Parliamentary and political movement to put the oil and gas law to a vote within Parliament

[keylime]

10 hours ago, gregp said:

Parliament hasn’t returned from recess yet. When they do, they will have to receive the draft. Once the receive the draft, they will have to work it into their discombobulated schedule. Once they work it into their schedule, they will have to form a committee to break it down. This will involve all the different religious sects. They will argue over who’s going to be on the committee, and who has more relevance to the outcome based on their region. Once they do this, it’ll take at least 30 days to 60 days to come up with a solution to submit to the rest of the parliamentarians for a vote. They will talk about in the coming days for about 30 days to place the vote. And if, and after they approve the vote, they will have to prepare a final draft to go to the president of parliament to get drawn up so they can go to the president for approval. He will fly around 20 more countries, shaking hands, and once he returns, hopefully he can approve it within a week. I hope there’s a good outcome to this.

It’s been a long ride and I truly appreciate all the news posters because that’s a lot of work.

Not this time.  They will receive the proposed law which has already been fleshed out in the budget. They will pass it in short order and if Montana is correct  the RV will happen soon after. August will be our month. We have never been closer. 

[gregp]

3 hours ago, 3n1 said:

 

Adam - 12

 

Oh dang!😂

[gregp]

3 hours ago, 3n1 said:

 

Adam - 12

 

We might need an IV with Ringers! 😂

[screwball]

as i said this could take one reading if they finish reading the national oil company law which i believe was waiting on there third and final amendment or we could be up for another 6 months of BS

Edited July 4, 2023 by screwball

[JonnyV]

17 minutes ago, screwball said:

as i said this could take one reading if they finish reading the national oil company law which i believe was waiting on there third and final amendment or we could be up for another 6 months of BS

 

I agree with your former statement.  The latter one, the Iraqis will not put up with more delays.  They want their currency worth more.  They can do it on oil alone no problem.  

[gregp]

5 hours ago, keylime said:

Not this time.  They will receive the proposed law which has already been fleshed out in the budget. They will pass it in short order and if Montana is correct  the RV will happen soon after. August will be our month. We have never been closer. 

Fingers crossed. 👍🏻

[rvmydinar]

15 hours ago, horsesoldier said:

Adam West.... Batman 

Black Adam?

[yota691]

Parliament is moving to launch a "bullet of mercy" for the disputes between Baghdad and Erbil

2023-07-03 09:36

Shafaq News/ A member of the Oil and Gas Committee in the Iraqi parliament, Ali Abdul Sattar al-Mashkoor, suggested, on Monday, the approval of the oil and gas law during the current parliamentary session, considering the passage of this law as a "bullet of mercy" for all financial and oil disputes between Baghdad and Erbil.

 

The oil and gas law, which has been stalled in the Iraqi parliament since its first session until today, is one of the most prominent points on which a preliminary agreement was reached between the two sides, but there are signs of disagreement that may affect the possibility of passing it.

 

The oil and gas law in Iraq, which has been awaiting legislation in parliament since 2005, stipulates that the responsibility for managing the country's oil fields must be entrusted to a national oil company, and it is supervised by a federal council specialized in this matter.

 

Al-Mashkoor told Shafaq News agency, "The oil and gas law has been returned to the cabinet to amend some of its paragraphs, pending the completion of the amendments and putting it to vote during the current parliamentary session."

 

He added, "The law will regulate the oil and financial relationship between the provinces and districts and between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government," stressing that "the main reason for spinning the wheel of the oil and gas law and its approval after 18 years of deportation and postponement, is to end the eternal dispute between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government."

 

A member of the Parliamentary Oil and Gas Committee promised that the approval of the oil and gas law would be a "bullet of mercy" for all financial and oil disputes between Baghdad and Erbil.

 

Regarding the political differences that may arise in conjunction with passing the paragraphs of the law, Al-Mashkoor believed that "every law is not devoid of existing political differences and tensions, and it is not possible to reach absolute acceptance by all parties of the enacted laws."

[nannab]

Good morning Yota and DV Happy 4th of July!!!! 

[horsesoldier]

5 hours ago, rvmydinar said:

Black Adam?

More " Adam's" than I thought of.

[Half Crazy Runner]

4 hours ago, nannab said:

Good morning Yota and DV Happy 4th of July!!!! 

