The oil dispute puts Baghdad in front of “big” legal problems.. Billions of compensation for Erbil (details)

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Shaswar Abdul Wahed presents an initiative to resolve the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over oil and gas

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Today, Thursday, the head of the Alliance for the People, Shaswar Abdul Wahed, put forward an initiative to resolve the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, related to the oil and gas file, after the Federal Supreme Court decided the unconstitutionality of the oil and gas law in the regional government.

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The rule of law reveals the reason for the repeated attacks of Kurdistan on the judiciary and confirms: We will not allow transgression

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Special - Mawazine News
, Thursday, the State of Law coalition revealed the
reason for the Kurdistan Regional Government's repeated attacks on the judiciary.
And the representative of the rule of law,
Thaer fearful, said in an exclusive interview with the agency (Mawazine News), that political courtesies and the lack of recourse
to the constitution prompted the President of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, to make these statements.
He said scary that the region was surprised when
the Federal Court issued its decision and said its word, and confused them until it prompted them to issue
unbalanced statements.
He pointed out that no talk
about the court, its impartiality and legitimacy, is not allowed, and that this talk is dangerous.
He stressed that we will not allow insulting the
court or any of the judges of Iraq.
The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government,
Masrour Barzani, had demanded, during a press conference held, earlier today, Thursday,
By re-forming a new federal court in the country, he also sent a message to the Iraqi people in
which he called on them to defend constitutional rights, and stressed that the gates of the region are open to
all the people.
On February 15, the Federal Supreme Court
declared the unconstitutionality of the oil and gas law of the Kurdistan Regional Government and
its abolition, and obligating the regional government to hand over all oil production from the oil fields in
the Kurdistan Region and other areas from which the Ministry of Natural Resources in the
regional government extracted oil and handed it over to the federal government And represented by the Federal Ministry of
Oil, a decision rejected by Erbil and considered unconstitutional. Ended 29/R77

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A political alliance puts forward an initiative to end the Baghdad and Erbil crisis regarding the oil and gas law

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Baghdad / Obelisk: A coalition for the people put forward, Thursday, March 3, 2022, an initiative to end the Baghdad and Erbil crisis related to the oil and gas law.

In a statement received by The Obelisk, the coalition stated that we will present these points in a general project to address the region's problems:

1- That both the regional government and the federal government make the Federal Court’s decision an opportunity to address and end the oil problems in a way that does not cause any harm to the country’s natural wealth of oil and gas, and that it does not negatively affect the lives of citizens and the wealth of future generations.

2- We call on all the political blocs within the Iraqi parliament to expedite the issuance of the oil and gas law so that the financial dues of the Iraqi people, especially the region and all other oil-producing provinces in the central and southern regions, are taken into account.

3- All foreign companies working in the field of oil extraction and production should remain in the Kurdistan region and continue to operate.

4- Reviewing contracts according to the approved international specifications and comparing them with all other contracts in the region and the whole of Iraq, which in some of its clauses and clauses cause a lot of harm to the national wealth, including what is underground in the region and Iraq.

5- To authorize all companies operating in the region to continue their contracts with the Kurdistan government or to conclude contracts with the federal government.

6- That the federal government in Baghdad bears all the debts owed by the regional government to foreign companies and that it pays these debts so that the federal government undertakes the project of exporting oil and transporting it to global markets at prices and costs that serve the citizens, in return that the oil infrastructure remains in the region and all companies Foreign contracts and their contracts and imports in Kurdistan (in the way we mentioned in the fifth point that they are authorized in their decisions).

7- merging all the region's imports with the federal government's imports, and that the Kurdistan region receives 17 percent of Iraq's general budget.

8- That the Kurdistan region and all oil-producing provinces benefit from petrodollar funds in addition to the monthly budget allocated to these provinces and regions

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Masrour Barzani justifies the objection to the federal decision regarding the region's oil

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(Alsumaria News) - Today, Thursday, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, renewed his criticism of the decision issued by the Federal Court regarding the region's oil law.

 

Barzani said in a press conference followed by Alsumaria News, "The federal decision is unfair and does not conform to clear constitutional articles and the spirit of the federal constitution and was based on laws prior to the era of the dissolved central system. He also did not rule out the existence of political motives at the time of the decision's issuance, stressing, "We rely on the constitution not to accept This decision, we have the constitution and the law, and we have taken a position in accordance with this constitution."

