Oil Minister is the experience of the central government to “failed experiment” and contested provincial budget

Oil Minister is the experience of the central government to “failed experiment” and contested provincial budget [Expanded]

Saturday 0.07 March / March 2015 16:28

[Basra-where]

Counting Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, the experience of the central government to “failed experiment” announced in the provincial stabbed one of the financial budget for 2015 articles of the law. ”

The oil minister said during a press conference held today with the heads of councils and governors after a deliberative meeting on the transfer of powers to the provinces was held in Basra was attended by Agency correspondent in all of Iraq [where] “We are believers, as well as the new system believer that local governments significant fact and not a small or a subsidiary is the basis of part in the political and administrative system in Iraq and must Nralla and we give powers not Ntekz the mistakes practiced in the ministries and Ntekz the mistakes of the experience is still emerging but promising but is carrying the future of Iraq and without local government experience and taken the necessary powers. ”

“I do not think there is a future for Development and Reconstruction and the correct administration in Iraq or a successful democracy in Iraq without a role for these governments and return to the central thinking and taking the central government for all the powers is the repetition of a failed experiment push Iraq and still paid for the day.”

He noted Abdul-Mahdi “is still in our ranks who believe that the central abhorrent as possible to keep the system prevailing in the installation and organize things in our country, and we believe that we have entered into the stage of decentralization and federalism must be denied the full right.”

The Minister of Oil, “We still believe that the province of Kirkuk, a disputed area and ask the Kurdistan region should be put the locomotive on the track form properly and as we have said repeatedly we’ve accomplished goodwill stage in the oil agreement and accomplish far stage agreement on the budget and we have to get into the extensive research on the full operation in the province fields or on exports and production. ”

And the oil and gas law, Abdul-Mahdi, “We pointed out today in the Chancellery of the Council of Ministers there draft oil law, which must arrange everything and trying to get things back to normal after the long years of the differences that produced a lot of things is natural and when the situation is normal secrete abnormal condition of all parties and not unilaterally. ”

“We have come a long way in this direction and we have to complete the course in order to achieve full completion rearrange the conditions of the oil sector in Iraq, all under the argument that the oil and gas belongs to the Iraqi people in all its regions and provinces.”

The oil minister said, “when it did not approve oil and gas law, and when there is no legislative framework full, there will be different interpretations Valmadtan 111 and 112 of the Constitution require rationing and the law as prescribed by the Constitution and when we’re late and still be late provinces are interpreted and the Ministry of Oil explain and experts interpret and media explains the issue also accompany laws affect the subject and interference in the crucifixion as the law of the provinces in the distribution of quotas and percentages and all these make the picture is still confused. ”

He stressed Abdul-Mahdi, “the need to return all of these topics to clear tires and all these instructions and regulations and laws are in one philosophy and terms of reference of one in order to be consistent, because the absence of oil and gas law, leaving the subject to various interpretations and not oil minister to say what is the provincial and regional powers, but the House of Representatives is the answer. ”

He also said, “There must be a law of oil and gas is the answer and determines powers of the regions and provinces, and articles of the Constitution No. 111 and 112, two special distribution of the natural resources of the two texts are clear in this matter and the law should come and Iguennha in the right shape, which is possible to actually put contexts process in order to regulates this issue organized and clear so that each party understands the duties and rights. ”

And do Daash guerrilla terrorist burning oil wells in Salahuddin province, after the expulsion of the liberated areas, said Minister of Oil “in the Hamrin fields in Ajil do not know the extent of the damage and was supposed to go today with a delegation from the North Oil Company to assess the issue and left it to lead operations in the region to provide the necessary protection and transport required to get into these wells to assess the damage and then attempt to extinguish the fire Fdaash has been vandalism in everything. ”

He added that “This is a signal that Daash down clearly and decisively because the burning wells was referring to losing them. When Peggy surrounded to seize the liquidator need Daash to raw materials and derivatives then your burning wells, as happened in the baker in the province of Kirkuk is an act of sabotage as the former regime in Kuwait Action It is the work of a desperate and the death of the project Daash in these areas and burned wells, but what they want to use as fuel for the wheels or use derivatives to meet the requirements of the population in areas run by. ”

And Abdul-Mahdi, that he “discussed during today’s meeting with the provinces and the heads of provincial councils on the need to involve the provincial decision and also its role in supporting and protecting the installations under its occasional violations and attacks costing huge amounts of very detrimental to the public money.”

He continued, “We also discussed the taboo and the possibility of dealing with it in order not to turn into a project to Lands Port new desert no life nor the population which can be with FPS also introducing some of the powers and adjustments to deal with this problem as well as we discussed in the distribution of oil derivatives, gas stations, oil refineries and other issues.”

