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Iraq: a preliminary consensus between Baghdad and Erbil, the formula for the oil and gas law
• 03/01/2012 7:52
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MP Furat al-Shara
"Portal Iraq," Baghdad - revealed to the Commission on oil and energy in the Iraqi Council of Representatives on Tuesday for a preliminary consensus has recently been the province of Kurdistan and the federal government on a new formula to approve oil and gas law, explaining that she was currently working to translate the compatibility with a combination of a draft law proposal. And ended the three committees negotiating a joint between Baghdad and Arbil, the end of October / October negotiations in Baghdad on the outstanding issues, and raised the three reports to the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
The reports covered the main outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, which is one of the disputed areas, the budget of the Regional Corps (Peshmerga), and the law of oil and gas.
A member of the Furat al-Shara, said the "consensus principle has recently been the province of Kurdistan and the federal government on a formula for the ratification of the oil and gas, through a review of the draft law of oil and gas for 2007 and a proposed law submitted by the 60-member Council of Representatives members, with the review are correct without prejudice to the substance of the paragraphs of legal and constitutional. "
He said Islam is a member of the National Alliance that "the committee began to review the laws in order to get out the law of one deletes from the controversial material, free from political influences, to be submitted to Government for approval and forwarded to the Parliament again."
Since the adoption of the Constitution of Iraq, such as oil and gas law the most outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, which is no less important for decision makers in the region on Article 140 of the Constitution on the disputed areas.
The dispute is between Arbil and Baghdad on 41 oil contracts signed by the provincial government since 2007 until now and Baghdad described the lack of transparency in the signature. The rejection of the Kurdistan region recently a draft law of oil and gas approved by the Iraqi government and sent to the House of Representatives for approval.
He says the region that the draft law, however, focus the powers of the Federal Government in the management of oil wealth at the expense of the region and the provinces, as it passed by the Council of Ministers, without due process of law.
The oil imports about 95% of Iraq's budget, but so far nothing in the law regulating the affairs of the country after the failure of the House of Representatives to pass Bdorth previous oil and gas law, which was expected to rise oil situation if approved.
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• 03/01/2012 7:52
• Economy
• no comments
MP Furat al-Shara
"Portal Iraq," Baghdad - revealed to the Commission on oil and energy in the Iraqi Council of Representatives on Tuesday for a preliminary consensus has recently been the province of Kurdistan and the federal government on a new formula to approve oil and gas law, explaining that she was currently working to translate the compatibility with a combination of a draft law proposal. And ended the three committees negotiating a joint between Baghdad and Arbil, the end of October / October negotiations in Baghdad on the outstanding issues, and raised the three reports to the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
The reports covered the main outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, which is one of the disputed areas, the budget of the Regional Corps (Peshmerga), and the law of oil and gas.
A member of the Furat al-Shara, said the "consensus principle has recently been the province of Kurdistan and the federal government on a formula for the ratification of the oil and gas, through a review of the draft law of oil and gas for 2007 and a proposed law submitted by the 60-member Council of Representatives members, with the review are correct without prejudice to the substance of the paragraphs of legal and constitutional. "
He said Islam is a member of the National Alliance that "the committee began to review the laws in order to get out the law of one deletes from the controversial material, free from political influences, to be submitted to Government for approval and forwarded to the Parliament again."
Since the adoption of the Constitution of Iraq, such as oil and gas law the most outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, which is no less important for decision makers in the region on Article 140 of the Constitution on the disputed areas.
The dispute is between Arbil and Baghdad on 41 oil contracts signed by the provincial government since 2007 until now and Baghdad described the lack of transparency in the signature. The rejection of the Kurdistan region recently a draft law of oil and gas approved by the Iraqi government and sent to the House of Representatives for approval.
He says the region that the draft law, however, focus the powers of the Federal Government in the management of oil wealth at the expense of the region and the provinces, as it passed by the Council of Ministers, without due process of law.
The oil imports about 95% of Iraq's budget, but so far nothing in the law regulating the affairs of the country after the failure of the House of Representatives to pass Bdorth previous oil and gas law, which was expected to rise oil situation if approved.
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