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00:00:00We have attracted some cadres and engineers and made contracts for them as experts with good salaries, but
00:00:04station the majority of employees think that many of the employees who are protesting say, "Oh, I'm not going to
00:00:07work for 100 dollars, 120 dollars, and I don't know what." So he refused
00:00:10to enter the labor market. As a central ministry, we conducted many
00:00:15of water interviews in the competition. They said if the wages
00:00:17are like this, we cannot work. God willing, the salaries will reach good levels
00:00:22rely on like the other ministries that received qualitative increases. And I put this matter before
00:00:25the presidency, the Ministry of Finance, and the General Secretariat, and it is under
00:00:28study. The minister instructed to study the ministries
00:00:32We ask Your Excellency the Minister and the economy. It's the same thing. The Ministry of Economy is still saying the same thing, that it
00:00:35is striving for a law. Not all ministries received qualitative increases. They received
00:00:3950%. This means that someone whose salary was 20 dollars became about 120 dollars.
00:00:43And this is true. My salary was 20-30 dollars, and it became 150 dollars. Regarding
00:00:47the other
00:00:52were not because, as was rumored issue, which is the infrastructure mentioned by Mr. Ahmed, of course, Mr. Ahmed and I discussed
00:00:54it a while ago, and he mentioned the same thing. He told me he wanted to mention it again. I told him
00:00:58it reached me, but if you want to mention it, you can also raise your voice
00:01:02if you want. No problem. The honorable members will hear you. So he mentioned it, and he told me,
00:01:06and I promised him a session, but now I've changed my mind.
00:01:08Not anymore.
00:01:11Minister, I agree with you. I
00:01:14it. And the news spread like promised him a special session to discuss these matters, but now I've withdrawn from it. Okay, regarding the issue
00:01:18of circuit breakers, infrastructure, and transformers,
00:01:21transformers, and so on. I mentioned it a while ago. I don't know, maybe the professor wasn't
00:01:25here or he left. We actually have our infrastructure
00:01:28destroyed, and its operational life has ended. This is the case for many
00:01:32power plants and transformer stations, and circuit breakers, and all of these
00:01:36matters. And many of the valves
00:01:39have reached the end of their operational life. But if I have
00:01:42a corruption case that has not yet been proven. I mean, it is still under investigation and appeared in the media. So they went and threatened the director. under his supervision, and he will solve this someone bleeding,
00:01:44between securing energy, bleeding and has a headache, I'll give him paracetamol and stop the
00:01:47bleeding. So I have other problems besides
00:01:51so we can celebrate. The story is not about what has finished its life. It's working, working perfectly, working, but I have
00:01:54suspended matters. 29% are out of service. I'm going
00:01:58to replace parts. The replacement is actually already working.
00:02:02No, that's a second stage. God willing, there are statistics for it and an evaluation for it.
00:02:05And it's a second stage within our plan. As for the employees in Raqqa, I
00:02:09don't know if there's a law that prevents the manager from being from outside the governorate.
00:02:12I'll abide by it. If there isn't, issue it. If the
00:02:16issue of legislation is with you, I'll abide
00:02:19and also the city of Manbij. Many by the legislation. By the way,
00:02:22the Assistant Minister for Planning and Institutional Excellence
00:02:26is Mr. Ibrahim
00:02:28segments of Al-Adhan, governor of Raqqa, from Raqqa.
00:02:30That is, the Assistant Minister is from Raqqa, and Raqqa, the people
00:02:34of Raqqa, I love Raqqa governorate and all Syrian governorates, but I
00:02:37lived in Raqqa, I lived in the governorate when I used to work at the Conoco factory,
00:02:41is called water resources in sorry, the Tuinan factory, I lived in Deir ez-Zor, at Conoco
00:02:44I lived in Raqqa, meaning I am a resident of the eastern region. Although I was born
00:02:47in Homs, I live in the eastern region, and it's an honor.
00:02:51Regarding the storage policy, I answered
00:02:54the professor that we basically don't
00:02:58have enough liquidity.
00:03:01authorities that were previously present in so repeating them is a form of I need liquidity for finance so that the required liquidity is not enough
00:03:03perhaps more than a brother from to purchase the derivatives that I am
00:03:06Syria and the transformation from trading. So for storage, we have put and are readying the tanks and have requested prices.