 

Barzani demanded that Parliament "make an effort to form the court in accordance with the mechanisms stipulated in the constitution, especially Article 92, instead of the current one that was formed in the Bremer era."

 

With regard to the region's oil, he stressed that "41% of the oil money is allocated to salaries, 43% to oil producing companies, 7% to debt repayment, and 9% to transporting oil to the markets."

 

The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government added, "It is expected that about one billion dollars of oil money will be returned for this month (February), but the allocation of those funds will be for salaries, which will be 400 million dollars."

 

He continued, "Out of a total of 26 months, Baghdad did not send the planned share to the region of 200 billion for 14 months, and we are not beggars knocking on Baghdad's door every month."

 

Barzani concluded by saying, "I would like to make another point that in 2007 there were a lot of efforts to pass the oil and gas law for the federal government, which was ready for a vote, but again the federal government authority at the time did not accept the law to be passed."

 

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In the document, the National Oil forms a committee to implement the decision issued by the Federal Court on the region's oil

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ERBIL — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Thursday held a press conference in Erbil to discuss a range of issues, focusing on a recent ruling by Iraqi Supreme Federal Court against Kurdistan Region’s oil sector. 

He once again reiterated that Erbil sees the ruling “unconstitutional” as the court itself has no constitutional basis and it relied on a law from 1976 of the Baath regime that was designed for a fully centralized government back then, not for a federal country. 

PM Barzani also told reporters that Erbil believes the ruling is made to cause Erbil economic and political harm. 

Constitutional Violations 

PM Barzani emphasized that the several articles from the constitution of Iraq have been either neglected or violated by Baghdad, including article 44 and article 65 which requires Iraq to establish the long-promised Federal Council, an entity that secures the rights of regions and provinces. 

“To respect the constitution, all its articles should be fully implemented. There should not be a set of articles implemented because they serve the interests of a certain side, while the rest being neglected because they don’t,” the prime minister of Kurdistan stressed. 

Oil and Gas 

Commenting on the recent ruling of the Iraqi Supreme Federal Court which called KRG’s oil industry “unconstitutional”, PM Barzani said the decision was politically motivated as articles 110, 111, 112, and 115 from the constitution of Iraq give the right to the KRG to benefit from its natural resources. 

According to the Kurdish leader, the constitution has set the jurisdictions of the federal government and the regional or provincial governments. It has also made it clear that oil and gas are natural resources belonging to the peoples of Iraq in all the provinces and regions. 

“It does not state that oil and gas belong to the federal government,” PM Barzani added, explaining that article 115 clearly states that whatever is not the authority of the federal government by the constitution, then it is the authority of the regions and provinces. 

“The Constitution divides powers between the federal government in articles 110, 115 and 121. Article 110 specifies the exclusive powers of the federal government. The management of oil and gas is not among the exclusive powers of the federal government.”

PM Barzani warned that the court’s ruling which is “unconstitutional itself” has emboldened the Iraqi federal oil ministry to undermine Kurdistan’s federal status. 

Iraqi Court’s Ruling 

Further discussing the Iraqi court’s ruling, PM Barzani reminded that the court itself lacks legal and constitutional basis. 

“The so-called Supreme Court has never been established by law. It is not the Federal Supreme Court that is stipulated in the Iraqi Constitution. A court that itself has no constitutional basis cannot rule on the constitutionality of laws,” he said. 

“It was therefore essential the Court reflect a consensus of the Iraqi people. Hence the requirement the number of judges, their method of selection, and number be determined in a law passed by a 2/3 majority of the Council of Representatives. No such law has ever been passed.”

PM Barzani reiterated Kurdistan Region’s objection “to every aspect of the ruling”, saying that the decision was made after a ten-year hiatus and KRG’s calls to give both governments in Erbil and Baghdad time to negotiate on the basis of the Constitution. 

“Already, we have sensed that the federal oil ministry has been emboldened by the court ruling, signaling intent to go far beyond its stated intent to undermine Kurdistan’s federal status. This will not change our position. We will aggressively defend our constitutional rights.”

