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Iraqi Kurdistan government: AMS
unconstitutional body in Iraq
10.8.2007
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August
10, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region (Iraq), -- The
Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) is an
unconstitutional body in Iraq and has no right to
oppose laws, the government of Iraq's Kurdistan
region said in a statement on Friday.
"The AMS in Iraq is an unconstitutional body and has
no democratic legitimacy in the country's political
system," the statement said.
The Sunni AMS urged foreign companies on Tuesday
night not to conclude deals with the government of
Iraq's Kurdistan region in light of the approved oil
and gas law.
"The parliament of the Kurdistan region approved,
under pressure from its politicians, a law for oil
and gas, allowing the establishment of a national
oil company, which gives it the right to conclude
oil contracts with other companies," the AMS said.
The Kurdish government denounced that attack by the
AMS, saying "the Iraqi constitution specified the
Kurdish government and parliament's powers and
approving the oil and gas law is one of competences
of the Kurdistan's parliament."
Iraq's Kurdistan’s parliament passed the draft law
on oil and gas concerning the northern Iraqi region
on Monday after more than a month of debate.
The 62-article bill was endorsed after amendments
were made to some articles.
The official spokesman for the Kurdistan region's
government said on Wednesday that the approved oil
and gas law came within the Iraqi constitution,
noting that political
motivations stand behind the
Association of Muslim Scholars’ (AMS) rejection of
the law.
VOI
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