00:03:10So we might reach a stage where we involve the private
00:03:12salinity in sector. I don't know if you saw that we made an offer to receive
00:03:20in those areas, especially in issues that will not be supported one bids for storing and distributing petroleum derivatives, and we will work on a part, and private sector companies will work on a part. They will take a part of the profits
00:03:24as a solution, because at these prices, it's impossible for me to
00:03:28is the technical reality. The secure financial resources to store petroleum derivatives to be self-sufficient
00:03:31for a month. Our plan is to
00:03:34Minister, please respond. create a stock for a month. This
00:03:36this diesel started is our minimum, that our stock is enough for a month, because
00:03:38winter is coming, and in winter the ship cannot dock,
00:03:42and high waves and so on, and we suffered from that
00:03:45decision, frankly, in the past period. But as we said, the global crisis and providing petroleum derivatives is
00:03:48one of the obstacles. The availability of the material itself, the availability
00:03:52of the material. Today we are saying we buy it at auction in the market. The availability
00:03:55of the material and at appropriate prices is what
00:03:58could be the obstacles, but we are saying
00:04:03to reach, and we will convey this we are finding solutions for it through some private sector companies. As for
00:04:06I believe that these
00:04:09is one of the projects on our are all the points, Mr. President, that
00:04:14and economic entity according to among vulnerable groups, there were mentioned. Thank you, Mr. Minister, but this time I will say something. My colleagues, I have many
00:04:17interventions, so please adhere to the question, and please
00:04:21adhere to the time. And also, Mr. Minister, the ideas that
00:04:25were previously stated, please
00:04:28the delay. do not repeat them to save our time and the council's time.
00:04:33And for the vulnerable group, this Sister Israa Al-Mashhoura.
00:04:37In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. esteemed Speaker,
00:04:40Your Excellency, the Minister of Energy, honorable members of parliament,
00:04:44of Finance, if the Ministry of Finance gives me this I will address the issue from the perspective of agriculture,
00:04:47water, and food security. Allocating
00:04:50did not allocate these a subsidized price for agricultural
00:04:52quantities in the budgets for diesel is an important step,
00:04:55It is a grace that this but the challenge facing the agricultural sector is broader than the price of fuel.
00:04:58The stability of agricultural production
00:05:00is directly linked to water and energy security together,
00:05:04only affect and their cost, especially with large agricultural
00:05:07areas relying on wells and pumping stations.
00:05:11by the beneficiary's ability to obtain Therefore, my question to the esteemed Minister is: Does
00:05:14the Ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, have a comprehensive
00:05:17plan for water and energy security in the agricultural
00:05:21sector that identifies the actual needs
00:05:24of agricultural areas for irrigation water and energy,
00:05:27and links them to cultivated areas, crop
00:05:30types, water sources, and food
00:05:34security priorities? And does this plan include
00:05:37a map of the most needy
00:05:40irrigation areas and projects?
00:05:43And a program for rehabilitating irrigation stations and networks
00:05:47and electrifying pumping projects or using
00:05:50alternative energy sources where that would be more
00:05:54efficient, with a definition of priorities, funding
00:05:57sources, and a timeline for implementation? Because
00:06:01what is required is that we do not remain stuck with seasonal
00:06:04treatments related to fuel prices and allocated
00:06:08quantities, but rather that we move to a sustainable
00:06:11system that protects
00:06:19agricultural production and food security. Thank you very much.
00:06:22Thank you. Thank you, colleague Ibrahim Khalil
00:06:25Al-Talib. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be
00:06:29upon you. With the Minister, there is a problem
00:06:33with investors in Idlib since the days of the Salvation Government. Owners of solar
00:06:36energy have been waiting for four years, and so far
00:06:40the electricity company has not complied. Dr. Ibrahim Shashou, Mufti of Aleppo, intervened
00:06:44to solve this problem, and despite that, the company did not comply.
00:06:48So they asked us to make a recommendation. They said, "Let the Minister form a committee
00:06:51and it be
00:06:55problem for us. May God bless you." The second question regarding the second
00:06:58question is prohibited, colleague. Wait, doctor, this came
00:07:01late. The time for the complaint. I had several questions,
00:07:05so I deleted the rest. I have one question left. Mr. Ibrahim, please write it down
00:07:09from your side. It is a question, but this came up suddenly, meaning
00:07:13the youth in Idlib. My question is quick, even about Manbij, nothing more.
