A parliamentarian calls for speeding up the adoption of the oil and gas law: it will regulate the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil
Information / special… A member of the House of Representatives, Muhammad Saadoun al-Sudani, demanded, on Wednesday, the need to expedite the approval of the oil and gas law, and while stressing that the law will regulate the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil, he indicated that Kurdistan is required to abide by the decisions of the Federal Court.
Al-Sudani said in an interview with Al-Maalouma agency, “The issue of oil and gas is one of the most prominent outstanding problems between Baghdad and Erbil. As a result, everyone must resort to the decisions of the Federal Court.”
He added, “The judiciary has, more than once, proven the unconstitutionality of oil sales and exports by the region without returning to the federal government.”
The member of the House of Representatives explained, “The oil and gas law is supposed to speed up its legislation in order to solve this problem,” calling on the regional government to “commit to the federal decisions and the constitution, which stand at the same distance from everyone.”
Al-Sudani pointed out that “the oil and gas law will regulate the relationship between the region and the center and will put points above letters.”
The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Wafaa Muhammad, had confirmed that “everyone, especially the Baghdad government, is hasty to implement the agreement on the oil and gas law,” hoping that “an agreement will be reached to approve the law during the coming period.”
Earlier, a member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee, Alaa Al-Haidari, confirmed that his committee is in the process of making amendments to the oil and gas law, the most prominent controversial legislation, as well as the law of the National Oil Company, indicating that the political will between Baghdad and Erbil is ideal for passing the law.
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