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Kurdistan Coalition won't vote for Iraq
oil draft in its current form
9.7.2007
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July
9, 2007
Baghdad, Iraq, July 9,-- An Iraqi legislator
said the Kurdistan Coalition will not vote in favor
of the draft law on oil and gas in its current form,
without introducing certain amendments to it.
"The draft referred to the Iraqi parliament for
debate and approval is not the one agreed on with
Kurdish leaders," Mahmoud Othman, an MP from the
Kurdistan Coalition, the second largest
parliamentary bloc with 55 seats, said.
Othman said, "(some) essential changes were
introduced into the draft law on oil and gas without
the Kurdistan Coalition knowing about them in
advance." He, however, did not reveal the nature of
the changes in the draft.
The Iraqi government ratified the draft law on oil
and gas on Tuesday before referring it to
parliament. The draft has not been debated so far
due to failure to obtain a quorum, which is half the
parliamentary members plus one. The Iraqi parliament
has 275 members. |
Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish legislator, member of the
Kurdistan National Democratic Union |
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"We have notified the government of our reservations
on the draft. A committee was set up to consider the
Kurdistan Coalition's reservations in coordination
with the Iraqi Kurdistan government," Othman said.
The draft law on oil and gas is one of the most
controversial issues in the Iraqi political arena at
present with political blocs split over the draft,
which has to do with the country's main source of
wealth.
VOI
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