00:07:16Meaning, colleagues, I hope, I hope,
00:07:19I hope for adherence. Okay, the main question is regarding
00:07:23Manbij and its countryside around the Euphrates River. There are dozens of villages
00:07:27that are not irrigated, whether for drinking or for watering,
00:07:32neighborhoods do not receive water. May God bless
00:07:34you.
00:07:38Colleague, colleague Lara, please.
00:07:41Mr. President, Your Excellency, Minister, honorable
00:07:44MPs, in light of the urgent need to expand
00:07:48alternative energy projects, what is the Ministry's
00:07:51plan to provide administrative
00:07:54facilities for solar farm investors,
00:07:57especially in determining the price per kilowatt-hour?
00:08:01Thank you. Colleague Muhammad Bassel
00:08:04Helmi. Some questions, colleagues, I
00:08:08saw them in the presentation. The presentation and so on, they were answered,
00:08:13repetition. Mr. President,
00:08:17Your Excellency, Minister, honorable
00:08:20colleagues,
00:08:22I will not speak emotionally or populistically,
00:08:26but I will convey a reality.
00:08:28One of the most important duties of members of the People's Assembly
00:08:32is to be a bridge between the people
00:08:35and the Assembly, and between the people and this esteemed
00:08:38government. There is a lot of pain
00:08:41and suffering regarding the price
00:08:44of electricity. A recommendation
00:08:46from His Excellency the President
00:08:49to reconsider suspending
00:08:52the decision to raise electricity prices,
00:08:55because this
00:08:58is a disaster for vulnerable
00:09:01groups. They are truly
00:09:05suffering and crying.
00:09:08I conducted a survey in two areas
00:09:11of Damascus neighborhoods. 60% of those I asked
00:09:14did not pay their bills, despite
00:09:17the fact that His Excellency the Minister said 70% in Damascus had
00:09:21paid. But in reality,
00:09:24is no payment. Therefore, please,
00:09:28this recommendation, please, that
00:09:30it be suspended until the income of the Syrian citizen increases
00:09:33and they can pay. And they are supportive of the government
00:09:37and supportive of the state. 20%
00:09:40of those listening to you now, Your Excellency. The Minister, what
00:09:44you spoke about from the Syrian people is good from merchants
00:09:47and industrialists, and excellent words, and we are with it
00:09:51as a budget and as accounts
00:09:54and outcomes. But the vulnerable group does not look at that.
00:09:57They look at their income of one million and an electricity
00:10:00bill of one and a half million. How can
00:10:03they live?
00:10:07decision be suspended. The second point, this is a recommendation,
00:10:10but the question in the recommendation, let's go back to the question.
00:10:14The question, meaning everything is a recommendation. This is a question for
00:10:17Damascus. It has a lifeline,
00:10:21the Barada River, the lifeline of Greater Damascus with its two Ghoutas.
00:10:25It complains about the former regime. The former regime
00:10:29caused two disasters for the Barada River, my brothers. First, it put salty
00:10:32sewage inside this river. And this
00:10:35is a disaster. It made concrete barriers that prevented the flow
00:10:40into this river. And the second
00:10:44disaster is that there was a contract
00:10:47concluded between the former government with a neighboring
00:10:49country to export the water
00:10:53of the Barada spring, which is the lifeline of Damascus.
00:10:57to review this matter
00:11:00so that our water returns to us,
00:11:03rather than the Barada Valley becoming dry,
00:11:07a barren desert. We want it to remain
00:11:09green for us and for the two Ghoutas, God willing.
00:11:13Thank you. Colleague Salem Muhammad
00:11:16Al-Ahmad.
00:11:32System, etc. Go! Colleague, thank you, Mr.
00:11:35President. Your Excellency, Minister, in this
00:11:38difficult transitional phase, how
00:11:41will you ensure that the energy sector bears
00:11:44the cost of recovery and reform without
00:11:48the greater burden shifting to the citizen?
00:11:50We want a clear plan from the Ministry: What
00:11:54will change during the year,
00:11:57and not just what we hope will change?
00:12:01I propose a publicly announced transitional energy plan
00:12:04with specific goals and deadlines, and a balance
00:12:09reducing its cost for the citizen, and rehabilitating
00:12:13local production. Thank you, Mr. Minister.
00:12:16Thank you to the colleague. Mr. Minister, can you answer
00:12:20the last five questions? And also, the repeated
00:12:23things, I think, are unnecessary.
00:12:26Thank you. First, regarding
00:12:29the issue of supporting agriculture, the matter
00:12:33is not only concerned with the Ministry of Energy, so we don't overburden
00:12:36ourselves. We are part of this government.
