Khandan – Kurdistan Regional Government responded to recent statements by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, which talked about the export of oil from the Kurdistan region and the salaries of provincial employees.
He ministers the Kurdistan Regional Council in a communication, expressed surprise at the Abadi provide suggestions to resolve differences in a television interview, saying that it was worthwhile to introduce these issues in the official meetings, especially as the senior of the province delegation visited al-Abadi in Baghdad before period.
It confirmed the Kurdistan Regional Government, and the importance of continuing the negotiations and the implementation of legal obligations to the federal government dialogue, also announced to accept the proposal Abadi entire Kurdistan region to secure employees’ salaries, compared to hand over all its oil volumes produced for the Iraqi government.
The following is the text of the communication: –
Mr. Haider al-Abadi Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Iraq addressed through a program (exclusive interview) in the Al-Iraqiya On the fifteenth of Alchaabat in 2016 is not expected “to several issues and suggestions.
The beginning of “What regrettable and disturbing extreme that the sovereignty and without relying on the evidence and on TV and indifference and irresponsible underestimated forces Peshmerga Kurdistan heroine, at a time when they sacrifice their souls every day,” and cites its members, and to break the backbone of terrorists experiencing lower her championship and courage!.
He called into question and exclamation big that sovereignty offers suggestions to resolve differences in a television interview, at the time it was worthwhile and like a statesman and knew power and authority to introduce these issues into the channels and official meetings, specifically “and that the delegation” high “for the region visited sovereignty officially” in Baghdad before interval .
In this communication, answer questions and suggestions, Mr. Prime Minister of a federal Iraq and that we believe are no more than a cheap political bidding and announce our acceptance and to challenge for his proposal to secure the salaries of all employees of the Kurdistan region in exchange for delivery of all the Kurdistan Region’s oil production.
1. sovereignty, points out in his speech that he prime minister of all Iraqis himself and sees responsible “in front of all Iraqis, including the citizens of Kurdistan, in the time since the year 2005 and until today did not receive the Kurdistan region in any given year, its share of the Iraqi budget estimated at 17% and did not exceed the best the conditions of the proportion of 11.4%, to be arrived immediately to cut the region’s share of the full budget in February 2014, and yet, not to mention that so far no one dinar exchange for the Peshmerga, as the sum of the Peshmerga dues and since 2007 until the end of 2015 of (eleven Trliuna “five hundred and thirteen billion” and five and forty million dinars “) also refers to its sovereignty, the Peshmerga forces part of the security system and the Iraqi defense under Article 121 of the Iraqi constitution was supposed to distract her financial dues from the sovereign budget, specifically” and that the province of Kurdistan and since 2005 carrying 17% of the expenses of the sovereign Iraq.
2. Under the agreement between Arbil and Baghdad on 02.12.2014 it and plus a share of the Kurdistan Region Alaatdiadah was scheduled to “exchange (100) billion dinars from the sovereign expenses of the Peshmerga forces, but he has not been implemented.
3. It is clear and understood that the federal government only for the payment of salaries for one month, you need to (four million trillion, one hundred billion dinars), and in the present, and Rrdat Iraqi oil exports amounting to only (trillion eight hundred billion dinars), and oil accounts for 96% of overall revenues for Iraq , why sovereignty does not refer to the source of the amount of the monthly deficit of the budget, which has a (Trliunin three hundred billion dinars), Fmsdrh reserve funds of the Central Bank of Iraq and the region’s share of 17% at least of this reserve, which deprived them !!, not to mention all international loans they had received on behalf of Iraq and the Kurdistan region is part of Iraq but also deprived the region of which “!!.
