A parliamentary committee plans to speed up legislating oil and gas law

INA-  Baghdad


The Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Committee announced on Sunday that there is a quasi-political consensus to legislate the oil and gas law, while developing a plan to speed up its legislation.
 
The head of the committee, Haibet al-Halbousi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The oil and gas law prevented its passage due to the existence of major political differences and a small technical aspect," stressing "the existence of a quasi-political consensus to proceed with the legislation of the law."
 
He added that "the committee has set a course of action, to visit the heads of political blocs, to speed up the legislation of the law and present its vision."
 
He pointed out that "the oil and gas law serves all Iraqis and not a specific party, because oil and mineral investments belong to all the people."