00:12:39So supporting agriculture, supporting bread,
00:12:43supporting industry, supporting all sectors
00:12:47that involve energy, there is originally
00:12:50even support for vulnerable
00:12:53society. So it is originally supposed to be a comprehensive
00:12:56plan in which we are a part
00:13:00of. And this is what the Supreme Council for Economic Development is working on. We
00:13:03are a part of it. We play
00:13:05our role. For example, if we support the energy
00:13:09sector, industry, through the price of fuel
00:13:12at 400 instead of 570 and 600
00:13:16dollars, we are supporting it. The same goes for agriculture. But it needs a strict plan because
00:13:20today, if we go towards support, and I don't see Syria from the beginning,
00:13:24under its leadership, taking a path
00:13:27where services in
00:13:31the socialist economic system to the free market system
00:13:34and the market economy, so this transformation
00:13:38will surely lead to some
00:13:42day. Maybe in a transitional stage.
00:13:45This issue, if we gave diesel, and this was actually present
00:13:49in the past period, we were supporting bakeries with bread, diesel
00:13:52at a reduced price. It became difficult to control
00:13:56by the Ministry of Trade or the Ministry of Economy to the point that
00:14:01to be smuggled. He would take it and not bake with it, he would sell it
00:14:04in the market. This became an issue that needed strict control, and controlling it was difficult, so they went
00:14:08towards, "No, take the diesel at its current price, and subsidize flour.
00:14:11Let your support be in flour." It's easier for them to monitor.
00:14:15As for the solar energy
00:14:18in Idlib, I will follow up on it, God willing, with the company.
00:14:21And solar energy projects in and the Euphrates,
00:14:25irrigation projects and water in the Euphrates
00:14:27region, God willing, part of it is included in the investment
00:14:31plans during 2027. Renewable energy.
00:14:33I mentioned in the context that we signed 2500
00:14:37megawatts of solar energy contracts and
00:14:41approximately 1500 megawatts of wind energy. So we have achieved sufficiency in terms of renewable energy
00:14:44as a percentage of the total generation and the energy mix that
00:14:48we concluded through the partnerships that
00:14:51we established. The price of electricity can
00:14:55be lengthy.
00:14:58is a topic where there could be support or suspension, but with
00:15:02a significant decline in service, I mean, where are we going to get the support from? If
00:15:05we want to support electricity from the Ministry
00:15:09amount to buy gas, the service will continue. It supports electricity. It
00:15:12didn't give me, and the Ministry of Finance
00:15:17the price of the gas I need to buy. So I cannot generate the same amount.
00:15:20So I stop buying, and the service declines. This is an equation. This equation
00:15:24and study, it really needs, as we said, because it won't
00:15:29people by saying, "Oh, the electricity service has decreased," it will
00:15:33affect industry and development in general. Right. Therefore,
00:15:36we chose a segment, and we are saying their bill
00:15:39is 6.5 dollars. The bill for someone who consumes 150 kWh
00:15:42for vulnerable segments is 6.5 dollars
00:15:45per month.
00:15:49Okay, the Barada River. I mentioned earlier that the national carrier
00:15:52is one of the most important things. For
00:15:55our goals in establishing this national carrier, we aim to not
00:15:59the existing springs
00:16:02such as Ain Fijeh and others, so that we can restore the Barada River to what
00:16:06it once was. Because today, as long as everything is being withdrawn, no one is taking from it outside Syria. Everything is
00:16:10being withdrawn. It's 1.5 cubic meters per second from Fijeh and from the Barada
00:16:13spring. All of it is not enough for drinking water for Damascus
00:16:17governorate and rural Damascus.
00:16:19Any improvement in energy, and we
00:16:23bear a part of it, is part of the presentation that was given, that
00:16:27we basically bear a part of it. I mean, we mentioned
00:16:30numbers and percentages for electricity and energy. We bear a large
00:16:34part of it, which are
00:16:37supported categories, both in electricity
00:16:40and in supporting diesel
00:16:43and fuel for industry. Your Excellency, the Minister, your cost is very high. It is 6 cents, and your cost is
00:16:4712 cents.
00:16:48Colleague,
00:16:55Colleague Rami Shaher
00:16:56Al-Saleh.