Happy July 4th to you too! 🇺🇸🎆

[gregp]

5 hours ago, nannab said:

Good morning Yota and DV Happy 4th of July!!!! 

Mornin!👍🏻👍🏻

[horsesoldier]

...a bullet of mercy?WT HELL!

[horsesoldier]

I mean, we'd all hope some of these would take a bullet of mercy to relieve our misery somewhat but this !!

Hey, we always have hope, right!?

[Artitech]

On 7/1/2023 at 10:12 PM, horsesoldier said:

More of the same year in, year out.

Unfortunately, for us, this is these sorry b$ M.O. !

[6ly410]

[6ly410]

On 7/2/2023 at 3:12 PM, 6ly410 said:

"the parliamentary oil and gas committee is determined to approve the oil law of the region immediately after the legislative recess of parliament,"

 

[6ly410]

The National Union unveils a pre-agreement to pass the oil and gas law

• Today 11:13

Information / Baghdad.

PNA unveils advance agreement to pass oil and gas law | Information (almaalomah-me.translate.goog)

The rapporteur of the parliamentary bloc of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Karwan Ali Yaruis, revealed on Sunday the existence of a political agreement to pass the oil and gas law in parliament, stressing that discussions on it will be launched after the end of the legislative recess.

 

"The oil and gas law is one of the most important laws, which ends the dispute between the federal government and the regional government and guarantees the rights of Iraq in general," Yarois told Al-Maalouma.

He added that "there is a political desire among the forces of the State Administration Coalition to approve the law during the current parliamentary session," noting that "the legislation of the law helps to resolve differences between the governments of Baghdad and the region."

"Parliament is close to enacting the oil and gas law, and discussions on it will begin after the end of the legislative recess," he said.

KDP MP Jiay Timur confirmed in a previous interview with Al-Maalouma that there is a political consensus to pass the oil and gas law during the current parliamentary session. Finished / 25h

[horsesoldier]

Hmmm...a pre-agreement. You agree to agree before you agree ?

That's like pre-boarding your flight. Get on before you get on.

Well, as long as it comes to a positive & SPEEDY conclusion, get on with it.

[6ly410]

Newspapers follow the ongoing debate about the oil and gas law and agricultural measures in the face of water scarcity

Monday 10, July 2023 01:00 | JournalismNumber of readings: 124

Newspapers follow the ongoing debate about the oil and gas law and agricultural measures in the face of water scarcity (ninanews-com.translate.goog)

 

Baghdad /NinaNewspapers published in Baghdad on Monday, the tenth of July, followed the ongoing controversy over the oil and gas law and agricultural measures in the face of water scarcity. And other issues, including the continued suffering of citizens from the deterioration of electricity. On the oil and gas law, the newspaper / Al-Sabah / which is issued by the Iraqi Media Network: "Official circles are waiting for the start of a new phase of the journey to resolve the fate of the draft oil and gas law, as one of the most controversial laws after 2003."

She added: "The renewed oil dispute between Baghdad and Erbil in each government has been the cause of political rupture at times and turns into part of the settlement files on the basis of which a fragile relationship between the federal government and the Kurdistan region was built."
She continued: "The oil and gas law is a pending file, as soon as an interim agreement sees the light - as it happened before the formation of the government - until the draft law is left in the parliament's drawer."
Nawab believes, according to Al-Sabah: "The current time is one of the best times to pass the complex law, thanks to the partial and interim stability in the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil, despite the rejection of the Kurdistan Judicial Council's decision of the Federal Supreme Court to deliver crude oil to the federal government, stressing the constitutionality of the oil law in force in the region."

A member of the parliamentary energy committee, Kazem al-Touki, said in a statement to the newspaper: "The oil and gas law consists of political and technical aspects," pointing to the need to take into account the timing of its approval by saying : "The best time to pass it is the current time, because the Kurdish parties are forced to legislate it after preventing the region from exporting oil, and this means more flexibility in Erbil's position."
Meanwhile, MP for the National Union Karwan Ali, in an interview with Al-Sabah, expected that the oil and gas law will be approved according to the government curriculum in the coming months because it is an important law and regulates the extraction of the country's wealth.
He said: "It is unreasonable for a country like Iraq to remain without an oil and gas law," stressing: "This law will radically solve the problems between Baghdad and Erbil, and may be approved within 6 months."

