Sarwa Muhammad Rashid, a spokesperson of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan bloc, emphasized on Saturday the need of transmitting the draft oil and gas law as soon as possible and confirmed that it is currently being discussed in parliament and by the administration.
“The discussions of the region and the center during the last period focused on finding a road map through legislation of the oil and gas law, as it ends the outstanding crisis between the federal government and the Kurdistan region,” Zanganeh stated in an interview with the.
She stated that “passing the oil and gas law will eliminate all outstanding problems between the federal government and the Kurdistan region,” pointing out that “after several months passed during the stages of writing the oil and gas law, it was not sent to Parliament for discussion.”
She went on to say, “Parliament is waiting for the legislation of this law until it ends the issue of how to export oil or invest gas in the coming stages.”
Ghaleb Muhammad, a former member of the Parliamentary Oil and Energy Committee, affirmed to Al-Maalouma that agreement from the majoritarian majorities in the House of Representatives is necessary for the oil and gas bill to be passed.
