An Expert Proposes To Involve Experts In The Draft Oil And Gas Law
Baghdad today – Baghdad Today, Sunday (August 27, 2023), an expert in oil affairs, Hamza Al-Jawahiri, said that there is a need to involve experts in the oil field in preparing the draft oil and gas law, in addition to the participation of the authorities in the governments of Baghdad and Erbil.
Al-Jawahiri told "Baghdad Today" that "the legislation of laws in Iraq is subject to political agreements, which lead to the enactment of any law or not, but the preparation of draft laws must be from the competent authorities and personalities, so that there are no loopholes in the matter." any part of the law.
He explained, "The involvement of experts and specialists in the field of oil in preparing a draft oil and gas law is applicable in many countries and is a health condition, and therefore the competent government agencies in the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government can also participate in preparing the draft."
The oil sector in the Kurdistan region entered a "dark tunnel", since oil exports through the Turkish port of Ceyhan were stopped by an international judicial decision from the Paris Court, in addition to the continuing dispute between Iraq and Turkey regarding the mechanism for restoring oil exports through the Turkish port of Ceyhan, in addition to the Baghdad agreement. The new Erbil, which made the Kurdish oil sector not isolated from the control of the federal government in Baghdad.
While the political forces stress the need to legislate the oil and gas law, reliance is being placed on resolving all the problems between Baghdad and Erbil and drawing the form of the relationship and the clear mechanisms for controlling the oil of the Kurdistan region and the specific powers of the regional government and the Baghdad government. It obstructs the enactment of the law and reaching an agreed formula. LINK
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