MP Jamal al-Muhammadawi, a member of parliament’s energy
committee, has sent a parliamentary questionnaire to the Ministry of Oil for answers
about the waste of public funds amounting to $17 million.
Muhammadawi said in a statement that he had been asked to
identify those responsible for the waste of public funds amounting to $17
million, explaining that this was based on Article 61 of the Constitution and
Article 50 in the parliamentary rules of procedure.
He added that the questionnaire included the question of
whether a contract to rent seven oil tankers was included in a paragraph to be
supplied to the delegations at the local consumption price. Also, what is the
economic feasibility of this contract if the profits in three months were $5
million, while the cost of the operational fuel borne by the state budget amounted
to $23 million dollars?
He pointed out the need to disclose all quantities of fuel that
has been processed for the Iraqi oil tankers as a share of fuel for the seven
tankers rented by the Arab company during the last period and the entry into
force of the implementation of this contract.