He pointed out that “the practice of rotating meetings Snjolha traditional In the next two months we will continue to hold these meetings to follow up on what has been achieved today and new perceptions of what should be achieved through the future.”

Asked for the establishment of an oil company of Dhi Qar, said Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, “the founding resolution came after a thorough study of the South Oil Company and the Ministry of Oil and body of opinion which participated and when approved came after a study of the experience of the founding of Maysan Oil Company, which was a successful experience and we believe that the oil company Dhi Qar will be successful and able to promote their own company and we will continue this path for events and other areas as long as there Rushd and feasibility in these things. ”

He noted, “We do not want to establish companies to form or are said to be in Fulani provinces have the oil companies and the company is successful and largely lost and become a burden to itself and to its members and the State, as in a lot of companies today from the government and self-funded, which has become a burden on public funds “.

Abdul-Mahdi, “the licensing contracts promised an important step and made Iraqi production forward but has produced some of the hurdles and obstacles and, inter alia, the relationship of local governments in these contracts and are now trying to adapt this issue because the contract today between the ministry and companies and foreign companies and if they wanted to bring a third party needs to be consensus and agreements to give the appropriate role for local governments in it. ”

For his part, the governor of Basra Majed Nasraoui during a press conference that “the oil and gas law is one of the sets of powers between the regular provincial province and non-performing province in the oil wealth management and we Pedrona local as governments demanded to activate the provincial Law No. 21 Revised 2008 which gave powers However, unfortunately stopped manner illegal by the Council of Ministers and still Tanin it. ”

“We Pedrona local as governments in the province of Basra, both the legislative and executive continue to work as a provincial law in force on the grounds that the law can not reply decision.”

He stressed that “local governments in the provinces with the exception of the Kurdistan region since we received responsibilities in the fourth quarter of 2013. We have prepared preparing to project plans, but we were surprised by a big disaster in Iraq that to not be there for the 2014 budget and the lack of budget means there is no assignment of any project to Voukana big problem and Belkana implementation Aadzean in the management of existing projects. ”

He Nasraoui “As we prepared the plan in 2014 based on the books of the Ministry of Planning that we contract for example, in the province of Basra, there was a Petro of $ 5 per barrel project and actually getting to the stages of the referral, but we are surprised Bmnana of five petrodollar to one dollar in addition to the even money retained allocated for projects and this in dangerous precedent through which Iraq despite the financial allocation for projects in Basra worth 4 trillion and 93 billion dinars, and these projects dedicated inevitably and is certified in the finance and planning ministries, but has not returned to the province. ”

He pointed out that “With these simple possibilities there needs to be a thorough study in how the skinny important and strategic projects and focused on vital projects for the province.”

For his part, the governor of Najaf, Adnan Zurfi “The meeting with the oil minister was fruitful and positive, and we discussed with him two major first was the transfer of powers and there are terms of reference for the oil ministry possible that granted to the provinces, especially for service projects implemented by the Ministry within the provinces and there was a response from the Minister of Oil, this transfer We also discussed the powers and strengthen the relationship between local governments and the Ministry of Oil in respect of investment projects related to the oil sector. ”

He stressed, “We have asked the oil minister, the establishment of the Middle Euphrates oil company as the existence of a joint oil fields between the provinces of this region and this company will enhance the ability of these provinces and makes them unchanged if oil-producing provinces.”

For his part, praised the head of the Karbala Provincial Council Nassif Jassem rhetorical meeting between the oil ministry and local governments.

The rhetorical “This is a positive step for the oil ministry and today we had a second workshop between local governments and the federal government represented by the Ministry of oil which is an advanced step in the joint action and the move has moved from principle to work and say directly with local governments.”

He noted, “We and the city of Basra, which is funded to balance Iraq emphasize once again to activate the transfer of powers, the Ministry of oil locked it, but we insist on the transfer of powers to local governments, which will lie in the provinces to get the service.”

He rhetorical “regret for the Law of the federal budget where figured there substance Sentan in all of them in the provincial councils which identified and restricted the provincial and local governments boards of both the fulfillment of duties or to maximize local resources and can not be under this budget or any other budget can offer services and there is a limitation on maximizing local resources. ”

He said “We will appeal jointly to the provinces in Article 17 of the budget directly identified by local governments and prevented from maximizing local resources and we are fully prepared to cooperate and work formula and mechanism of the joint working group,” noting that “the meeting touched on the issue of protecting oil Almhnat We are interested in them as governments local with the oil ministry and the security agencies do not allow anyone, never to exceed these facilities, “.anthy

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