SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Nasr Alliance led by former prime minister Haider al-Abadi called for “serious dialogue” between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad.
Relations between Erbil and Baghdad further deteriorated after the Iraqi Council of Representatives adopted the fiscal deficit financing law on Thursday, without Kurds’ consent.
Kurdish lawmakers walked out of the session due to their concern about the Kurdistan Region’s share set in the draft fiscal deficit financing law.
The law commits the Kurdistan Region to hand over non-oil revenues and an amount of oil that SOMO indicates to the federal government in exchange for an amount of money as payment for the Region’s public servants.
In a statement on Sunday (November 15), the Nasr alliance, or Victory Alliance, called on Erbil and Baghdad to ease the situation and start “serious dialogue” to end the tensions.
“Kurdish opposition to the fiscal deficit financing law was the natural result of not turning to the constitution, law, institutions and political experts,” the alliance said.
On Sunday, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said the Region was ready to resolve all issues with Baghdad including the oil case.
“The Kurdistan Region is ready to reach an agreement with the federal government on oil and all other issues,” Barzani said in a press conference following the meeting.
“The loan law was to punish the people of the Kurdistan Region,” he added, referring to the fiscal deficit financing law.
Barzani also called on the United Nations to play a role in resolving the issues between the KRG and the federal government.
