Sistani praises Hakim’s initiative concerning Maysan province, says source

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Supreme Religious Authority, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, praised the initiative of the head of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, Ammar al-Hakim, over rehabilitating Maysan province.

Informed source assured in a press statement that “While receiving a number of citizens at his residence in Najaf province, Ayatollah Sistani praised Hakim’s initiative over Maysan.”

The source quoted Sistani as saying “It is a grace to have political leaders who still think seriously to serve the citizens.”

Earlier, Hakim launched an initiative to rehabilitate Maysan Province and called to compensate its people 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 continued.

“The SIIC will support this initiative with all its capacities to implement it to regain the historical and cultural position of Maysan,” he concluded.

It is worth mentioning that 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.