The newspapers issued in Baghdad today, Thursday, the sixth of July, paid attention to the new political forces in the local elections, and the efforts to pass the oil and gas law, in addition to following up on other issues such as the deterioration of electricity with the rise in temperatures.
About the new forces in the local elections, Al-Sabah newspaper, published by the Iraqi Media Network, said: "Civil political forces are seeking to form new electoral alliances in order to increase their chances in the local elections and attract votes that qualify them to win seats in the provincial councils."
In this regard, it quoted the head of the "National House" group, Hussein Al-Gharabi, as saying: "In the recent elections, the independent movements and personalities reaped two million and 200 thousand electoral votes, which are equivalent to the votes of both; the coordination framework and the Sadrist movement, and therefore they represent an existing popular force on the ground.
Al-Gharabi explained: "The independents were dispersed in the governorates, but at the present time they have an alliance and a declared political program, around which a number of independent political figures and emerging parties gather, as well as parties that preceded them with political work."
While the head of (Take My Right) party, Mushreq Al-Freiji, said, according to Al-Sabah: "Nearly two and a half million voters cast their votes for independents for change," noting: "This audience is looking for a real and effective political alternative."
He added, "Civil forces are open to all political forces, and there are elite members of Parliament who demanded joining the new coalition, and this is a good indication of the growing awareness of citizens and their ability to diagnose defects in state institutions."
Al-Zawraa newspaper, which is published by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, followed the consensus on passing the oil and gas law.
It indicated that the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee affirmed the existence of a political consensus between Baghdad and Erbil on enacting the oil and gas law during the current session.
A member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, Zainab al-Moussawi, said in an interview with Al-Zawraa: “There is a political consensus between Baghdad and Erbil to pass the oil and gas law during the current session, and that there are joint technical committees to look into outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, including a draft law of oil and gas".
Al-Moussawi confirmed: "The adoption of the law will solve many problems facing the oil and gas sector in Iraq, and end the oil dispute between the federal government and the regional government."
It pointed out: "The agreement concluded within the State Administration Coalition provides for the legislation of the oil and gas law within a period of 6 months from the work of forming the government."
And the newspaper indicated: "The oil and gas law in Iraq, which has been awaiting legislation in Parliament since 2005, stipulates that the responsibility for managing the oil fields in the country must be entrusted to a national oil company, and it is supervised by a federal council specialized in this matter."
In another matter far from politics, Al-Zaman newspaper followed the citizens' suffering from the lack of electricity supply with the high temperatures.
Al-Zaman said: "Citizens described the Ministry of Electricity's excuses regarding the decrease in the hours of obtaining service with the entry of the Iraqi airspace into the peak of the heat, as the old habit that it resorts to as a result of its inability to advance in this service sector to achieve tangible results."
It quoted citizens as saying: "Every time the ministry justifies the decline in hours of electricity supply by the receding of gas from the southern stations, as if gas has become a dilemma and cannot be supplied from other countries except Iran."
They added: "The ministry's continuation with the same excuses will make it lose the citizen's confidence in it and its ability to provide service to the people, who are tired of the lies and imaginary calls for reform." .
Citizens pointed out: "The service is miserable and does not live up to the program prepared by the current government to provide basic services, especially electricity, which is witnessing a major setback that previous governments were unable to solve or reduce its problems, which have become exacerbated annually," warning of street anger if the situation continues as it is.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency