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Baghdad cuts Kirkuk power struggle
10/01/2012 15:36
KIRKUK, Jan. 10 (AKnews) - The Kurdish deputy leader of Kirkuk Provincial Council Rebwar Talabani has said that since Kirkuk brokered a contract with an investor from Kurdistan Region for provision of 250 megawatt electricity last year, the Iraqi Electricity Ministry "wants to cut national power" to the city.
The Ministry has already reduced national power reaching Kirkuk by 75 MW. It is cutting the power of Dubiz and giving its share to other Provinces.
Even the power from the Kurdistan Region has been cut to 175 MW.
Regular power cuts once again cause problems for the citizens of Kirkuk who are concerned, as are their officials and politicians.
Fuad Hussein, a member of Kirkuk Council, told AKnews so far Baghdad government has not "complied with" the decision to purchase electricity for Kirkuk from Kurdistan. To solve this issue over power, a delegation will be sent to Baghdad.
Kirkuk is the most high profile of the so-called disputed territories. Who holds sovereignty over the city was meant to have been decided in 2007. Article 140 of the constitution gives a three step process culminating in a referendum on whether the city joins Kurdistan Region or stays under Baghdad's rule.
The constitution stipulates this article must be enacted by the end of 2007. Kirkuk is incredibly oil rich which is why the ultimate decision on which side of the Kurdistan Region-Iraqi border it lies. Around 40% of Iraq's oil reserves lie within 60 km of Kirkuk, neither Erbil nor Baghdad want to give up on that.
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10/01/2012 15:36
KIRKUK, Jan. 10 (AKnews) - The Kurdish deputy leader of Kirkuk Provincial Council Rebwar Talabani has said that since Kirkuk brokered a contract with an investor from Kurdistan Region for provision of 250 megawatt electricity last year, the Iraqi Electricity Ministry "wants to cut national power" to the city.
The Ministry has already reduced national power reaching Kirkuk by 75 MW. It is cutting the power of Dubiz and giving its share to other Provinces.
Even the power from the Kurdistan Region has been cut to 175 MW.
Regular power cuts once again cause problems for the citizens of Kirkuk who are concerned, as are their officials and politicians.
Fuad Hussein, a member of Kirkuk Council, told AKnews so far Baghdad government has not "complied with" the decision to purchase electricity for Kirkuk from Kurdistan. To solve this issue over power, a delegation will be sent to Baghdad.
Kirkuk is the most high profile of the so-called disputed territories. Who holds sovereignty over the city was meant to have been decided in 2007. Article 140 of the constitution gives a three step process culminating in a referendum on whether the city joins Kurdistan Region or stays under Baghdad's rule.
The constitution stipulates this article must be enacted by the end of 2007. Kirkuk is incredibly oil rich which is why the ultimate decision on which side of the Kurdistan Region-Iraqi border it lies. Around 40% of Iraq's oil reserves lie within 60 km of Kirkuk, neither Erbil nor Baghdad want to give up on that.
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