4. Under Iraqi Budget Law for the year 2016 has been estimated provincial salaries share of $ (487 billion dinars) and is the only angel staff of government salaries, except for retirees and the Peshmerga and the Asayish, while the province of Kurdistan has (one million four hundred thousand) employees and needs a month, “to about (890 billion dinars) to be able to secure all the financial benefits for its employees, where they are of this amount allocated (336 billion dinars) for the salaries of the Peshmerga and the Asayish, not to mention the operational budget of the Peshmerga, which amounts to a month “(30 billion dinars) in a moment when the world championship Peshmerga and courage in order the defense of the land and protect the freedom and honor of the citizens and their property, but it is a matter of wonder, but indicates its sovereignty, either closely or from afar to their role and who defend the fronts stretching for a thousand and fifty kilometers “in front of the largest terrorist organization and who have made so far, great sacrifices, including 1392 martyr” and 8215 wounded “and 62 missing,” this is the time that is allocated a special budget to popular crowd with appreciation prominent role within the federal budget has been installed in the general budget for the year 2016 Act, in addition to the huge Almizanh the Department of defense since 2007 and until today not yet known how the disbursement and that the final accounts of how sovereign budget disbursement for all these years has not been authenticated.
5. Mr. Prime Minister of a federal Iraq talking about imports export Kurdistan Region oil that are not documented in any official account of the region of Kurdistan without highlighting any evidence or document, or formally requesting the required information from the region, while exports of the Ministry of Natural Resources for the Kurdistan Region report “a month” for export and report “financially” to all the parties were in February 2014 and the decision of a political cut the share of the Kurdistan region of the budget, is that the Kurdistan region was able to pay and allowances of the salaries of all employees during 2014 and eight months of 2015, imports of export oil region, this except insurance Peshmerga salaries and provide services for (one million eight hundred thousand) internally displaced people, most of them Iraqi citizens is the responsibility of the rule of Prime Minister al-Abadi and the federal government and that he should secure them their livelihood and daily services, but the federal government has not allocated limit now state budget with regard to these things, not to mention the disappearance of the amounts earmarked in the general budget for the years 2014 and 2015 for the Kurdistan region, and it’s a loan for them, even if fate unknown. “
6. In order to absence of excuses for the federal government and to show its good faith, the Kurdistan Regional Government, delivered in April 2015 more than the amount of 550,000 barrels of oil company (SOMO) and without any shortcomings and in return was the Kurdistan Region is expected to receive all the financial dues under the second agreement of December for the year 2014 due to the general budget for 2015 Act, in addition to the $ 100 billion dinars for the salaries of the Peshmerga within the sovereign expenses, which was within the terms of the agreement, but, unfortunately, not only that he was not sent the financial dues for the month, but it is without legal grounds and as they are sent at the airport The decision of the Prime Minister has been deducting 10% of the quota missing originally, “and had sent the amount (488 billion and 760 million dinars, which did not cover the salaries in any way !!
7. The two sides agreed under the second agreement of December 2014, which later became part “of the general budget of the law in 2015 to determine the minimum salaries of the Peshmerga amount (100 billion dinars) a month,” he agreed sovereignty that is allocated this amount (100 billion dinars) Peshmerga in the framework of the Iraqi Ministry of defense within the sovereign disbursements, the marvel and wonder of the words of sovereignty that the salaries of the Peshmerga is clear in addition to that after this agreement, and field expenses for the battlefronts against al Daash terrorist in 2015 has increased, and specifically “during a re-edit of the Kurdish areas campaigns specifically Jalawla and Sinjar at the hands of the Peshmerga forces from the control of the terrorist organization Daash.
In conclusion, the Kurdistan Regional Government emphasizes the importance of continuing the negotiations and the implementation of legal obligations to the federal government taking into account “the principle of common interests and to secure legal and financial benefits the province within the federal imports image that passed in the Iraqi constitution dialogue.
Kurdistan Regional Government declares also, “that it had accepted the proposal for you to complete the Kurdistan Region salaries secured by the Government of Iraq, federalism, who number one million and four hundred thousand people and the need to secure a month’s salary to them the amount of eight hundred ninety billion dinars, and the amount (336 billion dinars) of the total for the Peshmerga amount Champions Kurdistan province, and on the other hand, the government of the Kurdistan region received all amounts of its oil-producing Iraq’s federal government, as clearly stated in the proposal of Your Excellency.
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