Citizen bloc to collect signatures to endorse Hakim’s initiative over rehabilitating Maysan province

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Hassan al-Sari, of the Citizen bloc announced that the bloc will collect signatures of the MPs to endorse the initiative of The Head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Ammar al-Hakim, to rehabilitate Maysan province.

Speaking to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com), he said “Citizen bloc will form a committee to organize collecting the MPs’ signatures to endorse Hakim’s initiative,” expressing his hope over “Endorsing his project in the parliament.”

While meeting the members of Maysan Provincial Council, Sari stated “We are optimistic over endorsing this project in the parliament.”

Earlier, Hakim launched an initiative to rehabilitate Maysan Province and called to compensate its people due for damages resulted by the practices of the former regime.”

He assured in a speech delivered for a gathering involved intellectual and prominent figures of Maysan Province “The historical depth of Maysan makes it worthy for our concerns by legislating laws to rehabilitate it due to the damages of the wars of the former regime.”

“This initiative involves three basic sides, first is to improve the agricultural lands which were harmed due to the elimination of the marshes,” he added.

“The second is to remove the mines which are planed randomly during Iraq-Iran war,” he stressed.

“The third side is taking 15% of the oil revenues of Southern Iraq to fund the project of upgrading the province,” he concluded.

Hakim launched several initiatives concerning the political, economic and social issues like his last call to consider Basra province as the Economic Capital of Iraq.