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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said Wednesday that it will fend off pressure from the Iraqi government and protect its constitutional rights amid the jeopardized status of the Kurdistan Region's oil and gas sector. "The council of ministers reaffirmed that it will not give up the constitutional rights of the people of the Kurdistan Region and defend the constitutional rights in every way and will not submit to any pressure and threats from the federal government,” read a KRG statement following a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. During the meeting, the need to resolve "outstanding issues" between Erbil and Baghdad, especially oil and gas disputes, were also discussed. The KRG added that such issues can be resolved "through the enactment of a federal oil and gas law based on the constitution." Iraq's top court in February found the Kurdistan Region's oil and gas law to be "unconstitutional," therefore striking down the legal basis for the independence of the Region's oil and gas sector, a decision repeatedly slammed by Kurdish leaders. Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar last month backed the implementation of the federal court's decision on the Kurdistan Region's oil and gas law, stating that Iraq should have a standard method of managing the country's wealth. Iraq's oil ministry on Monday claimed that three major US energy firms - Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, and Halliburton - have confirmed to the ministry that they will no longer tender for new projects in the Kurdistan Region. The meeting also discussed revenues and expenditures of the KRG, criticizing the Iraqi government for not providing the required funds for salary distribution, according to KRG’s statement. "Although the cabinet was able to provide the full salary for the first six months of 2022 where the average monthly salary expenditure is 900 billion dinars, the federal government for the first six months should have sent 1.2 trillion dinars but it has only sent 400 billion dinars in two months this year," it stated. Iraq’s federal budget was passed by its parliament in March last year after heated debates and more than three months after initially being approved by the cabinet. A particularly contentious point was Erbil’s share and requirements for the KRG to hand over oil. The Kurdistan Region receiving its share of the budget is dependent on Erbil fulfilling its commitments, which include handing over 250,000 barrels of oil per day, paying back money previously borrowed from the Iraqi Trade Bank, sending non-oil revenues, and prioritizing paying the salaries of its civil servants and Peshmerga before any other spending. -
Kurdistan Council of Ministers unanimously approves the new draft labor law money and business Economy News-Baghdad The Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region held its weekly meeting, headed by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, and in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani . The Council of Ministers unanimously approved the new labor bill, and referred it to the Kurdistan Parliament for legislation . The third paragraph was devoted to the briefing related to the region’s financial report for the first six months of 2022, related to oil and non-oil revenues and expenditures (consumer, investment projects, oil and gas expenditures, support for the regional government to provide fuel for electricity production stations, energy purchases from private sector stations in the electricity sector, and provision of gasoline at the subsidized price), in addition to oil-related debts . This file was submitted by Minister of Finance and Economy Awat Sheikh Janab, Chief of Cabinet Office Omid Sabah, Council Secretary Amanj Rahim, and Acting Minister of Natural Resources Kamal Muhammad . The report indicated that the ninth cabin was able to provide the necessary funds to pay full salaries in the first six months of 2022, at a time when the average monthly spending is 900 billion dinars, while the federal government should have sent one trillion and 200 billion dinars for the first half of 2022, However, it sent only a sum of 400 billion dinars this year for two months . In spite of this, the regional government was able to distribute full salaries monthly, and other than that, more than 1.5 billion dollars of old loans were paid in the three years of the life of the ninth cabinet. The government also spent sums on consumption and advances for investment plans projects, and no new loans were provided . In addition to providing gas to electricity production plants for the first six months of 2022, the value of the gas supplied from the Kormore field to these stations amounted to $566 million, in addition to the $516 million cost of purchasing electric power incurred by the regional government for those stations during the past six months. Electricity is provided to citizens at a nominal and subsidized price. As well as subsidizing the price of gasoline and providing it with 800 dinars per liter for citizens, while it costs the regional government 1200 dinars, this is except for domestic gas, which is also provided at a subsidized price . views 390 Added 07/06/2022 - 7:42 PM Update 07/08/2022 - 8:10 AM