The Ruling Relies on Baath-Era Law 

Further discussing the ruling, PM Barzani stressed that the court has relied on a law of 1976, which was designed for a fully central government during the rule of the brutal Baath regime. 

He reminded that the successive Iraqi governments taking office after 2003 have rejected every single law from the Baath era except two: a law related to the Arabization of the Kurdish territories, and this law of centralization of oil sector. 

Iraq Incapable of Fulfilling Obligations towards Kurdistan 

The Kurdish premier revealed that he had discussions with his Iraqi counterpart over the oil disputes. KRG has asked if Iraq will fulfill all the budgetary obligations towards the Kurdistan Region if Erbil gives up oil. “They said no, we don’t have the budget and we cannot provide you the [required] money. We asked if they can export [Kurdistan’s] oil, they said they don’t have the technical capacity.”

KRG Won’t Give up on Its Constitutional Rights 

The Kurdish leader stated that he had made it clear in his inauguration that the highest priority for his administration is to defend the rights of the people of Kurdistan Region under the Iraqi Constitution. According to the premier, Erbil has felt for a while that there are political efforts in Baghdad to undermine the rights of the Kurdistan Region, something that his administration will not allow to happen. 

“The Constitution allows Kurdistan to develop its own natural resources. Kurdistan’s oil and gas law complies with all the provisions of the Constitution and therefore remains valid,” the Kurdish leader said. “No court is authorized to rewrite the constitution.” 

The Way Forward for Erbil and Baghdad 

Stressing that Erbil and Baghdad should return to negotiations to address their outstanding disputes, PM Barzani said the way forward in the case of oil and gas jurisdictions is to “revive talks for a revenue-sharing law.”

“The new Council of Representatives must also enact a law for the federal supreme court, and establish a second chamber of the Iraqi Parliament – both stipulated in the Constitution,” he said. 

Concerning the existing oil contracts between the KRG and international companies, the premier said the Kurdistan Region will continue business as usual. 

“Our constitutional rights and the sanctity of our contracts have been confirmed by renowned international legal experts and several courts decisions abroad,” he added. 

“I have a message to my sisters and brothers in Iraq: Kurdistan is your friend. As part of the federal Iraq, we have constitutional rights. We do not taken anyones right and we will not accept our rights being taken. Kurdistan has its doors opened to you during thick and thin. Even the officials in positions in Baghdad now, they once lived in Kurdistan and they were welcome.” 

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SULAIMANI — The President of the New Generation Movement (NGM), Shaswar Abdulwahid, responded to a statement from the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masrour Barzani, on salaries in the Region and an initiative to resolve issues between Baghdad and Erbil. 

"We are ready to beg the federal government for people’s salaries,” Abdulwahid said at a press conference on Thursday (March 3). He stated the NGM has visited all Iraqi parties in an effort to improve the lives of the Region’s population. 

Barzani on Thursday responded to the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court’s ruling last month on the Region’s independent oil sales, referring to the court itself as unconstitutional and stating, "We are not beggars to go to Baghdad and ask for money monthly.” 

Barzani also stated the KRG has "attempted reform.”

Abdulwahid stated Barzani goes to other countries to beg for the personal benefits and interests of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) but refuses to do the same with the Iraqi federal government. 

He also questioned which reforms the KRG PM was referring to. "Which reform are they talking about? The reform w here $60 for each barrel of oil was missing?” Abdulwahid said. "If they can’t fix or reform oil sales they should resign.”

The lack of salaries has similarly limited employment in the Region and the financial crisis has also shrunk jobs in the private sector, causing many, including families and the elderly, to attempt migration to Europe. 

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The rule of law: political courtesies and lack of invoking the constitution prompted Barzani to make these statements

