Instruction from Iraqi Prime Minister Zaidi to solve the electricity and fuel crisis in Kirkuk

According to the statement made by the Iraqi Prime Ministry Press Office, Zaidi held a meeting with the participation of high-level officials to discuss the general situation and security conditions in Kirkuk.

At the meeting attended by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Muhammed Seman Ağa, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Minister of Justice, the Chairman of the Hashd al-Shaabi Board, the Director of the Office of the Prime Ministry Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the Undersecretary of National Security, the general situation in the city and the demands of the citizens were evaluated.

Prime Minister Zaydi gave instructions to increase the electricity quota provided to Kirkuk in order to eliminate the grievances of the people and increase the duration of electricity supply.

Zeydi, who wanted the amount of fuel allocated to private generators to provide uninterrupted service, emphasized that the process of determining the governor of Kirkuk should be concluded quickly.

Pointing out that the administrative gap should be ended as soon as possible in line with the agreements reached between ethnic and political groups in Kirkuk, Zaidi called for the demonstrations to be held within constitutional limits and for the protection of public and private property.

Zaidi also ordered that the file be referred to the Iraqi Integrity Commission (Nazaha) in order to investigate the high increases in electricity tariffs of private neighborhood generators and possible irregularities and that the necessary legal proceedings be initiated against those responsible.

What happened?

Yesterday, protests broke out in Kirkuk due to power outages that have been going on for years, infrastructure inadequacies and the recent exorbitant increases in neighborhood generator fees.

The demonstrators, who closed the main arteries and transportation roads in different neighborhoods of the city to traffic, demanded that the high increases in generator tariffs be withdrawn immediately.