Kurds are demanding reduction of fuel prices and the establishment of power stations, warning the spread of the demonstrations

Kurds are demanding reduction of fuel prices and the establishment of power stations, warning the spread of the demonstrations
Thursday February 17, 2011

Called the Kurdistan Alliance, on Thursday, the Iraqi government to reduce fuel prices and the allocation of funds from the financial budget for the current year, for the establishment of power stations in the governorates of Iraq, calling for greater Taweidan lack of ration card items to 25 thousand dinars, warned against the spread of protests by the Arab nations to all Iraqi provinces.

The MP said the Kurdistan Alliance Sirwan Ahmed capable at a press conference at the parliament building and attended "Alsumaria News", "demand by reducing prices and fuel oil, gasoline and kerosene by the government and providing citizens with vocabulary ration card full", adding "we also call for increased compensation the lack of the ration card items ten thousand dinars to be 25 000 rather than 15 thousand dinars. "

The Cabinet decided, on the eighth of February, the allocation of 500 billion dinars in compensation for citizens due to lack of ration card items and by 15 thousand dinars for every citizen.

Ahmed called "the allocation of money from the current year budget, to provide jobs for the unemployed and the establishment of power stations in all governorates of Iraq," noting that "these stations will contribute to solving the problem of power shortages experienced by the country."

The Kurdish deputy that "the Kurdistan Alliance, presented these demands to the President of the House of Representatives," and expressed hope that "the realization of these demands in anticipation of the extension of the demonstrations that occurred in a number of Arab countries to Iraq because of poor services and high prices of oil derivatives."

The country has been nearly two weeks ago popular demonstrations inspired by the events that roam the Arab countries, which have led so far to the fall of political systems in Tunisia, Egypt, and leave the demands of the demonstrators in Iraq by providing services and employment opportunities and the maintenance of freedom and to ensure freedom of expression as well as punish corrupt people in the state.

It was about two thousand demonstrators turned out yesterday in the city of Kut Wasit province to demand better services and jobs heading towards the provincial council and smashed the front door outside of the building and set fire to the place, and then burned the Governor's house as were the local police opened fire on demonstrators, killing one and wounding 50 of them, as security forces imposed a curfew on the background of these events.

The Iraqi capital Baghdad on the fifth of February, protests began in Mutanabi Street downtown, and in Firdous Square and the Husseiniya north of the city, demanding the Iraqi government to change its policies and find ways to improve services, as called for House members to fulfill their promises they made to the people during their election, while dozens of citizens in Sadr City, demanding the provision of jobs for the unemployed, and the allocation of each citizen's share of Iraqi oil.

Also organized hundreds of people of Baghdad as well, last Friday, a protest was launched from Mutanabi Street heading towards the Green Zone, where demonstrators called for the provision of job opportunities and improve the services and the ration card items and the reduction of violations of liberties.

Several hundred residents of the areas of luxury and Obeidi east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Friday also required to provide jobs and improve the services and the ration card items and the reduction of violations of liberties, also threatened to step up protests over the closure of the streets and preventing the staff of the municipal councils from entering the area in the event of failure to pay attention to their demands.

As seen the provinces of Karbala, Najaf, Wasit, Maysan, Basra and Mosul, Diwaniya, Kirkuk, Babil and Anbar provinces, Muthanna, last week the last few days, protests over the poor services provided to citizens, loaded with political blocs responsibility for deterioration of the situation of services, while urging the Iraqi Parliament to work to reduce the salaries of its members and officials in the government and the elimination of administrative corruption in government departments and institutions, also protested the lack of materials, the ration card.

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