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On Thursday, the State of Law coalition revealed the reason for the Kurdistan Regional Government's repeated attacks on the judiciary.
And the representative of the state of law, a fearful revolutionary, confirmed in an interview with Al-Ahd News, that political courtesies and the lack of recourse to the constitution prompted the President of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, for these statements.
He said scary that the region was surprised when the Federal Court issued its decision and said its word, and confused them until it prompted them to issue unbalanced statements.
He pointed out that no talk about the court, its impartiality and legitimacy, is not allowed, and that this talk is dangerous.
He stressed that we will not allow insulting the court or any of the judges of Iraq.
The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, had called during a press conference held, earlier today, Thursday, to re-form a new federal court in the country, and also sent a message to the Iraqi people in which he called on them to defend constitutional rights, and stressed that the gates of the region are open to the people. All the people.
On February 15, the Federal Supreme Court declared the unconstitutionality of the oil and gas law of the Kurdistan Regional Government and its abolition, and obligating the regional government to hand over all oil production from the oil fields in the Kurdistan Region and other areas from which the Ministry of Natural Resources in the regional government extracted oil and handed it over to the federal government And represented by the Federal Ministry of Oil, a decision rejected by Erbil and considered unconstitutional. 

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Alliance for the People presents an 8-point initiative to resolve the oil dispute between Baghdad and Erbil

2022.03.03 - 22:35

 

Baghdad - people  

Today, Thursday, the Alliance for the People, consisting of the New Generation Movement and the Extension Movement, put forward an initiative to address the differences between Baghdad and Erbil.  

  

 

  

  

The initiative put forward by the coalition, (3 March 2022), included eight points, as follows:  

  

1- That both the regional government and the federal government make the Federal Court’s decision an opportunity to address and end the oil problems in a way that does not cause any harm to the country’s natural wealth of oil and gas, and that it does not reflect negatively on the lives of citizens and the wealth of future generations.  

  

2- We call on all the political blocs within the Iraqi parliament to expedite the issuance of the oil and gas law so that the financial dues of the Iraqi people, especially the region and all other oil-producing provinces in the central and southern regions, are taken into account.  

  

3- All foreign companies working in the field of oil extraction and production remain in the Kurdistan Region and continue to operate.  

  

4- Reviewing contracts according to the approved international specifications and comparing them with all other contracts in the region and the whole of Iraq, which in some of its clauses and clauses cause a lot of harm to the national wealth, including what is underground in the region and Iraq.  

  

5- Authorizing all companies operating in the region to continue their contracts with the Kurdistan government or to conclude contracts with the federal government.  

  

6- That the federal government in Baghdad bears all the debts owed by the regional government to foreign companies and that it pays these debts so that the federal government undertakes the project of exporting oil and transporting it to global markets at prices and costs that serve the citizens, in return that the oil infrastructure remains in the region and all companies Foreign contracts and their contracts and imports in Kurdistan (the way we mentioned in the fifth point that they are authorized in their decisions).  

  

7- Merge all the region's imports with the federal government's imports, and that the Kurdistan region receives 17 percent of Iraq's general budget.  

  

8- That the Kurdistan Region and all oil-producing provinces benefit from petrodollar funds in addition to the monthly budget allocated to these provinces and regions.  

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about oil revenues

The Minister of Finance of the Region responds to Masrour Barzani

2022.03.03 - 23:23

 

  

Baghdad - people  

The Minister of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan Regional Government of the Movement for Change responded to a statement by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani that he was aware of Deloitte's reports and the $350 million that is allocated to finance salaries per month.  

  

  

  

Awat Janab Nouri, Minister of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan Regional Government, said in a statement to Al-Chier News that "Nass" obtained it (March 3, 2022), "We are only aware of Deloitte's reports and the $350 million that comes to the account of the Ministry of Finance in the Kurdistan Regional Government every month." .  

  

The statement came in response to a statement by the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, in a press conference that stated that the Minister of Finance is aware of the amount of oil revenues that will return to the government.  

  

Deloitte is an American audit firm that has been reporting continuously on the oil and gas sector in the Kurdistan region since 2017.  

  

On Thursday, the Energy Committee of the Kurdistan Parliament revealed the region's imports from selling oil independently during the month of February.  

  

The head of the committee, Ali Hama Saleh, said in a statement to "Nas Kord" that "the treasury of the Kurdistan region obtained 350 million dollars from selling oil during the month of February at a price of 28 dollars per barrel, after excluding production and transportation costs."  

  

He added, "The low price of Kurdish oil coincides with the sale of Kirkuk oil through the region's pipelines at a price of $96 per barrel."  

  

Saleh based his guesses on the data of the Kurdish "Ronpin" organization concerned with the transparency of the oil and gas sectors, which revealed that the Kurdistan region's oil exports in February exceeded 12 million and 443 thousand barrels at a rate of 444 thousand and 424 barrels per day through the Turkish port of Ceyhan.  

