***** Federal Court: sale of the Kurdistan Region oil is compatible with the Constitution

Friday 27 June 2014
| 19:19




The Ministry of Territory Baghdad government to abandon its position to block the sale of oil region


Federal Court unanimously decided that the sale of the Kurdistan Region oil is compatible with the constitution, after the suit opened based on a complaint filed by the oil ministry about it.

A statement published on the website of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the territory that the court made ​​its decision unanimously, rejected the complaint and the Ministry of Oil.

The statement noted that "the oil ministry believes that the central government of Baghdad has the right to sell the oil and gas, but that is based on the laws before 2003," adding that "the court had not given the eligibility of this now, and that this decision is a document of the need to respect the rights of the territory of northern Iraq, and a clear victory, as it will confirm the result of the failure cases opened by the central government in international forums. "


And demanded that the Ministry of Territory Baghdad government to abandon its position to block the sale of oil region, noting that attempts to Igaqh sales are "unconstitutional and illegal" Following the decision of the Federal Court. The ministry stressed the need to give the central government and officials of the Ministry of Oil, messages about the threat to oil buyer Regional Government in northern Iraq, which issued for the benefit of the Iraqi people.


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Judicial decision authorizing the Kurdistan region without the approval of the sale of its oil center

Friday, June 28, 2014

Judicial decision authorizing the Kurdistan region without the approval of the sale of its oil center

Presidency announced that the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Federal Court unanimously received a lawsuit filed by and against the Iraqi Oil Ministry and Ministry of Natural Resources in the government of the territory on the export of oil from abroad without the approval of Baghdad.

A statement from the Government of the Territory "The Ministry of Oil filed a formal complaint to the Federal Court, after he embarked on the region to export the first shipment of oil through the Turkish port of Ceyhan, asking them to rule against the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Regional Government and prevent the export of oil from the region."

The statement said that "the Federal Court held on 23 June, a special session to consider the application and its underlying causes, and unanimously decided to reject the request as being inconsistent with the legal procedures in place in Iraq."


He added that Baghdad claimed in the complaint that "the oil and gas affairs fall within the exclusive powers of the federal government", adopted at the "laws of the central enacted before 2003, and ignored the fact that the constitutional provisions existing in Article 110, which specifies the exclusive powers of the federal government does not include the issues of oil and gas. "

The statement pointed out that "the decision of the Federal Court was unanimous from all its members," stressing that "explicitly rejected the request made ​​by the Minister of the Federal Oil." He said that "such a decision by the highest court in the land is binding on the Council of Ministers and can not be challenged in any way."

The statement called on the Iraqi government to "respect the decision of the judiciary," stressing saying that "the Ministry of Oil and Company (SOMO) to abandon interventions illegal and unconstitutional to prevent the export of oil from the Kurdistan region."

The statement called on Baghdad "to stop sending threatening letters and intimidating or submit false claims for traders and potential buyers of oil exported by the Kurdistan Regional Government."


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