00:17:01In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. President, Your Excellency,
00:17:04Minister, honorable colleagues,
00:17:08the issues are all clear
00:17:11and presented. All that remains is work
00:17:14and implementation. I propose an operations room
00:17:17in Deir ez-Zor. And it looks at what is around it
00:17:21and what is above it. The Euphrates River, which
00:17:24poets used to sing about,
00:17:27has become despised even by
00:17:30animals.
00:17:51for the doctor. The matter is
00:17:54extremely tragic. Then the Khabur River. When we say
00:17:58the Khabur River, I am talking about an area from
00:18:01the mouth of the Khabur River in the Euphrates to the city
00:18:04of Hasakah. 220
00:18:08kilometers, house after house, and the villages are dense.
00:18:12For 45 years, it has suffered
00:18:15from drought. So when we talk about water stations and purification, there
00:18:19is originally no water. So
00:18:22nothing can save the region and save the Euphrates
00:18:25and Khabur except the diversion of Tigris River
00:18:27water. This will save and revive the region
00:18:31and support the waters of the Euphrates River.
00:18:34Now all the water and disease.
00:18:38Meaning the oil
00:18:40and water, the class system, and the surplus
00:18:44oil that goes into the containers, meaning it's only a few meters away from pouring
00:18:47into the Euphrates River from the direction of Jabal Al-Teim. There
00:18:51must be an operations room where the efforts
00:18:54of the government, the people, and the People's
00:18:57Assembly are combined. We are being questioned on the street, Mr. Minister.
00:19:01Please have mercy on us now. They will say, "What did you do? You've been talking for five
00:19:05hours." We tell them, "Blessings." Mr.
00:19:07Minister, God willing, we have promised for these matters. The
00:19:11Khabur, Mr. President, knows
00:19:14the situation in all of Golan,
00:19:18Sweida, and Daraa. Work
00:19:22is an honor, but the Khabur has been dry for
00:19:2550 years. For 50 years, there has been no agriculture.
00:19:28Sometimes there are some rainwaters and so on.
00:19:32If the Tigris River is not there
00:19:35and achieves national unity
00:19:38between Al-Jazeera and Mesopotamia, rather,
00:19:42the origin of the Tigris is part of Syria, and the British
00:19:46cut it off there. Therefore, we need an operations
00:19:49room and strict and firm measures in this
00:19:53region to save it.
00:19:55Diseases from oil residues or from stagnant
00:19:58drinking water and sewage and so
00:20:01on. Thank you and apologize for
00:20:05Colleagues, I have 87 interventions,
00:20:08just so you know. So please,
00:20:11please, and I hope that
00:20:14whoever comes up will go straight to the question and save
00:20:18us time, both ours and our colleagues'.
00:20:21Meaning, go straight to the point. The time
00:20:24is one minute, no more, meaning one minute, and then I will cut it off. We will
00:20:28not speak. It is the responsibility of the interjector
00:20:31to shorten their time to one minute. Meaning, 87 interventions,
00:20:35we need to organize. Colleague,
00:20:39Thank you, Mr. President. Your Excellency, Minister, regarding
00:20:43subsidized fuels, and since actual support is measured
00:20:48the material
00:20:51at the subsidized price, what is the mechanism that ensures the identification
00:20:54of the beneficiary, the fairness of the quantities, the transparency
00:20:57of distribution, and the prevention of leakage to the black market?
00:21:00Thank you.
00:21:04Colleague Aref Razzouk.
00:21:08Your Excellency, Minister,
00:21:11regarding the issue of mutual agreements, I understand that these
00:21:15mutual agreements are a tactical solution or a firefighting
00:21:17measure. When we say
00:21:20that when transformers are hit, we are forced to buy through mutual agreements so that the electricity is not cut off.
00:21:24This is a firefighting measure. Why don't we have a strategic plan
00:21:28and an assessment of needs, and then there will be deals
00:21:31so that we buy, and when a transformer is hit, it will be
00:21:35that we, as the legislative authority, and you, as the executive authority,
00:21:37are in the same boat. I ask on behalf of my colleagues
00:21:41to raise the first electricity consumption tier to 250
00:21:44kilowatt-hours, and that the meter readings be taken
00:21:47regularly, because the delay in regular readings is leading to rising prices.