  

Previous reports by Deloitte International had revealed that "about two-thirds of the region's oil imports go to the costs of production, transportation, local and foreign companies, debt repayment, in addition to Turkey's dues through which the oil pipeline passes," before the regional government announced production and transportation costs to about 60%.  

  

The employees of the region have been suffering from the delay in the payment of salaries since 2014, and the government of the region has compulsorily saved a large part of their salaries during the years of the war against ISIS.  

  

The Federal Court ruled, earlier, the unconstitutionality of the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan Regional Government.  

  

And the judiciary's media stated in a statement that "Nass" received a copy of it, (February 15, 2022), that "the Federal Court issues a ruling that the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan Regional Government is unconstitutional."  

  

He added that "the federal government obligated the region to enable the Ministry of Oil and the Federal Office of Financial Supervision to follow up on the conclusion of contracts for the sale of oil and gas in the region."  

  

The federal government also obligated "the regional government to hand over to the federal government, represented by the Federal Ministry of Oil."       

  

  

  

 

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The Federal Supreme Court is leading a historic change process to correct deviations in the legislative and executive branches.

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Friday 4 March 2022 - 11:05

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The whole world is watching with great interest and asking what is going on in the Federal Supreme Court? And who was the court relied on in issuing these historic decisions? Is what is happening a process of correcting the deviations of the legislative and executive authorities? Will the court go on the path of reform and change to the end? Or will it bow like the one before it to the winds of corruption, influence, power and money? Is there an authority that has the power to cancel the existence of this court, as demanded by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani? Questions that must be answered objectively and transparently, away from partisan and factional interests and political quarrels.

 

The current Federal Court has selected its members according to the law after the Iraqi parliament voted on the first amendment to Law No. 30 of 2005 on 3/17/2021, where both the president and members of the court took the legal oath before the President of the Republic on 11/4/2021. And it exercised its work from this date.. And the abolition of this court will only take place by legislating the Federal Court law stipulated in Article 92/Second of the Constitution, which requires voting on the law by a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives, and any talk about abolishing this court is not legally possible. Any political party, as soon as it thinks about this, will face a massive and unprecedented public anger, especially after the historical decisions adopted by this court, because the motives of some to make such provocative statements are behind them corrupt and rebellious parties against the constitution and the law, which received painful blows from this court..

 

Political observers in the entire world are following with great interest the difficult historical decisions issued by this court, which drew a new map for political and administrative reform in the country. The deviations that have marred the work of the legislative and executive authorities since the overthrow of the dictatorial regime.. Perhaps the most prominent of these historical decisions issued by this historic court is the unconstitutionality of the Oil and Gas Law No. 22 of 2007 for the Kurdistan Region, which restored sovereignty to the Iraqi people by controlling their natural resources, as well as the decision Historic unconstitutionality and validity of Diwani Order No. (29) issued by Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s Cabinet, this decision cut off the hand of crime, murder, torture, violation of sanctities, transgression of the constitution and the law, and confiscation of civil rights.The same applies to the constitutional decision that stipulates that two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives must be present at the session to elect the President of the Republic.. Whoever observes these decisions starting with the decision to certify the election results, the decision to dismiss the case related to electoral fraud, and the decision to legalize the first session of the House of Representatives, will end up being the common factor for all These decisions are in the interest of the Iraqi people and to preserve the unity of this country, and to go on the path of correcting the deviation in the work of the legislative and executive authorities.. And what this court plays in the historical role in returning the political process to its constitutional and legal path is an act that only those who are sincere to God can do. And the homeland and the people.. Long live Iraq.. Long live the Iraqi judiciary.. Long live the heroic men of the Federal Court..And the decision on the legality of the first session of the House of Representatives, will end up saying that the common factor for all these decisions is the interest of the Iraqi people and the preservation of the unity of this country, and the path of correcting the deviation in the work of the legislative and executive authorities .. and the historical role that this court plays in restoring the political process To its constitutional and legal path, it is a work that can only be done by those who are sincere to God, the homeland and the people.. Long live Iraq.. Long live the Iraqi judiciary.. Long live the heroic men of the Federal Court..And the decision on the legality of the first session of the House of Representatives, will end up saying that the common factor for all these decisions is the interest of the Iraqi people and the preservation of the unity of this country, and the path of correcting the deviation in the work of the legislative and executive authorities .. and the historical role that this court plays in restoring the political process To its constitutional and legal path, it is a work that can only be done by those who are sincere to God, the homeland and the people.. Long live Iraq.. Long live the Iraqi judiciary.. Long live the heroic men of the Federal Court..Long live the heroes of the Federal Court.Long live the heroes of the Federal Court.

