Baghdad MP for the State of Law Coalition, Alia Nassif, called on the Council of Ministers to retract the agreement it signed with the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, which includes sending $200 billion to the region with retroactive effect, indicating that this agreement, which causes starvation of the rest of the provinces, has no legal basis in the existence of the financial budget.

She said in a statement today: “The decision of the Council of Ministers to send $200 billion to the Kurdistan region retroactively does not have any legitimate or legal cover in the presence of the budget, as it cannot cancel the budget that was voted on by calculating the region’s share of 250 thousand barrels per day x Sixty-one dollars is the price of one barrel, i.e. a difference of (7-8) dollars for one million, and therefore the region owes the federal government without counting non-oil imports.”

She indicated: “The Council of Ministers, through this agreement, legitimizes giving the rights of the Iraqi people unfairly to the authority of the region and causes the rest of the provinces to be oppressed and starved,” calling for “cancellation of the agreement and a return to the budget law, which was basically unfair and was passed reluctantly.”

Nassif called to achieve justice and equity in the distribution of wealth and resources, for everyone is equal, and there are no people of the first category and people of the second category, and at least consider the presence of hundreds of thousands of unemployed people who are waiting for appointments,” indicating that “this unfair decision is a provocation to the Iraqi street, and it must be canceled immediately.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency