AMMAN — The Lower house held an oversight session on Sunday,
where lawmakers listened to the government’s response to 15 questions, three of
which were turned to investigations. Lawmakers Ahmad Al-Khalailah, Faiza
Obeidat, and Ali Al-Tarawneh issued investigations into the Ministry of Energy
and Mineral Resources, and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation.
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At the oversight session, MP Ismael Al-Mashaqba, criticized
the state of health-care, among other shortcomings in services, in Mafraq.
Mashaqba said: “We are undergoing overcrowding pressures in the governorate
because of the number of refugees.”
MP Obeidat, directed her questions to the Ministry of Energy
and Mineral Resources, stating that she had previously requested documents and
data regarding renewable energy projects. She said that she received a vague
response from the ministry in question, and that they were inaccurate in their
numbers.
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Hala Zawati,
responded by saying that it is the ministry’s job to deal with, and negotiate
with different companies, which is why the numbers the ministry provided were
different.
MP Tarawnah, also directed questions to the Ministry of
Energy and Mineral Resources; regarding a cease of operations at a petrol
refinery. To which Minister Zawati responded: “The ministry did no such thing
as ceasing it. But the ministry was undergoing a period of concession which
ended in 2013.”
Zawati also said that the government plans to begin repaying
its debts to the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) this year through two
installments of JD150 million each over two years.
Zawati added that licenses granted to three companies,
including JPRC’s JoPetrol, to sell fuel derivatives had made the government
JD30 million, which had been transferred to the Treasury.
MP Mohammad Al-Alaqma also asked the Ministry of Water and
Irrigation whether or not the government has a plan to reduce the number of
drownings at the King Abdullah Canal in the Jordan Valley. Alaqma insisted that
there should be effective precautionary measures and not just warning
signs.
MP Mohammad Al-Shatnawi asked the government about the
rehabilitation of the main cultural building in Irbid city. Shantawi told
Jordan News: “Our city cannot take any more of this neglect. This cultural
building holds a theatre that could have hosted a number of events, which is
why it was built to be so spacious. The government has not been taking good
care of these matters, or takes too long to come up with solutions.”
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