 

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State Of Law: The Federal Court Has Begun To Correct The Path.. This Is The Meaning Of Its Message

04/03/2022

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Earth News/ Member of the State of Law coalition, Ahmed Al-Sufi, said today, Friday, that the Federal Court has begun to correct the "wrong" path that the political process has followed in the past years.

Al-Sufi said in a statement to “Earth News”, “I think that the Federal Court took it upon itself to correct the course of the political process due to the presence of errors and major defects in the Iraqi constitution in the way the constitution was written, as it was tainted by many defects, and then the political custom that exceeded the constitution and the spirit of the constitution.” The Iraqi Constitution.

Al-Sufi added, "We do not all forget that the side agreements that took place after every election, and even during parliamentary sessions, they transgressed the constitution, and no one objected." He continued, "Today, the Federal Court, with great courage, took it upon itself to correct this wrong path in which the political process proceeded and put the train back on the tracks."

He pointed out that "the political process today is governed by a legal opinion, and not only by side political agreements, which may strike the interests of the people and the interests of the country against the wall for a partisan interest, a narrow interest, personal interest or self-acquisition," saying: "Therefore I think that the court was very brave and wise." Very much in its recent decisions regarding the decision to open the door for candidacy, and Parliament must activate the matter by succeeding in achieving a quorum.”

Regarding the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan region, Al-Sufi expects that “the court has begun to warn everyone of the necessity of adhering to the constitution and not transgressing it for the sake of immediate or personal interests.”

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Sadiqoun: The Center and the Region’s failure to comply with the decisions of the Federation portends a catastrophe

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The Al-Sadiquon Parliamentary Bloc considered, on Saturday, the failure of the Central and Regional Governments to comply with the Federal Court’s decision regarding the dissolution of the Abu Ragheef Committee and the Oil and Gas Law portending a major catastrophe that threatens the rule of law and the prestige of the judiciary.

The representative of the bloc, Suhaila Al-Sultani, said in a statement to the "Information" agency, that "the central government must comply with the decisions of the Federal Court and issue a decision to dissolve the Abu Ragheef Committee, which the court has recognized as illegal," noting that "the central government's compliance with the federal decisions will also force the region to accept them." .

She added that "the decisions of the Federal Court must be effectively implemented by the two governments, otherwise we are facing a catastrophe that threatens the judiciary and the sovereignty of the Iraqi state."

She pointed to "the importance of the federal decisions regarding the region and the return of the southern governorates' money that was stolen years ago."

It is noteworthy that the Kurdish parties have refrained from implementing the decision of the Federal Court on the oil and gas law and have rebelled against it, especially since the central government has not yet given a decision regarding the dissolution of the Abu Ragheef Committee, especially after the federal decision of its illegality

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The Federal Supreme Court and difficult labor..

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It seems that the decision of the Federal Supreme Court related to the ruling on the unconstitutionality of the Oil and Gas Law No. 22 of 2007, put the court and its judges in front of the non-state forces rebellious against the constitution and the law. It seems that the organized campaign led by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region (Masrour Barzani) Considering that this court is not the Constitutional Court stipulated in Article (92/Second) of the Constitution, and therefore its decision that the Oil and Gas Law No. 22 of 2007 is unconstitutional is unconstitutional and not binding on the Kurdistan Regional Government, and that the regional government does not recognize this decision nor It is committed to implementing it.. and perhaps the most dangerous thing in this frantic campaign against the Federal Supreme Court is the attempt by the regional government to push the parties allied with it to rebel against the decisions of the Federal Court and not to recognize them and demand their abolition..Proceeding from our national, legal and moral duty to confront this ferocious campaign targeting the nation’s entity and its constitutional and legal foundation, we place public opinion and the Iraqi people before their national, legal and moral responsibilities. ..

