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Kurdistan PM calls on Iraq federal
government to move forward on agreed revenue sharing
and oil laws
16.7.2007
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July
16, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region (Iraq), --
Mr Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of the
Kurdistan Region, today called upon the federal
government to move quickly and take the agreed draft
Revenue Sharing Law and agreed draft Oil and Gas Law
to the Council of Representatives (Iraq’s federal
parliament).
He said, “The sooner the agreed drafts are enacted
into law, the better for all Iraqi peoples. While
this law is vital for Iraqis, it is also important
that we demonstrate to the international community
that we are capable of bringing this law into
action.”
“We are concerned that the agreed drafts have been
bogged down in an obscure committee in Baghdad -
called the ‘Shura Council’, which has made
unauthorised material changes to the agreed drafts,
apparently in consultation with unnamed oil ministry
officials in Baghdad. This is not acceptable. It is
a delaying tactic that must be swept aside. The
agreed drafts must be reinstated and put to the
Parliament.” |
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister
Nechirvan Barzani. |
The Prime Minister added, “Kurdistan Alliance
members in the federal parliament are anxious to
move forward on the texts to which the KRG and the
federal government agreed. We encourage other
political blocs who care about the viability of a
federal Iraq to take a similar attitude, so that
these two important laws can be enacted as soon as
possible”.
The draft Revenue Sharing Law will, when enacted,
provide for the sharing of all petroleum revenue,
wherever derived, to be shared on a per capita basis
throughout Iraq, with a guaranteed allocation for
the Kurdistan Region.
The draft Oil and Gas Law will establish the basis
for cooperative petroleum management throughout
Iraq, with the Kurdistan Region voluntarily
delegating some of its constitutional petroleum
powers to a Federal Oil and Gas Council.
The draft Revenue Sharing Law was agreed between the
KRG and the federal authorities on 20 June. The
draft Oil and Gas Law was agreed between the
Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal
government, and approved by the Iraq Council of
Ministers, in February this year.
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