WEBVTT 00:00.040 --> 00:03.130 now I'd like to present Mr Martin 00:03.140 --> 00:05.160 Pakula , 00:05.940 --> 00:09.530 He's the director of the 00:09.540 --> 00:13.220 transition team and he 00:13.220 --> 00:16.540 came to Iraq a month ago or in uh May 00:16.540 --> 00:20.510 2007 . And he's also a member and the 00:20.520 --> 00:23.060 uh the state department 00:25.040 --> 00:28.250 before coming to Iraqis uh at the uh 00:28.840 --> 00:32.540 province at the office has a deputy for 00:32.540 --> 00:35.200 the U . S . Ambassador in London . And 00:35.200 --> 00:38.390 after that he worked the european 00:38.390 --> 00:42.290 union in Bruxelles and in brussels 00:42.290 --> 00:45.280 in Belgium and also he was a deputy for 00:45.280 --> 00:48.350 the ambassador in Iceland and he gained 00:48.360 --> 00:52.340 and he obtained the uh several uh 00:52.350 --> 00:55.270 awards and uh worked on 00:55.270 --> 00:58.530 several Uh issues in 00:58.530 --> 01:02.320 Sarajevo from 1990 01:02.320 --> 01:06.050 70 . And we welcome him as well . 01:08.640 --> 01:11.340 So I'm like home small hair , good 01:11.340 --> 01:13.890 morning ladies and gentlemen , it is an 01:13.890 --> 01:16.001 honor to be with you at this pan arab 01:16.001 --> 01:18.334 media roundtable on Iraq reconstruction . 01:18.540 --> 01:20.540 My name is Mark Tequila and I'm the 01:20.540 --> 01:22.318 director of the Iraq transition 01:22.318 --> 01:24.540 assistance office also referred to as I 01:24.540 --> 01:27.010 tail I think was part of the American 01:27.010 --> 01:29.177 embassy in Baghdad and part of the U . 01:29.177 --> 01:31.670 S . Department of State . Our job is to 01:31.670 --> 01:33.726 help with the reconstruction of Iraq 01:33.726 --> 01:35.837 and to support the government of Iraq 01:35.837 --> 01:37.448 in its reconstruction work . 01:37.448 --> 01:39.780 Reconstruction means more than just the 01:39.780 --> 01:41.836 construction of power stations , oil 01:41.836 --> 01:44.210 refineries , water treatment plants or 01:44.210 --> 01:46.550 buildings . It also means helping the 01:46.550 --> 01:48.439 government of Iraq to improve its 01:48.439 --> 01:50.570 ability to provide essential services 01:50.580 --> 01:53.810 to the people of Iraq Reconstruction is 01:53.810 --> 01:56.032 a very large undertaking shared by many 01:56.032 --> 01:58.560 different organizations . I'm going to 01:58.560 --> 02:01.150 focus on its tail but we are only part 02:01.160 --> 02:03.327 of a combined effort by the government 02:03.327 --> 02:05.493 of Iraq . The provincial governments , 02:05.493 --> 02:09.300 G R D U S A I . D . And our coalition 02:09.300 --> 02:11.970 and international partners . The Iraq 02:11.970 --> 02:13.859 Tradition Assistance Office has a 02:13.859 --> 02:16.081 history in Iraq dating back to the Iraq 02:16.081 --> 02:19.940 liberation in May 2003 . I tell you 02:19.940 --> 02:22.860 itself has only existed since May 2007 , 02:23.340 --> 02:25.451 but we're the successor to an earlier 02:25.451 --> 02:27.673 organization called Iraq Reconstruction 02:27.673 --> 02:31.420 Management Office or Irmo . As a 02:31.420 --> 02:33.660 change in their name implies , our role 02:33.660 --> 02:36.160 has shifted from Reconstruction to a 02:36.160 --> 02:38.700 transition for Reconstruction by the 02:38.700 --> 02:41.410 government of Iraq . We are proud of 02:41.410 --> 02:43.410 the work we have done over the past 02:43.410 --> 02:46.020 years in building electrical capacity , 02:46.030 --> 02:48.950 schools , public health clinics , water 02:48.950 --> 02:50.728 treatment plants and many other 02:50.728 --> 02:53.370 projects as I will explain . And as 02:53.380 --> 02:55.602 Lloyd caldwell explained , it was never 02:55.602 --> 02:58.170 our ambition was never possible to fix 02:58.180 --> 03:00.300 everything that was broken . But we 03:00.300 --> 03:02.740 have helpfully I improve the lives of 03:02.740 --> 03:05.090 the