Bye-bye Shahristani?

Not sure we should build our expectations up too much yet. The story appears to have broken on 11/7/2011, but Sharistani's office issued an immediate denial then.

http://www.ninanews.com/english/News_Details.asp?ar95_VQ=FHFJHM

But it does suggest that there are moves afoot to discredit Mr S and highlight any dubious practices he may have been involved in.

if you google the MP Uday Awad, who seems to be spearheading the challenge to Shahristani, he comes up as a 'Prosecutor', so I imagine he has amassed enough evidence to unsettle Mr S.

Certainly, a very interesting development.

Don't get me wrong - this is Excellent news if it does move from 'accusation' to 'indictment', as Shahristani has been one of the main reasons that GKP's SP has been held back for such a long time IMHO.

However, I have ben around long enough in GKP to know that there are so many false dawns in Iraqi politics, and to recognise that they have a media which is both highly biased and filled with untrue stories, that I prefer to hear that Mr S has OFFICIALLY indicted before I raise my hopes too far.

What the story suggests to me is much more that the Energy Committee definitely WANTS to see him removed.

Something that therefore helps persuade him to that the time has come to leave gracefully would therefore be very welcome, and I suspect that this IS the beginning of a concerted campaign to persuade him to do so... especially with the Oil and Gas Law so near to agreement and apparently only Mr S standing in its way!

Thank you S_C for finding this news item - we should certainly all keep an eye out for further positive developments IMO.

GLA, scaramouche

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Iraq Oil Minister to address parliament
ThursdayPosted: July 26, 2011 by THE CURRENCY NEWSHOUND -

House adds Shahristani at its next meeting and vote on the formation of a committee on Kirkuk targeting doctors

Baghdad, July 26 (Rn) – A member of the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary said its board will add next Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein Shahristani, Oil Minister Abdul-Karim and coffee to discuss the program of the government within the government program, as announced Edwalnwab for the Kurdistan Alliance bloc, the Council vote House of Representatives in its the 13 today in principle to form a committee to investigate the facts about the targeting of doctors in the province of Kirkuk.

A member of the Furat al-Shara told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the Commission on oil and energy will add in a public hearing in the House next Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussein Shahristani, Oil Minister Abdul-Karim and coffee.”

He added that “hosting the aim of discussing the government program of the Ministry of Oil and ways to strengthen political and raising the level of oil production from Iraq’s crude oil and follow the ministry’s efforts in the formation of the national oil company and the law of oil and gas during the next three years.”

He continued, “The Energy Commission will request a time extension parliamentary session to discuss the reality of oil to identify problems that impede the advancement of oil production in the country during the next phase.”

And critical of the Commission on oil and energy to parliamentary continuously by the Ministry of Oil marginalization in contracts the task, including a Shell, which raised thereon legal problems, which began its study on Monday in connection with paragraph b of the contract, which confirms the transfer of the assets of the South Gas Company to the gas company Basra without any legal justification It also did not specify the initial contract with Shell assets and the value of assets to be transferred to the Gas Company of Basra, which until now had not been established as the capital is disproportionate to the assets of Southern Gas Company, as up to $ 20 million in estimated assets only, while the South Gas Company in millions of dollars.

The Committee announced that state energy which is chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani on July 14 announced that it completed the amendments to the draft law of oil and gas and sent to the prime minister to make adjustments.

Mozah announced in the House of Representatives member of the coalition of Kurdish blocs, vote for the House of Representatives in its the 13 today in principle to form a committee to investigate the facts about the targeting of doctors in the province of Kirkuk.

The Mahma Khalil (Rn), “The House of Representatives voted unanimously to form a committee to investigate the facts about the targeting of doctors in the province of Kirkuk,” noting that “the Committee agreed to include the security and defense committee, the Committee on Health, Commission on Human Rights.”

Khalil said that “the targeting of doctors in the province of Kirkuk is an attempt to create internal strife, and targeting operations come under the scheme of the hallmarks of Internal Affairs in order to create chaos and to say that Kirkuk is a stable security.”

Khalil and that “security forces are able to protect doctors and provide security for the people of Kirkuk province.” He said.

And exposure of physicians in the province of Kirkuk during the past few days to targeting by unidentified armed groups, killing a number of them, with the release of the number of others after them for ransom.

The House of Representatives held its 13 in the second legislative term today under the chairmanship of President of the Council Osama al.

And ensures that the agenda of the meeting to discuss the government program that has been Tagelet to the meeting next Thursday, and the issue of the passport system number (2) for the year 2011, and the first reading of the legal ratification of the Statute of the Arab Environment Facility, and IT crimes, and the second reading of the laws of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Iraq’s accession to the Treaty of the Islamic Conference on Combating International Terrorism, and the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, and the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, in addition to the law and the Ministry of Commerce