Parliamentary power: economic reasons behind the delay in sending the oil and gas law to parliament

Il Giornale 8 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The Journal News

It attributed the parliamentary energy commission, Wednesday, delayed send back the government for oil and gas law for economic reasons and lack of financial preparedness, pointing out that the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers taking place amendments to the law.

According to committee member Tariq friend Rashid's (Journal News), "The government has withdrawn a large number of laws, including the oil and gas law in order to make amendments to it before sending it to parliament for a vote, noting that" many obstacles hindering the most prominent differences between Baghdad and Erbil hinder passed in the process parliament ".

He added that the "government of law withdrew three times from the parliament after the recent major changes in the articles of the law and that's what did not embrace the government," adding that "there are other obstacles stand in front of the law is that the rule of law to provide that treatment of any oil fields are created after the vote on the law in coordination with the federal government and this is rejected by the last, "and the ills of a member of the energy committee of government denial that" it prevents the government full control of the oil wells discovered after the vote. "

The head of the Oil and Energy Committee in the House of Representatives Ares Abdullah that the project passed requires a prior agreement between Baghdad and Erbil.

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