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13/12/2011 10:08 BAGHDAD, Dec. 13 (AKnews) – Speaker of the Council of Representatives Osama al-Nujaifi promised that nine important laws will be passed next week and that the oil and gas law might be one of them.
Nujaifi blamed political disputes for why the oil and gas law has not been discussed and passed in the Council yet.
“We are waiting for the Council to adopt one of the three drafts that we received,” Nujaifi said.
The federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil disagree over the oil and gas legislation in the country. The Kurds accused the federal government of passing the draft law without taking the Kurdish opinion into consideration. On the other hand, Baghdad criticized Erbil for signing contracts with international oil companies without the consent of the federal Oil Ministry.
Nujaifi blamed political disputes for why the oil and gas law has not been discussed and passed in the Council yet.
“We are waiting for the Council to adopt one of the three drafts that we received,” Nujaifi said.
The federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil disagree over the oil and gas legislation in the country. The Kurds accused the federal government of passing the draft law without taking the Kurdish opinion into consideration. On the other hand, Baghdad criticized Erbil for signing contracts with international oil companies without the consent of the federal Oil Ministry.