Al-Zawra newspaper, which is published by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, followed the measures of the Ministry of Agriculture to confront the problem of drought and water scarcity.
In this regard, she quoted the ministry's official spokesman, Mohammed Al-Khuzaie, as saying: "There is more than one call for the use of modern spraying technologies and pivotal and fixed sprinklers to rationalize and rationalize water consumption, so that the support plans that will be provided to farmers and farms will be conditional on their use of these sprinklers.
Al-Khuzaie added: "Today there is a forestry in the water situation in Iraq, it is a very difficult situation, and the water storage in Iraq is decreasing until we reached the stage of 7 billion cubic meters, and the summer is a long one." The season for high temperatures and the large number of water needs, which requires everyone, even the average citizen, to guide his use of water."

He pointed out: "There are problems with upstream countries, specifically Turkey, regarding the release of Iraq's water shares in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and this caused a decrease in the Iraqi water reservoir until we reached the stage of forestry."
He continued: "The Ministry's allocations within the budget were not enough and were frustrating, and there were several invitations and meetings with the Parliamentary Finance Committee and with the Chairman of the Committee and with the Ministry of Finance, but unfortunately they did not result in An increase in these allocations, and therefore 650 billion dinars does not meet the needs of the Ministry of Agriculture and authorizes it to carry out all tasks, as well as its visions for the development of the agricultural reality in Iraq, which needs at least three times the current amount because it provides only 35-40% of the ministry's actual needs."
As for the newspaper / Zaman / it continued to follow up the suffering of citizens from the deterioration of electrical energy with art The great temperature rose.

In this regard, she said: Manifestations of anger have escalated in Baghdad and the southern provinces due to the major setback witnessed by the national electricity system and the decline in the hours of obtaining equipment in the season witnessed by Iraqis, amid worst demands for The dismissal of negligent people and the allocation of an emergency session of the Ministerial Energy Council to develop solutions to the continuous outage, in light of the wave of heat that controls the country's airspace.
The newspaper added: "Citizens held the government responsible for the failure in the energy file and the decline in processing hours, especially as it has promised on more than one occasion to improve service and increase processing hours during the height of summer, which is witnessing an unprecedented rise in temperatures, but the reality indicates the government's continued silence on the setback of the national system and not paying attention to the subject, as it was more appropriate to hold an emergency session to hold negligent and take a number of measures to mitigate the impact of the heat wave that Iraqis have been suffering under since days."
Citizens pointed out, according to the newspaper, "The darkness hangs over the provinces of the center and south because of the unprogrammed interruptions as a result of the collapse of most of the generating stations that were affected by the lack of supply of Iranian gas, despite the payment of Iraq's debts, but the problem has become recurring significantly for regional political reasons similar to the water file.

They called on the government to search for alternative sources such as electrical interconnection with the Gulf or with Jordan, because the continuation of the crisis will lead to problems with ominous consequences, stressing: "Most officials do not feel the suffering of the street because they Enjoy the coolness of air conditioning, which does not cost them to pay monthly subscriptions to the owners of generators, which has become an excessive link that drains the pockets of families in addition to collecting the electricity list.

[horsesoldier]

Oh good lord: 2 Serious Crises  🤣 

Too bad we're still waiting for the ever elusive & mysterious RV: I'd have already moved on and forever closed the door to Iraq.

We're way past " enough is enough " and passed through some strange membrane of Time into some extraordinary psychotic neurotic bizzare bad s*"t Iraqi mojo. 

We're in the Nightmare Zone 😆

[yota691]

Nawab: Oil and gas return to the top priorities

The first  2023/07/10

 

 

  Baghdad: Haider Al-Jaber

The official circles are awaiting the start of a new phase of the journey to resolve the fate of the draft oil and gas law, as one of the most controversial laws after 2003. The renewed oil dispute between Baghdad and Erbil in each government was a cause of political estrangement at times and turned into part of the conflict. Settlement files on the basis of which a fragile relationship between the federal government and the Kurdistan region was built.

The oil and gas law is a pending file. As soon as an interim agreement saw the light - as happened before the formation of the government - the draft law was left in the drawers of Parliament.

On February 15, 2022, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that the private oil and gas law in the regional government was unconstitutional. The decision also stipulated that the oil contracts concluded by the Kurdistan government with oil companies, parties, and foreign countries are invalid.