Iraqi people . Usually a 03:05.090 --> 03:07.000 reconstruction presentation would 03:07.000 --> 03:09.390 involve a lot of numbers of numbers of 03:09.390 --> 03:11.910 projects and amounts of money I thought 03:11.910 --> 03:13.966 today . Instead , I would talk about 03:13.966 --> 03:15.910 our policies on reconstruction and 03:15.910 --> 03:18.240 transition and where we see our program 03:18.240 --> 03:21.310 going in the future . The first point I 03:21.310 --> 03:23.532 would make since my arrival here in May 03:23.532 --> 03:26.580 2007 , I've seen great progress not 03:26.580 --> 03:28.691 only on our projects , but on the way 03:28.691 --> 03:31.130 we work . The improved security 03:31.130 --> 03:32.908 situation has made it much more 03:32.908 --> 03:35.260 possible to work with Iraqi authorities 03:35.260 --> 03:37.310 at neighborhood levels to determine 03:37.310 --> 03:40.140 people's specific needs . Also , the 03:40.140 --> 03:42.196 increasing ability of the government 03:42.196 --> 03:44.307 ministries and provincial governments 03:44.307 --> 03:46.470 to determine priorities to execute 03:46.470 --> 03:48.770 budgets means that we are more and more 03:48.770 --> 03:50.937 playing a supporting role in Ontario , 03:50.937 --> 03:53.800 which is where we want to be signs of 03:53.800 --> 03:55.967 progress are encouraging . But serious 03:55.967 --> 03:58.220 problems remain . The threat of 03:58.220 --> 04:00.520 terrorism is diminished , but not yet 04:00.520 --> 04:03.800 defeated . This . Terrorism recedes the 04:03.800 --> 04:06.240 problems of criminality and corruption 04:06.250 --> 04:09.590 are coming more into focus . It must be 04:09.590 --> 04:11.812 dealt with if Iraq is to reach its full 04:11.812 --> 04:14.560 potential , the people of Iraq have 04:14.560 --> 04:16.770 made sacrifices to take the steps from 04:16.770 --> 04:19.090 a tyranny to democracy and more 04:19.090 --> 04:21.312 sacrifices will be required to preserve 04:21.312 --> 04:23.570 it . But the sacrifices have been 04:23.570 --> 04:25.126 rewarded by real progress . 04:27.340 --> 04:29.562 Let me tell you more about what it does 04:29.562 --> 04:31.660 in detail . The Iraq transition 04:31.660 --> 04:33.750 assistance office is home to various 04:33.760 --> 04:36.230 senior consultants , experts in their 04:36.230 --> 04:38.910 technical areas of electricity , water , 04:38.920 --> 04:41.700 oil , health , or other fields , who 04:41.700 --> 04:43.700 had been serving as advisers to the 04:43.700 --> 04:45.922 Government of Iraq and its ministries . 04:45.940 --> 04:48.107 These consultants are experts in their 04:48.107 --> 04:50.190 areas of specialty . Many have come 04:50.190 --> 04:52.370 from the american private sector and 04:52.370 --> 04:54.592 they've been very helpful to ministries 04:54.592 --> 04:56.426 in planning and carrying out the 04:56.426 --> 04:58.210 ministry's programs . Once the 04:58.210 --> 05:00.321 government ministries redevelop their 05:00.321 --> 05:02.377 own high level technical expertise , 05:02.377 --> 05:04.377 the senior consultants work will be 05:04.377 --> 05:07.030 done a large part of the reason that 05:07.030 --> 05:09.197 these outside experts have been needed 05:09.270 --> 05:11.270 is that the prior baathist regime , 05:11.270 --> 05:13.326 management of essential services and 05:13.326 --> 05:15.350 resources such as water and oil 05:15.640 --> 05:17.473 included , very little effort or 05:17.473 --> 05:19.696 investment in maintaining and improving 05:19.696 --> 05:22.760 Iraqi infrastructure . The Bath regime 05:22.760 --> 05:24.427 failed to modernize the Iraqi 05:24.427 --> 05:26.482 infrastructure . Is the world around 05:26.482 --> 05:28.660 Iraq modernized the new Iraqi 05:28.660 --> 05:30.920 government and its ministries have done 05:30.920 --> 05:32.864 much in a short time to repair and 05:32.864 --> 05:35.430 improve Iraq's infrastructure . The 05:35.430 --> 05:37.640 delivery of essential services and oil 05:37.640 --> 05:40.250 exports are at or above pre war levels . 