On 21 September, Sadiqoun MP Qaisar al-Jourani said the AAH bloc had collected more than 60 signatures to question the oil minister, and Sadiqoun bloc head MP Uday Awad said questioning would proceed because the minister’s answers were unsatisfactory. iNEWS (KSS — affiliated) carried parliamentary recommendations to reconsider the fuel-price increase, restore subsidized supplies to farmers, set a timetable for petroleum-product self-sufficiency, report production, imports, consumption, costs, stocks and provincial allocations, prevent shortages, tighten depot-to-station oversight, review senior ministry personnel and Kurdistan kerosene allocations, and reconsider hydrogenation contracts while removing underperforming companies. Watan TV (Badr Organization — affiliated) carried MP Mahdi Taqi al-Amirli’s allegation that the petrol crisis was fabricated to inflame the street and attributed to Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi the criticism that an oil-producing country should not suffer a fuel crisis or invoke the Strait of Hormuz as an excuse.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official21 Sept, 12:12
“MP Mahdi Taqi al-Amirli during the oil minister’s appearance: The petrol crisis is fabricated.”
النائب مهدي تقي آمرلي خلال استضافة وزير النفط: أزمة البنزين مفتعلة
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated21 Sept, 16:42
“MP Mahdi Taqi: I swear by the blood of the martyrs—the petrol crisis is fabricated to inflame the street.”
النائب مهدي تقي: أقسم بدماء الشهداء.. أزمة البنزين مفتعلة لتأجيج الشارع
- Watan TVBadr Organization — affiliated21 Sept, 16:50
“It is shameful for an oil-producing country to suffer a fuel crisis; do not use the Strait of Hormuz as an excuse.”
من المعيب بلد نفطي يعاني من أزمة وقود ولا تتحججون بمضيق هرمز
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated21 Sept, 17:33