Representatives believe that the current time is one of the best times for passing the complex law, thanks to partial and interim stability in the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil, despite the Kurdistan Judicial Council's rejection of the Federal Supreme Court's decision to hand over crude oil to the federal government, stressing the constitutionality of the oil law in force in the region.

The oil and gas law in Iraq, which has been awaiting legislation in Parliament since 2005, stipulates that the management of all oil fields in the country must be under the responsibility of a national oil company under the supervision of a specialized federal council.

A member of the Parliamentary Energy Committee, Kazem Al-Touki, told Al-Sabah: “The oil and gas law consists of political and technical aspects,” pointing to the need to take into account the timing of its approval by saying that “the best time to pass it is the current time, because the Kurdish parties are forced to legislate it after preventing the region.” From exporting oil, this means more flexibility in Erbil's position."

The federal government had resorted to international arbitration procedures with Turkey in 2014 at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, which in 2022 issued its decision in favor of Baghdad. The ruling led to the suspension of exports and obligated the Kurdistan government to negotiate with the federal government.

And the representative of the National Union, Karwan Ali, expected, in an interview with "Al-Sabah", that "the oil and gas law will be approved according to the government's curriculum during the coming months, because it is an important law and regulates the extraction of the country's wealth."

Ali believes that "it is unreasonable for a country like Iraq to remain without an oil and gas law," stressing that "this law will fundamentally solve the problems between Baghdad and Erbil, and it may be approved within 6 months."

Edited by: Ali Abdel-Khalek

[yota691]

MPs and experts comment

The most controversial law.. Oil and gas are back to the fore again

2023.07.10 - 09:30

 

Baghdad - Nas  

Official circles are waiting for the start of a new phase of the journey to resolve the fate of the draft oil and gas law, as one of the most controversial laws after 2003. The renewed oil dispute between Baghdad and Erbil in each government was a cause of political estrangement at times and turned into part of the settlement files built on Its basis is a fragile relationship between the federal government and the Kurdistan region.  

 

The oil and gas law is a pending file, so as soon as an interim agreement saw the light - as happened before the formation of the government - the draft law was left in the drawers of Parliament.  

  

On February 15, 2022, the Federal Supreme Court ruled that the private oil and gas law in the regional government was unconstitutional. The decision also stipulated that the oil contracts concluded by the Kurdistan government with oil companies, parties, and foreign countries are invalid.  

  

Representatives believe that the current time is one of the best times for passing the complex law, thanks to partial and interim stability in the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil, despite the Kurdistan Judicial Council's rejection of the Federal Supreme Court's decision to hand over crude oil to the federal government, stressing the constitutionality of the oil law in force in the region.  

  

The oil and gas law in Iraq, which has been awaiting legislation in Parliament since 2005, stipulates that the management of all oil fields in the country must be under the responsibility of a national oil company under the supervision of a specialized federal council.  

  

A member of the Parliamentary Energy Committee, Kazem Al-Touki, said, "The oil and gas law consists of political and technical aspects," pointing to the need to take into account the timing of its approval by saying that "the best time to pass it is the current time, because the Kurdish parties are forced to legislate it after preventing the region from exporting oil, and this It means more flexibility in Erbil's position."  

  

The federal government had resorted to international arbitration procedures with Turkey in 2014 at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, which in 2022 issued its decision in favor of Baghdad. The ruling led to the suspension of exports and obligated the Kurdistan government to negotiate with the federal government.  

  

And the representative of the National Union, Karwan Ali, expected that "the oil and gas law will be approved according to the government's curriculum during the coming months, because it is an important law and regulates the extraction of the country's wealth."  

  

Ali believes that "it is unreasonable for a country like Iraq to remain without an oil and gas law," stressing that "this law will fundamentally solve the problems between Baghdad and Erbil, and it may be approved within 6 months."  

  

  

Source: the official newspaper  

[BETTYBOOP]

Within 6 months. Takes them to January 2024..... what did I say on another thread about then not distributing the budget etc??? 

[Jaygo]

3 minutes ago, BETTYBOOP said:

Within 6 months. Takes them to January 2024..... what did I say on another thread about then not distributing the budget etc??? 

Damnit @Betty Boop I hate it when you are right!!! 😭