05:40.940 --> 05:43.100 Yeah , But everyone knows that not 05:43.100 --> 05:45.433 everyone in Iraq has enough electricity , 05:45.433 --> 05:48.100 water or other basic services . It will 05:48.100 --> 05:50.322 take a sustained effort to overcome the 05:50.322 --> 05:52.489 30 years of neglect dating from before 05:52.489 --> 05:56.170 2003 . Oil is key to Iraq's 05:56.170 --> 05:58.800 present and future and senior 05:58.800 --> 06:00.856 consultants have worked closely with 06:00.856 --> 06:03.022 the Iraqi Ministry of Oil . Iraq's oil 06:03.022 --> 06:05.022 exports are on the rise , providing 06:05.022 --> 06:07.022 money for the government of Iraq to 06:07.022 --> 06:09.078 continue to rebuild and improve Iraq 06:10.040 --> 06:12.280 areas in which the Ministry of Oil is 06:12.280 --> 06:14.360 improving its performance include 06:14.360 --> 06:16.527 better maintenance of the existing oil 06:16.527 --> 06:18.582 production and transportation system 06:18.582 --> 06:20.527 and improvements and additions the 06:20.527 --> 06:23.200 Iraqi oil infrastructure . This work , 06:23.210 --> 06:24.932 combined with partnerships and 06:24.932 --> 06:26.988 investments by the international oil 06:26.988 --> 06:29.210 business community , will allow Iraq to 06:29.210 --> 06:31.377 take a leading place among the world's 06:31.377 --> 06:33.266 oil exporters under fuel . Iraq's 06:33.266 --> 06:35.377 economy , including through increased 06:35.377 --> 06:37.432 production of electricity . Oh , one 06:37.432 --> 06:39.599 particular area in which it has worked 06:39.599 --> 06:41.321 with the Ministry of Oil is an 06:41.321 --> 06:43.377 infrastructure Security . Our senior 06:43.377 --> 06:45.266 consultants have helped the Iraqi 06:45.266 --> 06:47.432 government and its successful planning 06:47.432 --> 06:49.543 an ongoing construction of the Biggie 06:49.543 --> 06:51.543 to Kirkuk exclusion zone which will 06:51.543 --> 06:53.610 protect that pipeline . There's 06:53.610 --> 06:55.721 planning for other exclusion zones to 06:55.721 --> 06:58.020 be built in the future . The energy 06:58.020 --> 07:00.076 sector cook exclusion zone is a good 07:00.076 --> 07:02.187 example of Iraqi government . Success 07:02.740 --> 07:04.410 beyond requiring planning , 07:04.420 --> 07:06.840 construction and staffing , it required 07:06.840 --> 07:08.618 cooperation among several Iraqi 07:08.618 --> 07:10.840 ministries responsible for construction 07:10.840 --> 07:12.910 and for security . It was a complex 07:12.910 --> 07:16.280 effort in another sector that of 07:16.290 --> 07:18.720 aviation Idaho . Senior consultants 07:18.720 --> 07:20.553 have assisted Iraqi Ministry and 07:20.553 --> 07:22.790 Transportation in rebuilding . Iraqi 07:22.790 --> 07:24.460 civil aviation at the Baghdad 07:24.470 --> 07:26.526 International Airport and throughout 07:26.526 --> 07:29.230 Iraq , I take a senior consultants 07:29.230 --> 07:31.030 helped train Iraqi air traffic 07:31.030 --> 07:33.252 controllers and gave them international 07:33.252 --> 07:35.960 certification . In addition , I played 07:35.960 --> 07:38.170 a successful role and assisting the 07:38.170 --> 07:40.392 Iraqi government's efforts to bring the 07:40.392 --> 07:42.392 Baghdad International airport up to 07:42.392 --> 07:44.480 world standards . Both of these 07:44.480 --> 07:46.313 successful efforts now allow the 07:46.313 --> 07:48.424 airports operate even when weather is 07:48.424 --> 07:50.970 less than ideal . The economic 07:50.980 --> 07:53.147 implications of this success story for 07:53.147 --> 07:55.313 passenger and cargo traffic are huge . 