 

And Ordinance No. 30 of 2005 amended is the only law of the Federal Supreme Court, and there is no other law until the original law is legislated, stipulated in Article (92/Second) of the Iraqi constitution, whose legislation has faltered since the entry into force of the constitution until this moment due to differences in views on Two main points, the first relates to the composition of the court and the second to the quorum of issuing its decisions, and by reference to Article (92/Second) of the Constitution, we find that it stipulates (that the Federal Supreme Court shall consist of a number of judges, experts in Islamic jurisprudence and legal scholars, whose number shall be determined and the method of their selection organized, The work of the court is through a law enacted by a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives. There were two trends regarding the composition of the court. The first sees that the court consists of three categories: judges, Islamic jurisprudence experts and legal scholars, and all of them are original members of the court and are treated the same.As for the second trend, the formation of the court is made up of judges only. As for Islamic jurisprudence experts and legal scholars, their role is advisory only, providing expertise in their field of specialization at the court’s request from them, as is the case in civil courts that seek the assistance of experts in various jurisdictions.. As for the point of contention The second is related to the quorum for issuing decisions by the court, as some have argued that the court is like any other court consisting of a panel or a number of judges, and decisions are issued by it either by agreement or by a simple majority (more than half of its members), while the second opinion is that The court issues decisions in which there is a kind of privacy, so it must be according to a certain majority, such as being two-thirds, as is the case in the text of Article (5/first) of Ordinance No. (30) of 2005 regarding disputes between the federal government and the governments of the regions, governorates, municipalities and local administrations ,A third opinion held that some members of the court have (the right of veto) and without their consent, the court does not issue a decision on certain issues.. Because of these differences in viewpoints and regardless of the justifications of their owners, all attempts to legislate the origin of the law of the Federal Supreme Court have been thwarted, and because of this failure to Legislating this law, especially with the requirement (the presence and approval) of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives for this law, meaning that it is not just a quorum by the presence of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House, but this attendance must be accompanied by the approval of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives.. That is why it was not possible to legislate this The law is from 2005 until now.Because of this failure to legislate this law, especially with the requirement (the presence and approval) of a majority of two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives on this law, meaning that it is not just a quorum in the presence of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House, but this attendance must be accompanied by the approval of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives. For this reason, this law has not been enacted since 2005 until this moment.Because of this failure to legislate this law, especially with the requirement (the presence and approval) of a majority of two-thirds of the members of the House of Representatives on this law, meaning that it is not just a quorum in the presence of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House, but this attendance must be accompanied by the approval of a two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives. For this reason, this law has not been enacted since 2005 until this moment.

 

 What further complicated the matter was the issuance of the Federal Court’s decision No. (38/2019) on 5/21/2019, according to which the authority of the Supreme Judicial Council to nominate the president and members of the court was abolished. He had to retire at his request due to his poor health and then his death, and the death of another member, the quorum of the court was disrupted, because Article (5) of Order No. (30) for the year 2005 requires the presence of all its members, according to the law, nine. With the approaching date of the early elections on 10/10/2021, as Article (93/Seventh) of the Constitution stipulates that the Federal Court ratify the election results, the House of Representatives found itself facing a fait accompli of the necessity of addressing the constitutional vacuum according to two options that have no third one: Legislation The origin of the law stipulated in Article (92/Second) of the Constitution, or the continuation of amending Order No. (30) of 2005..After the Council was unable to legislate the original law stipulated in Article (92/Second), order No. (30) for the year 2005 was amended.. With this amendment, the current Federal Supreme Court gave birth to this difficult birth after a difficult labor that plunged the country into the constitutional vacuum about two years..

 

How did the regional government accept this court's approval of the results of the parliamentary elections? And how did it accept its decisions related to responding to the appeals against electoral fraud and its decision to rule on the legitimacy of the first session of the House of Representatives and to reopen the door for nomination for the presidency of the republic again by the House of Representatives?? Does this mean that the regional government has the right to accept or reject the decisions of this court based on its desire, interest and the mood of Mr. Masrour Barzani?? When Mr. Masrour Barzani and his allies are able to legislate the law of the Federal Supreme Court stipulated in Article (92/Second) of the Constitution, then let him be so kind and demand the abolition of this court..

