September 6, 2011
Kurdistan region accused the Maliki government to devote dictatorship and demanding the withdrawal of a draft oil law immediately
Erbil: accused the presidency of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Monday, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's disregard for political agreements to impose a version of central and devote the dictatorship of the resolution, calling on them to withdraw the draft law of oil and gas, which announced the approval recently, the conflict with the substance of the Constitution and the legal course inside the cabinet until review. A spokesman for the Presidency of the Kurdistan region in a statement obtained by "Rivers", a copy of it "after the oil policy, federal for more than six years, and the disclaimer is not justified in implementing the political agreements and avoid clear from the question of the adoption of a federal law of oil, after it was stressed continuity of compatibility such as the formation of the current Iraqi government as a prerequisite for the participation of the Kurdistan Alliance, which, surprise, now is the disposal of the Council of Ministers and the absence of most of the concerned members of the council to pass the draft is completely different to the previously agreed upon regarding the oil law."
The statement that "the method of passing the draft proposed by the Ministry of oil during the call to a summary hearing before a day of the session and presentation of a document task beyond the 50-page within minutes, Dhana from the audience it was a draft is agreed upon, and all that comes with a view to fool members of the Council of Ministers all (present and absent) and disregard for political agreements and break the confidence to impose a centralized taken the same authoritarian to perpetuate the dictatorship of economic decision and put the reins of all, however, other.
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He pointed out that the government's approval of a draft oil law, the new "Nothing could be further from the Federal Constitution and democratic practice to ensure that the role of the entitlement of the regions and governorates in maintaining the balance with the role of the federal government, which is enshrined in the Constitution , to guarantee the rights of the Iraqi people and the unity and future.
The statement added that "the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region as it condemns such a maneuver, it calls on the Council of Ministers to withdraw the draft of the oil ministry immediately, and it contradicts the substance of the Constitution and the legal avenue within the Council of Ministers until the review, and we call the presidency of the Council of Representatives to reject the draft submitted by the Council of Ministers and to continue the path of the current legislative
The statement called the House of Representatives of Iraq's "to take into account any amendments proposed by both parties on the draft law, including the reservations of the Kurdistan Alliance to the draft currently before the first reading by the Commission on oil and energy , "saying," where will the Kurdistan Alliance launched its proposals at the stage of modifications if it reaches the second reading, our commitment to the path of legal and constitutional, and preserve us to the public good."
The Iraqi government announced Sunday (28 August) on the ratification of the draft law oil and gas and to allocate it to parliament for approval. He said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said that "the Council of Ministers approved the draft new oil and gas law and decided to transmit to Parliament for approval, and considered the Council of Ministers earlier drafts of the law void, and should be withdrawn."
The Iraqi parliament warned in July Government to draft new oil and gas law if he continued the Council of Ministers to block the original bill, which sees investors an indication crucial to stability in the country and on the basis of which has all the contracts contained within the licensing rounds, the three conducted by the government to invest oil since 2008. and Iraq, which is founding member of the group OPEC countries producing and exporting countries has signed more than 11 contracts worth billions of dollars with major international companies to develop oil fields, especially South of them without an oil law, and the government had previously presented the first draft of the law in February of 2007 to parliament, but the differences political developments, especially on the relationship of the center in the governorates and the relationship of the center in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have prevented the ratification of the law in parliament.
Iraq currently produces about 2.7 million barrels a day rate of about 2.1 million southern fields and about 600 thousand barrels per day of the rights of Kirkuk, with a total issued from oil 2.2 million barrels per day exported through the ports of Basra and the port of Ceyhan. and aspires to Iraq through investment contracts signed by the increase of oil production to 11 million barrels per day by 2017.
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