07:55.340 --> 07:57.562 We'll bring new economic development to 07:57.562 --> 08:00.140 Baghdad into the rest of Iraq . The 08:00.140 --> 08:02.307 final area I will touch on is our work 08:02.307 --> 08:04.960 to assess the provinces , working 08:04.960 --> 08:06.516 closely with our provincial 08:06.516 --> 08:08.682 reconstruction teams Throughout Iraq , 08:08.682 --> 08:10.849 we're providing funding for provincial 08:10.849 --> 08:13.016 governments to carry out work on local 08:13.016 --> 08:14.904 projects such as schools , health 08:14.904 --> 08:16.516 clinics , roads , electrical 08:16.516 --> 08:18.660 substations . These projects are 08:18.660 --> 08:20.882 selected and prioritized by Iraqi local 08:20.882 --> 08:23.620 officials , we've been happy to help 08:23.620 --> 08:25.870 get this process started , but expect 08:25.870 --> 08:27.926 in the near future funding for these 08:27.926 --> 08:30.148 local projects will come the government 08:30.148 --> 08:32.259 of Iraq rather than from US funding . 08:32.940 --> 08:34.940 You can see that all three of these 08:34.940 --> 08:36.810 examples oil civilization a 08:36.810 --> 08:38.366 civilization and provincial 08:38.366 --> 08:40.477 reconstruction have in common because 08:40.477 --> 08:42.410 there truly transitional all are 08:42.410 --> 08:44.410 designed for the purpose of handing 08:44.410 --> 08:46.410 control over to Iraqi authorities . 08:46.650 --> 08:48.706 Indeed , our level of activity , for 08:48.706 --> 08:50.650 example , the number of our senior 08:50.650 --> 08:52.872 consultants has been decreasing since I 08:52.872 --> 08:55.094 arrived and will continue to decrease . 08:55.140 --> 08:58.320 That is a sign of success in closing . 08:58.320 --> 09:00.431 I would like to say again that I te o 09:00.431 --> 09:02.320 has only been a small part of the 09:02.320 --> 09:04.320 overall reconstruction effort . Any 09:04.320 --> 09:06.376 successes we have had have been much 09:06.376 --> 09:08.542 more the success of the government and 09:08.542 --> 09:10.709 people of Iraq in taking the future of 09:10.709 --> 09:12.876 this very ancient but very new country 09:12.876 --> 09:15.098 into their own hands . You crying thank 09:15.098 --> 09:18.760 you . Thank you . Director Tequila . 09:19.440 --> 09:21.496 At this time we'd like to open it up 09:21.496 --> 09:23.718 for questions and answers and we've got 09:23.718 --> 09:25.829 approximately 28 , minutes to do so . 09:25.829 --> 09:28.051 Um , I'd like you to to raise your hand 09:28.051 --> 09:30.162 and one of the gentlemen to the right 09:30.162 --> 09:32.329 or left of you will come over with the 09:32.329 --> 09:34.496 microphone and and if you can give the 09:34.496 --> 09:36.718 name of your organization and your name 09:36.718 --> 09:38.829 as well as the question and who you'd 09:38.829 --> 09:38.450 like to direct it to . And we'll 09:38.450 --> 09:40.506 proceed from there and again , let's 09:40.506 --> 09:42.728 keep the topic is germane to what we're 09:42.728 --> 09:44.450 talking about today , which is 09:44.450 --> 09:46.450 reconstruction and going forward or 09:46.450 --> 09:48.561 we're at today . Uh the young lady in 09:48.561 --> 09:47.560 the back please 09:54.900 --> 09:57.400 imagine moves away from the gross 09:57.400 --> 09:59.567 Baghdad newspaper question to a little 09:59.567 --> 10:03.510 bob . Uh , we're really honored by 10:03.510 --> 10:07.250 you . And 10:07.940 --> 10:11.560 a question to Alibaba . 10:11.570 --> 10:13.660 The Iraqis 10:13.670 --> 10:17.580 and and they already 10:17.580 --> 10:20.190 suffer because there's no power and 10:20.190 --> 10:22.310 there's no water and the Iraqi people 10:22.320 --> 10:25.730 is tired from what's going 10:25.730 --> 10:28.590 on , the billions that are being 10:28.600 --> 10:30.433 dispersed here and there and the 10:30.433 --> 10:34.390 project uh , despite these projects 10:34.390 --> 10:37.500 and until until now we still have any 10:37.500 --> 10:41.190 kind of sign of hope in all these 10:41.190 --> 10:43.412 sectors that you talk to most . There's 10:43.412 --> 10:45.468 no any kind of sign