##### Deputy Government pressure on the House of representatives for the oil and gas Act legislation

26/9/13



Qassim Mohammed and Hussain Al-Shahristani

Called the petroleum and Energy Committee member Rep. Kasim Mohammed, on Thursday, the political actors to accelerate the adoption of the law on oil and gas, and slammed Al-Shahristani, stressing they do not serve the relationship but there will be problems, there were 3 positive points for Kurdistan in the oil sector.

Said MP Mohammed in SMC PUKmedia, Thursday 26/9/2013: "to speed up the adoption of the law on oil and gas, and on the shelves of the House is in the interest of the people," and urged the Federal Government to press the Council for enactment before the end of the current parliamentary session.

Qassem said: "without the oil and gas Act legislation will not solve the problems that occur between the territory and the Federal Government," referring to the three positive points for the territorial Government, and does not exist in the first place: a Government Bill for oil and have been enacted by the Parliament of the Kurdistan region, in addition to the constitutional article number (112) in its paragraphs that give the constitutional right to coordination between the Centre and the oil-producing regions, the third point is the 2007 Convention allowing parties holding oil agreements with international companies to establish oil and gas law.

Qassim stressed the need to accelerate the adoption of the law as it will draws lines power and responsibility between the parties, the fact that these lines were vague and unclear at this time.

In the same context, criticized Rep. Kasim Al-Shahristani's remarks, explaining that his remarks about a pipeline linking the territory with the national network hindered the situation between Baghdad and Erbil, the Ceyhan pipeline subjected to almost daily security problems, pointing out that the statements did not come out only quiet time and closeness between the Governments of the region and the Centre, it does not serve the relationship and does not solve the problems, officials in the media, that the remarks will not resolve matters, referring to a political and diplomatic communication channels, access to leadership To resolve the issue.



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