KDP: Oil and gas negotiations are difficult

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[size=52]KDP: Oil and gas negotiations are difficult[/size]

[size=45]The Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc described the negotiations on the oil and gas law as difficult, pointing out that there are parties that want to legislate it in a manner that is not in accordance with the constitution. "Several negotiating rounds entered by the delegation of the Kurdistan region in Baghdad faced great difficulties," said the representative of the bloc, Jay Taymur, in a statement to (Al-Mada). Timur continued,[/size]
[size=45]That "these difficulties are represented by the federal government that wants to enact this law away from the articles of the constitution that guaranteed the region and the oil-producing governorates a joint administration with the federal government that allows for fair marketing and production of oil." He pointed out, "The Kurdistan Regional Government wants a fair and just law in the light of the articles of the constitution through which it can draw up a joint oil policy with the center to come up with a fair formula that satisfies everyone." For his part, MP for the State of Law Coalition, Firas Al-Maslamawi, stated that “the priority of the presidency of Parliament and the House of Representatives is to legislate laws sent by the government, and in the second stage come the proposals of laws and committees.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Maslamawi added, “Parliamentary committees decided that the proposals and amendments of laws sent by the government should be in a way that touches the lives of citizens.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, “The important laws that Parliament intends to legislate after the receipt of its draft includes, among them, the oil and gas law,” stressing that “there is a parliamentary and governmental will to legislate it in a manner that preserves justice in the distribution of wealth.”[/size]
[size=45]Last week, the Ministry of Oil organized a meeting for the working group tasked with preparing the draft oil and gas law. The meeting was chaired by the Ministry's Adviser for Administrative, Legal and Supervisory Affairs, Hamdan Awijel, and included a number of officials in the oil companies and departments of the Ministry's headquarters. The Ministry of Oil said in a statement that the meeting aims to discuss the preparation of a draft oil and gas law, and work to develop a professional national vision that achieves the goals of optimal investment of oil wealth to serve the public interest. Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani had directed in early August to form a ministerial committee to supervise the technical dialogues between the Federal Ministry of Oil and the Ministry of Natural Resources in the region, as well as inviting the governors of the oil-producing provinces of Basra, Maysan, Kirkuk and Dhi Qar, and the general managers of the companies. Governmental Oil Ministry for the ongoing technical dialogues regarding the draft oil and gas law, provided that these dialogues are followed by the completion of the political dialogue to agree on presenting the draft law. The oil and gas law is one of the most important differences between the federal government and the Kurdistan region, and the parties did not reach a settlement on it throughout the past four parliamentary sessions. During the current parliamentary session, the political blocs are counting on finding solutions to the existing differences and pushing for understandings that satisfy all parties to pass the law.[/size]
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