citizens suffer in most areas of significant deficiency in services, in particular electricity with high temperature in the summer heat.
He noted that "it was expected of successive Governments to pay special attention to solving this problem and implement sound plans to replenish this essential service.
However, karbalai said: "Unfortunately we see that each Government put the blame on not kissed her but not serve to alleviate the suffering of the citizens."
He pointed out that "citizens are suffering from other aspects, including lack of employment opportunities that bring them right to the minimum decent living where there is a high rate of unemployment and successive Governments had neglected to develop plans to address the problem, despite the great potential available in Iraq".
Karbalai stressed that if exploited it properly for what remained of citizen without work in spite of these problems, "Noting that" in addition to financial and administrative corruption which is the mother of everything there is terrorism and insecurity that plagued them in different areas. "
The "most citizens still Sabrine welaibkhlon provide calculated their lives in the fight against terrorism aldaashi but patience has limits where it cannot wait indefinitely."
The karbalaye called on the Central Government and local governments to deal with the legitimate demands of citizens with respect and not to resort to rough tactics in dealing with legitimate claims.
He also called on the Central Government and local governments should do their utmost to achieve those demands and to alleviate the suffering of the citizens if suspended, warning lightly.
In his speech, Sheikh karbalai administrators say "hopefully from officials to citizens ' demands and needs, and to imagine some time they lived in the same difficult circumstances experienced by the general population that they grope for the suffering of the people."
Hosted on Wednesday, energy and integrity committees in the House of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Bahaa Al-araji, Finance Ministers Hoshyar Zebari and oil Adel Abdul Mahdi Kasim Al-fahdawi on electricity and the electricity crisis and providing fuel for the stations and funding.
Parliament President tasked the competent committees to prepare a comprehensive report on the development of electric power and responsibility for failure to provide electricity, while heading the State of law Coalition to have sexual intercourse with collection of electricity Minister Qassim Al-fahdawi.
In turn, Baghdad Governor Ali Al-Tamimi stressed that protests cultural practice and constitutional right, demanding the Iraqi Government to provide safe environments for any peaceful demonstration.
Tamimi said in a statement obtained by twilight news, that "the peaceful demonstrations is a constitutional right and cultural practice reflecting the awareness and the bright face of the democratic peoples," Noting that "the Government must provide safe environments for any peaceful demonstration organized by the masses or civil institutions."
Baghdad Governor stressed "the need to support all the legitimate demands that the protesters advocated and which are really national and constitutional", stressing the importance to "encourage and support all the options and practices of civilization and democracy."
Tamimi called on demonstrators to "abide by the rules of peaceful protest and not allow attempts to abuse of legitimate demands and cultural behaviour and have as much responsibility in the maintenance of public order and of public and private property."
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Friday 31-01-2015
Twilight news, hundreds of demonstrators gathered after Friday afternoon in Tahrir square in central Baghdad protesting the lack of electricity and other services, demanding the Government provided and contain corruption.
Twilight news activists reported that security forces harassed demonstrators to prevent many of them from the Karkh, but reported that security measures smooth and locked in liberation square.
And resentment across the country due to the chronic shortage of electric power and repeated interruptions for long periods, despite the repeated promises of the Iraqi Government to end the crisis.
The more irritating to residents of poor electricity service in summer heat over 50 ° c.
And Iraqi Governments spent huge sums on successive electricity sector over the past decade but the repeated interruptions come on top of complaints from citizens who are also protesting against corruption and poverty.
The Federal Government decided to disable Office hours across the country on Thursday and next Sunday due to high temperatures and to absorb popular anger in the Central and southern governorates, owing to declining hours electricity.
He invited many activists and journalists on a profile pages on Facebook to participate in the demonstration which confirmed they come for "criticism of the failure of officials to provide current alkrbaei," stressed that the demonstration in Tahrir square in central Baghdad, "the popular and not political dimensions."
They noted that "not criticizing the Minister of electricity as a component, but is criticized for all officials in successive Governments on Iraq (Allawi, Al-Jaafari, Al-Maliki, Al-Abadi) for failing to provide electric power.
And through Iraq's Supreme Shiite spiritual leader Sayyed Ali al-Sistani on Friday deplored the failure to provide electricity service to the population and take all the blame on the Government.
The representative of the Supreme religious authority in Karbala, Sheikh Abdul Mahdi karbalai during Friday prayers that "the citizens suffer in most areas of significant deficiency in services, in particular electricity with high temperature in the summer heat.
He noted that "it was expected of successive Governments to pay special attention to solving this problem and implement sound plans to replenish this essential service.
However, karbalai said: "Unfortunately we see that each Government put the blame on not kissed her but not serve to alleviate the suffering of the citizens."
He pointed out that "citizens are suffering from other aspects, including lack of employment opportunities that bring them right to the minimum decent living where there is a high rate of unemployment and successive Governments had neglected to develop plans to address the problem, despite the great potential available in Iraq".
Karbalai stressed that if exploited it properly for what remained of citizen without work in spite of these problems, "Noting that" in addition to financial and administrative corruption which is the mother of everything there is terrorism and insecurity that plagued them in different areas. "
The "most citizens still Sabrine welaibkhlon provide calculated their lives in the fight against terrorism aldaashi but patience has limits where it cannot wait indefinitely."
The karbalaye called on the Central Government and local governments to deal with the legitimate demands of citizens with respect and not to resort to rough tactics in dealing with legitimate claims.
He also called on the Central Government and local governments should do their utmost to achieve those demands and to alleviate the suffering of the citizens if suspended, warning lightly.
In his speech, Sheikh karbalai administrators say "hopefully from officials to citizens ' demands and needs, and to imagine some time they lived in the same difficult circumstances experienced by the general population that they grope for the suffering of the people."
Hosted on Wednesday, energy and integrity committees in the House of Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Bahaa Al-araji, Finance Ministers Hoshyar Zebari and oil Adel Abdul Mahdi Kasim Al-fahdawi on electricity and the electricity crisis and providing fuel for the stations and funding.
Parliament President tasked the competent committees to prepare a comprehensive report on the development of electric power and responsibility for failure to provide electricity, while heading the State of law Coalition to have sexual intercourse with collection of electricity Minister Qassim Al-fahdawi.
In turn, Baghdad Governor Ali Al-Tamimi stressed that protests cultural practice and constitutional right, demanding the Iraqi Government to provide safe environments for any peaceful demonstration.
Tamimi said in a statement obtained by twilight news, that "the peaceful demonstrations is a constitutional right and cultural practice reflecting the awareness and the bright face of the democratic peoples," Noting that "the Government must provide safe environments for any peaceful demonstration organized by the masses or civil institutions."
Baghdad Governor stressed "the need to support all the legitimate demands that the protesters advocated and which are really national and constitutional", stressing the importance to "encourage and support all the options and practices of civilization and democracy."
Tamimi called on demonstrators to "abide by the rules of peaceful protest and not allow attempts to abuse of legitimate demands and cultural behaviour and have as much responsibility in the maintenance of public order and of public and private property."
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