00:21:51Thank you, colleague Yasser Mahmoud
00:21:54Al-Shehadi. Mr. President, Your Excellency,
00:21:57Minister, the first question is regarding
00:22:00the dismissal of Mr. Youssef Al-Qablawi, 42 employees,
00:22:04due to their support and celebration of the efforts of the Control
00:22:07and Inspection Authority in apprehending corrupt officials in the institution,
00:22:10in the institution, specifically in the Central Region's administration. The second question is
00:22:14about the presentation made by His Excellency the Minister. You stated
00:22:18that there is a need for Syria
00:22:20of 300,000 barrels, but there was data from the Ministry
00:22:23previously, in the past few days, that the need
00:22:27was a market need. However, today, the presentation has been adjusted to say
00:22:30that 150,000 is a market need, and 150,000 is
00:22:34a refinery need. But we want to
00:22:37know what the full need
00:22:40for Syria is. May God grant you health.
00:22:43Colleague Ahmed Qaddour
00:22:45Al-Afadel.
00:22:48In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. Speaker,
00:22:51honorable colleagues, His Excellency the Minister of Energy.
00:22:55May God help you and guide your steps. You mentioned a
00:22:59while ago that there are three ministries in one ministry.
00:23:03Of course, I will talk about what is called the Water
00:23:06Resources file, which was previously called the Ministry
00:23:10of Irrigation. And water resources was an
00:23:13independent department, and the General Corporation for Land Reclamation was a second department.
00:23:16I will talk about the Euphrates projects.
00:23:20Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, of course,
00:23:23and eastern rural Aleppo, of course. There are about
00:23:2621,000 hectares supervised by what
00:23:31the mentioned areas. I will talk about the problems
00:23:35of Raqqa. Of course, the projects
00:23:37of Raqqa are 103,000 hectares distributed over five
00:23:40sectors. Then nine divisions. Let me
00:23:44give you examples about the reality. Of course,
00:23:47as a result of the de facto
00:23:51the governorate, the irrigation infrastructure is very
00:23:54dilapidated. The canals and drains are destroyed
00:23:57and blocked. There is an increase in secondary
00:24:02agricultural lands. And I would like
00:24:06to inform you that the farmer
00:24:10Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, which were under de facto
00:24:14authorities until now, has not returned to agriculture
00:24:17in a way that
00:24:19the minute ended. Thank you. The minute ended. Colleague, Mr.
00:24:24The time is up.
00:24:28Please, please. Go ahead, Mr.
00:24:30Minister.
00:24:34In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:24:35Oh
00:24:39sorry, colleague doctor, please, please, please.
00:24:43I have 87 interventions. Please write it down,
00:24:46and I will convey it. Dr. Ahmed, write it down,
00:24:50and I will convey it, because the goal is for it
00:24:53proposal. As for
00:24:56the issue of diverting the Tigris River, it
00:24:59priorities. As I said earlier in the
00:25:02presentation, God willing, during the coming period, we will
00:25:05propose the Halabiya and Zalbiyah dams and the project
00:25:09to divert the Tigris River to the Khabur River
00:25:12to revive the region. God willing, it is among the projects we have planned, and we will offer them
00:25:16for investment during the coming period. As for
00:25:19the issue of distribution, honestly, I initially,
00:25:23I mean, from the day of the electricity story and the tariff
00:25:26adjustment, I asked the Ministry of Social Affairs if they had a clear digital
00:25:30database to provide us with. Until now,
00:25:33it was like other institutions that have
00:25:36no data, no information. They are working on it, thankfully, the Ministry of Social Affairs. If
00:25:39this database was available, it would greatly relieve us in supporting electricity, supporting derivatives,
00:25:43gas, diesel, etc. God willing, I
00:25:46communicated to ensure fairness. I communicated with the governors.
00:25:50Through the social affairs directorates, through the branches of Sadco and the energy services department,
00:25:53some stations will be identified. There will
00:25:56be nominal lists available to benefit from this material.
00:25:59It will be stamped digitally by the energy
00:26:02services department to go to the designated
00:26:07for it. This is to contain the material,
00:26:11and people will be provided with the required material.
00:26:15Regarding the issue of mutual agreements,
00:26:18I mentioned its reasons, and we may not review them
00:26:22again for the sake of time. The issue of dismissing
00:26:25employees
00:26:27in the Central Region's administration is, first of all, not a dismissal. They
00:26:31are temporary contracts, seasonal contracts.
