Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday Afternoon 7-13-21

Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday Afternoon 7-13-21

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Butterfly   Al-Khalidi calls for a reassessment of the political process

Tuesday 13 July 2021 | 08:34 AM   Al-Khalidi calls for a reassessment of the political processThe Parliamentary Strategic Planning and Government Monitoring Committee called on the government and parliament to re-evaluate the political and democratic process in the country .

The head of the committee, Hazem Al-Khalidi, told Al-Sabah newspaper, which was followed by “Eye of Iraq News”: “After the change and the fall of the previous regime, there were achievements, but they are not at the required level, and on the democratic side, there was one achievement, perhaps essential, which is holding elections, which are a small part of the democratic process. ”

He added that “there is a failure in the aspect of freedom of opinion, and there are violations of the basic articles of the constitution, and the government must abide by them, and the political forces must re-evaluate themselves again, in addition to the government’s performance .”

He pointed out that “the legislative authority represented in the House of Representatives must re-evaluate the laws and the performance of the House, because what we believe has not been accomplished so far in a satisfactory way for the political and democratic process .”

Al-Khalidi pointed out that “one of the reasons that hindered the democratic process is the political differences because there are some political figures who believe that Iraq should be governed as it was ruled in previous periods before 2003,” noting that “the basics of democratic transformation are freedom of opinion and that there should be no control over money and weapons.”

How can we believe that there is a democratic transformation in the presence of the exploitation of money, weapons and political positions?    aynaliraqnews.com

butterfly   The stability of the dollar price with the closure of the stock market in Baghdad markets

2021-07-13 08:21   The stability of the dollar price with the closure of the stock market in Baghdad marketsShafaq News/ The exchange rate of the dollar stabilized against the Iraqi dinar, on Tuesday, with the closure of the main stock exchange in Baghdad.

Shafak News Agency reporter said; The Al-Kifah and Al-Harithiya Central Stock Exchange closed in Baghdad at 147,800 Iraqi dinars for 100 US dollars.

They are the same prices as this morning.

Our correspondent indicated that the buying and selling prices have stabilized in banking shops in the local markets in Baghdad, where the selling price amounted to 148,250 Iraqi dinars, while the purchase prices amounted to 147,250 dinars per 100 US dollars.  shafaq.com

butterfly  Iraq .. one billion barrels of oil annually and a “complete lack” of energy

7-13-2021  Iraq .. one billion barrels of oil annually and a complete lack of energyIraq suffers from a major shortage of energy, despite the huge oil production and the flow of dozens of international rivers to its territory, and in light of government investments in the field of electric power production, which international institutions have estimated at nearly one hundred billion dollars since 2005, in addition to the country’s enjoyment of a warm climate suitable for power generation. solar.

Iraqi government figures in the field of electric power say that the country’s need for this energy ranges from 20 thousand megawatts / hour in the mild seasons, to approximately 25 thousand megawatts / hour in the summer and winter seasons.

Iraq produces only 19,000 megawatts per hour, while the rest is imported, but the issue is not only related to production, but goes beyond it to the nature of the networks, as the Iraqi system is barely able to transfer half of this amount to citizens, because the rest is destroyed for various reasons.

Among these reasons, irregular withdrawals, poor performance and quality and lack of periodic maintenance, knowing that the level of badness in the Iraqi electricity network is 7 times the international standards, which define the bad network at only 8 percent.   The breakdown of the energy system

butterfly  The Iraqi expert in the field of electrical energy, former professor at the College of Science and Technology, Samih al-Yasiri, explained in an interview with the “Sky News Arabia” website, the main role of the absence of a government strategy in bringing Iraq to this level of “energy desertification”, as he called it.

He said: “Electric energy is the indicator of public failure, even for its production, Iraq imports 28 million cubic feet of gas on a daily basis from Iran, which accumulates billions of dollars in debts to the public treasury annually, even though Iraq is one of the most natural gas producing countries in the world.”

He continued, “That is, in addition to the failure in the production of electricity, there is a greater failure in the production of natural gas itself, as its production system in the seventies was better than now.”

Al-Yasiri added: “The researchers also note that the various successive governments since 2003 have not researched or planned to produce any kind of clean energy. During these years, no river dam was ever built, and the 17 dams that were built in previous eras have almost become out of productive service, due to neglect and insufficient funds allocated for annual maintenance.

And he added, “Of course, there is not even a thought in the field of solar energy production, in a country where the sun almost never leaves, nor does wind energy come from the mountains of the Kurdistan region.”

accusations against Iran

butterfly  During the demonstrations that engulfed many Iraqi cities due to the acute shortage of energy services, the Iraqi demonstrators directed direct accusations at Iran, expressing their full belief that its Iraqi militias are destroying transmission towers, electricity production centers, as well as water distribution points, to create complete Iraqi dependence on Iran in the field of energy, thus turning Iraq into a political client of Iran

Iran had cut off all the regional rivers and rivers flowing from its lands to Iraq, which were feeding the most important lakes and dams of Iraq, such as Darbandikhan, Dukan and Hamrin.

Iran also supplies Iraq with more than 4,000 megawatt hours of electricity, at monopolistic prices, and supplies its electrical system with the necessary natural gas, which is worth nearly four billion dollars annually.

Iraqi activist and researcher Shamiran al-Jubouri explained to “Sky News Arabia” the political dimension of this Iraqi failure in the field of energy production and distribution.

She said: “A large number of the central Iraqi political forces loyal to Iran, want to maintain Iraq as a permanent customer and eager for Iranian energy, to claim that their ties with Iran are not only ideological and loyal, but also in the interest of Iraq.”

She added: “But the issue of energy proves the extent to which the ruling Iraqi elites have drowned their personal interests within the corruption system. Iraq’s loss of all these different types of energy, from water, electricity, oil materials and solar energy, clearly indicates that none of the rulers of Iraq after 2003 did not think about the future. Iraq in the long run.

butterfly   During the past two years, the three Iraqi governments that ruled the country sought to conclude agreements with the German company Siemens and the American General Electric, to produce, restructure and develop the Iraqi electric power infrastructure, to be able to meet the country’s needs during the next ten years.

However, observers of the Iraqi scene doubted the ability of the two companies to implement their foreseeable projects, exactly for reasons similar to what international oil and service companies encounter in Iraq.

The general administrative system in the country is not cooperating with these companies, and the militias and political forces will see in the actions of these companies what contradicts their interests.

Finally, because Iraq “loses the technical elite capable of cooperating and accumulating the effort that these two companies can undertake.”   rawabetcenter.com

Dave   ....sadly i also hear Iraq could power their entire power grid with all the natural gas they simply just flare off

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