of hope that the 10:45.468 --> 10:47.468 Iraqi people Iraqis are kind of are 10:47.468 --> 10:50.250 desperate and uh many people talk and 10:50.250 --> 10:52.880 ever since I came here , I just wrote a 10:52.880 --> 10:56.460 few words that you always repeat and 10:56.470 --> 10:58.526 those are just words and nothing has 10:58.526 --> 11:02.230 been done . That's the 11:02.240 --> 11:04.840 first question , what are the eight 11:04.850 --> 11:08.510 ministries that have been uh allocated 11:08.510 --> 11:12.330 to have $50 billion dollars 11:12.340 --> 11:15.340 and how will these be distributed among 11:15.340 --> 11:17.451 the ministries ? And do you think the 11:17.451 --> 11:20.310 Iraqi citizen will be believe that he 11:20.310 --> 11:22.760 is an Iraqi or will have sovereignty . 11:22.840 --> 11:25.790 Will he receive all the services like 11:25.790 --> 11:28.890 border electricity ? I hope you give me 11:28.890 --> 11:31.120 an honest answer for this . 11:31.130 --> 11:34.950 We are tired of words 11:34.950 --> 11:38.930 and and transparency . 11:38.930 --> 11:42.360 So we just need an honest answer . 11:45.940 --> 11:50.330 Well , 11:50.340 --> 11:53.790 Iraq is a sovereign country and you 11:53.790 --> 11:55.846 know , whether there are services or 11:55.846 --> 11:59.760 not , We can't say that 11:59.770 --> 12:01.910 we lose hope . We know that there are 12:01.910 --> 12:04.021 so many problems . I don't want to go 12:04.021 --> 12:06.132 back to date and and and tell you how 12:06.132 --> 12:08.243 many problems ever , since ever since 12:08.243 --> 12:12.130 1980 , not a power plant or school or 12:12.130 --> 12:15.750 anything has been built until we have a 12:15.760 --> 12:19.190 huge burden That came from the former 12:19.190 --> 12:22.640 regime . And and this was accompanied 12:22.640 --> 12:26.170 by the because ever since 2003 . 12:26.180 --> 12:28.550 Uh now , for the first time we have 12:28.550 --> 12:30.370 started that there was a really 12:30.380 --> 12:32.750 something that's not planning . Uh 12:32.760 --> 12:36.530 yesterday we had a forum for the 12:36.530 --> 12:38.800 Ministry of Electricity and he was 12:38.810 --> 12:42.650 talking about a pipeline or who was 12:42.660 --> 12:45.390 what or or a power line that was 12:45.390 --> 12:48.990 targeted over 1000 times uh and was 12:48.990 --> 12:52.960 sabotaged several times . I do agree 12:52.960 --> 12:55.238 with you and agree with all the Iraqis . 12:55.238 --> 12:57.790 I don't , I don't like to hear 12:57.790 --> 13:01.590 execution excuses . I know Iraqis want 13:01.600 --> 13:03.656 electricity , I know they want water 13:03.656 --> 13:06.930 and I know um uh that as an 13:06.930 --> 13:09.520 Iraqi um to expect to get these 13:09.530 --> 13:13.160 services . The Prime Minister uh 13:13.240 --> 13:15.720 is heading a crisis committee , which 13:15.720 --> 13:19.380 is the Energy Committee uh and they 13:19.380 --> 13:21.820 held or they hold sessions every week 13:21.830 --> 13:24.240 to resolve the issue of the electricity . 13:24.240 --> 13:26.462 I don't want to take a rosy or give you 13:26.462 --> 13:28.573 a rosy image of what's going on , but 13:28.573 --> 13:30.920 we know we have a prices and fuel , 13:30.930 --> 13:34.910 but we don't want to say that the 13:34.920 --> 13:36.700 consumption of electricity has 13:36.700 --> 13:39.030 increased our , you know that Iraq is 13:39.030 --> 13:41.560 just one services and this is the point 13:41.560 --> 13:43.838 that we're all working on the Minister , 13:43.838 --> 13:45.838 the Minister of Electricity and the 13:45.838 --> 13:48.790 other ministries uh or the ministers 13:48.790 --> 13:50.790 are following up this and the Prime 13:50.790 --> 13:52.790 Minister . But there is a crisis in 13:52.790 --> 13:56.280 managing and the the the ministry's due 13:56.280 --> 13:59.650 to lack of experience and other 13:59.660 --> 14:03.430 bureaucracy or routine problems . And 14:03.430 --> 14:06.860 this affects the and also causes are 14:06.860 --> 14:09.920 important that there are some serious 14:09.920 --> 14:13.150 efforts to resolve these problems . 