September 13, 2011Oil and gas law threatens to exacerbate the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil
Amid talk of a Kurdish dream of independence
BAGHDAD - morning
threatened the Kurdistan Alliance yesterday to boycott cabinet meetings and parliamentary federal in the event pass the oil and gas law in parliament, as provided by the central government, and with sponsors Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani in Irbil on Tuesday, an important meeting with the officials and deputies of the Kurds in government and parliament federal to discuss the repercussions of the crisis, he spoke two deputies for the Kurdish right of Kurds for independence, emphasizing the region's commitment to the Constitution.
And move the location of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) for leadership in the alliance just Berwari saying that "all parties, despite their differences, compatible to pass this law, as to possess the Alliance Kurdistan only 44 seats, and therefore will pass the law, even if we voted against him, and if so Fsnqata meetings of Parliament and the federal government.
"According to Barwari," has been passed a draft law of oil and gas in the cabinet without consulting the Kurdistan region, as it dealt the central government with the region as province, but less than this size, "he said. And on the presence of ministers in response to the federal government, said that "ministers of the federal government do not represent the opinion of the region, and it was better to wait for the scheduled visit of the delegation headed by Prime Minister Barham Saleh to Baghdad, or at least consult with Barzani."
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Arbil meeting and the meeting to be held in Arbil Today the prime minister and Kurdish lawmakers the government and parliament, federal building to call on the matter of Barzani, said the meeting comes to "respond to the disregard of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the federal government at the request of Kurdistan withdraw the bill and not submitted to Parliament."
He called Barzani last week to withdraw the draft law of oil and gas , to pass in the cabinet without consulting Kurdistan, "while an MP from the Kurdistan Alliance, Qasim Mohammed, said the bill involves a" constitutional violation "to confiscate the right of the provinces and territories, and in return, come back a coalition of state law Barzani's comments inappropriate and said it came in the timing appropriate, at the time of Re-Maliki, saying that the dispute happened after the introduction of the Kurdistan Alliance, a draft law is different from the draft issued by the Council of Ministers.
Proposals Kurdish and the results expected for the meeting of Erbil, the most likely Berwari decide to meeting a delegation from the region headed by Saleh visited Baghdad, the day Next, holding notes and proposals to address the current crisis, in addition to other outstanding problems, such as Article 140 of the Constitution and the disputed areas.
"The Committee announced that oil and energy parliamentary Saturday received the draft law, and said it will study, in preparation for submission to parliament during future meetings, as approved by the government, at the end of last August, the draft of the project.
and the oil ministry announced Sunday the Kurdistan region to stop the pumping of oil from fields in the region through the system of oil exports without knowing the reasons.
In contrast, the MP for the Iraqi List, Ahmed al-Jubouri said the draft law of oil and gas provided by the Government is "the best because the oil belongs to all Iraqis is not permissible for any party monopoly," stressing "the need to remove the oil ministry from the Department of political differences."
The news agency quoted / Nina / About Jubouri as saying yesterday that "the draft law submitted by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers is the best and the guarantor of the fairness of the distribution of oil to the people all," adding that "the Constitution stressed that natural resources belong to all the people without exception, no one may exploit these resources to achieve the goals of factional or partisan specific."
Said Jubouri that "there are two bills for oil, one submitted by the Kurdistan Regional
Government and the other from the federal government, states first that the central government, which distributes wealth, and the second provides for the Local governments and regional government have the right to dispose of the oil in their areas."
Wave of independence in the meantime, the MP said the Kurdistan Alliance, Mohsen al-Sadoun, "The Kurds deserve to have a separate entity, since more than a century of struggle for the movements liberal Kurdish."
Agency quoted news / Nina / About Sadoun as saying that "the right of any people in the world achieve the dream of an independent state," adding, "So far, no call formally seeking to establish a Kurdish state."
For his part, shared by his colleague in the coalition Sheriff Soliman opinion, said that "the dream Kurds have a separate entity, a right guaranteed by the legislation heavenly status, but we are committed to the Constitution and we the interest of Iraq, "adding," I announced, in more than one occasion, that the constitution is the ruler of the country was the organizer of the relationship of the political blocs with each other. " In another matter, an MP from the mass change Bayazid Hassan was not able to Kurdistan to negotiate the establishment of a military base permanently to the U.S. forces.
The news agency quoted / Nina / good as saying that "any talk of negotiations between the Kurdistan and the United States on the establishment of a military base in the region is empty of meaning ", he says, adding that" the central government, which owns the right to negotiate in such a thing. "
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