Kurdistan: Federal Court decisions are “political”

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[size=52]Kurdistan: Federal Court decisions are “political”[/size]

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[size=31]Today, Monday, the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government considered the decisions of the Federal Court as “political.”
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The ministry said in a statement that “on May 19, 2022, the Commercial Court (Al-Karkh) in Baghdad summoned the international companies operating in the Kurdistan region, at the request of the Iraqi Oil Minister. The companies are (DNO), (Western Zagros), (HKN), (Sharman), (Gennel Energy), (Addax) and (Gulf Keystone), which carry out their business in accordance with the oil and gas law in the region. No. 22 of 2007, which was approved by the Kurdistan Parliament in accordance with the provisions of the Iraqi constitution.


[size=45]She added, "This summons to the (Karkh) Court represents the latest series of illegal measures taken by the Minister of Oil in the caretaker government in Baghdad, and it seems that these illegal practices are based on the ruling issued by a court in Baghdad that calls itself the "Federal Supreme Court." Which issued on February 15, 2022, a politically motivated decision aimed at repealing the Oil and Gas Law of 2007 in Kurdistan, while no court in Baghdad has the authority to take such a decision.”[/size]

[size=45]And she indicated, "On June 2, 2022, the Kurdistan Regional Government filed a lawsuit in the Erbil Investigation Court against the Director General of the Ministry of Oil in the Federal Government, for abusing his authority and position by intimidating and harassing companies operating in the region. The Kurdistan government believes that the Director General was practicing intimidation of companies and interfering with their contractual rights with the Kurdistan Regional Government through letters and e-mails.[/size]
[size=45]And she continued, "On June 5, 2022, the investigation court in Erbil ruled that the cases brought against international companies from the Karkh Commercial Court should be referred to the Erbil Investigation Court for investigation as evidence of a criminal complaint. The Erbil Investigation Court also decided to postpone any legal case submitted to the (Al-Karkh) Court in this regard, based on the Iraqi Code of Criminal Procedure No. (23) of 1979, which requires the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to suspend work in the Civil Court until the completion of the investigation court procedures. And decide. Even after the completion of the investigation based on Article (38) of the Iraqi Civil Procedures Law No. 83 of 1969, and according to the spatial jurisdiction, these cases must be judged and resolved by the Civil Court in the Kurdistan Region, as all the companies against which the lawsuits are filed, are registered in the Kurdistan Region Kurdistan and work in it.”[/size]
[size=45]On June 5, 2022, the Minister of Natural Resources in the Government of the Territory filed a civil lawsuit against the Minister of Oil in the Federal Government. The Kurdistan government believes, in accordance with the provisions of the Iraqi civil law, that the Minister of Oil in the federal government is responsible for sending messages and e-mails to these companies with the aim of intimidating them and interfering with their rights in contracts concluded with the Kurdistan government, according to the statement.[/size]
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