00:26:34Legally, any manager or
00:26:37authorizing officer has the right to terminate seasonal contracts
00:26:41after certain reasons, or because their contract
00:26:44has expired, or it is a seasonal contract. So it is not
00:26:47a matter of permanent contracts or anything else. The second point is
00:26:51that these
00:26:55in the media, and I hope that all honorable members
00:26:58and brothers who hear us, not everything said on social media
00:27:03is true. Yesterday, I read a news report about fluctuations in
00:27:06oil prices and a decrease in Brent to
00:27:0980. So why didn't the Ministry of Energy reduce it? No, they said it was
00:27:13104. So this is
00:27:16wildfire. So it's not always the case that what is said on social media is true.
00:27:20These employees some of them, I don't
00:27:23know if all of them, I sent it, of course, I formed, I referred it to the Internal
00:27:27Control Directorate after a complaint reached me, it reached the Ministry last week, and I referred it to the Internal
00:27:31Control Directorate for investigation. The matter. But the letter
00:27:34I received from the company states that these
00:27:38employees threatened the administration in the Central Region
00:27:41to approve the celebration of
00:27:45Either you give us this or
00:27:48else, they entered with threats, meaning. You have to give us your approval
00:27:54the celebration, the story is about threatening the director with a matter that is not
00:27:57fixed. So this
00:28:01is the company's response. The complaint from the people is no. So for me, as a supervising party
00:28:05for these people and for these, I sent
00:28:09the internal control directorate to investigate the matter and submit a report to us to take the appropriate
00:28:12legal actions. Syria's need, I think I have
00:28:16explained it in great detail. Our need is 30,000 barrels of crude
00:28:19oil, but I don't have the ability to refine 30,000. I have the ability to refine
00:28:2315,000. Once the Banias refinery is ready, we will buy
00:28:2715,000 or we will buy 10,000 because I have
00:28:30local production for the Homs refinery. It will buy 100,000
00:28:33barrels for the Banias refinery, and I will have a total of
00:28:3715,000, okay, between the Homs refinery and the Banias refinery,
00:28:40and 15,000 others, which are, if I had refineries, I would have to bring them.
00:28:44These will be petroleum derivatives. I will bring them as petroleum derivatives,
00:28:47and usually 15,000 barrels produce half
00:28:50of it as diesel and gasoline, and the other half
00:28:54as fuel and other derivatives like kerosene, naphtha, and so on from other
00:28:58materials. And there is a percentage of losses that exist for
00:29:01the infrastructure. I think
00:29:06the MPs and a sister mentioned this issue and presented
00:29:09it. It is the issue that we have dilapidated infrastructure
00:29:12and expired circuit breakers and wells and stations are out of
00:29:16service, people. This is the reality of the infrastructure in Syria, not
00:29:19just in energy. Power generation stations
00:29:22and electricity and transformation and transmission lines and oil transmission lines and gas transmission lines
00:29:26and gas plants and Satcop gas plants and oil refineries, this
00:29:31technical reality requires huge, huge funding.
00:29:34And I see that in some interventions there is a contradiction. The
00:29:38brother says that they reduced
00:29:41and supported fuel and supported electricity, and then he comes back and says, fix
00:29:44it for us. Brother, I don't have revenue to go, meaning
00:29:48put support, support, support on this, and the Ministry of Finance is not giving me, so where will I get it from to go
00:29:52to prepare the station and change the circuit breakers and change the transformers and change the infrastructure? This
00:29:56is an integrated equation. I have a balance. If I have revenue, I have money, I can work. If I don't have
00:30:00money, I can't work. The Ministry of Finance actually, we are
00:30:04rejecting the treasury from the Ministry of Finance, so it will certainly not give
00:30:08because I am giving it money, it is not the one that is going to give me part of
00:30:11its budget. I am not, meaning I am not an administrative entity to take money. I am an investment
00:30:17Syrian law. Thank you,
00:30:20Mr. Minister, but I want to warn you about something, this minute is passing, so enter
00:30:24the topic and how your topic is according to the minute because there are
00:30:27really long interventions and a large number. If the
00:30:31number was smaller, we could give more. Follow, colleague,
00:30:34supporter, colleague, Ameen Bashir Al-Bashir.
00:30:38Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Minister, why is the price
00:30:41of a liter of gasoline in Lebanon 1 dollar and 34 cents, while in Syria,
00:30:45according to Prestige, it is 1 dollar and 52 cents? Today,
00:30:48we are facing many external shocks. In the Gulf War
00:30:51and in the war and in the strait and in
00:30:54the straits, and there are many external crises. What is the foreign policy
00:30:58of the ministry in order to