Newspaper: Abadi will withdraw the hand of 3 ministers soon .. These are their names and charges against them
Newspaper: Abadi will withdraw the hand of 3 ministers soon .. These are their names and charges against them
2018/07/30 11:04
Baghdad today – follow-up
The newspaper Al-Mada said in a report published on Monday, 30/7/2018, that Prime Minister Haider Abadi, will withdraw the hand of three ministers during his remaining term.
“The ministerial committee, which was formed a few days ago to hold accountable the government officials, may decide to take the same action and visited other services on charges of negligence and corruption. The sources suggested that the hands of ministers of health, municipalities and education be withdrawn,” the paper quoted an unnamed source as saying.
On Sunday morning, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that “the minister’s hand was withdrawn due to the deterioration of electricity services and until the completion of the investigations.” He did not give details of the investigations and whether they related to privatization issues adopted by the ministry two years ago or to power plants that had not been completed.
“In his last days of office, the prime minister is expected to continue to punish other ministries of public service against the public in the central and southern provinces, in an attempt to prove his” package “in the administration of the state, as demanded by the authority, and he can effectively punish the corrupt.
The cabinet decided last Tuesday to assess and hold accountable those responsible for poor performance and services, and to form a committee for the reconstruction and services of the provinces. The committee launched its work with the accounting of the Minister of Electricity, which Abadi decided just two weeks ago to send him to Saudi Arabia with Planning Minister Salman Jumaili and Oil Jabbar Alaibi to discuss cooperation in the field. energy.
Al-Fahdawi was subjected to widespread criticism and protests in July 2015, after commenting on the decline in electricity supply hours, that “the Iraqis are over-using energy and using the heaters in the summer.”
“Abadi’s move was too late, but it could be a warning to other ministries to work for the benefit of the citizens,” the newspaper quoted former MP Farid Brahimi as saying.
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