 

Heavenly hands

On 05/03/2022

[dinarham]

Iraq is the 5th largest oil producer in the world , has !0% of the world's oil reserves , and produces 500 times more oil than they consume . Once the Oil and gas law is resolved and the government is fully seated , BOOM!

[ametad]

Restorative and productive work as they complete the establishment of the Federation. I like this news. Would love to see the confluence of a structural adjustment to the constitution with the National Oil Company taking the lead on all oil sales for Iraq, implementation would most likely be through the HCL.

[dinarham]

Apparently Iraq is one of the few nations that are not condemning Russia , other hold outs being China and Iran . Iraq sells a lot of oil to China ,so does Iran . Iraq needs to supply the oil that's needed when oil is cut off from Russia . 

[dinarham]

  Maybe that will change once they have a fully formed government.

[MEP01]

How long is it going to take Iraq to have a fully formed government?

How long have they been working on it?

[6ly410]

l-Saadawi: The region has been smuggling oil for years, and the court's decision obligated Baghdad to receive imports

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The former deputy and member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee in the last session of Parliament, Abdul Hadi Al-Saadawi, confirmed that the region has been smuggling oil for years without delivering any imports to Baghdad, pointing out that the Federal Court’s decision obligated Baghdad to receive imports from the region.

Al-Saadawi told Al-Maalouma, "Kurdistan does not have the authority to receive any sums related to oil exports through its ports, but there is smuggling of oil from the region towards Turkey and through the port of Ceyhan."

He added that "the region has continued in the past years to export oil without delivering Baghdad any imports, as this was noted in the budget and it was demanded in Parliament not to pay any dues to the region unless Baghdad delivers oil and other revenues."

And he indicated that "Kurdistan is obligated to deal with the decision of the Federal Court, in addition to the fact that the decision is binding on the federal government, the Ministry of Oil and the SOMO Company to receive oil imports from the region, and no country has the right to supply Iraqi oil through its ports." finished 25

[6ly410]

Al-Muttalib excludes Barzani from being held accountable after his attack on the Federal 

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On Monday, independent politician Saad Al-Muttalib ruled out the accountability of Masrour Barzani, following his recent statements and his attack against the Federal Court, explaining that the executive authority is far from implementation.

Al-Mutalibi said in a statement to the "Information" agency, "The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, came out by attacking the Federal Court and calling for it to be abolished without accountability or accountability," noting that "the executive authority is the hand of the judiciary and the government did not move a finger."

He added that "there is no one to hold Barzani accountable for attacking the Iraqi judiciary after his decision regarding the oil and gas law, which the government has not implemented or applied as it is an executive body."

He pointed to "the need to hold Masrour Barzani accountable, especially after his recent calls to abolish the Federal Court and openly challenge it," noting that "not being held accountable will weaken the power of the state."

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, had attacked the federalism and called for the formation of a new federal court in Iraq after he rejected its decision on the oil and gas law

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Sultani: The region is the government’s spoiled child, and it will not demand oil imports from it

Last update 03/07/2022 | 5:53 pm

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The representative of Baghdad Governorate, Suhaila Al-Sultani, commented, on Monday, that the central government ignored the decisions of the Federal Court and did not obligate the region to hand over oil imports and implement the oil and gas law, explaining that the region is the spoiled child of the government and Basra is suffering.

Al-Sultani said in a statement to the Information Agency, that "the central government is far from taking into account the governorates of the center and the south, so it considers the region its spoiled child, and Basra and the south has been suffering for years," noting that "the government will not ask the region for oil imports because of the agreements."

He added that "there are many reasons why the central government did not request the region to implement the decisions of the Federal Court on the oil and gas law, most notably the consensus that helps the current prime minister in climbing the second term."

And she indicated that "the central government must fulfill its duty towards the central and southern governorates, as well as the region, and control its borders and prevent the illegal export of oil."

The former representative of the Wisdom Movement, Muhammad al-Lakash, was surprised by the silence of the House of Representatives and the leaders of political blocs against Barzani’s party’s rebellion against the constitution and the decisions of the Federal Court, which “will open the door for other parties to revolt as well.” Ended / 25 f