14:13.540 --> 14:16.200 We also uh we should take into account 14:16.200 --> 14:18.780 the threat of the terrorism because the 14:18.780 --> 14:22.220 terrorists even targeted the water 14:22.230 --> 14:26.230 pipelines and uh we have no option 14:26.230 --> 14:28.770 but to succeed in Iraq . And despite 14:28.770 --> 14:31.120 all these problems , we have the 14:31.120 --> 14:33.540 problems of terrorism and also we have 14:33.540 --> 14:36.330 the crisis of lack of experience . So 14:36.330 --> 14:38.386 all those things are challenges that 14:38.386 --> 14:40.740 face the Iraqis and we have only one 14:40.740 --> 14:43.470 option to and that is to succeed as to 14:43.470 --> 14:46.410 the eight ministries that uh the 14:46.410 --> 14:49.140 ministries of Electricity , oil , uh 14:49.150 --> 14:52.050 municipality , Education , Housing , 14:52.050 --> 14:54.600 and Reconstruction , Minister of Trade . 14:54.610 --> 14:56.610 And I think those are the AIDS that 14:56.610 --> 14:59.030 relocated And the Ministry of Defence 14:59.030 --> 15:02.870 and Interior . The disbursement will be 15:02.880 --> 15:05.660 the , for the contracting was about $5 15:05.670 --> 15:06.410 billion 15:06.410 --> 15:16.190 50 15:16.190 --> 15:18.970 billion . And if they're contracting 15:18.980 --> 15:22.720 increased or surpassed the 50 billion , 15:22.730 --> 15:25.750 they go to the Ministry of the Council 15:25.750 --> 15:29.350 of Ministers . Yes , we know 15:29.350 --> 15:31.630 that there has been efforts to reduce 15:31.630 --> 15:35.180 corruption but still those things did 15:35.180 --> 15:37.513 not contribute in the executing the bed , 15:37.513 --> 15:41.470 executing the budget uh and the 15:41.470 --> 15:45.440 other ministries Were given 15:45.440 --> 15:47.551 and the after the arrest ministries , 15:47.551 --> 15:50.860 uh they were given over $30 billion . 15:50.870 --> 15:53.080 Also , uh we gave $30 billion 15:53.080 --> 16:17.890 2008 16:17.890 --> 16:20.220 is a year of reconstruction and 16:20.220 --> 16:23.930 fighting terrorism Like to add a 16:23.930 --> 16:24.930 comment or two . 16:27.840 --> 16:29.451 two things I guess about the 16:29.451 --> 16:33.410 electricity problem . Um Three things . 16:33.420 --> 16:35.253 One is the demand has risen very 16:35.253 --> 16:37.364 quickly . And so the Iraqi people are 16:37.364 --> 16:39.587 expecting to have more electricity than 16:39.587 --> 16:41.642 wanted in the past that you have new 16:41.642 --> 16:43.753 machines . They're growing power . Um 16:43.753 --> 16:45.976 So the problem for ministry electricity 16:45.976 --> 16:47.642 is trying to keep up with the 16:47.642 --> 16:49.531 increasing demand . There are two 16:49.531 --> 16:51.253 specific problems . Now one is 16:51.253 --> 16:53.450 importing diesel fuel from outside of 16:53.450 --> 16:55.728 Iraq to run some of the big generators , 16:55.728 --> 16:58.090 for example , Museum and that's being 16:58.090 --> 17:00.090 dealt with the imports are starting 17:00.090 --> 17:03.020 will increase . Another problem is the 17:03.030 --> 17:05.197 distribution of electricity throughout 17:05.197 --> 17:07.960 Iraq . The ministry electricity sets uh 17:08.540 --> 17:10.680 amounts that each province I should 17:10.680 --> 17:12.720 take so that the electricity is 17:12.720 --> 17:15.180 distributed fairly evenly . Uh there's 17:15.180 --> 17:17.160 been difficulty in enforcing those 17:17.160 --> 17:19.540 rules . Some provinces are drawing more 17:19.540 --> 17:21.707 electricity than their allotted by the 17:21.707 --> 17:23.762 ministry because of that , it causes 17:23.762 --> 17:25.707 instability on the entire national 17:25.707 --> 17:27.651 system . Let's cause some problems 17:29.340 --> 17:29.900 previously .